Frances Salter Frost

FRANCES SALTER FROST AGE 89 OF KINGSTON TENNESSEE WENT HOME TO BE WITH THE LORD ON SATURDAY AUGUST 19, 2000 AFTER AN EXTENDED ILLNESS. MRS. FROST PASSED AWAY AT FORT SANDERS PARKWEST HOSPITAL KNOXVILLE, TENNESSEE. SHE HAD BEEN A RESIDENT OF FARRAGUT HEALTH CARE CENTER IN KNOXVILLE SINCE NOVEMBER 1999. SHE WAS A MEMBER OF GRACE FELLOWSHIP PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH IN KINGSTON. SHE WAS BORN FRANCES VIRGINIA SALTER ON JANUARY 13, 1911 IN REPTON, ALABAMA TO DR. WILBUR MITCHELL SALTER, ORIGINALLY OF EVERGREEN, ALABAMA, AND ROBERTA YOUNG SALTER, ORIGINALLY OF MOBILE, ALABAMA. SHE WAS THE SECOND OF FIVE DAUGHTERS BORN TO DR. AND MRS. SALTER AND SPENT MOST OF HER CHILDHOOD AND GROWING YEARS IN ANNISTON, ALABAMA. SHE GRADUATED FROM RANDOLPH-MACON WOMAN'S COLLEGE, LYNCHBURG, VIRGINIA IN 1931 WITH A DEGREE IN PSYCHOLOGY AND COMPLETED HER MASTER'S DEGREE IN SOCIAL WORK AT VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY IN RICHMOND, VIRGINIA. SHE MARRIED JOHN DAVIS FROST, OF COLUMBIA S.C., WHO WAS A PROFESSOR OF ROMANCE LANGUAGES, IN 1937. SHE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HER PARENTS, HER HUSBAND JOHN DAVIS FROST IN 1983, SISTERS AND BROTHERS IN LAW, ADELAIDE SALTER TOONE AND DR. ELAM C. TOONE, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA; JULIA DENT SALTER CANADA AND DR. ROBERT O. CANADA, LEWISBURG, WEST VIRGINIA AND STAUNTON VA; INFANT SISTER ROBERTA YOUNG SALTER; BROTHER IN LAW WILLIAM MADDOX, ANNISTON, ALABAMA; SISTER IN LAW MARGARET FROST REED AND BROTHER IN LAW JOHN REED, CHARLOTTE, NC; NIECE MOLLY TOONE, RICHMOND, VA; AND NEPHEW MICHAEL REED, CHARLOTTE, NC. SHE IS SURVIVED BY DAUGHTER AND SON IN LAW, ROBERTA FROST SIMMONS AND RUSSELL E. SIMMONS, JR. OF KINGSTON, TN.; DAUGHTER JACQUELINE DAVIS FROST OF CHARLOTTE, NC.; TWO GRANDDAUGHTERS SARAH FRANCES SIMMONS AND MARY HELEN SIMMONS, KINGSTON, TN; A SISTER MARY SALTER MADDOX, ANNISTON, ALABAMA; NEPHEWS ROBERT O. CANADA AND WIFE JULIE, LYNCHBURG VA; DR. TOMMY MADDOX AND WIFE CAROLYN, RALEIGH NC; SANDY TOONE, RICHMOND, VA; NIECE MARY IRVINE REED MOORE AND HUSBAND, DOUG MOORE, SUNSET, NC; NIECE CAROLYN MADDOX, ANNISTON, ALABAMA, COUSINS DR. AND MRS. PAUL (MERLE) SALTER, MONTEVALLO, ALABAMA, AND DR. AND MRS. HARRY (MARGARET)MIMS, CHARLESTON SC; AND SEVEN GREAT NIECES. SHE ALSO LEAVES HER LOCAL EXTENDED FAMILY, RUSSELL E. SR. AND HELEN SIMMONS AND JOY AND SKIP LEE, ALL OF KINGSTON. PRIOR TO HER MARRIAGE IN 1937 MRS. FROST BEGAN HER CAREER AS A SOCIAL WORKER IN RURAL VIRGINIA AND RICHMOND VA, WHERE SHE WORKED AS AN ADOPTION CASEWORKER, HELPING PIONEER THE FIELD OF ADOPTION SERVICES. FOLLOWING HER MARRIAGE, MR. AND