Grace Poore Frank, 95, retired employee of Dupont, passed away peacefully on Thursday, February 21, 2019 at The Bridge Assisted Living at Life Care of Columbia.
Funeral services will be conducted Tuesday, February 26, at 2:00 P.M. at Oakes Nichols Funeral Home with John Vaughan and Glenn Holland officiating. Burial will follow in Polk Memorial Gardens. The family will visit with friends Tuesday from 12:00 P.M. until service time at the funeral home.
In lieu of flowers, please make donations in her memory to the Hyman and Grace Frank Endowment, Columbia Academy, 1101 West 7th St., Columbia, TN 38401 or Graymere Church of Christ, 1320 Trotwood Ave., Columbia, TN 38401. Condolences may be extended online at www.oakesandnichols.com.
Born September 17, 1923 in Lewis County, Tennessee, she was the last surviving child of the late John Crocker and Pearle Duncan Poore. On April 7, 1950, she married the love of her life, Hyman Frank who preceded her in death September 23, 2010. Mrs. Frank will be remembered for her outgoing personality, sense of humor, love of music, and her sense of style. She was a long-time member of Graymere Church of Christ.
She is survived by eight nieces and nephews, many cousins, special friends and caregivers.
She was preceded in death by three brothers, James Poore, Frank Poore, and John Crocker Poore, Jr.; four sisters, Elizabeth Weiss, Christine Malone, Kathryn Pittman and Frances Hickerson; and by four nephews, Donald Lynch, Danny Pittman, Larry Malone, and Keith Malone.
