Frances Timberlake Crosby

Frances Timberlake Crosby, age 86, of Clarkesville, Georgia passed away on Thursday, May 15, 2014.




Mrs. Crosby was born on March 4, 1928 in Florence, Alabama; daughter of the late Lewis Timberlake and Gertrude Timberlake O'Steen. She was also preceded in death by her husband Rev. Oscar David Crosby; he was a retired Minister from Clarkesville First United Methodist Church and was a member of North Georgia Methodist Conference. Mrs. Crosby was a loving, dedicated, and loyal minister's wife, mother, grandmother and homemaker.




Survivors include her daughter and son-in-law, Catherine Crosby Pierce and Paul A. Pierce, sisters-in-law, Martha "Tittoo" Timberlake, Betty Crosby; brother, Lewis Timberlake; granddaughter, Courtney Elizabeth Pierce and numerous nieces and nephews.




Graveside services are scheduled for 4:00 p.m. on Sunday, May 18, 2014, at Yonah Memorial Gardens, Demorest, Georgia with Rev. James Turpen, Sr. and Rev. Brian Butler officiating.




The family will receive friends from 2:30 p.m. until 3:45 p.m., at Whitfield Funeral Home, North Chapel, Demorest Georgia on Sunday, May 18, 2014.




In lieu of flowers memorials may be made to Clarkesville First United Methodist Church, P.O. Box 365, Clarkesville, GA 30523




Arrangements are in the care of Whitfield Funeral Home, North Chapel, Demorest, Georgia. 706-778-1700




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