| Graduation Year | Class of 1938 |
| Date of Passing | Dec 08, 2004 |
| About | Frances Mae Guss Painter, 84, of Hazelhurst, GA, formerly of Zanesville, died at 9:10 am, Wednesday, December 8, 2004, at her daughter’s home. She was born May 18, 1920, in Zanesville, a daughter of the late Roy and Elsie Miller Guss. She was a homemaker and a member of Jehovah’s Witness North Congregation. Frances graduated from Lash High School in 1938. Surviving are a daughter and son-in-law, Rebecca and John Edmonson of the home ; three sons a, Keith(Glenna) Painter of Hawkinsville, GA, Roger (Glenda) Painter of Ashland and David Painter of Port Richey, FL; a brother , Marlyn Guss of Aurora, Indiana; 14 grandchildren; 25 great-grandchildren; a great-great-grandson; five step grandchildren;several step great-grandchildren;and several nieces and nephews. Besides her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Raymond Luther Painter, who died October 23, 2000, and whom she married January 12, 1939; for brothers, Robert Guss, John Guss, Hubert Guss and Richard Guss; seven sisters, Marcella Snyder,, Margaret Bowers, Beatrice Pyles, Jean Parsons, Sarah Ullman, Mary Ellis and Fern Pierce; and a granddaughter, Renee Keeley Painter. Burial will be in Williams Cemetery. |
