Obituary - Frances Louise (Malcolm) Milem

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Frances L. Malcolm Milem, age 78, went to be with the Lord and to meet her loved ones just inside the pearly gates on Thursday, August 28, 2014, after a long fight with cancer.

She was born April 4, 1936, in Bristol, Va. Frances was owner and operator of Fran's Bookkeeping for 38 years. She was a member of Shiloh Freewill Baptist Church for over 60 years.

Frances had so many friends and clients that she cherished dearly.

She was preceded in death by her father, J.W. Malcolm and mother, Julia Thompson Malcolm; daughter, Evelyn E. Booher; stepson, Rick Milem; sisters, Lois Calhoun and Jessee Malcolm; and her husband, Densel Milem.

Survivors include daughters, Donna Stroup, Christi Chase and husband Patrick; son, Quincy Milem and wife Monica; stepsons, Dan and Stanley; stepdaughter, Janice; 11 grandchildren; six great- grandchildren; two great-great grandsons; several step grandchildren; sisters, Dorothy Freese, Barbara Sproles and husband Bill, and Sandra Williams; brothers, Carl Malcolm and wife Seba Nell, and Cecil Malcolm and wife Billie; son-in-law, David Booher; special brothers-in-law, John Calhoun and Bill Sproles; and many nieces, nephews, aunts, uncles and cousins.

Funeral services will be held on Friday, August 29, 2014, at 8 p.m. in the Weaver Funeral Home Chapel with Pastor Jack Stevens and Pastor Roger Ball officiating. The family will receive friends on Friday from 6 until 7:45 p.m. prior to the service. The committal service will be held on Saturday, August 30, 2014, at 11 a.m. at Sugar Grove Cemetery on Benhams Rd., Bristol, Va. Pallbearers will be grandsons and friends.

The family would like to extend a special thanks to her caregivers, special granddaughter, Tiffany Henson, Barbara Sproles, Amanda Booher and Hospice Nurses. Thanks to all for their prayers, phone calls and food during Mrs. Milem's illness. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the American Cancer Society, 508 Princeton Rd, Johnson City, TN 37601; or to St. Jude's Children's Research Hospital, 501 St Jude Place Memphis, TN 38105.  Arrangements have been made with Weaver Funeral Home and Cremation Services