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Frances Spivey Nobles: Chadbourn

1937 – 2017

     Frances Spivey Nobles of Chadbourn went to be with her Lord on Friday, June 23. She was 80.

     She was the widow of McNeil Nobles and the daughter of the late Gertie Lea Simmons Spivey and Dalton Spivey.

     She was also preceded in death by a daughter, Brenda Nobles Evans (Dalton) and three siblings, M.J. Spivey, Arthur Spivey and Pauline Spivey Ward.

     She is survived by two daughters, Judy Nobles King and husband, Terry of Tabor City; and Alena Nobles Watts and husband, Michael of Whiteville; four siblings, Irene Spivey Nobles of Lake Waccamaw, Eloise Spivey Fipps of Tabor City, Melba Faye Spivey Long of Tabor City and Rosa Lea Spivey Caines of Castle Hayne; seven grandchildren, Mandy Summerlin, Michelle Mishoe (Rodney), Warren Summerlin, T.J. King, D.J. Fowler (Jessie), Dustin Fowler and Quinten Fowler; seven great-grandchildren, Keylea Summerlin, Kayden Summerlin, Cody Hester (Taylor), Alex Mishoe, Madison Fowler, Issac Fowler, and Nathaniel Fowler; a great-great-grandchild, Marleigh Hester.

     Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Sunday, June 25 at Worthington Funeral Home with Reverend Jimmy Caines officiating. Interment followed in the Nobles Family Cemetery.

     A guest register is available here.