Frances WaddleGreen

Frances Waddle Green, Age 91, of Commerce passed away on January 26^th at Birchwood Manor Nursing Home in Cooper.  Graveside services will be held at 2:00 PM Thursday at Forest Park Cemetery with Rev. Ann Barton officiating.  Coker-Mathews Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.  Visitation will be held from 1:00 PM until service time  Thursday at the funeral home.

Mrs. Green was born on November 16, 1917 in Jacobia to Emmitt Waddle and Iris Girdner Waddle.  On July 31, 1937, she married Charles W. Green in Crandall.  She and her husband owned and operated Queen Anne Restaurant in Greenville, and she was employed as the manager of the Dairy Queen in Commerce.  She belonged to the DAR and the Daughters of Confederacy.  She was a member of Kavanaugh United Methodist Church. 

Her survivors include her daughter Gail Thomas and husband, Bob of Greenville; brother Bill Waddle and wife, Billie of Lone Oak; grandchildren Steve Thomas and Leann Thomas; and great-grandchild Seth Thomas.

He was preceded in death by his parents; sister Hazel Graham; and husband in 1995.