Mrs. Eleanor Pope Rawls

Eleanor Pope Rawls, 93, of the Deerfield Retirement Community, died on Sunday, June 13, 2010. Born October 15, 1916 in Lumberton, NC, she was the daughter of the late Ollie B. and Henry L. Pope and the wife for 59 years of the late Charles T. Rawls. She was also preceded in death by her brother, Henry Pope. She was raised in Winston-Salem and High Point, NC. After graduating from the New York School of Fine and Applied Arts in New York City, she designed furniture for Tomlinson of High Point. Eleanor was a very accomplished watercolor artist for most of her life, and for many years was on the Board of the Asheville Art Museum and a member of the NC Watercolor Society. In 1941, she married Charles T. Rawls of Asheville and they lived in Richmond, VA. Following his enlistment in the US Navy during WWII, she came to live with his mother, Sarah Rorison Rawls in Asheville. After World War II, they made their home in Asheville. She was a member and former elder in the First Presbyterian Church of Asheville, as well as President of the Women of the Church. For the past seventeen years, she was a member of Arden Presbyterian Church. Mrs. Rawls served on the Board of Trustees of Montreat Anderson College and the Presbyterian Home for Children. She was a member of the Junior League of Asheville, the Children’s Welfare League, The Forest Garden Club and past chairman of the Buncombe County Committee of the National Society of the Colonial Dames of America in the State of North Carolina. Mrs. Rawls survivors include John Rorison “Rori” Rawls and wife, Pam, of Adrian, Michigan and Charles T. “Sonny” Rawls, III of Asheville. A memorial service will be held 2:00 PM, Thursday, June 17, 2010 in St. Giles chapel of Deerfield Episcopal Retirement Community. Rev. Ken Crabb will officiate. The family will receive friends following in the Commons Area. Interment will be private at Riverside Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Arden Presbyterian Church, Arden, NC or the Presbyterian Home for Children, Black Mountain, NC. Morris Funeral Home, 304 Merrimon Avenue, is assisting the family. Condolences may be sent to our website at Morrisfamilyfuneralhome.com.

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Mrs. Eleanor Pope Rawls

October 15, 1916 - June 13, 2010