Well-known Grantsville resident and long-time teacher at Calhoun County High School died September 26, 2005, following a long illness.
Funeral services are scheduled for 11:30 a.m. Thursday at the Stump Funeral Home in Grantsville with the Rev. Greg Swisher officiating. Interment will be in the Bethlehem Cemetery. Visitation 6-8 p.m. Wednesday.
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James W. Pearson, former Pastor of the Grantsville First Baptist Church wrote the Herald to share a few of his many fond memories of Mrs. Divers:
Eloise called me one day and asked that I take her to Charleston. I often drove her places so this was not unusual. But the task was a little out of the ordinary. She wanted to go buy a new car. I asked why? What's wrong with the one you have? I just want a new car she said and off to Charleston we went.
She walked around a little, told me what she wanted and sent me to find it. I found one close and went to get her. She said that's fine, never going to look, and told the sales person she wanted that one. When they did not agree on a price, she said 'Jim, take me to lunch while this young man decides whether he wants to sell the car or not'.
She left him orders to get it ready and have it out front if he wanted to sell it for her price. Otherwise we would return to Calhoun County and go to Parkersburg next week and buy one there.
She was partial to Moses in Charleston because the previous three cars had been purchased there. We went to lunch, looked around Charleston, especially the Capital area and drove by Moses. Then we drove home in the new car.
On another occasion I received a call that she wanted to go to Parkersburg to the doctor, and for lunch. I agreed to take her, explaining that I too had some business to take care of. After all was done she asked if I knew anything about a Cracker Barrel restaurant. I told her that I did and in fact had visited the original store just north of Knoxville.
She had just bought stock in the place and had no idea what it was. She wanted to have lunch there and check on her investment. She liked it so well that for years to come, every time someone in her family reached a milestone of some kind she would purchase them stock on the company.
She called every Monday morning to see what the offering was in church the day before and if we got behind she saw to it that the bills got paid in a timely way.
She was quite a lady, a teacher to many in the school system in Calhoun, to me and to my family. She was special and will be missed.
Jim Pearson
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