Obituaries
 By  Staff Reports Published 
3:24 pm Tuesday, January 29, 2013

Frances Lucille Canida

Frances Lucille Canida

January 26, 2013

Frances Lucille Canida, 80, Russellville, passed away Saturday, Jan. 26, 2013, at ECM Hospital.

Funeral services were Monday, Jan. 28, 2013, at Spry Memorial Chapel with Bro. Jeff Fleming. Burial was in Franklin Memory Gardens.

She is survived by her children, Linda Mitchell and husband, Robert, Jerry Canida and wife, Kathy, Charles Canida and wife, Andrea; grandchildren, Neal Canida, Brandon Mitchell, Tyra Megois, Jan Canida, Nikki Mayfield, Stephanie Britnell, Jamie Scott, April Scott, Amber West, Tyler Canida, Trey Canida, Tate Canida; 21 great-grandchildren; two great-great-grandchildren; siblings, Lou Schrieffer, Frank McClung, Irene Bevis, Louise Lane, Robert McClung, Johnny McClung; and a host of nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her husband of 62 years, William Thomas Canida, Sr., son, William Thomas Canida, Jr.; daughter, Deborah Canida; parents, Edward and Johnnie Mae McClung; brothers, Edward Lee McClung, Roy McClung, Willie McClung.

The pallbearers were Neal Canida, Luke Mitchell, Tyler Canida, Trey Canida, Tate Canida and Jeremy Mayfield.

She was a loving wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother. Her family and friends loved her very much and she will be greatly missed by all.

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