Edward Cornwell Elliott

EDWARD CORNWELL ELLIOTT, 86, Raleigh, NC. Edward Cornwell Elliott was born on August 22, 1928 to Edward Sylvester Elliott and Pearl Cornwell Elliott in Louisville, Kentucky. He was a graduate of Mars Hill College and Wake Forest University. He received Theological Degrees from Yale Divinity School and The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. He was the pastor in Baptist Churches for fifteen years in Siler City, NC, Charleston, WV and Mattoon, IL.

He received a Master’s Degree in Social Work from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1972. Thereafter, he served as the Executive Director of a United Methodist Family Service Agency in Normal, IL. He began service as the Executive Director of the Methodist Home for Children in Raleigh, NC in 1979. He later served as the Executive Director of Family Services of Wake County, now known as Triangle Family Services. Before his retirement in 1994, he served for six years as a family therapist at the Johnson County, NC Mental Health Center.

Mr. Elliott was a Ministerial Member of the North Carolina Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church and a member of the Academy of Certified Social Workers.

In retirement, he was a member of the Congregation at Duke Chapel in Durham, NC, served on their Congregational Council and was Chairperson of their Nominating Committee for six years. He served as the Chairperson of the Advisory Council at the Encore Center for Lifelong Enrichment at North Carolina State University and was the Chairperson of the Six Forks Citizens Advisory Council in Raleigh for eleven years. In 2009, he received Raleigh’s Citizen Service Award.

Mr. Elliott is survived by his wife, Gay, who he married on June 4, 1953; two sons, Ralph (Mary) Elliott of Freeport, IL and Chris (Cindy) Elliott of San Diego, CA; and four grandchildren, Brian (Liz) Elliott, Sarah Elliott, Ronan Elliott and Ania Elliott.

Visitation will be held on Wednesday, July 1, 2015 from 10:00 am to 11:00 am at Mitchell Funeral Home, 7209 Glenwood Ave, Raleigh, with Services beginning at 11:00 am. Burial will then follow in Raleigh Memorial Park. A reception in the Stateroom of Mitchell Funeral Home will follow the burial.