ANNA FRANCES DIED APRIL 15, 2003 AT THE AGE OF 80 YEARS FROM COMPLICATIONS OF CANCER. SHE WAS BORN NOVEMBER 1, 1922 IN CHICKASHA, OK TO HOPE AND FRANK BAILEY. SHE GRADUATED FROM OKLAHOMA COLLEGE FOR WOMEN IN 1940 AND WAS A GRADE-SCHOOL MUSIC TEACHER FOR OVER 40 YEARS. SHE HAD A LOVE OF COMMUNITY WHICH SHE DEMONSTRATED THROUGH HER ACTIVE MEMBERSHIP IN PEO, AN ORGANIZATION DEVOTED TO GROWTH AND CHARITY, AND HER LONGTIME AFFILIATION WITH BOSTON AVENUE METHODIST CHURCH AND HER WORK THERE WITH THE HOME-BOUND MINISTRY. FRANCES WAS AN AVID BRIDGE PLAYER, CONTINUING TO HOST GAMES UNTIL VERY RECENTLY, SHARING IN FUN AND COMPANIPONSHIP WITH HER CHERISHED AND MANY FRIENDS. SHE WAS ALSO A PASSIONATE "OKLAHOMA SOONER" FAN. FRANCES WAS MARRIED AT THE HOME OF HER PARENTS IN 1953 TO DAVID E. BLAZER, JR, WHO PRECEEDED HER IN DEATH IN 1975. SHE WAS ALSO PRECEEDED IN DEATH BY HER PARENTS: FRANK MOYE BAILEY (09/27/1876-11/09/1958) AND HOPE HEWETT BAILEY (09/19/1883-11/26/1964), BOTH INTERED AT ROSE HILL CEMETERY, CHICKASHA, OKLAHOMA. SHE IS SURVIVED BY: HER SISTERS, MARY HEWETT BAILEY, 93 AND BLANCHE MCCORMICK, 87 BOTH OF CHICKASHA, OK; HER 2 DAUGHTERS, JUDITH BLAZER OF NORTHWEST ARKANSAS AND JAN WHEATON AND HUSBAND, GLEN OF TULSA; HER 2 GRANDDAUGHTERS, AMY MANGRUM AND HUSBAND, CRAIG OF TULSA AND JODEE JONES AND HUSBAND MARK OF STILLWATER, OK; AND HER 5 GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN, KATHRYN, JADE, TAYLOR, SETH AND JACOB. FRANCES ALSO FELT BLESSED BY HER MANY BELOVED NIECES, NEPHEWS AND HER WONDERFUL DEVOTED FRIENDS. SERVICES WERE HELD ON SATURDAY APRIL 19, 2003 IN THE MOORE'S SOUTHLAWN CHAPEL IN TULSA. MEMORIAL DONATIONS ARE SUGGESTED IN HER HONOR TO CANCER RESEARCH OR BOSTON AVENUE METHODIST CHRUCH'S HOME-BOUND MINISTRY, TELEVISION OR MUSIC PROGRAM. (Special thanks to Lena Ward for the headstone photo).