Graveside services will be at 1:30 pm, Sunday, February 10, 2019 at Oak Grove Cemetery with Dr. Jeff McDonald, Minister, First United Methodist Church, officiating.
Born July 27, 1917 in Kerens, Texas, she was the daughter of William James Jones and Carrie Ruth Queen Jones. She lived a long blessed life and died at the age of 101.
Frances grew up in Lufkin, Texas where she was a cheerleader at Lufkin High School. She met the love of her life, William Perry Campbell of Nacogdoches, and they were married on January 9, 1938. They were blessed with 56 years together before he died in 1994.
She will be remembered as a loving wife and mother as well as a devoted volunteer at Memorial Hospital and First United Methodist Church. She was an excellent cook and showed love to her family by the many ways she cared for them. She was a life-long fan of the University of Texas Football Program, but enjoyed watching other southern schools, including Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks and the Texas A&M Aggies.
In addition to her husband and parents, she was preceded in death by her son, George Perry Campbell, and sisters, Cleo Ruth Jones Tucker, Faye Eva Jones Whatley, and Mary Sue Jones Bradshaw
She is survived by her daughter, Frances Diane Campbell Hicks, and her son William David Campbell and wife Marilyn Mann Campbell. Also surviving are five grandchildren, Catherine Frances Hicks Landtroop, David Hicks, Jennifer Hicks, Brian Campbell, and Jeff Campbell; and nine great- grandchildren.
Thank you to the Meadowview Place and all of their staff for their love and kindness in taking care of our mother for the past eight years. She felt at home there, and thought the staff treated her just like family. Also, thank you to Heart to Heart Hospice for their wonderful care and love shown our mother for the past several years.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to charity of your choice.
Arrangements are under the direction of Cason Monk-Metcalf Funeral Directors.
