Mrs. Frances Skinner Cowart Long

Mrs. Frances Skinner Cowart Long, age 93, formerly of Albany, died on Thursday January 17th at Hope Memory Care Center in Dacula, GA. Her funeral service will be held Saturday at 2:00 PM at the Chapel at Porterfield Memorial United Methodist Church with entombment to follow at Crown Hill Mausoleum. Rev. Chris Pavlousky will be officiating. The family will receive friends at the church one hour before the service. Frances Bertha Skinner was born in Texarkana, Arkansas on June 6, 1925, the daughter of Aubrey I. Skinner and Callie Catherine Cunningham Skinner. She was preceded in death by her first husband, Winston Davis Cowart, who died in 1998; her daughter, Ginny Crisler, who died in 2004 and by her second husband, Luther Long, who died in 2007. She is survived by her daughter Tressa Catherine Cowart Green and husband W. Walter Green III of Charleston, SC; six grandchildren Timothy Scott Crisler (Mindi) of Columbia, SC; Geoffrey Wayne Crisler (Ansley)of Athens, GA; Christopher Davis Crisler (Tessa) of Blue Ridge, GA; William Walter Green IV (Megan) of Cleveland, OH; Katherine Amanda Gillig (Brent)of Charleston, SC; Robert Winston Green (Micaela) of Boston, MA; six great-grandchildren Caroline Olivia Crisler, Ella Catherine Crisler, Charleston Lanier Crisler, Flora Mae Crisler, George Winston Crisler, Davis Robert Gillig and Leila Katherine Gillig. Frances met her husband Winston Davis Cowart during WWII while she was working at Fort Monmount, NJ where Winston was stationed. Married in 1946 in Arkansas, they first settled in Thomasville, Ga, where their daughters were born. In 1963 she and Winston moved to Albany where they became active members of Porterfield Methodist Church and the Fellowship Sunday School Class. She was a dedicated homemaker and also worked outside the home as a dental assistant for Dr. William K Bays for 25 years. Her investment in the community included serving as the Chairman for the Caring and Sharing Handicraft Club, a Girl Scout Leader and a longtime member of the XYZ Club. She was also a committed member of the Albany Woman’s Club where she was awarded The Family of the Year Award (1993) and the Woman of the Year Award (2003). In 1989, one year following the death of her husband Winston, she married Luther Long. The Cowart and Longs had been long time friends. When Luther’s wife died shortly before Winston, the two surviving spouses gravitated toward one another for comfort and support after which their relationship grew. Frances and Luther enjoyed their lives together until his death in 2007. Donations in lieu of flowers can be made to the Porterfield United Methodist Church or to the Alzheimer’s Foundation of America. You may also sign the online guest book by visiting Kimbrell-Stern’s website at www.kimbrellstern.com

Mrs. Frances Skinner Cowart Long

June 6, 1925 - January 17, 2019