Mitchell County NcArchives Obituaries.....Willis, Frances Rhyne May 18, 2007
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Mitchell News-Journal 5/23/2007  
FRANCES RHYNE WILLIS 
 
MONTICELLO, GA - Frances Rhyne Willis, 86, died Friday, May 18, 2007, at her 
home after an extended illness. Born in Spruce Pine, she was the daughter of 
the late Jesse W. Rhyne and Effie Mae Turbyfill Rhyne, and wife of the late 
Thurman Willis Sr. She was also preceded in death by a sister, Jessie 
Peterson. She and her husband owned and operated the Dairy Queen/Brazier, the 
first fast food franchise in Monticello, and the Monticello Motel. She was a 
member of Monticello Baptist Church, where she taught Sunday School in the 
Nursery Department for 25 years. Later she became an active member of the 
Fidelis class.

Survivors include a son, Thurman Lee Willis Jr. of Monticello; a daughter, 
Nancy W. McBroom of Monticello; grandchildren, Thurman Lee Willis, III of 
Athens, John Malone Willis of Macon, Ryan Thomas McBroom and Kevin Daniel 
McBroom, both of Monticello; sisters and brothers, Alice Pittman of 
Lincolnton, and Ronald Rhyne, Lucille Burleson, Doris Thompson and Harold 
Rhyne, all of Spruce Pine; and four grandchildren. 

Funeral services were held 11 a.m. Monday at Monticello Baptist Church. Dr. 
Kerry Bunn officiated. Burial was in West View Cemetery in Monticello. 
Memorial donations may be made to Monticello Baptist Church Youth Mission 
Fund, 334 W. Green Street, Monticello, Georgia 31064.


 



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