Saluda, SC

Eleanor Metts

Eleanor Palmer Metts (90), widow of Winford Oneal Metts, passed away peacefully November 16, 2023 at Saluda Nursing Center. Eleanor was a graduate of Hollywood High School and after raising her family, graduated from Piedmont Technical College School of Practical Nursing. She then worked at Saluda Nursing Center until her retirement. Eleanor's greatest pleasures were reading, preparing holiday meals for her family, and helping her best friend and husband of 68 years with home and church projects.

She is survived by her daughters, Marlene Metts and Elizabeth White (Wayne), her daughter-in-law, Ginny Metts, son-in-law, Richard Blanset, 8 grandchildren: Jessica Faulkner (Chris), Jonathan Metts (Mary), Erin Talbert (Harvey), Steven Metts (Jessica), Michael White (Katie), Lauren Miller (Drew) Christen Hall and Meagan Johnson (Chris), 15 great-grandchildren, brother-in-law, George Ray Metts, sister-in-law, Glenda Metts and numerous nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her husband, her daughter, Karen Metts Blanset and son Layne Metts, and great-grandchild, John-Michael Hall. She was the last living member of her immediate family and preceded in death by her parents, David Shelton Palmer, Sr and Farrah Ellen Palmer, two sisters, Edith Nichols and Sallie Rinehart, and six brothers, Cromer, Homer(infant), Jake, Roy, Joe and David Palmer Jr. Also preceding in death were much loved extended family members, Dorothy Metts, Mildred Perry, Mollie Morgan, Robert Metts and Barbara Palmer.

The family expresses their deep-felt gratitude to her at home sitters, Dory Whittle, Sylvia Helms, Yvonne Taylor, Barbara Jones, Marie DeLoache and Susan Frye for allowing her to remain at home as long as physically possible. The family also expresses their sincere gratitude to Dr. Bill Sawyer, the staff of Saluda South Family Practice and the staff of Saluda Nursing Home.

Pallbearers and honorary pallbearers are the grandsons and grandsons-in-laws.

Funeral services will be conducted at 3 p.m., Sunday, November 19, 2023 at Mt. Pleasant Lutheran Church, Saluda by the Rev. Jim Glander officiating with burial to follow in Travis Park Cemetery. Visitation will be at the church one hour prior to the service. Memorials in Eleanor's Memory can be made to Mt. Pleasant Lutheran Church, 101 N. Calhoun St., Saluda, SC 29138 or The Charlie Foundation, P.O. Box 292, Saluda, SC 29138.

Memorials and condolences may be shared online at www.rameyfuneralhome.com