Carmen Gloria Molina Colón, also known to many as Gogi, passed away peacefully in her home in Raeford at age 82 on December 11, 2016.
She was born in Laras, Puerto Rico on April 13, 1934 to Angelina Gonzalez and Antonio Molina.
She married on November 3, 1956 and raised five children in New Jersey for more than 24 years, then moved to Savannah, Georgia for retirement and later to her final home in Raeford. While in New Jersey she worked at Thatcher Glass for a number of years. She enjoyed roses and shopping at JC Penny. She sewed and made the best black beans and rice, and enjoyed trips to Hawaii and Ecuador.
She is survived by her husband of 60 years Samuel Caban Colón; her five children, Carmen Brown and spouse Charles Brown, Marisol Scales and spouse Randy Scales, Angelina Drake, Samuel Colón, and Elizabeth Alves and her spouse Edward Alves; eight grandchildren, Michael Bozzelli and his wife Eliza, Kevin Bozzelli, Nicholas Drake and his fiancé Darian Crutchfield, Autumnlee Brown, Haili Drake, Sienna Brown, Samuel Alves and Abigail Alves; two great-grandchildren, Parker Ian Drake and Michael Hunter Bozzelli; sister Norma Colón; and brothers Samuel Molina, William Molina and Efrain Molina.
A mass of Catholic Burial will be held 12:30 p.m. Thursday, December 15 at St. Elizabeth of Hungary Catholic Church. The family will receive relatives at Crumpler Funeral Home in Raeford, Wednesday, between 1 and 4 p.m. and 6-9 p.m. Burial will be in the Raeford Cemetery.
Contributions in her memory may be made to any Alzheimer's Association.
Online condolences may be made at www.crumplerfuneralhome.com