Mrs. Jean Francis, 83, of Americus, Georgia, died peacefully of Friday, March 11, 2016 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be held on Sunday, March 13, 2016 at the Martha McDonald Moore Memorial Chapel at Magnolia Manor in Americus, GA at 3:00 PM. Rev. Gary Page and Rev. Joy Wilson will officiate. The residents of Magnolia Manor are asked to be honorary pallbearers. The family will receive friends prior to the service from 1:30 PM to 2:30 PM in the Chapel. Interment services will be held graveside on Wednesday, March 16 at 10:00 AM at the Christian Cemetery in Fredericktown, MO.

Mrs. Francis was born on April 5, 1932 in Desloge, Missouri to the late Willis Alva Denton and the late Mrs. Pearl Clay Denton. She worked for many years as the Medical Records Manager and Department Head at a nursing home in Branson, MO. She was married for many years to Rev. Robert Alvie Francis until his death in 1985 and was proud to call herself a preacher's wife. She was a devoted wife and mother. Mrs. Francis was a member of the Concord United Methodist Church of Americus, GA.

Mrs. Francis is survived by her daughter, Becky Page and her husband Rev. Gary Page of Waycross, GA; a son Robert A. Francis of Rogers, Arkansas; two sisters, Juanita Skaggs of Fredericktown, MO and Wanda Huett of Arnold, MO; five grandchildren, Adam, Amy, Miranda, Nathan and Ashley; and five great-grandchildren, Hannah, Dock, Ana, Emma and Grant.

Mrs. Francis was preceded in death by her beloved husband Rev. Robert Alvie Francis, her parents Mr. Willis Alva Denton and Mrs. Pearl Clay Denton; three sisters, Mary LaChance, Nina Robinson and Katie Boarman; and one brother LeRoy Denton.

Memorial contributions may be made to the League of the Good Samaritan c/o Magnolia Manor, 2001 So. Lee Street, Americus, GA 31709 and the Winona Park United Methodist Church, 900 North Augusta Avenue, Waycross, GA 31503.

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