Obituary for Ella Short Fields
Ella Short Fields, 75, of Hamlet, passed away Thursday, September 8, 2022 at Richmond Pines, Hamlet.
She was born March 20, 1947, in Byron, Georgia, daughter of the late John Edward Short and Matilda Wright Short.
Ella worked as a billing clerk and financial counselor with FirstHealth at Richmond for over thirty-six years. She was a spiritual, faithful woman of God. She enjoyed singing in her earlier years. She loved watching Gunsmoke and Perry Mason. Her greatest joy was her family; she loved her children and grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her parents, John Edward and Matilda Wright Short; husband, John William Fields, Jr.; granddaughter, Allison Butler; and siblings, George Short, Marie Sale, and Mable Thrush.
Ella is survived by her children, Alan Fields (Deborah Berry) and Valerie Fields Wheeler, both of Hamlet, Audrea Fields of Rockingham, and John W. Fields (Annabelle) of Mt. Laurel, NJ; grandchildren, Christopher Fields, Adam Butler, Alaina Fields, John Andrew Fields, and Jordan Arianna Fields; great-grandson, Layne Butler; brother, William Short (Melba) of Hamlet.
Visitation will be Sunday, September 11, 2022 from 5:00-7:00pm at Harrington Funeral Home.
The funeral service will be Monday, September 12, 2022 at 1:00pm at the Hamlet Church of God of Prophecy, with Bishop Steve Crews officiating. Burial will follow at Richmond County Memorial Park.
Harrington Funeral Home & Crematory is serving the Fields family.
Online condolences may be made at www.harringtonfuneralhome.com
She was born March 20, 1947, in Byron, Georgia, daughter of the late John Edward Short and Matilda Wright Short.
Ella worked as a billing clerk and financial counselor with FirstHealth at Richmond for over thirty-six years. She was a spiritual, faithful woman of God. She enjoyed singing in her earlier years. She loved watching Gunsmoke and Perry Mason. Her greatest joy was her family; she loved her children and grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her parents, John Edward and Matilda Wright Short; husband, John William Fields, Jr.; granddaughter, Allison Butler; and siblings, George Short, Marie Sale, and Mable Thrush.
Ella is survived by her children, Alan Fields (Deborah Berry) and Valerie Fields Wheeler, both of Hamlet, Audrea Fields of Rockingham, and John W. Fields (Annabelle) of Mt. Laurel, NJ; grandchildren, Christopher Fields, Adam Butler, Alaina Fields, John Andrew Fields, and Jordan Arianna Fields; great-grandson, Layne Butler; brother, William Short (Melba) of Hamlet.
Visitation will be Sunday, September 11, 2022 from 5:00-7:00pm at Harrington Funeral Home.
The funeral service will be Monday, September 12, 2022 at 1:00pm at the Hamlet Church of God of Prophecy, with Bishop Steve Crews officiating. Burial will follow at Richmond County Memorial Park.
Harrington Funeral Home & Crematory is serving the Fields family.
Online condolences may be made at www.harringtonfuneralhome.com