Miriam Almeta Preast Phelps | Eastern NC Now

    Mrs. Miriam Almeta Preast Phelps, age 91, a resident of Scotland Neck, NC, died Thursday, June 6, 2024, at ECU Health Edgecombe Hospital in Tarboro.

    A graveside funeral service will be held at 10:00 a.m. Saturday, June 8, 2024 at Sunnyside Cemetery in Scotland Neck officiated by Pastor Steve Harring.

    Miriam, better known as "Pink" by family and friends, was born in Halifax County on November 14, 1932, daughter of the late Dewey Edward Preast and the late Evelyn Mizelle Preast. She was a 1952 graduate of Scotland Neck High School where she was one of the first female bus drivers. She attended East Carolina Teachers College. On November 24, 1957, she married the love of her life, Elbert Harvey Phelps, who survives. She worked as a loan officer and appraiser at Home Savings & Loan in Scotland Neck and retired in 1979. Pink loved doing puzzles and yard work and maintaining her flower beds as long as her health permitted. She was a member of Nahalah Presbyterian Church where she sang in the church choir. Pink was a faithful fan of the ECU Pirates and attended as many games as possible. She had fond memories of the visits from some of her family and friends.

    Surviving along with her husband Elbert are her children: Alice Mizelle Phelps of Stantonsburg and Almeta Mae Phelps Hodges and her husband Mac of Washington and close family friend: Terri Stephens. Pink was predeceased, along with her parents, by her brothers: William Preast, Connie Preast, Duke Preast, and Frank Preast; and her sisters: Doris Davis, Jean Early, and Alice Dixon.

    In lieu of flowers the family kindly asks that memorial contributions be made to Nahalah Presbyterian Church, 587 Poor Road, Scotland Neck, NC 27874.

    Online condolences may be offered to the family by visiting www.paulfuneralhome.com

    Paul Funeral Home & Crematory of Washington is honored to serve the Phelps family.