Frances Dell Parker

PARKER, Frances Dell, 82, of Palm Harbor, died in the Emergency Room at Mease Countryside Hospital on August 11, 2019 following a long period of declining health. Dell was born in Clearwater to the late Hattie Mae Green and Felmet Derral Padgett. She graduated from Robert E Lee High School and received Xray Technician training and employment at Saint Vincent’s Hospital in Jacksonville.

Dell is survived by Bob, her loving husband of 62 years.

Dell was truly a classy lady and a special person. Her manner was that of a Southern Belle. She resisted formal education, but rather was self educated on numerous topics. She was an avid reader and collected a vast library. She was talented in working with colors, rather they be for fashion, makeup, home decorating or many others. She was an art gallery assistant director, a rape crisis counselor, a volunteer at Morton Plant Hospital, and managed the cultivation of swans and migratory water fowl on a lake in Autumn Woods. She was a friend to the wild life on her acreage, which was certified as a Back Yard Wildlife Habitat by the National Wildlife Federation. Her creative skills included sewing, knitting, weaving, needle work and wood finishing just to name a few. She was a gourmet chef and a gracious hostess. She took pride in providing a beautiful home for her husband and dogs Cindy, Greta and Mandy.

A private Celebration of Her Life is planned.