Memorial services for Frances Marybell Overton, of Joplin, MO, were held Friday, March 8, 2013 at Johnson Funeral Chapel in Sperry, OK. Mr. Phillip Johnson officiated and burial was in Rest Haven Cemetery in Sperry, OK
Frances was born March 11, 1925 in Pulura, OK to Ernest Dan and Clara Christine (Carroll) Lynch. She passed away March 2, 2013 in Joplin, MO at the age of 87.
Frances worked as a seamstress for many years. She was a hardworking and devoted wife and grandmother. Frances enjoyed dancing, camping, cooking, listening to country music, and spending time with her family.
She is survived by her son, Kenneth Cornett and wife Wanda of Joplin, MO; sisters, Peggy Hull and husband LouDon of Sperry and Roselyn Brown and husband Bud of Skiatook; 8 grandchildren; numerous great-grandchildren, nieces and nephews; and many other relatives and friends.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Mack W. Overton; children, Eugene Overton and Mary Jane Williamson; brothers, Johnny Lee and Charles Lynch; sisters, Virginia Owens, Jackie Rohman, Billie Rich, Betty Klutts, Mabel Steward, and Alice Griggs; and parents, Ernest and Clara Lynch.