Frances Cogdill

Canton-Frances Geneva Flemming Cogdill, age 83, of 122 Walnut Ridge Road, died Sunday, October 31, 2004 at Haywood Regional Medical Center. A native of Madison County, she had lived most of her life in Haywood County. She was the daughter of the late Jesse and Minnie Moore Flemming. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Jesse Cogdill, who died in 1989 and a number of brothers and sisters. She loved to quilt and was a member of Ratcliff Cove Baptist Church. She is survived by two daughters, Mary Alice Nelson and her husband, Don, of Waynesville and Lucille Smith and her husband, Carl, of Williamstown, NJ; two stepdaughters, Ethel Matney and Agnes Moody and her husband, Don, both of Maggie Valley, NC; four sons, Phil Cogdill and his wife, Doris, of Waynesville; James Cogdill and his wife, Page, of Pensacola, FL, and Robert Cogdill and his wife, Mary, and Ronnie Nelson and his wife, Lynn, all of Canton; two sisters, Marzell Holt, of Canton and Ruby West of Asheville; 19 grandchildren; 15 great-grandchildren; and 7 great-great-grandchildren. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Wednesday, November 3, 2004 in the Waynesville chapel of Wells Funeral Homes and Cremation Services with Reverend Kim Milner officiating. Burial will follow at Bethel Community Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 6:00 until 8:00 p.m. on Tuesday at the funeral home, and at other times, at the home on Walnut Ridge Road. Serving as pallbearers will be Billy Joe Naillon, Tom Smith, Tommy Haney, Jesse Nelson, Danny Cogdill, Jacob Leatherwood, Robert Cope, Joe Cogdill, and Chas Laspata. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Riverside Baptist Church Building Fund, 2171 Lake Logan Road, Waynesville, NC 28786.

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