DL Capt. Elijah Preston Fields III

 

~ IN MEMORY ~

DL Capt. ELIJAH PRESTON FIELDS III

 April 8, 1960 ~ January 9, 2015

 

Notification with the passing of Delta international pilot Elijah Preston Fields III, age 54.  Captain Fields followed in his father’s footsteps and his love for flying ... you can read more about his father at http://memory.loc.gov/diglib/vhp/story/loc.natlib.afc2001001.10602/transcript?ID=sr0001  WWII veteran Captain Elijah Preston Fields II (1922-2004) started his commercial flying career with Southern Airways flying the DC-3s, made the merger with Republic, and retired with Northwest Airlines in 1982 at age 60.

Captain Fields III joined Delta Air Lines 12-16-1985.  He is listed in our directory as CAPTAIN B767ER , based ATL/031.

 

To view/sign the online guestbook please visit http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/commercialappeal/obituary.aspx?n=ELIJAH-PRESTON-FIELDS&pid=173828379

Captain Fields is survived by his children Taylor and Caroline, and his sister Angela.  He had most recently resided at

839 Park Side Lane,  Collierville  TN 38017-7064.

 

Should we hear more we will be sure to update our memorial site.  Services for Captain Fields are planned for Friday, January 16th.

 

Thank you,

~ Carol for the PCN   

 

Obituary..........................

Elijah Preston Fields III, 54, of Collierville, TN, passed away on January 9, 2015 in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Preston was a pilot for Delta Airlines. Aviation was his lifelong passion. He was a loving, devoted, and proud father. He is survived by his two children, Taylor L. Fields and Caroline E. Fields (both of Collierville, TN); his sister, Angela “Dusty” Fields, his nephew Jonathon Reeves, and his niece, Kimberly Reeves all of Marietta, GA. He was preceded in death by his parents, Preston and Brunelle Fields. The family will receive visitors on Tuesday, January 13 from 4-6 p.m. at Faith Presbyterian Church, 8816 Poplar Pike in Germantown, TN with a Memorial Service to be held in Boston, GA at Boston Baptist Church, 143 South Main Street 6:30 p.m. Friday, January 16.

  .Published in The Commercial Appeal on Jan. 13, 2015

- See more at: http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/commercialappeal/obituary.aspx?n=ELIJAH-PRESTON-FIELDS&pid=173828379#sthash.fFxnsD2P.dpuf

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SO/RC/NWA Capt. Elijah Preston Fields II

1922 ~ 2004

Memorial services for Elijah Preston Fields Jr., 81, Meigs, are at 2 p.m., Thursday, March 18, 2004 at Meigs United Methodist Church. The Rev. Chris Shoemaker will officiate. Mr. Fields died March 16 at Archbold Memorial Hospital. He was born Nov. 2, 1922 in Royston, Ga., he was a son of the late Elijah Preston Fields Sr. and Ruth Dorough Fields. On Jan. 11, 1947, he married Brunelle Palmer Fields of Meigs. He was a member of Meigs United Methodist Church and was a retired airline pilot. He started his career in aviation in 1941 and served as a B-17 pilot in the U.S. Air Force during World War II. He has logged 25,000 hours of flight or almost three years in the air. He flew for Republic Airlines and Northwest Airlines and Southern Airlines. Survivors include his wife, Brunelle Palmer Fields of Meigs; a son, Elijah Preston Fields III of Memphis, Tenn.; a daughter, Angela "Dusty" Fields of Atlanta; four grandchildren, Taylor Fields of Memphis, Caroline Fields of Memphis, Jonathon Reeves of Atlanta, Kim Reeves of Atlanta; and a sister, Edna White of Jacksonville, Fla. The family will receive friends from 1 to 2 p.m. Thursday at the church. -- Braswell Funeral Home;