Ann Epperson Carty was born in Pikeville, Kentucky on November 2, 1929. She was the daughter of Charles Rucker Epperson and Helen Johnson Epperson Bond.

She attended Pikeville city schools and was a proud graduate of the 1946 class of Pikeville High School. She graduated from David Lipscomb College in Nashville, TN and obtained her Masters Degree from Eastern Kentucky University. She taught school in Bardstown, Ky and Pikeville, Ky before her marriage took her to Orlando, Fl. and Winchester, Ky. While in Winchester, she was an English professor at Southeastern Christian College.

In 1969 she moved back to Pikeville and taught high school and junior high in the Pikeville Independent School district. She decided to obtain her Rank 1 in Library Science and ended her career as the Pikeville Elementary School librarian which she loved.

Her retirement did not mean she was no longer involved with the Pikeville Independent School system. She served on Pikeville’s board of education for many years and was a proud member of the Pikeville Alumni board. She researched and wrote two volumes of the history of Pikeville’s schools. In addition, she also wrote a history of the Perry A. Cline School.

She was a life-long member of the Main Street Church of Christ. She taught Sunday School and Bible Study for many years and also wrote a history of the Main Street church.

She is survived by her daughter Beth (Don C.) McFadden of Winchester, Ky and five grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Her son Charles Calloway Carty and daughter Martha Carty Tichenor preceded her in death.