Frances Lemon

TOKOMA PARK, Md. – Frances Lemon, 78, died Wednesday, Dec. 27, 2006, at Washington Adventist Hospital in Tokoma Park.

Born Jan. 10, 1928, in Summerton, she was a daughter of the late Baccus Lemon and Florence Gibson-Lemon.

She received her formal education in the public schools of Clarendon School District 3 and moved to Washington, D.C., at an early age to help support her family and give them a better opportunity and life. While in D.C., she worked as a housekeeper in hotels and restaurants. Being the giving and loving woman that she was, Frances also took care of the elderly and and made sure they were comfortable and helped them maintain their dignity in their final days. She was most noted for her sense of fashion and style. You would never see her step out with a hair out of place.

Survivors include a son, Jerome (Christine) Lemon of Fort Washington, Md.; two daughters, Grace Taylor of Riverdale, Md., and Tanechue Butler of Washington, D.C.; four sisters, Eileen House, Bertha Miller and Holly James, all of Baltimore, Md., and Beatrice (Larry) Hicks of Summerton; a foster brother, Ivory Gipson of Fayetteville, N.C.; several grandchildren and great-grandchildren; and a host of family and friends.

Funeral services were held on Wednesday, Jan. 3, 2007, at Spring Hill AME Church in the Davis Crossroad community of Summerton, with the Rev. Harold Conyers, pastor, officiating, assisted by the Revs. Richard Johnson and Bernard Richburg.

Burial was in the churchyard cemetery.

Samuels Funeral Home LLC of Manning was in charge of arrangements.