ObituariesMarch 4, 1991

GLEN ALLEN -- Funeral service for Henry C. Francis of Glen Allen will be held at 1 p.m. Tuesday at Liley Funeral Chapel in Lutesville. Patrick Hogan will officiate, with burial in Grassy Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home after 5 p.m. today...

GLEN ALLEN -- Funeral service for Henry C. Francis of Glen Allen will be held at 1 p.m. Tuesday at Liley Funeral Chapel in Lutesville. Patrick Hogan will officiate, with burial in Grassy Cemetery.

Friends may call at the funeral home after 5 p.m. today.

Francis, 84 years old, died Sunday, March 3, 1991, at his home.

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He was born June 13, 1906, at Grassy, son of William L. and Emma Patterson Francis. He and the former Beulah Smith were married Dec. 28, 1929.

Francis was a retired farmer, and was a minister with the Church of Christ more than 30 years. He was a member of Scopus Church of Christ, and charter member of Bollinger County Livestock Producers Association.

Survivors include his wife; three sons, Gale Francis of Glen Allen, Kelly Francis of Grassy, Kenny Francis of Advance; two daughters, Betty Boyer of Glen Allen, Becky VanMatre of Rolla; three brothers, Glen Francis of Grassy, Gene and Ralph Francis of Marble Hill; two sisters, Ruby Reitman of Jackson, Ruth Miller of Cape Girardeau; 12 grandchildren, and 15 great-grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by two brothers and two sisters.

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