Eleanor “Jimmie” was born in Lexington, KY in 1948, to Charles and Sarah Law (Carrington). She graduated from Bourbon County High School and continued her education at Eastern Kentucky University, earning a degree in Elementary Education. After her junior year at EKU, she married Don, and they shared their lives for 49 years. During Don’s time in the Army, she was a stay-at-home mother to their four children, and was later a Special Education Teacher’s Aide.
The family moved to Texas in 1996, where Eleanor was a teacher’s aide for Arlington Independent School District. She was an active member of First Methodist Mansfield. She attended services every Sunday and enjoyed her weekly women’s Bible study class with her friends.
She is preceded in death by her parents and two sisters, Sarah Jane and Kizzy Mae. She leaves behind her husband Don, sons Charles (Diana), Donald, and Patrick (Hayley), daughter Jamie, and her grandchildren Chandler, Garrett, Landon, Griffin, Rebecca, Charles, two sisters Mary Frances Morrison (Steve), and Elizabeth Anna “Betsy” Douglas, as well as numerous nieces and nephews.
Memorial services will be held Tuesday, July 24th, 2018, at 3:00pm, at First Method Mansfield Church (777 N. Walnut Creek Drive, Mansfield, TX 76063). The Nalley family will be hosting a gathering for family and friends to share in fellowship immediately following.
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