Frances Hair Obituary

HAIR, Frances Frances Bates Hair of Jekyll Island, GA and a former resident of Columbia and then Mt. Pleasant, SC, died peacefully on Sunday, April 29, 2007, with her daughter by her side. A native South Carolinian, she was a retired surgical nurse, past Poet Laureate of the South Carolina Federation of Women's Clubs, free-lance writer, artist, contralto soloist, and composer of sacred music. An active volunteer, she campaigned for the Mother's March of Dimes, spoke on behalf of Breast Cancer Awareness, and was a leader in the South Carolina Girl Scouts Association. She was preceded in death by her husband, Wylie T. Hair, and daughter Judith H. Glasoe. She is survived by her son, Wylie T. Hair Jr., of Cary, NC; her daughter, Susan H. McLemore of Jekyll Island, GA; her sister, Doris B. Quarles of Cornelia, GA, eleven grandchildren, seven great-grandchildren, and numerous nieces and nephews. Graveside services will be held at 1pm on Wednesday, May 2, 2007 at Greenlawn Memorial Cemetery in Columbia, SC with her nephew Dr. Richard Quarles officiating. A memorial service will be announced at a later date. Memorial contributions may be made to the Frances Hair Memorial Music Fund of the First Presbyterian Church, 1105 Union Street, Brunswick, GA 31520. Visit our guestbook at www.charleston.net/deaths.