Mecklenburg COUNTY, NC - OBITUARIES - Frances Martin Vinson, 28 Jun 1983
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Obituaries: Frances Martin Vinson (1911-1983)

Source: probably Charlotte Observer, both clippings obtained from
  Mrs. Sherrill Straughn of Charlotte, NC.

NOTE: Mrs. Frances Martin Vinson died 28 June 1983 in Charlotte, NC
  and is buried in Sharon Memorial Park & Mausoleum in Charlotte, NC.

[1]
Mrs. Vinson
was active
in church

  Services for Mrs. Frances Mar-
tin Vinson, 72, will be at 11 a.m.
Thursday at Myers Park United
Methodist Church.  Entombment
will be in the Sharon Memorial
Park Mausoleum.
  Mr. Vinson of 2633 Richardson
Drive died Tuesday at home.
  Mrs. Vinson was a member of
Myers Park United Methodist
Church, where she taught Sunday
school for 10 years, was a circle
leader and served on both the ad-
ministrative board and the educa-
tion commission.
  Mrs. Vinson also was a trustee
and served as president of the
Ruth Fisher Sunday school class.
She served on the board of United
Methodist women and was a for-
mer board member of the YWCA
and the Charlotte Day Nursery.
  Mrs. Vinson was a member of
the Mint Museum Auxilliary, was
active in the Home and Garden
Tours and Antique Shows of the
Mint and was former treasurer
and first vice president of the
Charity League, serving on its
board for seven years.
  She was the widow of Edward
Vinson, a leading Charlotte real
estate agent and former president
of the Downtown Charlotte Asso-
ciation.
  Surviving are a son, Edward L.,
Jr., of Charlotte; a sister, Julia
Parsons of Winston-Salem; and
two grandchildren.
  Memorials may be made to My-
eas Park United Methodist
Church, P.O. Box 6161, Charlotte
28207.
  Harry & Bryant Co. is in charge.

[2] {handwritten} June 28, 1983
Museum Activist Frances Martin Vinson Dies

By Jeff Hiday
Observer Staff Writer

  Frances Martin Vinson, a Sun-
day School
teacher at My-
ers Park United
Methodist
Church for 10
years, died
Tuesday at  her
home.  She was
72.
  Vinson, of 
2633 Rich-
ardson Dr., was
the widow of
Edward Vinson,
a prominent Charlotte real estate
agent and former president of the
Downtown Charlotte Association.
  Mrs. Vinson, who was born and
reared in Charlotte, had been a
member of Myers Park Methodist
since her marriage in 1933.  There
she served on the administrative
board and the education commis-
sion and as president of the Ruth
Fisher Sunday School Class.
  "She was very, very involved
with her church," Vinson's niece,
Judy Hardy of Winston-Salem,
said Tuesday night. "She was a
warm person, a giving person-
the kind that had a lot but always
gave much more.

  "She was type person that al-
ways had time for you," Hardy
said.
  Mrs. Vinson was an active
member of the Mint Museum
Auxillary. In 1971 she and an-
other woman donated a large,
signed oil painting to the Mint's
growing collection of work by the
late N.C. artist Elliott Dainger-
field.
  She was also active in the 
Mint's home and garden tours and
antiqu shows.  She was former
treasurer and first vice president
of the Charity League and served
on its board for seven years.
  Surviving are son, Edward L.
Vinson, Jr.; sister Mrs. Julia Par-
sons of Winston-Salem; two
grandchildren.
  Funeral is 11 a.m. Thursday at 
Myers Park United Methodist
Church.  Harry and Bryant is in
charge.



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