Carolyn "Kaki" Savonne Ardis Seegars

Carolyn Savonne "Kaki" Ardis Seegars passed away peacefully on Christmas Day at McLeod Hospice House in Florence, SC, after a brief battle with ovarian cancer. Carolyn was born to John Raymond Ardis and Sudie Gettings Ardis on March 22, 1945 at the Toumey Hospital in Sumter SC. She is a graduate of Dentsville High School and the University of South Carolina. She briefly taught in Sumter County Public Schools and the Head Start Program in the former Camp Fornance area of Columbia. She held various positions with J.B. White's and its predecessor Belk for over 30 years. Carolyn loved doing for others and always put family plus friends ahead of her own needs and dreams. She helped raise her nieces/daughters, Susan and Shari Ardis. Kaki enjoyed visiting historic places, antiquing, doing crossword puzzles, watching old movies, spending time with her family and her menagerie of four-legged "children". Carolyn was predeceased by her parents, and leaves cherished memories to her husband of 32 years, Roy "Rusty" Seegars Sr.; brothers, Allen Russel "Pete" Ardis and Cecil Raymond (Susanna) Ardis; niece/daughters, Susan Marie Ardis and Shari Lynn (John) Ardis-Hustus, nephews, William (Melissa) Ardis and Christopher (Rebeka) Ardis; niece, Anna (Danny) McSweeney; step-sons, Roy (Tracey) Seegars Jr. and Ardell Seegars; step-daughter, Cristi Seegars; two grand-nephews; three grand-nieces; and her 5 canine "children". Funeral services will be held at Thompson at Greenlawn Memorial Park on Friday December, 29, 2017 at 12 noon, at 845 Leesburg Road, Columbia, SC 29209. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the McLeod Hospice House or McLeod Foundation in Florence, SC or to "no" kill animal shelter.