Morehouse County Louisiana Archives Obituaries.....SHIRLEY, ELEANOR POMEROY November 29, 2006
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Bastrop Daily Enterprise - Dec 4, 2006
Eleanor Pomeroy Shirley

Published: Saturday, December 2, 2006 12:43 AM CST
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Funeral services for Eleanor Pomeroy Shirley will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday, 
December 3, 2006 at First United Methodist Church, Bastrop with the Rev. Ramon 
Warren officiaitng. Burial will be in Christ Church Cemetery in Bastrop, by 
Golden Funeral Home. The family will receive friends from 6 - 7:30 p.m. on 
Friday evening, at Shinn Funeral Service, located at 800 West Main Street, 
Russellville, Ark.

Eleanor Pomeroy Shirley, age 93, of Russellville, died Wednesday, November 29, 
2006, at Saint Mary's Regional Medical Center. A daughter of the late Cree 
Walter and Myrtle Robinson Pomeroy, she was born August 23, 1913 in Bastrop. 
She graduated from Bastrop High School in 1930, and, as a gifted athlete, 
attended Lynn's Business School in Shreveport on a basketball scholarship. 
While a student she played semi-professional basketball and played in the 
Women's National A.A.U. Basketball Tournament in 1932 against the Olympic 
great, Babe Didrickson. She also was the Louisiana State javelin champion. She 
never missed watching football games, especially when her two favorite teams, 
the Arkansas Razorbacks and the LSU Tigers, were playing.

She worked for the W.P.A. and continued in this service for 42 years through 
the Louisiana State Department of Public Welfare.

After having lived in Bastrop for 89 years, she moved to Russellville three 
years ago to be close to her family. She was a member of First United 
Methodist Church in Bastrop, where she had the honor of having been a member 
longer than any other member and had recently moved her membership to First 
United Methodist Church in Russellville. Eleanor was called "Skeet" by her old 
friends, "Sissie" by her family, and "Mam-ma" by her grandchildren and her 
great-grandchildren. She was a dedicated Christian mother and grandmother and 
was very loved by her family. She was a wonderful cook, and was "famous" for 
her fried chicken and her divinity.

Survivors include her daughter and son-in-law, Ann and Robert Squyres of 
Russellville; three grandchildren -- Aaron Squyres of Maumelle; Amy Cooper and 
husband, Hunt of Siloam Springs and Laura Little and husband, Aaron of Searcy; 
five great-grandchildren -- Austin, Madison and Mason Cooper of Siloam Springs 
and Colby and Aubrey Little of Searcy and many nephews, nieces, cousins and 
friends.

Active pallbearers will be Aaron Little, Hunt Cooper, Burt Hodge, Robert 
Squyres, Aaron Squyres and Rick Pomeroy.

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