Frances’ professional career included a 50-year employment with the Merrill Lynch Brokerage Firm in Norfolk, VA. The late Mr. Fletcher Garlock interviewed and hired her as a secretary in 1957, and they and others established the first Merrill Lynch office in VA. She became the Executive Assistance to the Resident Manager of the Norfolk Regional Office of Merrill Lynch which included five complexes in the Norfolk/Tidewater region. She was also head of Human Relations. She retired in 2007 at age 76 after serving a host of Resident Managers and Merrill Lynch associates that comprised her Merrill Lynch family.

National Health Care, Greenwood took magnificent care of Frances starting in November 2009. Caris, a division of National Health Care assisted in her care. Special thanks to all the staff at National Health Care, Greenwood, and to the Caris personnel for her loving care in a clean, safe environment.

A memorial service will be held on December 13^th  at 11 A.M. in the Parker-White Funeral Home Chapel at 17 North Greenwood Avenue Ext., Ware Shoals, SC  George Rush, nephew, will conduct the service. The Reverend Mary Balfour-Dunlap, and The Reverend Brent Little, Chaplain, Caris Healthcare  will officiate the service.

Memorials may be made to the Alzheimer’s Association, P.O. Box 96011, Washington, DC 20090-6011; the Ware Shoals Community Library, Attn: Mrs. M. Crenshaw, 54 South Greenwood Avenue, Ware Shoals, SC 29692; or to one’s charity of choice. Condolences may be sent to the website www.parkerwhitepruitt.com. Parker-White Funeral Home, 17 North Greenwood Avenue Ext., Ware Shoals, SC 29692 is in charge. Condolences may be sent to:  Lt. Col. George Rush, III, USAF (Ret), 42 South Greenwood Avenue, Ware Shoals, SC 29692-0418.

“May her soul, and the souls of all the departed, through the mercy of God, rest in peace. Amen.”