Frances Elizabeth Goad

b. 7 November 1920, d. 24 October 2006
  • Frances Elizabeth Goad was born on 7 November 1920 in Muskogee County, Oklahoma.
  • She married Carroll Wood Cecil, son of Albert Nolan Cecil and Ella Lynn Wood, circa 1943.
  • Frances Elizabeth Goad became a widow at the 12 September 1968 death of her husband Carroll Wood Cecil.
  • Frances Elizabeth Goad died on 24 October 2006 at age 85 in Dallas, Texas.
  • She was interred at Hillcrest Memorial Park, Dallas, Texas.
  • The following appeared on 26 October 2006 in the Houston Chronicle: Frances Elizabeth Goad Cecil passed away on October 24, 2006 in Dallas, Texas due to complication from Alzheimer's. Frances was born on November 7, 1920 in Muskogee, Oklahoma to Wilmer and Mildred Goad. She married Carroll Wood Cecil, now deceased, and then moved to Dallas in 1983 after working for Exxon for 35 years in Houston. She is survived by her daughter Dianne Tripplehorn Cash and grandchildren Ashley Tripplehorn Emerson, Elizabeth Tripplehorn Hawkins and David Tripplehorn Cash and great-grandchildren Madison Hammer, David Hammer and Indigo Hawkins. She is also survived by sisters Virginia Bradley, Jo Ann Kiesow, and Marilyn Vandiver and brothers Bill Goad, Gene Goad, and Richard Goad. Frances was a beloved mother, grandmother, sister and friend. Also, and most important, she was a devoted Christian. Her legacy will live on in the building named in her honor, the Frances and Mildred Goad Center for Brain Health at University of Texas at Dallas, which has recently been completed. In lieu of flowers and for those desiring, memorials may be made to the Center for BrainHealth, 2200 Mockingbird Lane, Dallas, Texas 75235. Funeral services will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday, October 28th at Sparkman/Hillcrest Northwest Hwy. Chapel. Interment to follow in Hillcrest Memorial Park.
  • Last Edited: 30 Jul 2012

Family: Carroll Wood Cecil b. 27 February 1923, d. 12 September 1968