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Ret. Weatherford Obituary
AIKEN - Retired U.S. Air Force Major Eleanor Weatherford, 87, entered into rest on Saturday, June 22, 2024, surrounded by her loving family. She was preceded in death by her parents, Olin Farris and Mary Goodrich Weatherford, her sister Jeannine Bonds, and her brother Farris Weatherford.
The family will greet friends on Friday, June 28, 2024, from 6 until 8 p.m. at Hatcher Funeral Home and Cremation Service, 3464 Jefferson Davis Highway, Graniteville, SC 29829. A Celebration of Life service will be in the funeral home chapel at 2 o'clock on Saturday, June 29, 2024, with Pastor Gene Brown officiating. Interment with full military honors rendered by the United States Air Force will follow in Sunset Memorial Gardens, Graniteville, SC.
Left to cherish Eleanor's memory are her brother, Camille Weatherford (C.H.), and nieces, Rebecca "Becky" Jarman (Lawrence), Liz Bonds Usher, Michelle Hutto (Philip Elrod), Donna Brown (Tim), Lisa Vascavage (Jim), and a nephew, Dylan Hutto.
Major Weatherford was born in Bath, SC. She graduated from L.B.C. High School in 1954. Upon completing the Georgia Baptist Hospital School of Nursing in 1961, she chose the United States Air Force Nurses Corp Tour of Duty, including Roswell New Mexico Brook School of Aero Space Medicine, where she received her Flight Nurse Wings?followed by tours in Wiesbaden Hospital, Germany, Warner Robbins A.F.B. Hospital, and Cam Rhan Bay, Vietnam. After her tour in Vietnam, Eleanor received her master's in nursing from the University of Arizona, followed by tours at Shepard A.F.B. Hospital, Fort Worth, Texas, Incirlik A.F. Hospital, Turkey, as the chief nurse of receiving, at Zweibrucken A.F. Clinic, Germany - best of the United States Air Force in Europe and final assignment at Chandler A.F.B. Hospital, NJ. She retired from Williams Hospital in 1984. After retirement, she worked with Community Long-Term Care, a state program for Medicare and Medicaid Assistance.
Eleanor was a member of the Society of Retired A.F. Nurses - SRAFN, University of Arizona Alumni Association, American Legion Post, Bath, SC, WIMSA-Women in Military Service, Vietnam Veterans of America-1969-1970, and an associate member of St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Graniteville, SC.
Eleanor's family cordially invites you to celebrate her life following the service at the Partridge Inn, 2110 Walton Way, Augusta, GA 30904.
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Samantha Peel
September 23, 2024
I was very sorry to learn of Eleanor's passing. I appreciated her positive outlook and words of wisdom. Her family is in my thoughts and prayers.
Alice Whitehead
July 10, 2024
I was so sad to learn of Eleanor´s passing.
She was a delightful person whom we will miss.
Prayers for comfort and peace for her family and loved ones.
Bill & Lorraine Morgan
July 1, 2024
Very sad to learn of Eleanor´s passing. She was a witty and smart woman who was admired by us. May she rest in peace. Lt. Bill Morgan and Lorraine.
Linda Stierle
June 29, 2024
On behalf of the Society of Air Force Nurses, please know we are mourning with you the death of our friend and colleague, retired Major Eleanor Weatherford. She was a remarkable woman who made a difference in the lives of so many others during her own journey through life. Eleanor was a longtime member of the Society, and we will be making a donation in her memory and honor to the Military Women's Memorial which stands at the entrance to Arlington National Cemetery to which she also belonged. She will be missed by many, and Eleanor will not be forgotten by the community of Air Force nurses.
Linda J. Stierle, Brigadier General, USAF (retired)
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