Virginia Ware Carroll

Virginia Ware Carroll, 93, of Jacksonville, went home to be with the Lord on Friday, August 7, 2026 at Baptist Hospital Hospice. Virginia was born on January 16, 1933 to the late Harry Ware and Lottie (Ray) Phillips. She grew up in Macclenny and graduated from Baker County High School in 1950, where she participated in basketball, cheerleading and was crown Miss Pine Festival Queen.

Virginia entered the workforce immediately after high school as a secretary and bookkeeper. She was employed by BF Goodrich, the Tallahassee Chamber of Commerce, the Florida State Senate and General Motors. She loved people and never met a stranger, so in the late 1970s she went into real estate with Watson Realty, where she excelled and remained until her retirement. She was proceeded in death by her loving husband, Sidney E. Carroll; daughter Renee Davis Jesseman; son Klate Arthur Yarbrough; granddaughter Maggie Brooks; great-great-grandson Jackson Morrison; sister Frances Ware Crockett; and son-in-law Larry M. Brooks.

Virginia is survived by Daughter Susan Yarbrough Brooks; grandchildren Bryan (Becky) McDuffie, Vince McDuffie, Misti Lageman, Aaron (Jessica) Starling, Carrie (Adam) Starling, Brock (April) Brooks, Klate Jesseman; 18 great-grandchildren; four great-great grandchildren; and many nieces and nephews she loved dearly. A private celebration of life will be held at a later date.