Mrs Frances Lyell Blanchette's Obituary
Frances Lyell Blanchette, age 72 of Old Hickory passed away December 20, 2013. She was born on February 1, 1941 in Dickson County, TN to the late Lacey and Doris Potts Lyell. She was raised in Hickman County, Tennessee and was an entertainer on the Grand Ole Opry and with the Carter Family for several years. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her infant son, Gary Blanchette, Jr., sister, Katie Lyell Collins, niece, Amy Collins; special friends, Mother Maybelle, Ezra, Helen, June and Anita Carter, John R. Cash and Winifred Chandler. She is survived by her husband of 44 years, Gary Blanchette, cousins, Mary Katherine Warren and John Lyell; special friends, Vickie (Sam) Webster, Lorrie (Herb) Bennett, Buddy Chandler, Harold “Brother” (Linda) Harrington, Millie Stanley, Peggy Knight, Ronnie Williams, Rita Forrester, Vicki Langdon, Freeman Kitchens, Mary Groves, Bill Langford, Diana Douglas, Rose Horn, Ms. Del Reynolds, Wayne Reynolds and Elizabeth Bomer. Funeral services will be conducted on Thursday, December 26th at 11:00 A.M. from the Chapel of Spring Hill Funeral Home. Interment will follow at 2 P.M. at the Little Rock Cemetery in Lyles, TN. Visitation will be on Thursday, December 26th from 9-11 A.M. Arrangements Entrusted To: Spring Hill Funeral Home and Cemetery, Nashville (615)865-1101 "Where Nashville Comes to Remember"
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