Naomi Magdalene Eanes/Shippee

October 6, 1921 - March 20, 2019
Naomi Magdalene Eanes/Shippee

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Naomi Magdalene Eanes/Shippee went to heaven peacefully on March 20, 2019, at the Lower Cape Fear Hospice, in Wilmington, NC. Born in 1921 in Ringgold, VA, she was married to Burton T. Eanes for 21 years and to James Shippee for 42 years. She lived most of her adult life on the peninsula.

As a member of the former Copeland Park Baptist Church (now West Hampton), she introduced her children early in their lives to her faith, which she strongly maintained. She spent most of her years as a homemaker, although she greatly enjoyed her work later in life as a sales clerk in women’s clothing in Nachman’s department store in Newport News.

Predeceasing her were both of her husbands, her daughter Nora E. Kayton, her son David Eanes, and her stepson, J. D. Shippee. She is survived by her twins, Magdalene (Bonnie) E. Myers and Burton T. (Tommy) Eanes, Jr., and daughter Linda E. Lashley, all of Wilmington; stepdaughter Margaret Shippee of Biloxi, MS; grandsons Jack T. Kayton, III, and Burton E. Eanes; granddaughter Karin M. Lawin; and several great-grandchildren.

Her ashes will be inurned at Holy Cross Episcopal Church in Wilmington, NC. Her spirit will be with God.

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  • May 11, 2019
    dave says:
    I am so sorry for your loss , Loosing a loved one is traumatic and very difficult. However the Bible says at Rev. 21:4 - “ And he will wipe out every tear from their eyes, and death will be no more, neither will mourning nor outcry nor pain be anymore. The former things have passed away.” May the God who gives us this comfort be with the family at this time.

  • December 27, 2021
    Ted Brown says:
    I had no idea that my Aunt Maggie, (as we called her), had passed. I learned this morning, Monday, December 27, 2021 while surfing the Internet. This comes as shocking news to me. Aunt Maggie was so much fun to be around. I was so blessed to have her, Uncle Burton and Uncle Jim in my life. God bless her, she is now with our Lord and Savior, her children, my grandparents and her siblings. She was such a wonderful lady. I loved her and will forever have her in my memories and heart.