Frances Cade

Coats, NC:  Mrs. Frances Whittington Cade age 89 of Richmond, Va., formerly of Coats, NC, died Sunday, July 21, 2013, at Retreat Hospital in Richmond. Funeral services will be 12:30 pm Wednesday, July 24, 2013, at the Rose & Graham Funeral Home Chapel in Coats. Officiating will be Rev. Jesse Mooney. Burial will follow in Devotional Gardens, Dunn.     Mrs. Cade was born October 7, 1923 in Harnett County to the late Millard Smith and Vada Turlington Whittington. She was preceded in death by husbands, Everett M. Fanning and F. P. Cade. Mrs. Cade had retired from Southern States Corp. in Richmond, and upon retirement, moved back to Coats where she attended the Coats Baptist Church and participated in numerous community organizations.     Mrs. Cade is survived by her son, Wayne P. Armstrong and wife, Lora, of Woodstock, GA, her sisters, Rosalie Whittington and Rebecca W. Splawn and husband, Jerry, all of Burlington; brother, Darwin Whittington and wife, Marilyn, of New Bern, and devoted sister in law, Cheryl Whittington of Coats. Also surviving Mrs. Cade are grandchildren, Brian Armstrong and wife, Laura, of Ashland VA, and Kristy Cosley and husband, Jamie, of Mechanicsville, VA; four great grandchildren; one great great grandson; and several nieces and nephews.     Family will receive friends at Rose & Graham Funeral Home in Coats from 11 AM to 12 PM Wednesday prior to the service.     Flowers are welcomed; however memorials may be made to Coats Senior Center, P. O. Box 366, Coats, NC  27521 or Hospice of Virginia.