MRS. FROST LIVED FOR MANY YEARS IN BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA BEFORE MOVING TO CHARLOTTE, NC, WHERE THEY LIVED UNTIL THEIR RETIREMENT IN 1973 TO BREVARD, NC. SHE WORKED AS A SUCCESSFUL REAL ESTATE AGENT IN BOTH BIRMINGHAM AND CHARLOTTE BEFORE RESUMING HER SOCIAL WORK CAREER, FIRST AS A SCHOOL SOCIAL WORKER AND THEN AS THE DIRECTOR OF EUCLID LEARNING CENTER WITH THE CHARLOTTE-MECKLENBURG SCHOOLS UNTIL HER RETIREMENT. WHILE LIVING IN BREVARD SHE WAS VERY ACTIVE IN COMMUNITY AFFAIRS AND HER LIFELONG LOVE OF GOLF, WINNING OR PLACING IN MANY GOLF TOURNAMENTS DURING HER RETIREMENT YEARS. FOLLOWING HER HUSBAND'S DEATH SHE MOVED TO KINGSTON TO BE NEAR HER GRANDDAUGHTERS. THROUGHOUT HER LIFE MRS. FROST WAS A DEEPLY COMMITTED AND LOVING CHRISTIAN, ACTIVE IN HER CHURCH WHEREVER SHE LIVED, GIVING HER LIFE AWAY FOR THE CAUSE OF CHRIST. SHE LEAVES MANY FRIENDS WITH WHOM SHE MAINTAINED CLOSE CONTACT UNTIL HER DIAGNOSIS OF ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE IN 1996 MARKED THE CHANGES IN HER LIFE WHICH SHE AND HER FAMILY FACED WITH GREAT COURAGE, HUMOR, AND DIGNITY. SHE GREATLY ENJOYED HER FAMILY, HER BELOVED GRANDDAUGHTERS, HER CHURCH, TAKING CARE OF HER MANY WILD BIRDS, GIVING AWAY BLUEBIRD HOUSES TO ANYONE WHO WOULD CARE FOR ONE, PASSING ALONG TIPS TO KEEP BIRD FEEDERS SQUIRREL-FREE, HER WORK WITH THE HUMANE SOCIETY, AND THE HARRIMAN GARDEN CLUB. A MEMORIAL SERVICE FOLLOWED BY THE RECEIVING OF FRIENDS WILL BE HELD AT KYKER FUNERAL HOME IN KINGSTON, TENNESSEE ON FRIDAY AUGUST 25 AT 7PM REV. DAVID ZAVADIL, PASTOR OF GRACE FELLOWSHIP PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, AND DR. ROY GRAVES, PASTOR OF FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH IN KINGSTON WILL OFFICIATE. BURIAL SERVICES WILL BE HELD SATURDAY AUGUST 26 IN BREVARD, NC AT 2PM AT MOORE FUNERAL HOME FOLLOWED BY INTERMENT IN GILLESPIE-EVERGREEN CEMETERY IN BREVARD. PALLBEARERS WILL BE TERRY FUTRELL, OAKDALE TN; RONNIE SLACK, ED WESTERN, RUSSELL JENKINS, GLENN SHANNON, AND SKIP LEE, ALL OF KINGSTON, AND JACK FIRPO, CHARLOTTE, NC. IN LIEU OF FLOWERS THE FAMILY ASKS THAT DONATIONS BE MADE TO THE ALZHEIMER'S ASSOCIATION OF EAST TENNESSEE (600 HENLEY ST., P.O. BOX10088, KNOXVILLE TN. 37939), YOUNG LIFE OF KNOXVILLE (P.O. BOX 647, KNOXVILLE TN. 37901), GRACE FELLOWSHIP PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH (P.O.BOX 652 KINGSTON, TN. 37763); OR THE MINISTRY OF MISSIONARIES DAN AND BETTY HERRON IN UGANDA, AFRICA (THROUGH PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH IN AMERICA, MISSION TO THE WORLD/WORLD HARVEST, P.O. BOX 29765, ATLANTA, GA. 30359).

Frances Salter Frost

January 13, 1911 - August 19, 2000