Frances Fay Myers

Funeral services will be 2:00 p.m. Saturday, April 2, 2011, at Elliott-Hamil Funeral Home Chapel of Faith, 5701 Highway 277 South, with Pastor David Cason officiating. Burial will follow in Elmwood Memorial Park, directed by Elliott-Hamil Funeral Home.

Frances was born March 15, 1929 to Lee and Lucille Winingham, a third generation native Texan. She grew up as a child of the "Great Depression" and rancher's daughter in Montague County. After graduating from Goldberg High School, Frances went to work as a telephone operator in Bowie. There, she met George Thomas (Tom) Myers when he returned from Japan after the end of WWII. They were married in 1948, beginning her life as an "oil field" wife. Their life together lasted 50 years as they lived all over North, West, and Central Texas, finally settling in Abilene in 1962. Frances worked at a local doctor's office for several years and Tom became a partner in Rig Testers, Inc., which they later purchased. With their two children grown and business established, they began to travel the world. Among their travels, they visited Hong Kong, China, Bali, Malaysia, most of Europe, Australia, New Zealand, cruised the Mediterranean, flew on the Concorde, and rode the Orient Express. They loved to travel together. In later years, they toured the U.S. and Canada in their motor coach, but Frances always considered her family her greatest blessing. She had always made sure that there was plenty of food, laughter, and love to go around. Being "Nana" to her five grandchildren was her true joy, and celebrating their lives helped fill much of her time after Tom's passing in 1998. As they grew older, it was a cruise or a trip to Hawaii she used to celebrate their accomplishments, to make sure they knew she was proud of them, and to cherish their time together.

Frances will be greatly missed by her brothers, James Winingham and wife, Barbara, of Bowie and Dan Winingham and wife, Elaine, of Olney; daughter, Nancy Myers Anthony and husband, Bill, of Colleyville; son, Randy Myers and wife, Diane, of Abilene; grandchildren, Amy Anthony Bonzon and husband, Chris, Steven Anthony, Emily Anthony, Paul Myers and wife, Emery, Jarrod Myers, and Alicia Goodman; and two great-grandchildren, Aston Anthony and Wesley Goodman.