Eleanor Franks Damewood's Obituary
Eleanor was born on a Sunday afternoon, March 29, 1931, to Theresa Louise Hagedorn Franks and Roy Franks in Shreveport, Louisiana. She died November 28, 2006. Eleanor was a graduate of C. E. Byrd High School and Louisiana Tech University. She received a Masters Degree in Library and Information Sciences from the University of Maryland.
Eleanor and her best friend, Logan Damewood, were married at the First Baptist Church in Shreveport on May 30, 1953, and were blessed with great happiness for 53 plus years.
Logan?s Air Force career allowed them to travel and live in different parts of the country
until they settled in San Antonio where she served as head of the MacArthur High School Library for 25 years. She loved God?s gifts of family, friends, music, flowers and nature, and especially enjoyed working with Logan on community projects during their last eleven years in Longview.
In addition to her beloved husband, Eleanor is survived by a brother, Raymond H. Franks and wife LaVerne of Shreveport, niece Doris Miller and husband, Mark of Kilgore, niece Evelyn Blankenship and husband, Ron, of Maryland, niece Linda Lillard and husband Brian of Frisco, nephew David Pitchlynn and brother-in-law Ernest Pitchlynn of Oklahoma City. Special cousins are June and Earl Montgomery of Longview, Marlene and Charles Norwood and Kayla and Phil Orton of Galveston and Keith Norwood, Kenneth and Twyla Norwood and, Isabel De Northwood, all of Shreveport. Great nieces and nephews are Preston, Austin and Anna Grace Miller of Kilgore, Nathan, Melanie and Angela Blankenship, of Maryland, Katie, Allison and Nelson Lillard of Frisco, Maddie and Cole Norwood, and Matthew De Northwood of Shreveport, Skye Woodgate of Houston, and Christopher and Andrew Orton of Galveston.
The family wishes to recognize with deep appreciation and the kindness and professional care extended to Eleanor by Dr. Larry Frase, Tony Wallace and the staff at the Longview Cancer Center.
Memorial services will be held at the First Baptist Church, Longview, at 2:00 PM Friday,
December 1, 2006 with Dr. Tim Watson officiating. Burial will be private.
In lieu of flowers, memorial gifts may be made to the Longview Symphony Legacy Endowment or the Gregg County Humane Society.
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