Eleanor Johnson O’Connor, 93, a native of Glasgow, Va., and a resident of Daphne since 1941, died Wednesday, March 10, 2010, at Thomas Hospital, Fairhope.
She was a graduate of the University of South Alabama receiving a BA degree in elementary education. She began her teaching career in 1954 and taught fourth grade at Daphne Junior High School until her retirement in 1979. She was a member of the Daphne United Methodist Church and Delta Kappa Gamma Teachers Society.
Survivors include her husband, Randolph Preston O’Connor of Daphne, also a native of Glasgow, Va.; son, Dr. Randolph Preston O’Connor Jr. of Augusta Ga.; daughter, Pamela O’Connor Yeager of Selma; grandchildren, Dr. Randolph Patrick O’Connor of Acworth, Ga., Samuel Preston O’Connor of Fairhope, and Samantha Kristen Yeager of Daphne; great-granddaughters, Erin Leigh O’Connor of Atlanta, Kaitlyn Shea O’Connor of Acworth, Ga., and Margaret Eleanor O’Connor of Fairhope; and a nephew, John P. Johnson of Summerdale.
Graveside services and interment will be held at 3 p.m. Saturday, March 13 at Memory Gardens of Fairhope.
Arrangements are by Wolfe-Bayview Funeral Homes & Crematory Inc., Fairhope.
