Frances Torain Penn was born December 9, 1935 in Greensboro, North Carolina to the late Louise Torain. She departed this life on Tuesday, August 10, 2021 at Beacon Place Hospice Care with her family by her side.
Following in the footsteps of her beloved grandmother, Viola Torain, and aunts, "Mae" Mary Ethel Pinnix and Irene Whitsett, Frances joined Providence Baptist Church at an early age under the leadership of Rev. J.W. Tynes. Frances excelled at athletics and dancing. She was a star player on her James B. Dudley High School basketball team. She pursued her love of sports as a career and majored in physical education at North Carolina Central University in Durham, NC. After graduating, she was employed as a physical education teacher in South Boston, VA, Winston-Salem, NC, Charlotte, NC and Baltimore, MD. She spent the last 14 years of her career working for the Guilford County School system and retired in 2001.
The sport that Frances loved most of all was golf. She did not learn to play golf until she was in her mid-thirties, but she excelled at it and competed in many tournaments. After retiring, she joined a local golf group in Greensboro and accumulated a large collection of trophies that she had won over the years.
The onset of dementia robbed her of much of her memory the last few years of her life, but she never forgot her favorite music and would dance to it whenever she had the opportunity. And, at the age of 80+, it was not unusual for her to dribble and attempt to shoot a few hoops if she was in the vicinity of a basketball goal.
Surviving to cherish her memory: her caretaker and devoted daughter, a grandson, 9 cousins and a host of other relatives and friends.
A public viewing will be held on Saturday, August 14, 2021 from 3:00pm - 5:00pm in the Cassie Coote-Brown Memorial Chapel of Perry J. Brown Funeral Home. A service honoring her life will be held on Sunday, August 15, 2021 at Providence Baptist Church, 1106 Tuscaloosa St, Greensboro, NC 27406. The visitation will begin at 1:00pm and the service will follow at 1:30pm. Burial Monday 10:00am Forest Lawn Cemetery.
Following in the footsteps of her beloved grandmother, Viola Torain, and aunts, "Mae" Mary Ethel Pinnix and Irene Whitsett, Frances joined Providence Baptist Church at an early age under the leadership of Rev. J.W. Tynes. Frances excelled at athletics and dancing. She was a star player on her James B. Dudley High School basketball team. She pursued her love of sports as a career and majored in physical education at North Carolina Central University in Durham, NC. After graduating, she was employed as a physical education teacher in South Boston, VA, Winston-Salem, NC, Charlotte, NC and Baltimore, MD. She spent the last 14 years of her career working for the Guilford County School system and retired in 2001.
The sport that Frances loved most of all was golf. She did not learn to play golf until she was in her mid-thirties, but she excelled at it and competed in many tournaments. After retiring, she joined a local golf group in Greensboro and accumulated a large collection of trophies that she had won over the years.
The onset of dementia robbed her of much of her memory the last few years of her life, but she never forgot her favorite music and would dance to it whenever she had the opportunity. And, at the age of 80+, it was not unusual for her to dribble and attempt to shoot a few hoops if she was in the vicinity of a basketball goal.
Surviving to cherish her memory: her caretaker and devoted daughter, a grandson, 9 cousins and a host of other relatives and friends.
A public viewing will be held on Saturday, August 14, 2021 from 3:00pm - 5:00pm in the Cassie Coote-Brown Memorial Chapel of Perry J. Brown Funeral Home. A service honoring her life will be held on Sunday, August 15, 2021 at Providence Baptist Church, 1106 Tuscaloosa St, Greensboro, NC 27406. The visitation will begin at 1:00pm and the service will follow at 1:30pm. Burial Monday 10:00am Forest Lawn Cemetery.
Frances Torain Penn was born December 9, 1935 in Greensboro, North Carolina to the late Louise Torain. She departed this life on Tuesday, August 10, 2021 at Beacon Place Hospice Care with her family by her side.
Following in the footsteps of her beloved grandmother, Viola Torain, and aunts, "Mae" Mary Ethel Pinnix and Irene Whitsett, Frances joined Providence Baptist Church at an early age under the leadership of Rev. J.W. Tynes. Frances excelled at athletics and dancing. She was a star player on her James B. Dudley High School basketball team. She pursued her love of sports as a career and majored in physical education at North Carolina Central University in Durham, NC. After graduating, she was employed as a physical education teacher in South Boston, VA, Winston-Salem, NC, Charlotte, NC and Baltimore, MD. She spent the last 14 years of her career working for the Guilford County School system and retired in 2001.
The sport that Frances loved most of all was golf. She did not learn to play golf until she was in her mid-thirties, but she excelled at it and competed in many tournaments. After retiring, she joined a local golf group in Greensboro and accumulated a large collection of trophies that she had won over the years.
The onset of dementia robbed her of much of her memory the last few years of her life, but she never forgot her favorite music and would dance to it whenever she had the opportunity. And, at the age of 80+, it was not unusual for her to dribble and attempt to shoot a few hoops if she was in the vicinity of a basketball goal.
Surviving to cherish her memory: her caretaker and devoted daughter, a grandson, 9 cousins and a host of other relatives and friends.
A public viewing will be held on Saturday, August 14, 2021 from 3:00pm - 5:00pm in the Cassie Coote-Brown Memorial Chapel of Perry J. Brown Funeral Home. A service honoring her life will be held on Sunday, August 15, 2021 at Providence Baptist Church, 1106 Tuscaloosa St, Greensboro, NC 27406. The visitation will begin at 1:00pm and the service will follow at 1:30pm. Burial Monday 10:00am Forest Lawn Cemetery.
Following in the footsteps of her beloved grandmother, Viola Torain, and aunts, "Mae" Mary Ethel Pinnix and Irene Whitsett, Frances joined Providence Baptist Church at an early age under the leadership of Rev. J.W. Tynes. Frances excelled at athletics and dancing. She was a star player on her James B. Dudley High School basketball team. She pursued her love of sports as a career and majored in physical education at North Carolina Central University in Durham, NC. After graduating, she was employed as a physical education teacher in South Boston, VA, Winston-Salem, NC, Charlotte, NC and Baltimore, MD. She spent the last 14 years of her career working for the Guilford County School system and retired in 2001.
The sport that Frances loved most of all was golf. She did not learn to play golf until she was in her mid-thirties, but she excelled at it and competed in many tournaments. After retiring, she joined a local golf group in Greensboro and accumulated a large collection of trophies that she had won over the years.
The onset of dementia robbed her of much of her memory the last few years of her life, but she never forgot her favorite music and would dance to it whenever she had the opportunity. And, at the age of 80+, it was not unusual for her to dribble and attempt to shoot a few hoops if she was in the vicinity of a basketball goal.
Surviving to cherish her memory: her caretaker and devoted daughter, a grandson, 9 cousins and a host of other relatives and friends.
A public viewing will be held on Saturday, August 14, 2021 from 3:00pm - 5:00pm in the Cassie Coote-Brown Memorial Chapel of Perry J. Brown Funeral Home. A service honoring her life will be held on Sunday, August 15, 2021 at Providence Baptist Church, 1106 Tuscaloosa St, Greensboro, NC 27406. The visitation will begin at 1:00pm and the service will follow at 1:30pm. Burial Monday 10:00am Forest Lawn Cemetery.
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