Mrs. Eloise Thornhill Herbert

Mrs. Eloise Herbert, 87 of Poulan, Ga., passed away on Sunday, February 9, 2020 at Pruitt Health Care Sylvester, after a seemingly lifetime battle with Alzheimer's Disease. The funeral service will be held at 2:00 PM on Thursday 13, 2020 at Banks Funeral Home Chapel, interment will follow in the Poulan Cemetery. Eloise was born on December 13, 1932 in Poulan, GA, to the late Willie Griggs and Edith Coulter Thornhill. After a devastating accident in 1998 while delivering meals, she was forced to retire from SOWEGA Council on Aging in Sylvester, where she served as a director for many years doing what she loved, which is helping others. This began the downward spiral of this horrible disease which robbed her of any semblance of a normal life. During these years, she spent her time between Georgia and Louisiana being cared for by her daughters, Patricia and Sharon. Eloise wore many hats over the years including homemaker, wife, mother, a talented Cosmetologist, manager at World Cans, Personal assistant to Mrs. Stella Osborne (Published Author and Humanitarian), interim Postmaster in Poulan and lastly SOWEGA. Eloise was a prolific reader and visited any Library with open doors, learning to read at the age of four, checking out books from the one room Library only open one day a week in Poulan. She was a member of the Eastern Star as well as the Women's Club in Sylvester. She was a talented artist, seamstress, pianist with a love for gospel music. Survivors include her children, William Neal Gay of Sylvester, Patricia Lynn Barfield (Robert) of Poulan, Sharon Elaine Miller (Mike) of Louisiana and Eloise Anna Hood of Moultrie; 10 grandchildren and 8 great grandchildren. A host of nieces and nephews. In addition to her parents, Mrs. Herbert was preceded in death by a sister, Hazel and brother-in-law, Hubert Champion; brother, Ralph and sister-in-law, Betty Thornhill. The family will receive friends on Thursday from 1:00 PM until the service hour at Banks Funeral Home. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Alzheimer's Association, 886 Mulberry Street Macon, Ga. 31201. Please sign our online guest registry at www.banksfh.com. Banks Funeral Home in Sylvester is in charge of arrangements.

Mrs. Eloise Thornhill Herbert

December 13, 1932 - February 9, 2020