Surry-Prince George County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Pond, Eleanor R., 1991 

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ELEANOR REBEKAH POND

  WAKEFIELD - Miss Eleanor Rebekah Pond, 92, died Dec. 5, 1991.

  She was the daughter of the late John W. and Eva Edwards Pond.

  She was a retired school teacher and administrator.  She retired in 1964 
after a 43-year career in the state’s public schools, 26 of which were in 
the Hopewell system.  She began her teaching career in 1921 in the Caroline, 
Russell and Wise County public school systems, and 1937 began teaching in the 
Hopewell schools.

  In 1946, she became elementary school supervisor for the Hopewell and Prince 
George County school systems, a position she held until her retirement.

  Miss Pond was a graduate of Dendron High School in Surry County and a 1919 
graduate of Virginia Intermont College in Bristol.  She attended Peabody Music 
Conservatory and was a 1936 graduate of Radford State Teachers College.  She 
received her Masters Degree in education from the University of Virginia in 
1958 and was a member of Kappa Delta Phi honorary educational sorority at U.Va.

  She served as assistant to the director of the McGuffey Reading Clinic for 
the summer session at the University of Virginia in 1962.  She was a member of 
the Virginia Education Association and was secretary to the regional 
supervisor for the VEA for two years.

  She was a member of Rocky Hock United Methodist Church.

  Survivors include a brother, Lyle H. Pond of Wakefield.

  A graveside service was conducted Dec. 8, at Rocky Hock United Methodist 
Church Cemetery by the Rev. Jess V. Staton.


Eleanor Rebekah POND, retired Hopewell teacher & administrator, 
b. 26 Apr 1899, Surry Co., d. 5 Dec 1991, 
interred in Rocky Hock Methodist Church Cemetery*, 8 Dec 1991, 
funeral card 

*Find a Grave Mem. #20602686. 

Her parents, John Wesley and Eva Elmira (EDWARDS) POND, are also buried there. 

Her father's (donated, 1955) obit is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/surry/obits/p530j3ob.txt 

Her mother's (donated, 1947) obit is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/surry/obits/p530e3ob.txt 


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