Elsie Mae Herrod Boor, age 93, of Plantersville, passed away Feb. 19, 2015, surrounded by her loved ones.

A loving and devoted wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother, she was born to William L. Herrod and Thelma Motley on Dec. 11, 1921, on the family farm near Plantersville.

Elsie Mae graduated second in her class of eleven from Billingsley High School and soon after moved to Washington, D.C. to work for the Pentagon. In 1944, she met and married Homer “Fuzzy” Boor – a sailor who grew up in the farming foothills of Pennsylvania. Over the next eleven years, their marriage produced five children. During that time, she supported “Fuzzy” as his career progressed and cared for their children. Finally, Elsie Mae re-joined the working world with J. C. Penney’s.

After his retirement, Fuzzy built a homestead on Elsie Mae’s childhood farm near Plantersville, and they moved into the house in 1986.  Elsie Mae welcomed others freely to her home and table. She thoroughly enjoyed life. Her passions were reflected in the beauty of flowers and the company of devoted family and friends.

As a wife, mother, employee and friend, Elsie Mae devoted her energy to the pursuit of excellence, the demonstration of courage and determination and the tenets of faith and hope, mirroring the patterns set by her parents and reflecting those same patterns to her children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

The lasting legacy she wove with her husband, Homer, is one forged by kind hearts and personal fortitude, and perhaps most memorable of all, a generous and keen sense of humor. They were quick to laugh and eager to put a smile on someone else’s face.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Homer Boor; parents, William L. and Thelma Herrod; sisters, Edna Ousley and Olga Ousley;and brother, John Herrod.

Surviving are her children, Linda Boor, William “Buddy” Boor, Stanley (Kate) Boor, Winston (Barbara) Boor and Mark Boor; eight grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.

Funeral services will be Saturday, Feb. 28, 2015, at 1 p.m. at Bethel Baptist Church with Pastor Rob Coburn officiating. Interment will be in Colee Cemetery in Jones with Selma Funeral Home directing. Visitation will be Friday, Feb. 27, 2015, from 4p.m. until 6:30 p.m at Selma Funeral Home.

Pallbearers will be Brit Allen, John Herrod, Charles Ousley, Wayne Ousley, Danny Ousley, Eugene Ousley, James Ousley and Billy Robert Ousley.

In lieu of flowers the family requests memorial donations be made to Southern Care Hospice (make checks payable to: CURO Health Services) 201 Medical Center Drive, Clanton, AL, 35045.

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