Advertisement

Flora Belle <I>Alexander</I> Vance

Advertisement

Flora Belle Alexander Vance

Birth
Owen County, Kentucky, USA
Death
12 Apr 1942 (aged 71)
Waynesboro City, Virginia, USA
Burial
Waynesboro, Waynesboro City, Virginia, USA GPS-Latitude: 38.0685973, Longitude: -78.9057206
Plot
Block 74 Lot 3B
Memorial ID
View Source
Mrs. Robert Glass Vance died at her home on Wayne Avenue Sunday morning at 4 o'clock. She had suffered a heart attack Friday.
Funeral services will be held tomorrow (Tuesday) afternoon at 3 o'clock at the Etter Chapel with Dr. James G. Patton, Jr., pastor of First Presbyterian Church, in charge of the services. Burial will follow in River View Cemetery.
Mrs. Vance was born Flora Alexander, daughter of Lewis and Martha Alexander, of New Liberty, Owen County, Kentucky. She was married to Robert Glass Vance, late vice-president and cashier of the First National Bank, in 1892. Mr. Vance died last November 7th.
She is survived by three sons, Albert, of Washington, D. C.; Dr. Robert Vance, of Boston; and Dr. Alexander Vance, of Boston; and four grandchildren.
Mrs. Vance had resided in Waynesboro more than 40 years. She was prominent socially and was a member of the First Presbyterian Church, the Waynesboro Club, and the Woman's Club.
She was widely known throughout the South and her personality and fine traits of character had endeared her to many friends.
For many years she was associated with the work of Presbyterian Mission Schools, in the Orient in the marketing of the handwork of the pupils. This work, which was dear to her heart, she accomplished with effiency and success, having undertaken it at the request of Mrs. Swinehart.
These schools were heavily in debt at the time and would have been closed had it not been for Mrs. Vance's interest.
She had been deeply interested in the missionary work of the church, having been the first president of the Presbyterial of Lexington Presbytery. She had also been active in the Junior Department of the Sunday School.
Mrs. Vance was interested in young people and had encouraged and befriended many of them in their life's work.
Her travels had given her a wide outlook upon world affairs and a keen interest in international events. She was interested in and conversant with the best in literature and had a true literary sense.
Mrs. Vance will be greatly missed in Montreat with which she had long been associated and by her many friends in Waynesboro.
Pallbearers for tomorrow afternoon's funeral services at the Etter Chapel will be: (Active) E. W. Barger, Scott Nininger, J. S. Ellis, Dr. F. H. Swezey, William Shumate, and R. H. Clemmer, and (Honorary) Dr. A. M. McLauglin, Guy H. Branaman, James W. Wright, Dr. Ernest Mosby, Frank Parker, W. E. Drake, Richard V. Chew, Fred L. Cook, Charles M. Robertson, Finley W. McClung, M. A. R. Loth, Lois Spilman and R. C. Webb.

Waynesboro News Virginian-date of paper: April 13, 1942

Mrs. Robert Glass Vance died at her home on Wayne Avenue Sunday morning at 4 o'clock. She had suffered a heart attack Friday.
Funeral services will be held tomorrow (Tuesday) afternoon at 3 o'clock at the Etter Chapel with Dr. James G. Patton, Jr., pastor of First Presbyterian Church, in charge of the services. Burial will follow in River View Cemetery.
Mrs. Vance was born Flora Alexander, daughter of Lewis and Martha Alexander, of New Liberty, Owen County, Kentucky. She was married to Robert Glass Vance, late vice-president and cashier of the First National Bank, in 1892. Mr. Vance died last November 7th.
She is survived by three sons, Albert, of Washington, D. C.; Dr. Robert Vance, of Boston; and Dr. Alexander Vance, of Boston; and four grandchildren.
Mrs. Vance had resided in Waynesboro more than 40 years. She was prominent socially and was a member of the First Presbyterian Church, the Waynesboro Club, and the Woman's Club.
She was widely known throughout the South and her personality and fine traits of character had endeared her to many friends.
For many years she was associated with the work of Presbyterian Mission Schools, in the Orient in the marketing of the handwork of the pupils. This work, which was dear to her heart, she accomplished with effiency and success, having undertaken it at the request of Mrs. Swinehart.
These schools were heavily in debt at the time and would have been closed had it not been for Mrs. Vance's interest.
She had been deeply interested in the missionary work of the church, having been the first president of the Presbyterial of Lexington Presbytery. She had also been active in the Junior Department of the Sunday School.
Mrs. Vance was interested in young people and had encouraged and befriended many of them in their life's work.
Her travels had given her a wide outlook upon world affairs and a keen interest in international events. She was interested in and conversant with the best in literature and had a true literary sense.
Mrs. Vance will be greatly missed in Montreat with which she had long been associated and by her many friends in Waynesboro.
Pallbearers for tomorrow afternoon's funeral services at the Etter Chapel will be: (Active) E. W. Barger, Scott Nininger, J. S. Ellis, Dr. F. H. Swezey, William Shumate, and R. H. Clemmer, and (Honorary) Dr. A. M. McLauglin, Guy H. Branaman, James W. Wright, Dr. Ernest Mosby, Frank Parker, W. E. Drake, Richard V. Chew, Fred L. Cook, Charles M. Robertson, Finley W. McClung, M. A. R. Loth, Lois Spilman and R. C. Webb.

Waynesboro News Virginian-date of paper: April 13, 1942



Sponsored by Ancestry

Advertisement

  • Maintained by: LNM
  • Originally Created by: JEM
  • Added: Jan 31, 2009
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/33434968/flora_belle-vance: accessed ), memorial page for Flora Belle Alexander Vance (12 Feb 1871–12 Apr 1942), Find a Grave Memorial ID 33434968, citing Riverview Cemetery, Waynesboro, Waynesboro City, Virginia, USA; Maintained by LNM (contributor 47438535).