Ms. Elinor M. Spearman was born December 6, 1925 in Winston-Salem, NC to the late Willie Spearman Murphy. She was educated in the Winston-Salem Forsyth County public schools. She matriculated to Winston Salem Teachers College (now Winston Salem State University) and was a 1947 graduate of the college. She completed graduate studies at the University of Virginia at Charlottesville and A&T State University in Greensboro, NC.   Ms. Spearman taught elementary school in High Point, NC and  Martinsville, VA and was a former principal of Carver Lane Elementary School of Henry County in Martinsville, VA.

She was a published poet who had completed books of poems and many other publications. Her most notable compilation was "Rays of Dawn" a collection of imaginative poems.

She was a member of the Krinon Club of Alpha Lambda Chapter of the National Sorority of Phi Delta Kappa. Spiritually, she was a member of First Baptist Church Highland Avenue where she served on the Senior Adult Ministry. She departed this life Monday August 3, 2020 at Brighton Gardens of Winston-Salem.

Survivors include her cousin Ms. Barbara Link and family; her devoted caregivers, James and Fontaine Graham.

Special thanks to Brighton Gardens and Amedisys Hospice for all of their care provided.

Graveside services will be private.