Obituary For Frances Haizlip Ikenberry



Frances Haizlip Ikenberry, 95 has completed her earthly journey, Thursday March 3, 2011, departing for heaven to join family members gone on before. A graveside service will be held 1 p.m. Monday at the Haizlip Family Cemetery, Meeks Road, Ridgeway, Virginia. Mrs. Ikenberry was born on February 6, 1916 to the late John H. Haizlip and Eliza Dabney Matthews Haizlip, the youngest of six children in Spray, NC. Mrs. Ikenberry was a member of Spray United Methodist Church and she was educated locally and upon completing her education at East Carolina University she was married to Paul W. Ikenberry. The Ikenberry's lived most of their married life in Portsmouth, Virginia and upon Mr. Ikenberry's retirement they returned to Eden so Frances could live near her sister Mrs. Lucille Maus. Mrs. Ikenberry is survived by her nieces and nephews, Dr. and Mrs Thomas M. Haizlip of Raleigh, Mrs. Jean Jones and husband Bob of Danville, Virginia, Dabney Maus Tompkins and husband Woodruff of California and Mrs. Martha Haizlip Holland of Eden and numerous great nieces and nephews. Family will receive friends on Sunday evening from 7 - 8:30 pm at Fair Funeral Home and other times at the home of Martha Haizlip Holland, 518 Patrick Street, Eden. Memorial contributions may be made to the Morehead Memorial Hospital Foundation, 117 E. Kings Hwy, Eden, NC 27288 Online Condolences may be made to the family at www.fairfuneralhome.com