Carol (Payne) Brinkley ’75 of Williamsburg, Virginia, died Feb. 4, 2021. She was 67. Carol studied English and French at Illinois Wesleyan. She spent the following years living in Germany, where she worked as a health spa attendant in Bad Feilnbach and as an au pair in Wolfratshausen, a suburb of Munich. After returning to the U.S., she took graduate classes at The New School in New York City and worked at the United Nations. She later worked in a variety of roles with Trailways Bus Company and the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. In 1988, she took a recreational sketching class, where she met her future husband. Carol worked briefly as an independent franchise holder for Caring Transitions, Inc., an estate management company for seniors, for the Peninsula Agency on Aging, and later worked part-time at the Williamsburg Antique Mall. She was a longtime corporate member and director of the Williamsburg Scottish Festival and was honored by the St. Andrew’s Society of Williamsburg with its “Scot of the Year” Award in 2005. She was always active in church life, singing in the choir and serving on many committees and groups. Carol was widely known and loved by many for her uniform kindness and thoughtful concern for others, her ready smile and approachability. She is survived by her husband, a sister, and many extended family members.