Eleanor Cole

Eleanor Perkins Cole passed away at Our Lady of the Lake on Monday, May 14, 2018 at the age of 97. She was born on April 6, 1921 in Smithfield, NC, to Norris Lynwood Perkins and Pearl Stancil Perkins. She attended Women's College of the University of North Carolina and worked at the Fairchild Aircraft Factory during World War II. She met her late husband Robert Edward Cole at a USO dance and later joined his family in Baton Rouge. She and Bob worked to bring the late Reverend Billy Graham to LSU and helped found The Chapel on the Campus with dear friends Don and Mary Tabb and Rolfe and Dot McCollister. The couple later retired to their beloved "Dream's End" in Navarre Beach, FL, where their frequent visitors received a warm welcome. Eleanor is survived by her four children Robin Roy (David), Eddie Cole, Ginger McCullough (David), and Candy Cole Capek. Her grandchildren are Kelly Wood, Todd Cameron, Kimberly Cassibry, Casey Palascak (Joe), John Cassibry, Rob Cole (Anita), Ragan Roy Garcia (Chris), Rikki Capek Wilson (Kyle), Kai Capek, and Robin Hays (Kevin). Her great-grandchildren include Taylor Wood, MacKenzie Wood, Zarina Cole, and Cyra Cole. She was preceded in death by her parents, her brothers Norris Lynwood Perkins, Jr. and Edwin Roberson Perkins, her husband Bob, and her son-in-law John Folk Cassibry, Sr. Visitation will be held at Resthaven Funeral Home on Thursday, May 17, from 6 to 8 pm and on Friday, May 18, from 9 am until the funeral service begins there at 10 am. In lieu of flowers, the family asks that Eleanor be remembered through donations to Charlie's Place, where she volunteered by playing piano (Alzheimer's Services of the Capital Area, 3772 North Blvd., Baton Rouge, LA, 70806, 225-334-7494, www.alzbr.org). "To the non-believer, death is the end; to the believer, death is just the beginning!"

Visitation

Resthaven Funeral Home
11817 Jefferson Highway
Baton Rouge, LA  70816
Thursday, May 17, 2018
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm

Resthaven Funeral Home
11817 Jefferson Highway
Baton Rouge, LA  70816
Friday, May 18, 2018
9:00 am - 10:00 am

Service

Resthaven Funeral Home
11817 Jefferson Highway
Baton Rouge, LA  70816
Friday, May 18, 2018
10:00 am

Cemetery

Resthaven Gardens of Memory
11817 Jefferson Highway
Baton Rouge, LA  70816