Frances Yvonne Mccormack Wimpee Cannon

Frances Yvonne McCormack Wimpee Cannon, born December 25, 1937 in Selmer, Tennessee to the late Thomas and Louise McCormack.

She co-owned and operated Wimpee’s Restaurant in Calhoun Tennessee, then after obtaining a teacher’s degree from Cleveland State Community College and Lee College, she taught at Head Start in Charleston Tennessee, later became the Director of T.O.P.S., Inc Migrant Head Start Program, she was Secretary - Treasure of Cannon Construction Inc and owner of Femme Environmental Associates, Inc. After retirement, she served on the Cleveland Municipal Planning Commission.

She loved to read, tend to her flowers, and she was an avid Tennessee Volunteer football and Lady Vols basketball and softball fan; she rarely missed a game.

Mrs Cannon departed this life for her Heavenly home on Sunday, July 17, 2016 at home surrounded by her loving family.

Survivors include her five children who loved her dearly: Cheryl Yvonne Montgomery and companion Jeffry Skidmore, James Ragan Wimpee of Cleveland, Michelle Diane White and husband Mike of Riceville Tennessee, Lisa Lynn Stampee, Teena Louise Wimpee and companion Rick Owens of Cleveland; brother Michael “Moe” McCormack and wife Vivian of Cleveland, sister Sandra Whitten and husband Wayne of Selmer Tennessee; eleven grandchildren: Daniel Montgomery, Christopher (Kristy) Montgomery, Stephanie Bolton (Josh) Sorrell, Caleb (Heather) Bolton, Madison Scott, Britany (Josh) Cantrell, Jake White, Dustin (Jackie) Wimpee, David (Prissy) Stampee, Nathan (Tonyia) Wimpee, and Aaron Wimpee; nine great-grandchildren, several nieces and nephews, and numbers other relatives and some very dear friends who will cherish their memories of her.

In addition her parents, she was preceded in death by brother William Thomas McCormack; husbands, Sam Cannon, James G Wimpee father of her children.

A Celebration of Life Memorial Ceremony will be held on Tuesday, July 19, 2016 at 7 pm at the Charleston Cumberland Presbyterian Church. The interment will be held on Wednesday in Selmer Tennessee.

The family will receive friends from 4 to 7 pm Tuesday at the church prior to the service.

In lieu of flowers, the family asks that donations be made to the Charleston Cumberland Presbyterian Church in her name. The church address is PO Box 476, Charleston, TN 37310.

You are invited to share a personal memory of Yvonne or your condolences with her family at her online memorial located at www.companionfunerals.com.