Frances Delaine Claxton Sumner of Swainsboro, GA

April 10, 1940 – August 6, 2022

Frances Delaine Claxton Sumner was the daughter of Eddie Claxton and Christine Sullivan Claxton, born in Swainsboro, Georgia on April 10, 1940.  Surrounded by her family, she departed this life on August 6, 2022.

Funeral services will be held Tuesday morning at 10:00 A.M. in the chapel of Tomlinson Funeral Home with  Chaplain Roger Holley  officiating. Interment will follow in the Swainsboro City Cemetery. The Family will receive friends Monday evening between the hours of 6-8 P.M. at Tomlinson Funeral Home.

Memorials may be made to the Alzheimer's Association in memory of Frances Claxton Sumner.

Frances Claxton was an extraordinary woman with a great sense of humor. She was a wonderful role model for her family, friends, and for those seeking a better way of life. She worshiped as a Southern Baptist with a strong faith in the Holy Trinity.

J.P. Stevens (East Dublin, GA) was her first job (July 1958 – December 1969). She worked in Woolen and Mending, making production every week and also in Customer Service. Unable to attend her Senior year at Swainsboro High School,  she studied and acquired her GED (2/29/1968) while working at J. P. Stevens.  In 1969-71 she went to Cosmetology School in Dublin, GA to become a cosmetologist (Graduated August 17, 1971). As a cosmetologist (December 1969 – October 1990), her income supported her family while her husband, Bill Sumner, began his career with State Farm Insurance Company in Swainsboro, GA.

Additionally, she worked at Shop Rite Pharmacy from 1975 to 1978 for Danny Tapley and Butch Parrish.

Blessed with the gift of creativity, cake decorating became a passion for her. As a cake decorator for many years, she worked independently and also with Kroger, Piggly Wiggly, Bi Lo, and Harvey's Supermarket.

She was a voracious reader of all genres and enjoyed cooking, gardening, crocheting, and walking/training her "shelter dog" Tagan every morning . In her later years she took great pleasure in "Flea Market Haggling".

She is preceded in death by her daughter, Christy Elaine Sumner Bullard, her father, Eddie Claxton, her mother, Christine Sullivan Claxton, brothers John Claxton and Marvin Willis Claxton Sr.,  husband, Bill V. Sumner and husband, Clifford L. Ellis.

She is survived by her daughter, Debora Sumner Mulling of Adrian, GA, grandsons, Isaac J. Mulling, Jr. and William G. Bullard both of Adrian, GA, a brother, Dock Garland Claxton (Shirley) of Swainsboro, and a sister, Carolyn Claxton Kirby (Charles, deceased) of Warner Robins