Frances Jeanette Moody

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A daughter of Charlotte Adeline Willcoxen Moody and Franklin David Moody of Asheville, NC. When only 3 months old, her father died. Her mother never remarried, as Frank Moody had been her second husband after her first husband died at age 36 of a heat stroke in Fulton Co., IL.

Frances M. Hipps obit
Friday, June 11, 1976
Norfolk - Mrs. Frances Moody Hipps, 74, of 8509 Ocean View Road, the wife of Jay A. Hipps and a native of Asheville, NC, died Thursday in her home. She lived here for 34 years and was a member of Norview Presbyterian Church. Other survivors include six daughters, Mrs. Alliene Thomas Warren of Asheville, Mrs. Lois Carolyn Canaday, Mrs. Betty Jean King, Mrs. Frances H. Doughty, and Mrs. Martha H. Davis of Norfolk, and Mrs. Sara T. Belles of Los Angeles, CA; two sons, James Robert Thomas of Tullahoma, TN, and Frederick A. Hipps of Gulfport, MS; 28 grandchildren; and 21 great-grandchildren.
A funeral will be held Sunday at 2 pm in Smith and Williams Funeral Home, Norfolk Chapel, by the Rev. Lawton W. Posey and Dr. Wallace A. Rogers. Burial will be in Forest Lawn Cemetery. The family will be at the funeral home Saturday from 7 pm to 9 pm. They also will be at the home of Mr. And Mrs. Kenneth K. King of 4532 Shoshone Court, Norfolk.

Frances married Dewitt Talmadge Thomas on 22 Mar 1918 in Buncombe County, , , North Carolina. Dewitt (son of William H. Thomas and Josephine E. Bryson) was born on 29 Jul 1894 in Jackson County, , , North Carolina; died on 11 Jul 1983 in Buncombe County, , , North Carolina; was buried in Green Hills Cemetery, , Buncombe County, North Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]