Frances Ellis Wilson
Frances Ellis Wilson, 94, of Uniontown, Pa., died Saturday, June 12, 2003 at the Horizon Personal Care Home in Fairchance. She was born in Uniontown, June 12, 1909, the daughter of the late Charles A. Ellis Sr. and Maude Steele Ellis.
Also preceding her in death was her husband John R. Ellis in 1996 and her son Ellis Robinson Wilson in 1986; a brother Charles A. Ellis, Jr. and a sister Elizabeth Frederick.
Frances was a graduate of Uniontown High School and Indiana University of Pa. and had been a schoolteacher in the Uniontown School District at New Salem, Boyle and East End Elementary Schools. She was a member and oldest living member of the Great Bethel Baptist Church, a member of the Philathea Class, American Baptist Women, Baptist Youth Fellowship, was a former Sunday School teacher and a member of the Uniontown Hospital Auxillary.
She is survived by two grandchildren, Zachary R. Wilson and Catherine Stuart Wilson of Vienna, Va.; also nieces and nephews Jean Ellsworth of Fairchance, Linda Heinbaugh of Hopwood, Mark Ellis of Angola, Chuck Ellis of Oakdale, Dr. John Ellis of Connellsville, Nancy Guise of Bedford, Ann Hoffman of Winchester, Va. and Susan Waggoner of North Carolina.
Arrangements have been entrusted to the ANDREW D. FERGUSON FUNERAL HOME, INC., 80 Morgantown St., Uniontown, Pa. A Memorial Service will be held on Saturday, August, 2, 2003 at 12:30 p.m. in the Great Bethel Baptist Church with Rev. Michael Hall officiating.
Private interment will be in Oak Grove Cemetery.