Laura Frances Pearce Griffin Mulcay

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Laura Mulcay Obituary

LAURA FRANCES
PEARCE GRIFFIN
MULCAY, 96

FROSTPROOF - Laura Frances Pearce Griffin Mulcay "Sweetmama" of Frostproof passed away Saturday, August 20, 2011 at her residence.
She was born August 24, 1914 in Seville, GA to the late Dellie Delaney & Lizzie (Tippet) Pearce; and she came to Frostproof in 1922 at age 8 with her family to manage the newly opened Highland Hotel. She was an active member of the First Presbyterian Church of Frostproof, her ministry included being a Sunday School Teacher and Circle III. As a young mother she was active in her children's school activities and as a Girl Scout Leader she was involved on the state and national levels, where she was honored with the "Thanks" badge. Sweetmama was a member of the Frostproof Woman's Club, past president of the Lake Wales Country Club Ladies Golf Association and enjoyed china painting and world traveling, but her greatest treasure was her family.
Sweetmama was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Rev. William T. "Bill" Mulcay; former husband, Ben Hill Griffin, Jr.; a grandson, Brett Griffin; and a son-in-law, George W. Harris, Jr. Survivors include her daughters, Harriett Griffin Harris of Bartow, Sarah Jane Griffin Alexander (John) of Frostproof, Lucy Anne Griffin Collier (Wayne) of Frostproof and Francie Griffin Milligan (David) of Worthing, England; son, Ben Hill Griffin III (Debbie) of Frostproof; 14 grandchildren and 25 great-grandchildren.
Visitation will be held from 5:00 until 7:00 pm, Monday, August 22, 2011 at the First Presbyterian Church of Frostproof. A memorial service will be held 11:00 am, Tuesday, August 23, 2011 at the First Presbyterian Church with Rev. John Ragland officiating. A private family interment will be held at the Silver Hill Cemetery.
For those who wish, donations may be made to the First Presbyterian Church (101 North Palm Avenue, Frostproof, FL 33843). Condolences may be sent to the family and the webcast of the service can be viewed at www.marionnelsonfuneralhome.com .

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Published by The Ledger on Aug. 21, 2011.

Memories and Condolences
for Laura Mulcay

4 Entries

Richard Peavy

August 22, 2011

A pillar to her family, and an inspiration to everyone she met.
The Lord will hold her close...

August 21, 2011

Dear Harriett, Sarah Jane, Lucy, Ben Hill and Francie,
I can not express how sorrowful I am with the loss of your Mother.
Frances was such a wonderful lady who lived such a long and active life.
We all grew up with very selective and memories from our younger years. There are not many things that I remember in any given years, before we moved back to Florida from Atlanta in 1944.
I would like to share with you several vey fond memories that I personally have of Frances.There were the many family gatherings at Christmas, rotating between the four families homes, the Thanksgivings at the Farm and later at the Peace River Ranch. Frances was always such an integral part of all of our family celebrations..
There are two particular memories that have stayed with me all thes years that I would like to share with you. When I was probably 5-7 years old when we lived in Atlanta, I remember on one vacation visit when your family lived on North Lake Reedy that Frances would take cans of plain Franco American spaghetti, doctor it up in her special way and I still remember that spaghetti was the best that I ever had. The other memory was when we were on vacation at New Smyrna Beach we had all gone trout fishing on the old bridge and had a string of twenty trout that Daddy had put on the stringer and tied them to the bridge and lowered them into the water. Frances caught the next fish and was going to save Daddy the trouble with the stringer. She untied the string, put her fish on it, went to tie it back and "Oops" the string of fish slipped and down the river the catch went, but no problem they went on and caught many more trout. There were our summer visits to Frostproof and spending the night with Frances, Ben and all, so much fun, Mother, Bess, Julia and Frances were always important parts of our lives.
She will be dearly missed by all who knew her and we were blessed to have had Frances in our lives.
My thoughts and prayers are with all of the rest of your families who knew her as "Sweetmama".

My Sincerest Sympathy and Love to you all.

Jim.

David&Carolyn Trimmier

August 21, 2011

Sarah Jane and Family,
If there ever was an Elect-Lady of the Church it was Laura Frances Mulcay. I came to know and Love her as Pastor. In time I came to realize what a "giant" she was to our ministry there in Frostproof.She pretty much did everything except Preach! It was thru her kindness and influence that I came to be Pastor there in 1993. She was very giving to the church and to my family. Rest in Peace and Your Rewards do follow you!
Much Love,
David and Carolyn Trimmier

Kealy Kelton

August 21, 2011

R.I.P Mrs. Mulcay. My thoughts and prayers are with you and your family.

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