Anne Martha Salyerds Francisco
Pensacola and Atlanta - Anne Martha Salyerds Francisco, age 87, of Pensacola and Atlanta, died in Atlanta on Friday, January 5, 2018. She was born in Macon, GA on October 4, 1930. Her parents were Edward Courtland Salyerds and Annye Myrtle Vardaman Salyerds of Pensacola. She is survived by her husband, Dr. Edgar Wiggin Francisco III, of Atlanta; her son, John Courtland Francisco and daughter-in-law, Megan Joyana Francisco, of Morrison, CO; her son, Edgar (Ted) W. Francisco IV and daughter-in-law, Sherri Francisco, of Atlanta; and four grandchildren: Jack McCarroll Francisco and Ryan Courtland Francisco of Morrison, CO; Edgar (TJ) W. Francisco V and Madison Francisco.
Anne was valedictorian of her Pensacola High School class of 1948, and valedictorian of her class at Huntington College, Montgomery, AL. She received a master's degree with honors in Biology in 1954 from Emory University Graduate School. She was one of the first group of four women admitted to that program. She met her husband Edgar at Emory University. They were married for 57 1/2 years.
She taught Biology for a number of years at Agnes Scott College. When her husband enrolled in a doctoral program at Yale University, she joined the faculty at Yale and taught Biology for pre-med students.
When they moved to South Burlington, VT she was honored as the "Volunteer of the Year" for her work with the South Burlington schools. She was co-sponsor of the Boy Scouts Sea Explorer Post on Lake Champlain, VT, and a member for many years of the executive committee which ran the Burlington International Games, a youth Olympics program with Canada. She arranged for the visiting teams' housing in Vermont and travelled with the VT teams to Canada on alternate years.
A lifetime Methodist, she was leader of her Youth Fellowship group at the First United Methodist Church of Pensacola, where her mother, Myrtle Salyerds taught Sunday school for 50 years and where Edgar and Anne were married on July 2, 1960. Anne also served on numerous church boards and committees in Vermont and Atlanta, while continuing active participation in the Pensacola Historical Society events.
Contributions may be sent to the Myrtle Salyerds and Anne Salyerds Francisco Scholarship at the First United Methodist Church, 6 E. Wright St, Pensacola, FL 32501.
Published in Pensacola News Journal on Jan. 14, 2018
Pensacola and Atlanta - Anne Martha Salyerds Francisco, age 87, of Pensacola and Atlanta, died in Atlanta on Friday, January 5, 2018. She was born in Macon, GA on October 4, 1930. Her parents were Edward Courtland Salyerds and Annye Myrtle Vardaman Salyerds of Pensacola. She is survived by her husband, Dr. Edgar Wiggin Francisco III, of Atlanta; her son, John Courtland Francisco and daughter-in-law, Megan Joyana Francisco, of Morrison, CO; her son, Edgar (Ted) W. Francisco IV and daughter-in-law, Sherri Francisco, of Atlanta; and four grandchildren: Jack McCarroll Francisco and Ryan Courtland Francisco of Morrison, CO; Edgar (TJ) W. Francisco V and Madison Francisco.
Anne was valedictorian of her Pensacola High School class of 1948, and valedictorian of her class at Huntington College, Montgomery, AL. She received a master's degree with honors in Biology in 1954 from Emory University Graduate School. She was one of the first group of four women admitted to that program. She met her husband Edgar at Emory University. They were married for 57 1/2 years.
She taught Biology for a number of years at Agnes Scott College. When her husband enrolled in a doctoral program at Yale University, she joined the faculty at Yale and taught Biology for pre-med students.
When they moved to South Burlington, VT she was honored as the "Volunteer of the Year" for her work with the South Burlington schools. She was co-sponsor of the Boy Scouts Sea Explorer Post on Lake Champlain, VT, and a member for many years of the executive committee which ran the Burlington International Games, a youth Olympics program with Canada. She arranged for the visiting teams' housing in Vermont and travelled with the VT teams to Canada on alternate years.
A lifetime Methodist, she was leader of her Youth Fellowship group at the First United Methodist Church of Pensacola, where her mother, Myrtle Salyerds taught Sunday school for 50 years and where Edgar and Anne were married on July 2, 1960. Anne also served on numerous church boards and committees in Vermont and Atlanta, while continuing active participation in the Pensacola Historical Society events.
Contributions may be sent to the Myrtle Salyerds and Anne Salyerds Francisco Scholarship at the First United Methodist Church, 6 E. Wright St, Pensacola, FL 32501.
