Frances Lee Lemmings

Frances Lee Lemmings, 88, former longtime Seminole area resident, died Saturday, February 6, 2010 at Midwest City, Oklahoma. She was born July 4, 1921 at Drumright, Oklahoma to Jesse and Ola Marie (Houchen) Edney. Frances grew up in the Shawnee area and attended Grove School. She married Alton W. Lemmings on July 20, 1937 at Little, Oklahoma. He preceded her in death in 1995. She spent most of her adult life in the Vamoosa area South of Seminole, Oklahoma. For the past 10 years she has lived in the Autumn House retirement home in Midwest City, Oklahoma. She was a member of the Vamoosa  Baptist Church and was baptized in 1958 at the Konawa First Baptist Church.  Mrs. Lemmings was a CMA for 13 years at the Tucker Nursing Home in Konawa, Oklahoma. Her main calling in life was a homemaker. She was a wonderful mother and grandmother who loved to take care of her family. She loved cooking for her family, canning, gardening, sewing, crocheting, quilting and playing dominoes were also among her favorite things to do. In her earlier years she and her sister Vera were champion square dancers. At the Autumn House in Midwest City, Oklahoma she loved to bake pies for the nursing staff and remained very active up until the time of her death, by playing dominos and teaching sign language. She is survived by three sons and daughters-in-law’s: Ronnie and Jerry LaNita Lemmings of Konawa, Jerry and Nancy Lemmings of Midwest City, Oklahoma and Paul and Vicki Lemmings of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, one daughter and son-in-law Frances J. and Ronnie Jackson of Midwest City, Oklahoma. Twelve grandchildren and eighteen great-grandchildren also survive her. Her parents, her husband a son Raymond Lemmings and her sister Vera Marie Giddens and a niece Sandra Godwin, preceded Frances in death. Graveside services are planned for 2:00 P.M. Wednesday, February 10, 2010 at Little Cemetery, with Rev. Tim Emmons of the First Baptist Church in Prague, Oklahoma will officiate the service, burial will be at Little Cemetery. Her grandchildren will act as casket bearers. Messages of condolences may be made online at www.swearingenfuneralhome.com Funeral Information: February 10, 2010, 2:00 PM Little Cemetery located at North of Seminole on U.S. 377, Seminole, OK 74868