ELEANOR RAY SINGLETON SALKILL
July 26, 1931-Nov. 11, 2014
Eleanor Ray Singleton Salkill (or as everyone knew her, Mrs. Ellie), 83, Fremont, passed away peacefully Tuesday morning with family by her side, and Mr. Loren, husband of 60 years, beside her holding her hand.
Funeral services will be held Friday, Nov. 14, 2014, at 7 p.m. in the chapel of Howell Funeral Home in Goldsboro, with visitation to follow. Graveside services will be held Saturday, Nov. 15, 2014, at Evergreen Cemetery in Princeton at 11 a.m.
Mrs. Ellie was born July 26, 1931, in Wilmington, N.C., to Rosa Lee Corbett. She grew up in Goldsboro, and attended William Street School until she was 16, when she was forced to leave and take care of her three sisters after the passing of her mother.
From there she moved to Illinois in 1951 looking for work when she befriended Beverly Yount of Mount Vernon, Mo.
While on a trip down to Missouri, she meet Beverly's brother, Loren Salkill, and four months later, they were married in Batavia, Ill. There they lived for another 20 years, where they had both daughters, Anita Grimes and Alicia Salkill. Finally making their way back to North Carolina, where Mrs. Ellie took in foster children and made Randy Salkill one of their own.
She was a dedicated member of Stantonsburg Pentecostal Holiness Church for many years.
April 1, 1985, she decided to open Princeton Daycare in a small town in a little house, with only 13 children she loved and cared her way for almost 30 years through multiple buildings and thousands of children and parents of the community and surrounding areas.
She was a mother and grandmother to all of us, and a Saint even to those who she didn't even know. Her love and enormous heart will forever be missed, but continue to shine on through the hearts she touched with her wisdom and the smiles on children's faces.
She was proceeded in death by her mother, Rosa Lee Corbett of Goldsboro, and sisters, Nell Ree Daily, Shirley Brand of Chicago and Johnny Rose Hunt.
She was survived by her husband, Loren Salkill of Fremont; daughters, Anita Grimes and husband, Gerald, of Fremont and Alicia Salkill of Fremont; son, Randy Salkill and wife, Tammi, of Fremont; stepbrother, Jim Combs and Marty Combs; stepsister, Norma Jean Walston; grandchildren, Lisa Adams of Fremont, Brandon Grimes of Fremont, Brooks Grimes and wife, Casey, of Fremont, Zachary Harmon of Fremont, Ashton Grimes and wife, Stephanie, of Selma and Kyle Harmon of Pikeville; and great-grandchildren Ashley Peters and husband, Matt, of Goldsboro, Taylor Adams of Erwin, Gabriel Grimes of Fremont, Garret Grimes of Fremont, Jaden Grimes of Fremont, Peyton Grimes of Fremont, Blakely Grimes of Fremont and Cayden David Grimes of Selma.
In lieu of flowers, please make donations to the American Cancer Society.
The family is in the care of Howell Funeral Home and Crematory in Goldsboro.
Light a candle at www.howellfuneral.com.
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Published in Obituaries on November 13, 2014 1:50 PM