- Date Of Birth: August 31, 1923
- Date Of Death: January 30, 2020
- State: North Carolina
Tobaccoville, NC – Eleanor Bernice Field, 96, of Tobaccoville, died Thursday, January 30, 2020. Ellie or “Squash” as the staff at Village Care knew her, was the fourth and only surviving child of Bertha and Fred Carter.
Following her husband’s death, Ellie moved to Tobaccoville, NC to live next door to her daughter. She volunteered delivering meals to the homebound in King, five days a week, up into her early 80’s. She loved these years and met many interesting clients, many younger than she was. She loved difficult jigsaw puzzles, playing on her IPAD and was an avid reader while she still had her sight. She attended Antioch United Methodist Church.
Ellie was predeceased by her sons, Russell and David, Grandsons, Timothy Mandeville, Aaron and Jeffrey Spainhour. She is survived by her daughters, Marjorie (Steve) Spainhour of Tobaccoville, Martha Mandeville of Scituate, MA, son Daniel Field of North Adams, MA. Granddaughter Melanie (Chris) Coogan of Scituate Ma. Great grandchildren, Emily (Cory) Craddock of Tobaccoville and Jeremy Spainhour, Kernersville and Sean and Cate Coogan of MA.
