Frances Avanell Stone

Frances Avanell Stone, 87, of Bay, died Wednesday evening at her home.

Born in Baldwyn, Mississippi, Avanell lived in Mickey, Tennessee, before moving to Bay in 1938. She was a homemaker and a member of the Bay United Methodist Church where she was active in the United Methodist Women.

Avanell was preceded in death by her parents: B.E. and Lilly Hancock Nix; by a sister, Mary Addison; by a brother, Floyd Nix; by a granddaughter, Dee Turman Shoemaker; by 3 grandsons: Todd Turman, Jay McMasters and Eric McMasters; and a by a great grandson, Cameron McMasters.

Survivors include her husband of 69 years, Bill Stone of the home, married November 22, 1941;

6 daughters and sons-in-law: Billie Turman (Bob), Sue McMasters, Beth Scott (Donnie), and Jerri Freeman (Rick) all of Bay, Barbara Grisham (Jimmy) of Jonesboro, and Carolyn Edgar (Larry) of Highland Village, Texas;

2 brothers, James Nix and Charles (Fat) Nix, both of Bay;

3 sisters, Joyce Byrd and Dorothy Webb, both of Bay and Effie Hathcoat of Brookland;

12 grandchildren and 27 great grandchildren.

Funeral services will be held Friday afternoon at 1:00 in Emerson Memorial Chapel with
Rev. Heath Williams officiating. Burial will follow in Jonesboro Memorial Park.

Grandsons and great grandsons will serve as pallbearers.

Visitation will be held Friday from 11:00 a.m. until service time in Emerson Chapel.

For lasting memorials, the family asks that consideration be given to the Bay United Methodist Church, P.O. Box 219, Bay, AR 72411.