Mrs. Eleanor Louise Lewis Ebert, age 93, wife of Dr. James Boyer Ebert, Sr. for 70 years, passed away on Thursday, September 21, 2023, at Lumberton, North Carolina.  She was a graduate of Madison County High School, attended Longwood College, and was a graduate of Jefferson School of Commerce in Charlottesville, Virginia.

Mrs. Ebert was a lifelong Episcopalian and faithful member of Trinity Episcopal Church in Lumberton where she worshipped since 1956.  She was active in parish life and activities at Trinity.

Mrs. Ebert was an avid historian and genealogist, having extensively researched her family's history.  She was a Life Member of Colonel Thomas Robeson Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution.  She served as her Chapter's Regent, Historian, Registrar, and Librarian, and as District VII Director, State Chairman of National Honor Roll, National Defense, and Insignia, as well as the House Committee at Continental Congress.

Mrs. Ebert was a Life member of National Society of Colonel Dames of America (former Robeson Chairman), the Hereditary Order of Descendants of Colonial Governors, the Plantagenet Society, the National Society of Magna Charta Dames, The Society of The Lees of Virginia, the Huguenot Society of the Founders of Manakin in the Colony of Virginia, the Daughters of Colonial Wars, the Jamestowne Society, First North Carolina Company (Council), the Order of the Crown of Charlemagne in the United States, the Order of Descendants of Colonial Physicians and Chirurgiens, and the Order of Descendants of Ancient Planters. She was a Charter member of Descendants of First Colonists of Virginia, 1607-1610, and of the Nicolas Martiau Descendants Association of Virginia.

The Martha Washington Medal was presented to Mrs. Ebert for Outstanding Service by the Sons of the American Revolution on May 30, 2009. She was a member of the Inquirer's Club as well as a former member of the Robeson County History Museum Board and docent.

Mrs. Ebert is survived by her children, Mrs. Nancy Lewis Ebert Gray and her husband, Mr. Verne Allen Gray of Issaquah, Washington, and James Boyer Ebert, Jr., MD, and his wife, Maria De Gracia Padin Ebert, MD, of North Hampton, New Hampshire.

Mrs. Ebert was predeceased by her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Scott Lewis of "Little Dover" in Goochland, Virginia, and later of "Rock Hill" in Madison County, Virginia; her sister, Esther Lewis Prince of Emporia, Virginia; her brother, Robert Spencer Lewis of Richmond, Virginia; and her sister, Mildred Lewis Walton of Smithfield, Virginia.

A memorial service will be held on Sunday, September 24, 2023, at 1:00 PM at Trinity Episcopal Church, 1202 N. Elm Street in Lumberton, NC, followed by a reception in the parish hall.

Interment will take place at a later date at Forest Lawn Cemetery, located at 4000 Pilot Lane in Richmond, VA.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to: Trinity Episcopal Church, 1202 N. Elm Street, Lumberton, NC 29358.