Obituary of Eleanor Carroll

Eleanor Hobson Carroll, 100, passed away October 28, 2014 at her home in Frankfort, Kentucky. She was born on September 11, 1914 in New York, New York to Penn Leary Carroll, Commodore, USN (RET) and Marybelle Hobson Carroll. Eleanor was the granddaughter of Judge J. P. Hobson, the former Chief Justice of the Court of Appeals of the Commonwealth of Kentucky. She was a member of the Susannah Hart Shelby Chapter of the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution. She graduated from George Washington University in Washington DC, and served during the Second World War in the US Navy, eventually attaining the rank of Lieutenant. Eleanor is survived by her brother-in-law, Kenneth C. Wallace, RADM, USN (RET) of Melbourne, Florida; as well as a niece and five nephews and her two devoted cousins, Alice Hobson and Joe Hobson, both of Frankfort. She was predeceased by her brother, Peyton Carroll, her sister, Katharine Carroll Wallace and her great-grandnephew, Wyatt Carroll Lewis Wallace. Visitation will be at 10 am followed by the memorial service at 11 am at the South Frankfort Presbyterian Church on Friday, October 7th. In lieu of flowers, please consider a donation to the South Frankfort Presbyterian Church.