Published in Pensacola News Journal on Jan. 14, 2018
Anne Martha Salyerds Francisco
Pensacola and Atlanta - Anne Martha Salyerds Francisco, age 87, of Pensacola and Atlanta, died in Atlanta on Friday, January 5, 2018. She was born in Macon, GA on October 4, 1930. Her parents were Edward Courtland Salyerds and Annye Myrtle Vardaman Salyerds of Pensacola. She is survived by her husband, Dr. Edgar Wiggin Francisco III, of Atlanta; her son, John Courtland Francisco and daughter-in-law, Megan Joyana Francisco, of Morrison, CO; her son, Edgar (Ted) W. Francisco IV and daughter-in-law, Sherri Francisco, of Atlanta; and four grandchildren: Jack McCarroll Francisco and Ryan Courtland Francisco of Morrison, CO; Edgar (TJ) W. Francisco V and Madison Francisco.
Anne was valedictorian of her Pensacola High School class of 1948, and valedictorian of her class at Huntington College, Montgomery, AL. She received a master's degree with honors in Biology in 1954 from Emory University Graduate School. She was one of the first group of four women admitted to that program. She met her husband Edgar at Emory University. They were married for 57 1/2 years.
She taught Biology for a number of years at Agnes Scott College. When her husband enrolled in a doctoral program at Yale University, she joined the faculty at Yale and taught Biology for pre-med students.
When they moved to South Burlington, VT she was honored as the "Volunteer of the Year" for her work with the South Burlington schools. She was co-sponsor of the Boy Scouts Sea Explorer Post on Lake Champlain, VT, and a member for many years of the executive committee which ran the Burlington International Games, a youth Olympics program with Canada. She arranged for the visiting teams' housing in Vermont and travelled with the VT teams to Canada on alternate years.
A lifetime Methodist, she was leader of her Youth Fellowship group at the First United Methodist Church of Pensacola, where her mother, Myrtle Salyerds taught Sunday school for 50 years and where Edgar and Anne were married on July 2, 1960. Anne also served on numerous church boards and committees in Vermont and Atlanta, while continuing active participation in the Pensacola Historical Society events.
Contributions may be sent to the Myrtle Salyerds and Anne Salyerds Francisco Scholarship at the First United Methodist Church, 6 E. Wright St, Pensacola, FL 32501.
Published in Pensacola News Journal on Jan. 14, 2018
Pensacola and Atlanta - Anne Martha Salyerds Francisco, age 87, of Pensacola and Atlanta, died in Atlanta on Friday, January 5, 2018. She was born in Macon, GA on October 4, 1930. Her parents were Edward Courtland Salyerds and Annye Myrtle Vardaman Salyerds of Pensacola. She is survived by her husband, Dr. Edgar Wiggin Francisco III, of Atlanta; her son, John Courtland Francisco and daughter-in-law, Megan Joyana Francisco, of Morrison, CO; her son, Edgar (Ted) W. Francisco IV and daughter-in-law, Sherri Francisco, of Atlanta; and four grandchildren: Jack McCarroll Francisco and Ryan Courtland Francisco of Morrison, CO; Edgar (TJ) W. Francisco V and Madison Francisco.
Anne was valedictorian of her Pensacola High School class of 1948, and valedictorian of her class at Huntington College, Montgomery, AL. She received a master's degree with honors in Biology in 1954 from Emory University Graduate School. She was one of the first group of four women admitted to that program. She met her husband Edgar at Emory University. They were married for 57 1/2 years.
She taught Biology for a number of years at Agnes Scott College. When her husband enrolled in a doctoral program at Yale University, she joined the faculty at Yale and taught Biology for pre-med students.
When they moved to South Burlington, VT she was honored as the "Volunteer of the Year" for her work with the South Burlington schools. She was co-sponsor of the Boy Scouts Sea Explorer Post on Lake Champlain, VT, and a member for many years of the executive committee which ran the Burlington International Games, a youth Olympics program with Canada. She arranged for the visiting teams' housing in Vermont and travelled with the VT teams to Canada on alternate years.
A lifetime Methodist, she was leader of her Youth Fellowship group at the First United Methodist Church of Pensacola, where her mother, Myrtle Salyerds taught Sunday school for 50 years and where Edgar and Anne were married on July 2, 1960. Anne also served on numerous church boards and committees in Vermont and Atlanta, while continuing active participation in the Pensacola Historical Society events.
Contributions may be sent to the Myrtle Salyerds and Anne Salyerds Francisco Scholarship at the First United Methodist Church, 6 E. Wright St, Pensacola, FL 32501.
Published in Pensacola News Journal on Jan. 14, 2018
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