Dr. Carole Joy Embden-Peterson

Dr. Carole Joy Embden-Peterson, 67, of Lawrenceville, GA passed on Wednesday, October 11, 2023. Celebration of Life Services (Livestream) will be held on Friday, October 20, 2023, 1:00 PM at our Lawrenceville-Gwinnett Chapel, 914 Scenic Hwy, Lawrenceville, GA 30045. These services will be recorded and streamed live. If the event is interrupted at any time due to technical issues, the entire event will be uploaded and available to view later in the day. Please copy and paste the link to share, or simply click on the link to view the event. https://vimeo.com/event/3799266 Visitation will be held Thursday, October 19, 2023 from 12:00 PM to 8:00 PM at our Lawrenceville-Gwinnett Chapel. Interment will be held at Gwinnett Memorial Park, 925 Lawrenceville Hwy, Lawrenceville, GA 30046. Please express your condolences here on our website. Services entrusted to Gregory B. Levett & Sons Funeral Home, Lawrenceville-Gwinnett Chapel, 914 Scenic Hwy, Lawrenceville, GA 30045. (770) 338-5558 Carole Joy Powell Embden-Peterson, affectionately known as “CP”, was a loving mother, spouse, sister, aunt, cousin and friend. She passed away on Wednesday October 11, 2023, after a hard-fought battle with leukemia. Carole was born on September 8, 1956, to Percival Powell and Dorian Powell. She was the younger sister of Hugh Powell. She was, from the beginning, an outgoing and adventurous child. Some of her most favorite memories were of her secondary schooling at her beloved St. Hughes High School in St. Andrew, Jamaica with her best friend Kerima Karam-Reid. She first channeled her charming personality into a career in Journalism, with a stint as a News Anchor at the then Jamaica Broadcasting Corporation television station, ending her broadcasts with - “This is Carole Embden for JBC News!”, before turning behind the camera in order to learn the intricacies of Production. During this time, she received a Master’s degree in mass communication from the University of Windsor, in Ontario, Canada. She later pivoted to Print and Online Media, joining the Jamaica Observer during its creation and launch, and played a pivotal role. Carole was a steadfast believer in and follower of Christ, starting from her early childhood at her family’s Church of the Transfiguration in Kingston, Jamaica. That faith would remain the bedrock of her life when she continued into the second phase of her life. In 1994 she migrated to the United States where she continued her career in Media at Cox Communications Inc, before ending up at Mitsubishi Electric as a Learning and Development Architect. Her long time Church home became Trinity Life Church in Dacula, Georgia. Carole loved to support others in their endeavors, and always looked to help others improve themselves and their life situations, whenever she was able. Her lifelong love for learning, and connection with her mother, who was a decorated Lecturer of Sociology at the University of the West Indies, Mona motivated her to complete her doctorate from the University of Pretoria in 2021, and she became Dr. Carole Embden-Peterson. She was an avid reader and writer, who was always working on a new book or manual, while learning new writings on her own, or while travelling with her Caribbean Divas Book Club. Carole also shared her love for learning as an instructor at Shorter College and Athens Technical College. She was also an entrepreneur founding her own training enterprise at Maango Media Training Company. She leaves a legacy in her husband Kenneth Peterson, 4 children - Nataki (Nailah), Hasani (Patrice), Kimani, and Chantal Embden, 3 stepchildren Kenyatta, Monique and Monica Steans, and 1 Grandson, Harper “Nas” Embden. Also mourning are her brother Hugh Powell, and siblings Shirley, Marcia, Beverly, Cheryl, Pauline, Lorna, Hettie and Ainsworth Powell. Her extended family spans across multiple countries including cousins and in-laws, and a host of close friends and associates who love and will miss her shining spirit.

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Dr. Carole Joy Embden-Peterson

September 8, 1956 - October 11, 2023