Frankie Clyde Cornell, 92, of Odessa passed away Peacefully on August 15 at her residence . She was born April 6, 1923 in Apalachicola, FL, the first of two children born to William Ras and Katie Bolden Kelley.
Frankie married her high school sweetheart, James F. Cornell, on August 20, 1942 in Trinity Episcopal Church, Apalachicola by the Rev. Stephen E. Barnwell. They were blessed with 73 years together in their journey through life.
She is preceded in death by her parents and by her brother, William Righton Kelley. She is survived by her husband, Jim Cornell, daughters, Rebecca (Becky) Melanie Kristjanson & husband Donald of Everett, WA, and Cecelia Anne Fogel of Karmiel, Israel, and a son, Forrest David Cornell & wife Toni of Odessa; also (3) grandsons, George Pittman and Jason Pittman of WA and Jody McLaren of Ft.Worth, TX; and granddaughter, Jennifer Evans of Odessa, (4) great-grandsons and (3) great-granddaughters.
Frankie was an avid genealogist, having compiled histories on each of her ancestors. After Jim’s retirement from the National Weather Service they traveled in their RV over much of the United States and Ontario, Canada, enjoying genealogy research along the way.
She was a Past Matron of OSO Chapter #868, Order of the Eastern Star, in Corpus Christi, TX and of Concho Chapter #826 in San Angelo, becoming a 50 year member in July 2005. She was also a Past Queen of Zephron Temple, Daughters of the Nile in San Angelo. She was a member of Asbury United Methodist Church in Odessa.
Visitation will be from 6pm to 8pm Monday August, 17, 2015 at Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home. Graveside services are Tuesday at 11:00 am August, 18 in Lawnhaven Memorial Gardens, San Angelo, TX with Rev. Russ Nebhut officiating.
In lieu of flowers memorial may be made to Asbury United Methodist Church or to your favorite charity.
I’d like the memory of me to be a happy one, I’d like to leave, an afterglow of smiles when life is done. I’d like to leave an echo whispering softly down the way, of happy times and laughing times and bright and sunny days. I’d like the tears of those who grieve, to dry before the sun of happy memories that I leave when life is done. Carol Mirkel.
Services entrusted to Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home.
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