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Frances Lucille McCallum Allbright
15 Jun 1925 – 8 Mar 2006
| Birth | 15 Jun 1925 |
| Death | 8 Mar 2006 |
| Cemetery | Andrews County Cemetery Andrews , Andrews County , Texas , USA |
| Added by | Mick from Tx on 13 Mar 2006 |
| FaG | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/13603390 |
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Funeral Services for Frances Lucille McCollum Allbright, 80, of Andrews will be held at 2 p.m. Monday, March 13, 2006, at the First Baptist Church in Andrews with Rev. Bryan Johnson officiating. Burial will follow in the Andrews Old Cemetery under the direction of McNett Funeral Home in Andrews. Frances passed away on Wednesday, March 8, 2006 at Home Hospice House in Odessa. Frances was born June 15, 1925 in Lake Charles, Louisiana to Foris Theodore McCollum and Lucille Managan McCollum. She graduated from Lamesa High School in 1942 and received her Bachelors degree in Business Administration from Baylor University in 1946. She then returned to Lamesa, working for Jenkins and Wood Cotton Buyers. She married Wilburn Taylor "Joe" Allbright on June 15, 1948 in Lamesa. In January 1949, they moved to Andrews to farm and ranch. Soon after moving to Andrews, they moved their letters to the First Baptist Church. In addition to being a Sunday School teacher for many years, Frances served on the Day Care Committee for the First Baptist Church, was President of the Andrews Study Club, a charter member of the Andrews Branch of the American Association of University Women; served two terms on the Andrews School Lay Advisory Council, was President of the American Cancer Society, served on the United Fund board, was a charter member, President and presented with Lifetime membership in the Women's Division of the Andrews Chamber of Commerce. She was assistant director of the West Texas-New Mexico Health Education Resource Program, and a Lay Advisor to Continental Telephone Company. Frances also served as a Director of the Baylor University Ex-Students Association, and was Secretary-treasurer of the Board of Directors of Andrews Senior Citizens Center, Inc. Frances served as President of the Andrews Country Club and was actively involved with the Andrews Friends of the Library and Ocotillo Garden Club. Frances also was a member of Kappa Alpha Theta and Phi Gamma Nu fraternities. Having been a recipient of the "Gift of Life" by receiving a Liver Transplant over 15 years ago from a loving donor, Frances was ever so grateful by encouraging others to become organ donors as well as consoling and encouraging numerous others with liver disease to not give up and pursue the option of Liver Transplant Surgery. Frances was preceded in death by her parents Foris Theodore McCollum and Lucille Managan McCollum and her brother, Foris Theodore McCollum II of Fort Sumner New Mexico. She is survived by her husband Wilburn Taylor "Joe" Allbright of Andrews; 4 sons: Joe McCollum Allbright and wife Vicki of Odessa; William Taylor Allbright and wife Linda of Andrews; James Francis Allbright and wife Elaine of San Angelo; John Managan Allbright and wife Judy of Andrews; nine grandchildren and two great grandchildren. Memorials may be sent to Home Hospice of Andrews and Odessa Parks Methodist Retirement Village of Odessa. Pallbearers will be Leland Hamilton Kenneth Munsell; O.B. Raburn; John R. Parish; Gordon Cox; Forest C. Scott; Dick Garrison; Dr. Z.W. Hutchinson and Paul New. Honorary Pallbearers will be Home Hospice personnel and The Friends of the Library in Andrews.
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