Carrsville- Maude Francis Presson, 89, widow of Lee Presson, died October 27, 2009. Born in Southampton County, she was a member of Beaver Dam Baptist Church and its Senior Citizens group. She was predeceased by her father, Charlie Fletcher Francis, her mother, Edith Francis Presson, her step-father, Willie "Bee" Presson, four brothers, Fletcher, William, Vernon and Calvin Francis and a sister, Marjorie Hunnings.
Left to cherish her memory is her daughter, Bernice P. "Dixie" Cobb Jenkins and husband, William, of Wakefield; a sister, Mary P. Turner of Franklin; four grandchildren, Steve Cobb (Teresa), Timmy Cobb (Karla), Ricky Cobb and Vicki Cobb Brinkley, all of Windsor; five great-grandchildren, Eric Cobb of Va. Beach, Nathan Cobb (Misty) of Suffolk, Brittney Cobb of Las Vegas, NV, Kriston Cobb of Greenville, NC and Shane Brinkley of Windsor; one great-great-grandchild, Aiden Cobb; one step-grandson and two step-great-grandchildren.
The funeral will be held at 11 a.m. Friday in Beaver Dam Baptist Church with the Rev. Dr. Richard Peerey officiating. Interment will follow in the church cemetery. The family will receive friends Thursday from 7-8:30 p.m. at Wright Funeral Home, Franklin, and suggests memorials be made to the Alzheimer's Association, 6315 N. Center Drive, Suite 233 Norfolk, Virginia 23502.