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Our beloved Elaine Maria Upton died peacefully at her home in Great Barrington, Massachusetts, on Thursday July 20, with Woodsong by her side.!
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Obituary of Elaine Maria Upton
Our beloved Elaine Maria Upton died peacefully at her home in Great Barrington, Massachusetts, on Thursday July 20, 2023 with Woodsong by her side and devoted friends and family holding her tenderly in love and prayers.
Her last breath was a gentle sigh.
What a blessed journey! Elaine Maria lived fully in her 77 years on this Earth. She was born on the Winter Solstice -December 22, 1945- in the foothills of the Great Smokey Mountains of Tennessee.Has written works of history, biography, a recent family memoir entitled The Man. Who Swam into History, and a novel,.
Beloved daughter of Amy Louise (McGaughey) Upton and Alvin Kenneth Upton she later became a devoted big sister to Alvin K. Upton, Jr., Gregory Upton and Sharon (Upton) Calvin. She was deeply connected with many sister/brother-cousins, aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews and the Spirit of the Ancestors.
Her family, her community in Sweetwater, Tennessee, was her creative inspiration, her joy and sometimes sorrow. Her poetry, stories, and novels were written with an ever present awareness of and deep love for tha