Frances Adele "Jackie" TUTTON

TUTTON, Frances Adele, affectionately known as "Jackie," passed away suddenly on Tuesday, July 5, 2011. She was born on January 28, 1925, in New Hill, N.C., to John and Ellen Poe, and moved to Quantico, Va., with her sister, Mildred, in 1932 where she fell in love with and married TSgt Robert John Tutton, a U.S. Marine. Although her husband, Bob, was tragically killed in an automobile accident at Quantico in 1948, Jackie remained in Stafford, Va., until her passing. She was predeceased by her granddaughter, Jovonna Lynn Carey, in 1992. Jackie leaves behind a large and loving extended family, in both North Carolina and Virginia, including her son, Robert Tutton and his wife, Dale; daughter, Cecelia Carey and her husband, Harvey; grandchildren, Tonya Tutton Brand, Robert L. Tutton and his wife, Emily, and Rusty J. Tutton; stepgrandchildren, Barry Seal and Lisa Evans; Harriet Showalter; seven great-grandchildren, several nieces, nephews and cousins in North Carolina. The family will receive friends from 4 to 6 p.m. on Thursday, July 7, at Mullins & Thompson Funeral Service, Stafford Chapel. There will also be a memorial service at Christian Chapel Church in Moncure, N.C., where Jackie will be laid to rest in the Christian Chapel Church Cemetery at a later date. Online condolences may be made at mullinsthompsonstafford.com.


This obituary was originally published in the Richmond Times-Dispatch.