Frances Mullinax

Gaffney, SC - - Frances Louise Smith Mullinax, 90, formerly of 4384 Union Highway, went home to be with the Lord on Sunday, October 27, 2024 at Cherokee Medical Center.

Born in Union, she was the widow of the late Freelin Mullinax and daughter of the late James Claude Smith and Clara Inman Smith.  She retired from Limestone Mills after 47 years of service and was a member of Skull Shoals Baptist Church.  She loved her Lord and family, gardening, and reading the Bible.

Surviving is a daughter, Karen Ingle McCue of Gaffney; a brother, Joe Smith of Gaffney; a sister, Doris Smith of Spartanburg; three grandchildren, Jennifer Best, Brandon Staggs (Kelssie) and Morgan Staggs Hill (Daniel); nine great-grandchildren, Christian, Alan, Logan, Ethan, Caleb, Luke, Levi, Reagan and Axel; a great-great grandson, Elliott; numerous nieces and nephews. In addition to her husband and parents, she was preceded in death by four sisters, Claudis Kirby, Roselle Eaves, Elizabeth Hammett and Maryann Gregg, a brother, John F. Smith, and a granddaughter, April Upchurch.

The family will receive friends from 6:00PM until 8:00PM on Friday, November 1, 2024 at Blakely Funeral Home.  Funeral services will be held at 11:00 AM on Saturday, November 2, 2024 at Skull Shoals Baptist Church with Dr. Randy Phillips officiating.  Interment will be in the Skull Shoals Baptist Church Cemetery.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to: Skull Shoals Baptist Church, 460 Skull Shoals Road, Gaffney, SC 29340 or Connie Maxwell Children's Home, P.O. Box 1178, Greenwood, SC 29648.

The family will be at the home of Jennifer Best, 117 Shoally Park Drive, Boiling Springs, SC 29316.

An online guest register is available at www.blakelyfuneralhome.com

Blakely Funeral Home & Crematory, Gaffney, SC