FRANCES UMFRESS

SIKESTON -- Frances Umfress, 92, of Amory, Miss., died Sunday, July 14, 1996, at Missouri Delta Medical Center.

She was born Feb. 22, 1904, in Tupelo, Miss., daughter of Andrew and Alice Kelso Dodd. She and Trannie Umfress were married in 1919. He died April 6, 1944.

Survivors include a son, Howard Umfress of Amory; six daughters, Clara Perry of Fulton, Miss., Elloise Shell of Sikeston, Margaret Guillen of Westminster, Calif., Marie Umfress and Nellie Jacob of Los Angeles, Calif., Virginia Rowland of North Hills, Calif.; two brothers, Cleveland Dodd of Chaffee, Irvin Dodd of Amory; a sister, Ella Phelan of Aberdeen, Miss.; 39 grandchildren, and 56 great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by a son, daughter, three brothers and four grandchildren.

Friends may call at Nunnelee Funeral Chapel from 5-8 p.m. today, and at McNeese-Morris Funeral Home in Fulton, Miss., from 5-8 p.m. Wednesday.

Funeral service will be at 10:30 a.m. Thursday at the funeral home in Fulton, with burial in Union Grove Cemetery in Tilden, Miss.