Elnora Parker Beamon, 83, of 610 Roosevelt Drive, Suffolk, transitioned Saturday, April 29, 2017, at Sentara Obici Hospital. She was a native of Whaleyville (Suffolk) and the daughter of the late Henry Parker and Sadie Ralph Parker. She was preceded in death by her husband, James S. Beamon Sr.; son, James S. Beamon Jr.; sisters, Mary Frances Smith and Ruth Ella Hunter; brothers, Buddy Henry Parker and Redell Parker.

She retired from Darden Egg Plant. She was a church mother of New Mt. Joy Food For Living Ministries.

She leaves to cherish her memory her daughter, Lee Esther Eley (Raymond), of Suffolk; stepdaughter, Mary Beamon, of Hampton; sons, Henry T. Beamon (Ethel), of Norwalk, Conn., Curtis E. Beamon, John W. Beamon (Kimberly) and David M. Beamon (Curlyphine), all of Suffolk; 27 grandchildren and 53 great-grandchildren; sister, Susie Mae Riddick, of Gates, N.C.; brother, Leroy Parker, of Philadelphia, Pa.; brother-in-law, Vernon Riddick; two sisters-in-law, Etta Wilson and Yvonne Hall; goddaughter, Christine Richardson; and a host of other relatives and friends.

A funeral service will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday, May 7, 2017, at New Mt. Joy Food For Living Ministries, officiated by Bishop Viola Parker. Interment will be in Carver Memorial Cemetery. Condolences maybe extended to the family at www.crockerfuneralhome.com. Professional services with dignity have been entrusted to Crocker Funeral Home Inc.