Eloise B. Futrell

Eloise B. Futrell Eloise Bogue Futrell, 2034 Futrell-Roberson Road, died Sunday, Dec. 6, 2009, at University Health Systems Inpatient Hospice. Funeral service will be held Wednesday at 1:30 p.m. from Sweet Gum Grove Free Will Baptist Church, 787 Sweet Gum Grove Church Road, Stokes. Committal will follow in Wayne County at the Eureka Cemetery, 200 Hwy. 222 E., Eureka. There will be a time of visiting and sharing with the family in the fellowship hall from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. Surviving are her husband of 70 years: Esper A. Futrell; sons: Elliott R. Futrell and wife, Georgia, of Goldsboro, William A. "Billy" Futrell and wife, Wendy, and James Wilbert Futrell Sr. and wife, Becky, all of Bethel; seven grandchildren, Elizabeth A. Futrell of Goldsboro, Shelley Futrell Tripp and husband, Samuel, of Bethel, Joshua A. Futrell of Ayden, Jessica Futrell Cauthon and husband, Samuel, of Kinston, Jacob A. Futrell, James W. "Will" Futrell Jr., Joanna A. Futrell, all of Bethel; great-grandchildren: Samuel Clarence Tripp Jr., Saria Taylor Tripp, Kileigh Dianelle Futrell and Anna Grace Cauthon; sisters, Doris B. Parris of Stantonsburg, Ruth B. Davis of Wilson, and Myra B. Horton of Greenville. She was born in Wayne County May 12, 1919, and was the daughter of the late Hettie Davis Bogue and William Arthur Bogue. She was preceded in death by a daughter Anna Frances Futrell; and her siblings, Wilbert Bogue, Sallie B. Futrell, Marvin Bogue, Margaret B. Batts, Irene B. Hamrick, Grace B. Reid and Minnie B. Eloshway. She was a graduate of 1937 Class of Eureka High School. While living in Wayne County she was a member of Stoney Creek Free Will Baptist Church where she had served as a Sunday School Teacher and was past president of the Ladies Auxiliary. In 1959 she moved to Pitt County where she transferred her membership to Sweet Gum Grove Free Will Baptist Church. She loved her church and there she continued to teach Sunday School for fifty plus years as well as an active member in the choir. She wrote the church news letter each month and was chairperson of the Mount Olive College fundraiser. Since 1959 she has served as the secretary of the Maggie Little Circle and Treasurer of Sweet Gum Grove Extension Homemakers Club. Memorials are suggested to Sweet Gum Grove Free Will Baptist Church, c o Malinda B. Heath, 3383 Station Mill Road, Robersonville, NC 27871-9438. Arrangements are by Evergreen Memorial Service, Goldsboro and condolences may be made through www.evergreenmemorialservice.com.