Frances Irene "Fran" Elkins was born August 15, 1945 in Ft. Smith, Arkansas, the daughter of Bradley Samuel Dyer and Elsie Irene Henry Dyer. She married Fred Elkins on November 7, 1922 in Poteau, Oklahoma. Fran was a 1963 Graduate of Gans High School, a longtime member of the First Assembly of God Church in Muldrow, and she was also involved in the Nursing Home Ministry of Sequoyah County and played the piano. Fran worked as a Bookkeeper and Credit Manager for Farmers-Coop in Ft. Smith and Van Buren for the past 39 years. Fran passed this life on September 21, 2007 in Gans, Oklahoma after having attained the age of 62 years, 1 month and 6 days.
She leaves to mourn her passing: husband: Fred of the home; 1 step daughter: Pat Elkins of Newberry, SC.; 1 step son: Fred Elkins, Jr. of Van Buren, Ar.; 1 step grandson: Joe Elkins of Ft. Smith, Ar.; mother: Elsie Henry Dyer of Gans, Ok.; 2 brothers and sisters in law: Larry and Linda Dyer of Muldrow, Ok., and Dale and Gina Dyer of Alma, Ar.; 1 nephew: Jeremy Dyer and wife Sabrina of Poteau, Ok.; 3 nieces: Kristie Ross of Roland, Ok., Briana Wood and husband Adam of Muldrow, Ok., Tara Dyer of Alma, Ar.; 2 great nieces: Kaley Harvell and Alyssa Ross; 3 great nephews: Sean Miller, Jonathan Dyer and Brody Wood; Several other relatives and friends. |