Frances Scaggs Leighton

FRANCES S. LEIGHTON Frances S. Leighton died at Hospice Savannah Monday morning, March 9, 2009. Fran was born on November 9, 1932 in Fulton Maryland to her late parents Melvin and Myrtle Scaggs. In high school Fran was active in 4-H activities and in 1948 she was selected Farm Queen of Howard County, Maryland. She attended Western Maryland College on a teaching scholarship. Following graduation she married Richard Leighton and taught math and science for two years at Catonsville, Maryland Junior High School. When her husband began Navy service she taught another half year in Escambia County, Florida. Fran had a life-long passion for art education. She became a docent at the Columbus Ohio Art Museum in the early 1960s and continued for 23 years at the Toledo Museum of Art where she was designated a Master Docent, and subsequently a Docent Emeritus. When she moved to the Landings in 1997 she became a docent at the Telfair Museum of Art. For the past two years she arranged and publicized "Artist of the Month" exhibitions for the Landings Art Association. Fran was actively involved in the lives of her children and grandchildren. With her husband she enjoyed travel experiences, visiting most of the major countries. An avid golfer, she was a member of the Landings Womens Golf Association. She was a faithful member of the Skidaway Island United Methodist Church. She is survived by her loving husband, Richard F. Leighton, M.D. of Savannah and by two sisters, Doris Ritter and Mary Kane, two brothers, J. Elwood Scaggs and David Scaggs and by her aunt Lillian Milstead, all residents of Maryland. Fran is also survived by her three children, Dr. Kimberly Leighton and husband Dr. Clinton Wolboldt of Ransom Canyon, TX, Brian Leighton and wife Tina Kluetmeier of Philadelphia and by Fred Leighton of Portage OH. Fran has three grandchildren, Frances M. Leighton, a student at Baylor University and Abigail Rose and William Henry Leighton of Philadelphia. There will be a visitation at Fox and Weeks Funeral Directors, 7200 Hodgson Memorial Drive, Savannah on Thursday evening, March 12, 2009 from 7:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. A Memorial Service will be held at the Skidaway Island United Methodist Church on Friday, March 13, 2009 at 11 a.m. Donations, in lieu of flowers in remembrance of Fran may be made to the Richard F. and Frances S. Leighton Scholarship at the University of Toledo Foundation, Driscoll Center, 2801 W. Bancroft St., Toledo OH 43606-3395, to the Skidaway Island Untied Methodist Church, 54 Diamond Causeway, Savannah GA. 31411 or the Hospice Savannah, P.O. Box 13190, Savannah, GA. 31416-0190 FOX AND WEEKS FUENRAL DIRECTORS HODGSON CHAPEL Please sign our guestbook online at www.foxandweeks.com