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Frankye Jo (closeup) DRIGGERS

Glenwood Cemetery
Pike County,
Arkansas

Frankye Jo Towry Driggers
December 31, 1938 - April 9, 2016
Married February 27, 1960

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*Obituary
Frankye Jo Towry Driggers, age 77, of Glenwood died Saturday, April 9, 2016 in Benton, Arkansas.
She was born on December 31, 1938 in the Mt. Clair Community (between Cove and Vandervoort), the second child of James Franklin and Allie Idell Seigler Towry.
She married Kavanaugh Ray Driggers on February 27, 1960 at Hugo, Oklahoma. He preceded her in death on September 25, 2004. She was also predeceased by her parents, and her sister, Wanda Joy Towry.
Frankye was a 1956 graduate of Van-Cove High School. She attended Baptist School of Nursing in Little Rock briefly before graduating from Henderson State Teacher’s College (now HSU) with a Bachelor’s of Science in Education.
She worked in the education field for 57 years, serving as a teacher at Norman, Caddo Gap, Glenwood, and Centerpoint School Districts. She was the last teacher, teaching grades 1-6, at the two-room Grandview Wing School before that school was moved to Caddo Gap.
For many years, Frankye taught GED classes at night through Rich Mountain Community College to the surrounding area of Glenwood. She started the first ACT Testing site at Glenwood for area high school students and administrated the test site at Glenwood High School and Centerpoint High School for many years.
She was a member of the Western Arkansas Retired Teachers Association, Lifetime AEA/NEA member and held a Lifetime Teacher’s License through the State of Arkansas. She was named Glenwood Teacher of the year in 1985 and Centerpoint Teacher of Year in 2005.
She is survived by three sons and one daughter-in-law, four grandsons and one granddaughter-in-law, one great grandson, one brother-in-law and sister-in-law and one nephew.
Services will be held at 10:00 AM, Saturday, April 16, 2016 in the Glenwood First Baptist Church with Bro. J. B. Evans and Bro. Erby Burgess officiating.
Interment will be in Glenwood Cemetery under the direction of Davis-Smith Funeral Home, Glenwood.
Visitation will be Friday, 6:00 PM until 8:00 PM, at the funeral home.
Memorials may be made to the Memorial Flag Pole Fund, % Centerpoint Primary School, 1000 Lakeshore, Glenwood, Arkansas 71943.

Contributed on 8/4/20

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Submitted: 8/4/20 • Approved: 8/4/20 • Last Updated: 8/25/20 • R1331335-G1331335-S3

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