Admired by all as an extremely loving, caring and kind woman, Carole Phillips Bizzack dedicated her life to her children, her husband, her extended family, a multitude of friends and animals of all kinds. Gifted with a winning smile, a ready laugh and a genuine warmth, Carole brightened the lives of those fortunate enough to know her; and to know her was to be her friend.
Her compassion for animals became a family legend, enhanced by photos of hummingbirds alighting on her fingertips, along with photographs of her with the many horses, burrows and dogs she'd owned over the years. An accomplished equestrian, Carole cared for a number of horses, beginning with her first foal in 1967 and continuing through retired thoroughbreds, quarter horses and gigantic but gentle Percherons, Belgians-registered Angus calves and even llamas. A farrier was once remarked, “Heaven may be a great place, but I’d rather come back as one of Carole’s animals.”
Her zeal for animals began when she was child and rode her uncle's horse in the summer at his farm in Virginia. She moved to Millersburg, Kentucky, from her home in Virginia in the late 1960's. She worked as executive secretary for the President of Millersburg Miliary Institute, and then in the same position for the vice president of Kentucky Central Life Insurance. Later she became the office manager for Hagyard, Davidson, McGee, a well known central Kentucky equestrian veterinarian firm. Over the years she showed Tennessee Walking Horses, and soon had several horses of her own as well as numerous Australian Shepherds.
She and her husband operated Bittersweet Station Farm, a registered Angus breeding operation where she cared for retired thoroughbreds while maintaining a stable of her own riding and pleasure horses, burrows and dogs.