Florene Eaton
October 7, 1929 - February 25, 2018
Florence E. Cornelius Purcell Eaton passed peacefully from this earth February 25,2018 at 88 years of age. She was born to J.B. and Emma Cornelius October 7,1929 in Spalding Oklahoma. They soon moved to New Mexico for J.B.'s health, where she went to school and graduated in Tatum, New Mexico. She was a wonderful mother and wife raising three children. She loved flowers eventually going to work for Carpenters Nursery in Roswell, New Mexico. She a had a "green thumb" and her yard was always blooming as did she. Surviving her is her daughter Teresa and husband Dewayne, a son Charles Purcell and wife Vicki, daughter Melodie Hebert and husband Paul. She also has two brothers, Billy and Doug Cornelius and a sister Nina Lou McMillan. With eleven grandchildren, 10 great grandchildren, and many nieces and nephews. She is preceded in death by a sister Rosene Ray, her daughter Shirley Teel, Ed Purcell and Jimmy Eaton.
Florence E. Cornelius Purcell Eaton passed peacefully from this earth February 25,2018 at 88 years of age. She was born to J.B. and Emma Cornelius October 7,1929 in Spalding Oklahoma. They soon moved to New Mexico for J.B.'s health, where she... View Obituary & Service Information