Mrs. Lenelle Fuller Hollowell, age 80, died on Friday, November 28, 2008 at Roanoke Chowan Hospital in Ahoskie, North Carolina. Mrs. Hollowell was raised on a tobacco farm in Epson, North Carolina. She was valedictorian of her senior class at Epson High School and graduated from Elon College with honors where she earned a BS Degree in Science and went on to teach at Rich Square School. She married Edward Thomas Hollowell on August 29, 1953. Mrs. Hollowell was a homemaker and an active member of the Rich Square United Methodist Church. She will be best remembered for her love and devotion to her family. She was preceded in death by her mother, Nora Eaves Fuller, her father, Fletcher Brummitt Fuller, Sr., and her son, Edward Thomas Hollowell, Jr.

She is survived by her beloved husband Edward Hollowell of the home. Daughters: Cathy Hollowell of the home; Martha H. Welch and her husband Alva of Snow Hill, North Carolina and their children Lenelle and Harrison. Sons: Frank Hollowell and his wife Susan of Hurdle Mills, North Carolina and their children Lee and his wife Jamie, and Grant; Eric Hollowell and his wife Linda of Fall Branch, Tennessee and their children James, Hannah, and John; Tim Hollowell and his wife Paula of Woodland, North Carolina. Daughter-in-law Ann Hollowell of Seaboard, North Carolina and children Jason and Lucy. Also surviving is a sister, Patsy Maddren of Lexington, North Carolina and a brother, Brummitt Fuller, Jr. of Henderson, North Carolina.