Eleanor Harrell Taylor

Eleanor Harrell Taylor, 90, of 233 Evans Church Road, Edenton, NC, passed away peacefully on Sunday, September 27, 2015 in Vidant Chowan Hospital where she was surrounded by her family. Mrs. Taylor was born in Chowan County on November 18, 1924, and was one of 12 children born to the late Webb W. and Mary Frances Perry Harrell. A homemaker, she had also worked in years past as manager of The Dollar Store and assistant manager of Cato's, and for many years was a unit manager with Tupperware Home Parties. She was a faithful member of Rocky Hock Baptist Church and its Faye Ober Sunday School Class. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by both her husbands, Miles Everett Haste and Frank S. Taylor; her daughter, Judy Ann Haste Cain; her sisters, Eunice H. Bunch, Norma H. White, Mildred H. Spivey, Selma H. Rogerson, and Evelyn Harrell; and by her brothers, Louis Harrell, Sr., Gilbert Harrell, Earl Harrell, Lonnie Harrell, and Alma Harrell. Surviving are two daughters, Carol Perry Haste Cozart and husband Bill of Mocksville and Shelia Kay Haste Schultheiss of Edenton; three grandchildren, Kenneth Miles White and wife Lois, Brian Christopher Sawyer, and Kathryn Cozart Hayes and husband Zack; five great-grandchildren, Kayla Miles White, Ryan Taylor White, Payton Kathryn Hayes, Cassidy Belle Hayes, and Addison Grace Hayes; a brother, The Rev. Ralph Harrell of Hillsborough; and many nieces, nephews, and extended family members. Funeral services will be held Friday, October 2nd, at 2:00 p.m. in Rocky Hock Baptist Church and will be officiated by Dr. James Horton with remembrances by The Rev. Ralph Harrell. Burial will follow in Beaver Hill Cemetery. Friends may join the family Thursday from 7 to 8 p.m. in Miller Funeral Home & Crematory, 735 Virginia Road, Edenton, and other times at the residence. Memorial contributions may be made to the building fund of Rocky Hock Baptist Church, 113 Rocky Hock Church Road, Edenton, NC 27932. Online condolences may be made by visiting www.millerfhc.com.