Frances Louise Williams Palmer
1927-2019
Frances Palmer, 92, passed into the presence of her Lord on May 26, 2019, from her home in Edmond, Oklahoma. She was born May 10, 1927 in Barnesville, Georgia to Howard Tillman Williams and Jessie Kate (Sims) Williams.
Frances attended Gordon Military College in Barnesville. The family moved to Atlanta, Georgia when Frances was 14, where she later graduated from Girls High.
Following a brief career of secretarial work, Frances married William D. (Bill) Palmer on December 28, 1947. It was then her joy to work in the home raising their family of six children. Moving from Georgia to Baltimore to Dallas and back to Baltimore, Frances always made time to teach at church. She taught every age group from babies to senior adult ladies (except for senior high school). She was also actively engaged in the work of The Gideons International Auxiliary.
In 2005, she and Bill moved to Edmond, Oklahoma to be close to family members. She always looked for ways to minister to people, and soon became involved with filling shoeboxes with her friends for Samaritans Purse’s Operation Christmas Child. In her nineties, she surprised herself by becoming an author with her memoir, “Frances Remembers.”
Survivors include children Richard A. Palmer of Greenville, SC, Dorothy Palmer Young (and son-in-law Robert) of Edmond, Walter E. Palmer (and daughter-in-law Mary) of Wilmington, NC, Thomas W. Palmer (and daughter-in-law Ginny) of Athens, AL, Raymond H. Palmer (a.k.a. Athelstan) of Edmond, Virginia F. King (and son-in-law Kerry) of Niceville, FL, sixteen grandchildren and eight great grandchildren.
She is preceded in death by her loving husband of 62 years, William D. (Bill) Palmer, her parents, brothers Hoyt, George, and David, and granddaughter Katherine L. Young.
The family requests memorial donations be made to Gideon’s International, PO Box 1944, Edmond, OK 73083.
The family will be receiving guests at Matthews Funeral Home from 2 to 6 pm Sunday. Funeral services will be held at Matthews Chapel in Edmond, at 10 am Monday June 3, 2019.
Dear Palmer clan,
We will always remember Aunt Frances with the most fond memories. She was a delight to speak to about our family history and we owe her a debt of gratitude for her memory book.
I recently spoke to Aunt Frances about Jay, my great nephew, when he was in Chapel Hill at the Children’s Hospital. She was very concerned about his welfare and wanted to be kept updated about his condition. He is now in a clinical trial at St Jude’s in Memphis which is why I wanted to make a donation to them in her name. I will also be sure to tell his parents of this gift to the hospital. I believe she would be happy about this. He is currently doing well.
All our love,
Rita, Bob, Alice, Chris (and family) and Dan – the Williams clan
What a wonderful gift in her honor! And I will pray for Jay; please keep me updated on his progress.
Dorothy