Frances Merle Willis
Funeral services for Frances Merle Willis, 69, of Silsbee will be 10:00 am Thursday at Farmer Funeral Home with interment following in Morse Cemetery in Buna. Visitation will begin at 5:00 pm Wednesday at the funeral home.
Mrs. Willis died January 1, 2007 at Baptist Hospital in Beaumont.
A native of Evadale, Frances was a longtime resident of Silsbee. She was a homemaker and a loving wife, mother, grandmother and great grandmother. Frances was happiest when she was outside, whether it was raking leaves or just sitting around the chiminea visiting with family and friends. She also loved to fish and travel.
Frances was preceded in death by her parents, Sam and Mildred Holts Moss and her sister Hilda Marlowe. Survivors include her husband, Richard Willis of Silsbee; daughter Teresa Willis Graham and husband Dale of Beaumont; son Steve Allen Willis of Jasper; grandchildren Dr. Lucretia Bruce, SGT. Richard Lane Willis, Kimberley Thompson and Aaron Christopher Graham and great grandchildren Ethan Sawyer Thompson and Kylee Renee Thompson.