SALISBURY - Frances Irene Whittington died Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2017, at Coastal Hospice At The Lake. Born in Cambridge, she was a daughter of the late Weldon Robert Fisher and Mildred Windsor Fisher.
A graduate of Mardela High School, she was employed as an office clerk and head cashier for ACME Markets for 32 years, until her retirement in 1976. In 1950, she and her husband started the Frances Whittington Trucking Co., where she served as owner/operator. She was a member of the Union United Methodist Church.
She is survived by two sons, John Whittington Jr. of Salisbury and Lloyd Allen Davis of Salisbury; one sister, Betty Meadows of Salisbury; and three nieces.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband of 60-plus years, John Edward "Ed" Whittington Sr.; and one sister, Barbara Layfield.
Funeral services were held Sunday, Dec. 10, 2017, at Holloway Funeral Home in Salisbury. Interment was in Powellville Cemetery.