Mrs. Elaine Kathryn Tompkins

Mrs. Elaine K. “Lee” Green Tompkins, 102 years young of Summerfield, NC passed to heaven on May 3, 2010.Lee was born November 14, 1907 in Buffalo, NY, the seventh of eight children of Louis Henry Schultz and Aleana Paine Schultz.

Always a very active lady, in Virginia, Lee was a member of Salem Baptist Church, Assistant State Director of AARP, Past Worthy Matron of the Order of the Eastern Star, Chapter 161, The Amaranths, State officer in the League of Older Americans, Past President of Salem Women’s Club, Past President of the Home Demonstration Club, Past President of Town Improvement, Buchanan, and for more than twenty years organized and led coach trips across America…from trips to Washington, DC and Christmas trips to New York, then from Maine to Florida, Branson MO, Memphis and Nashville, TN, Hawaii, Alaska, and even to England, Ireland and Wales… loving friends hurried to follow her anywhere and everywhere!

Since moving to the Greensboro, NC area, Lee added to her lifetime circle of friends by gathering North Carolina hearts with her warm and loving ways. In Greensboro, Lee enjoyed her memberships in her bridge club, Wildwood Garden Club, the Round table Study Club and the Guilford College Art Appreciation Club. Lee was also in print in “Notable Americans of the Bicentennial Era (1976), Personalities of the South 1975-1976, The World’s Who’s Who of Women (4th edition) and she more recently received a Letter from President Bush celebrating her centennial birthday, which was presented by her NC Congressman, the Honorable Howard Coble.In addition to her parents, Lee was preceded in death by her husbands, LeRoy Green and P.H. Tompkins.

Surviving are her daughter, Jacquelyn G. Hill of Summerfield, NC; sister-in-law, Thelma (Dolly) Schultz of Kingsville, MD; nieces: Patricia Weyant, Judith Curry, Karen Wipfield, Darlene Beall, Deborah Drury, Fleurette Khatzis and Fawn Lesieur; nephew: Ronnie Schultz, numerous great and great- great nieces and nephews as well as god-children.In Greensboro, a vistiation will be held Wednesday, May 5 from 6:00-7:00pm followed by a memorial service at 7:00 p.m. at Hanes-Lineberry Funeral Home, 515 N. Elm St, Greensboro, NC 27401.. In Virginia, a visitation will be held Friday, May 7 from 1-2pm at Oakey & Son Salem Funeral Home, 305 Boulevard, Salem, Virginia 24153 followed by the service at 2:00 p.m., officiated by Rev. Everett Kier. Interment will follow at Sherwood Memorial Park, 1045 Lynchburg Turnpike, Salem Virginia 24153 .Memorial donations may be directed to: Salem Baptist Church, 102 N Broad St, Salem, VA 24153

Online condolences may be made at www.haneslineberryfuneralhomes.com.