JOEY ELDRED FRANCISCO

Joey Eldred Francisco, 44, formerly of Memphis passed away October 10, 2013 at Emory Johns Creek Hospital near Atlanta. She graduated from Southern Baptist Educational Center, The University of Memphis and the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences. At University of Memphis she was a member of Phi Mu sorority and a Pi Kappa Alpha little sister. During her freshman year she was a member of the U of M pom pom squad. She was also a tigerette for the Mighty Sound of the South Marching band and selected as a feature twirler her Junior year. During her years in college she participated in the Miss Mississippi and Tennessee America systems. She worked long term as a Nuclear Medicine Technologist at Northeast Georgia Hospital Systems. She served as President of the Georgia Society of Nuclear Medicine for two years. She recently changed careers and worked for Genesis Biosciences as a member of their Sales and Business Development team. She was preceded in death by her father, Robert Eldred, and grandparents, Raymond and Dorothy Haynes and Robert and Mary Eldred. She is survived by her husband, Ted Francisco of Atlanta, GA; her mother, Betty Jo Eldred Pemberton of Southaven, MS; and her son, Michael David Sullivan of Atlanta, GA. She also leaves her loving sister, Lyndee Eldred Goodman of Killen, AL; a niece, Abigail Goodman and nephew, Jack Goodman of Killen, AL and dear family friend, Susan Brown Farese of Germantown, TN. Services will be held at Faith Presbyterian Church, 8816 Poplar Pike in Germantown on Friday, October 18 at 2 p.m. The family will receive friends following the service.