Damewood, Eleanor Franks

Eleanor was born on a Sunday afternoon, March 29, 1931, in 
Shreveport, Louisiana, to Theresa Louise Hagedorn Franks and 
Roy Franks. 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 May 30, 1953, at the First Baptist 
Church in Shreveport, Louisiana, and were blessed with great 
happiness for more than 53 years. Logan's U.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 11 years in Longview. In addition to her beloved 
husband, Eleanor is survived by a brother, Raymond H. Franks and 
wife, LaVerne of Shreveport, Louisiana; 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, Oklahoma. 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, Louisiana. 
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, Louisiana; 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 2 p.m. Friday, December 1, 2006, at the First 
Baptist Church in Longview, 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. 
A memorial guestbook may be signed online at www.raderfh.com.

Published in the Longview News-Journal on 11/29/2006.