Mrs. Jennie Francis Biddle

Jennie Francis Biddle, 87, a resident of High Point, died on Sunday August 22 at Hospice Home of High Point. She was born in Dexter, Pennsylvania on November 13, 1922 to the late Reverend Albert Earnest and Annie W. Francis.

Mrs. Biddle graduated from Nunda High School in Nunda, NY, and was a 1944 graduate of The College of Wooster in Wooster, OH and also did post-graduate studies at Penn State University in State College, PA. She taught English at Waverly High School in Waverly, NY for more than ten years and taught in various other positions in Newington, CT. She was also employed by the Florida Bankers Association for several years.

She and her family lived in Waverly, NY; Springfield, MA; Newington, CT; Winter Park, FL; and Tallahassee, FL before moving to High Point in 1989.

Mrs. Biddle was a member of the First Presbyterian Church where she had served as an associate deacon and was a member of Circle 5.

In 1953, she married J. Craig Biddle, who passed away on December 27, 2009. In addition to her parents and her husband, she was also preceded in death by her younger brother, Scott Francis of Middleport, NY, who died in 1962. She is survived by a son, Stephen Craig Biddle, daughter Kendra Biddle, and granddaughter, Kristen Li-Jie Biddle, all of High Point, sister-in-law, Anne Biddle Preston of Canton, PA and seven nieces and nephews.

A memorial service will be held at 2:00 p.m. at First Presbyterian Church, 918 N. Main Street, High Point on Tuesday, August 24, 2010. Visitation will follow the service in the church parlor. The family requests that in lieu of flowers, donations be made to Hospice of the Piedmont, 1801 Westchester Drive, High Point, NC 27262.

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