Ella Barrow Creech Poole, 89, of Wauchula, passed away on Wednesday, September 14, 2011 in Sebring. She was born in Greene County, NC on Sept. 30, 1921.
Mrs. Poole had been a resident of Wauchula for 16 years, coming from Kinston, NC where she had lived for 74 years. She was a Christian and member of Wheat Swamp Christian Church in LaGrange, NC. She was a loving wife, mother, grandmother and homemaker, and was employed as a Cottage Parent Supervisor with Caswell Center in Kinston.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Jonas Wood "Rip" Poole, parents, Eliza Mae Emerson and Jesse Wyatt Creech, 4 brothers, Jesse Wyattt Creech, John Preston Creech, Fredrick Creech and Louis Emerson Creech, 2 sisters, Barbara Edna Creech Rabhan and Josephine Evelyn Creech White, and 2 daughters, Mary Barrow Poole and Annella Poole Bain.
She is survived by 1 daughter, Barbara Ellen Poole Myers of Wauchula, FL, 2 sons, Franklin Wood Poole of Kinston, NC and John Henry Poole of Snow Hill, NC; 2 brothers, George Carroll Creech of LaGrange, NC and Ralph Lenley Creech of Greensboro, NC; 12 grandchildren, Melinda Petrie, Barbara Harlan, Angela Klein, Gary Myers, Lisa Poole-Moore, Franklin Wood Poole, Jr., Charles Lynwood Potter, Amy Poole Jordan, Ashley Poole, Melissa Poole, Julia Poole, and Rachel Poole; 18 great-grandchildren, 5 great-great-grandchildren, and numerous extended family members.
Visitation will be held at Garner Funeral Home in Kinston, NC on Saturday, September 17th from 11 a.m. til 1 p.m., with services at 1:00 p.m. Burial is in Pinelawn Memorial Park.