Elouise Willetts Connor, 93 of Fletcher, went to be with her Lord and Savior Thursday, December 8, 2011 at Park Ridge Hospital. She was born in Brunswick County, a daughter of the late Robert S. Willetts and Daisy Cumbee Willetts and the wife of the late Porter C. Connor who died in 1975. She had lived in the Fletcher area for over 33 years.
She was a member of Hooper’s Creek Baptist Church and had been a Sunday School Teacher and GA Leader in several other churches over the years. Devoted to her faith Elouise made three trips to Israel and was baptized in the River Jordan on March 10, 1977.
In addition to her parents and husband, she was preceded in death by five brothers; two sisters; a baby granddaughter; and a grandson Shawn Connor.
Surviving are three sons Porter Charles Connor, Jr. and his wife Mary, Alton L. Connor and wife Louise, and Dalton L Connor and wife Jann; one daughter Sharon C. Peek and husband James (Jimmy); eight grandchildren; 16 great-grandchildren and one brother R.S. Willetts, Jr. and wife, Marjorie; three sisters-in law, Bertha Cunningham, Pauline Willetts, and Elizabeth Willetts.
A funeral service will be held at 2:30pm Sunday, at Hooper’s Creek Baptist Church with Revs. Lawrence Rhodes and Roy Waldroup officiating. Burial will follow in Shepherd Memorial Park. Mrs. Connor’s viewing will be from 1:00pm to 1:30pm in the church followed by the family receiving friends from 1:30pm until 2:30pm. At other times the family will be at the home of Jim and Sharon Peek.
Memorials may be made to Native American Mission Fund Ministries, PO Box 1741, Fletcher, NC 28732, or St. Jude’s Children’s Hospital, 501 St Jude Place, Memphis, TN 38105.
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