Elaine Weldon Fuller

Elaine Weldon Fuller passed away peacefully at Trinity Oaks on September 7th, 2022, at the age of 101 and a half years old. She was the daughter of the late Tollie Henry Weldon and Esther Clide Daniel Weldon of Henderson, NC. She married Edwin Rudolph Fuller on June 29, 1941. She used her degree in business from Louisburg College, King’s Business College and Durham College of Commerce as an insurance underwriter in Washington, DC. After marriage and raising her children, she joined her husband’s business as Vice President and Office Manager of Innes Street Drug Co. for over 30 years. She was a member of First Baptist Church of Salisbury where she served as a member of the Board of Deacons, and as a Sunday School teacher of Jr. High for over 25 years. She also served the church as a Girls’ Auxiliary leader, a youth director, and a member of the Building Committee for the church chapel. During World War II, she earned her pen and cap in Red Cross nurses training, and volunteered over 1,000 hours in the hospital in Albemarle, NC. She also did volunteer work at Rowan Regional Medical Center. Mrs. Fuller served as a Cub Scout den mother, a Girl Scout leader, and a member of the YMCA Board. She volunteered as a knitting teacher at the YMCA, and was the Chairman of the Salisbury and Rowan County Cancer Fund drive. She was President of the NC Pharmaceutical Auxiliary, and President of the local drug auxiliary – which she organized. She enjoyed golf (three holes-in-one, the last at age 79) and bridge, and was President of the Ladies Golf Association. She was a member of the Ex Libris Book Club, and a duplicate bridge club. Elaine is predeceased by her husband Edwin R. Fuller and her five siblings: Jane Ayscue; Blanche Jackson; Doris Renn; T.H. Weldon, Jr.; and Bettye Brooks Faulkner. Survivors include Edwin R. Fuller, Jr. & wife Barbara; Elaine Teresa Fuller; Stephen W. Fuller & wife Nancy, and J. Michael Fuller & wife Julie. She had eight grandchildren: Edwin R. Fuller III, Katharine Rhinehart, Carol Anne Earnhardt, Addie (Lea) Safrit, Megan Matthews, Addison Fuller, Justin Wells, Jordan Fuller; and ten great grandchildren. Memorial gifts may be made to the Edwin R. & Elaine W. Fuller Fund at the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy Foundation, Inc. To make an online memorial gift, visit: http://give.unc.edu/donate?f=474736&p=phar. To contribute by mail, make checks payable to: UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy Foundation, including “474736 Edwin R. & Elaine W. Fuller Fund” in the memo line and remit to: UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy Foundation, 194 Finley Golf Course Road, Suite 106, Chapel Hill, NC 27514. A funeral service will be held 3 PM on Saturday (Sept 10) at Summersett Memorial Chapel, conducted by Pastor Brenda Bynum. Burial will follow at City Memorial Park. This obituary was mostly self-written by Elaine in 2001. Summersett Funeral Home is serving the Fuller family. Online condolences can be made at www.summersettfuneralhome.com.

Elaine Weldon Fuller

September 7, 2022