Frances Herron Seale

Frances Herron Seale, age 95, passed away Wednesday morning, April 4, 2018, at her home in Batesville, MS. Frances is widow of the late Cecil Seale.

Funeral services will be 2:00 P.M. Friday, April 6, 2018, in the sanctuary of the First United Methodist Church in Batesville, MS with the visitation beginning at 12:30 P.M. prior to the service. The interment will be in Magnolia Cemetery in Batesville, MS. The Reverends Ed Temple and Ed Woodall will be officiating the service.

Frances was born May 2, 1922 in Courtland, MS to the late Fulton A. and Merle Chapman Herron. She was a retired English teacher of twenty-eight years, and Frances was an active and faithful member of the First United Methodist Church of seventy-two years, having joined the church in 1946. Frances was a member of the Truth Seekers Sunday School Class and Explorers Bible Study. Following retirement, she stayed active in tending to her yard and flowers, as well as, entertaining her family and friends. She loved playing bridge and working on her needle work. Over the years, Frances has cross-stitched a “Marriage Blessing” to over one hundred newly married couples.

Frances leaves a loving legacy to be cherished by her two daughters, Debbie Seale Haire (Tim) of Batesville, MS, Jan Seale Shipp (Bobby) of Batesville, MS; five grandchildren, Dr. Rob Shipp (Jasmine) of Cleveland, MS, Blake Shipp (Magan) of Batesville, MS, Rebekah Dorgan (Billy) of Hattiesburg, MS, Elizabeth Carpenter (Travis) of Batesville, MS, Charlsie Haire of Oxford, MS; thirteen great-grandchildren, Natalee Shipp, Janna Shipp, Preston Shipp, Nola Shipp, Andrew Shipp, Abigail Dorgan, William Dorgan, Annalise Dorgan, Elijah Dorgan, Caleb Carpenter, Aubrey Carpenter, Ezra Carpenter, Callie Carpenter.

Other than her husband and parents, Frances was preceded in death by two sisters, Kathryn Oliver, Margaret Lee, and one brother, Warren Herron.

The family requests that anyone wishing to make a memorial contribution, to send those to the First United Methodist Church, 119 Panola Avenue, Batesville, MS 38606.