May 24, Goldsboro
Elizabeth Royall Sutton died at her home in Goldsboro May 24, 2016. The daughter of William Allen and Elizabeth Waddell Royall, she was born in Goldsboro November 10, 1924. She is survived by her husband Bryan Sutton and her daughters Katherine Broderick Brady, husband Michael, and Anne Randolph Sutton of Durham and granddaughters Holly Sutton Broderick and Alice Royall Broderick and her sister Pamela Royall Lawrence of Goldsboro. She was preceded in death by her parents and sister Katherine Royall Williams.
She was a graduate of Goldsboro High School and St. Mary’s Junior College in Raleigh. After an interval of varied employment in Goldsboro, Elizabeth attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill graduating with a degree in English. She was a member of the Glee Club, the Chapel Hill Chorus, and the Chapel of the Cross Church.
Elizabeth returned to UNC as a student over the years obtaining a teaching certificate and eventually a Master of Education degree. Her work in education was for the most part in the Goldsboro City Schools as first grade teacher and reading specialist. She also taught kindergarten and music in the Protestant School. She was active in the work of the North Carolina Education Association serving twice as president of the Goldsboro unit and was a member of Delta Kappa Gamma Honorary Society of women teachers.
All through the years, Elizabeth was a part of the life of St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church where she was a member and soloist of the choir, a Sunday school teacher, Guild chairman, convention delegate, vestry member, and youth advisor. After retirement, she had time for her favorite hobby, duplicate bridge, serving as president of the Goldsboro Duplicate Bridge Club and delegate to Unit 119 of ACBL.
The funeral service will be held at St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church in Goldsboro on Friday, May 27, 2016 at 11 o’clock. The family will receive friends in the Church Parish Hall after the service. Inurnment will follow at Willow Dale Cemetery.
Online condolences may be sent to the family at www.seymourfuneralhome.com.
