Frances Eugenia Fisher

Person Sheet

NameFrances Eugenia Fisher14

Birth14 May 1922, Quinton, VA14

Death25 Feb 2013

BurialSunny Slope Cemetery, West Point, King William Co., VA

FatherHugh Pearson Fisher (1894-1968)

MotherSue Haxall Spencer (1897-1932)

Misc. Notes

married a MARTIN

Obituary

MARTIN, Frances Eugenia Fisher, 90, of West Point, Virginia, passed away on February 25, 2013. She was born at Ashland Farm, her parents' home in New Kent County, on May 14, 1922, to the late Hugh Pearson and Sue Haxall Spencer Fisher.

She was also preceded in death by her oldest daughter, Nancy Sue Martin; her devoted husband, Percy Hart (P.H.) Martin Jr.; her brother, Dr. Hugh P. Fisher Jr.; her sisters, Harriet Minor Fisher and Ella Mae Fisher Johnson; and her step-mother, Alice Virginia Fisher. Those left to cherish her memory are her daughters and their husbands, Patricia Hart MartinTodd and John Y. Todd III, of Charlotte, N.C., and Jane Fisher Martin Dunaway and L. Stuart Dunaway of Kilmarnock, Va. Survivors also include four grandchildren, Hugh Campbell Kelley (Caroline) of Quincy, Mass., Thomas Hurst Kelley (Jennifer) of Richmond, Va., Susan Todd Walker (Gary) of Charlotte, N.C., and John Martin Todd of Monroe, N.C.; and nine great-grandchildren, Lawson Hart Walker, Isabel Natialy Kelley, Schuyler Brooks Kelley, Saoirse Noelle Kelley, Lorelei Spencer Kelley, Rowan Christabel Kelley, Felix Atwater Kelley, Merritt Ware Kelley and Rosalie Violet Kelley. She is also survived by a sister, Mabel Fisher Ward; and a brother, George Wallace Fisher; a sister-in-law, Dorothy Martin Walker Krewatch; and many loving nieces, nephews, cousins and friends.

Frances graduated from New Kent High School as valedictorian of her class in 1938 and from Mary Washington University in 1942, where she was president of Le Cercle Francais. She taught in various positions for many years in the King William County and West Point schools.

She was an active member of First Baptist Church of West Point for 65 years where she was formerly a Sunday School teacher and superintendent, and a member of the Church Council, Church History Committee, Centennial Committee and Finance Committee. She was involved in leadership positions for all age groups in the mission work of the Baptist Women of her local church, the Kate Gravatt Group and the Dover Baptist Association WMU. She was a past president of the Monday Club of West Point, former president and volunteer in the King William County Unit of the American Cancer Society, former chairman of the Pamunkey Regional Library Board of Trustees,former president of the King William/King and Queen Education Association and former member of the Board of Trustees of Averett University. Her many hobbies included gardening, sewing, cooking, and church and community activities. The family will receive friends 5 to 7 p.m. on Tuesday, February 26, at Vincent Funeral Home, 417 11th St., West Point, Va. The memorial service will take place at 2 p.m. on Wednesday, February 27, at First Baptist Church of West Point, Va. Interment will be private.

The family is deeply grateful to many friends and caregivers who offered loving and compassionate support to our mother during her illness.

In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the Building Fund of the First Baptist Church, P.O. Box N, West Point, Va. 23181; or West Point Volunteer Fire Dept., P.O. Box X, West Point, Va. 23181. Tributes may be posted at www.vincentfh.com.

Published in Richmond Times-Dispatch on February 26, 2013

Spouses

1Percy Hart Martin Jr14

Birth3 Jun 1921, Sweet Hall, King William Co., VA14,13

Death28 Apr 199913

BurialSunny Slope Cemetery, West Point, King William Co., VA

FatherPercy Hart Martin (1886-1968)

MotherEmma Natialy Garrett (1892-1990)

Obituary

Son of Percy Hart Martin and Emma Natialy Garrett. Native of Sweet Hall in King William County.
Member of the West Point Town Council for 26 years (1964-1990)serving as vice mayor in the late 1980's. Worked for 46 years for Chesapeake Corp. retiring in 1982. In 1998, he was named Regional Tree Farmer of the Year for the Eastern Region of Virginia by the Virginia Forestry Association. Until his death, he continued to manage Eastwood, his family's loblolly pine farm.

Marriage26 Nov 1942, Quinton, VA14

ChildrenNancy Sue (1944-1945)

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