Mary Frances Carland^[1]

1927 - 2008  (81 years)

• Name	Mary Frances Carland
  Born	26 Nov 1927	Palm Beach County, Florida
  Gender	Female
  Died	8 Dec 2008  [2]
  Buried	Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Hendersonville, North Carolina
  Person ID	I207165	Smoky Mountain Ancestral Quest
  Last Modified	1 Mar 2009

  
  

  Father	Ernest C. Carland,   b. 25 Feb 1898, Brevard, North Carolina ,   d. 28 Jun 1972, West Palm Beach. Florida  (Age 74 years)
  Mother	Mary Marshall,   b. 4 Jul 1903, Hendersonville, North Carolina ,   d. 28 Jun 1997, Tampa, Florida  (Age 93 years)
  Family ID	F95849	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Hoyl Clyde Parton,   b. 26 Mar 1916,   d. 22 Sep 1997  (Age 81 years)
  Married	Nov 1947
  Children	+ 1. Steven Hoyl "Steve" Parton,   b. 22 Jul 1948  (Age 76 years)   2. Wayne Parton,   b. 15 Jun 1949  (Age 75 years)
  Family ID	F78954	Group Sheet

  
  

• Sources

  [S142] Newspaper Article, Tallahassee Democrat (FL), 24 Sep 1997. Hoyl C. Parton obituary [S142] Newspaper Article, Palm Beach Post (FL), 14 Dec 2008. MARY FRANCES PARTON (Carland) Mary Frances Parton (Carland) passed away early this morning after a short illness from unknown medical complications. Born in Palm Beach County on November 26, 1927. She graduated from Palm Beach High School in the class of 1944. Frances married Hoyl C. Parton in 1948 and had two children Wayne and Steve Parton. In 1949 Frances contracted polio and walked with assistance of crutches for the remainder of her life. Frances never let her disability keep her from a fully active live and she fought for handicap accessible facilities for churches and grocery stores. She worked at Crippled Children's Society in Palm Beach during the 1950s. Frances attended Haverhill Baptist Church and was also church secretary for a time. Frances also worked for Belvedere Baptist Church as a secretary for a number of years. Mary Frances moved to Tallahassee, Florida in 1982 to retire with her husband Hoyl Parton. Hoyl Parton passed away in 1997. Mary Frances is survived by her two sons Steve and Wayne Parton and her grandson Jake. Interment will take place in Hendersonville, NC. To express condolences and/or make donations Visit PalmBeachPost.com/obituaries