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Frances Purnell Gilbert

Frances Purnell Gilbert[1, 2, 3]

Female 1926 - 2013  (86 years)

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  • Name Frances Purnell Gilbert 
    Born 6 Sep 1926  Draper, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Died 20 Mar 2013  Danville, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried Shumate Family Cemetery, Pittsylvania County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I547450849  My Reynolds Line | Descendants Hugh Pittsylvania Reynolds, Descendants of James Reynolds
    Last Modified 9 Dec 2018 

    Father Samuel William Gilbert,   b. 1888,   d. 2 Aug 1955, North Caroilina Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 67 years) 
    Mother Nannie Purnell Motley,   b. 18 Sep 1905,   d. 30 May 1969, Eden, Rockingham County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 63 years) 
    Notes 
    • information on this family from findagrave
    Family ID F518495222  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Photos
    Frances P. Gilbert
    Frances P. Gilbert
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    Documents
    Marriage Record-Frances P. Gilbert to Jack Bradley Jarrett
    Marriage Record-Frances P. Gilbert to Jack Bradley Jarrett
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    Marriage Announcement and photo
    Marriage Announcement and photo
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  • Notes 
    • Mrs. Frances Gilbert Jarrett, 86, of Cascade, VA went to be with her Lord at Danville Regional Medical Center in Danville, VA.

      She was born in Draper, NC, daughter of the late Sam and Purnell Motley Gilbert. She was the valedictorian of the Class of 1943, Draper High School and was employed 39 years with Fieldcrest Mills.

      She was an active member of First Baptist Church of Draper, teaching Sunday School for 65 years, singing in the choir, playing the piano and hosting missionary families.

      She also enjoyed her Cascade community groups, including the Ruritan Ladies Auxiliary and Cascade Village Homemaker's Club. She especially enjoyed flower gardening and traveling.

      In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband of 54 years, Jack B Jarrett, three sisters Bernice Hankins, Carol Hopkins and Jean Gilbert and two brothers, Sammie and Charles Gilbert.

      She is survived by her son Jay Jarrett and wife, Sherri Jarrett of Woodstock, VA and daughter Susan Jarrett Schlacter and husband, Jed Schacter of Long Island, NY.

      She is also survived by four grandchildren, Jack Bradley Jarrett III, Meredith Hope Schlacter, Scott Jarrett Schlacter and Laura Kathleen Jarrett, sisters Ann Jeffries of Eden, NC and Mary Lewis of Madison, NC special niece, Gloria Chandler and husband, Jim Chandler as well as two caregivers, Hope Breedlove and Vickie Martin.

      Funeral services were held at First Baptist Church of Draper.

  • Sources 
    1. [S32] Find-A-Grave.com, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/107227838.
      picture/obit.

    2. [S110] Social Security Death Index, https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=9278&h=3322219&indiv=try&o_vc=Record:OtherRecord&rhSource=60548.

      Name:
      Frances Gilbert Jarrett

      Death Date:
      20 Mar 2013

      Death Place:
      Danville, Virginia, USA


    3. [S47] Newspaper Article, https://www.ancestry.com/mediaui-viewer/collection/1030/tree/6130965/person/-1150160408/media/a0d00eac-2aad-4378-81b7-0f7b18c9d368?_phsrc=XFO10404&usePUBJs=true.