Mary Frances Denmark passed away peacefully at age 93 on March 12, 2023, at home in Woodstock, GA. A native of Porterdale, Georgia, Mrs. Denmark was preceded in death by her parents, Charlie W. Statham and Dora (Holland) Statham; her brother, William Robert Statham; sisters, Mildred Statham Crawley and Lois Statham Simons; and her loving and supportive husband of 62 years, Charles Harrison Denmark Sr.

Survivors include her children, Charles "Butch" H. Denmark Jr. (Tep) of Woodstock, GA., Lauretta "Laurie" Horton (Craig), Santa Fe, NM; grandchildren Mary Elizabeth "Beth" Negron (Joe), Orlando, FL; Charles H. "Chip" Denmark III (Summer), Orlando, FL; Kristin Denmark, Woodstock, GA; and six great-grandchildren, Ava, Austin, Ethan, Blake, Owen, and Connor of Orlando, FL.

Frances was born in Porterdale, Georgia on September 13, 1929. After graduating from high school in 1948, she attended Crawford Long Hospital School of Nursing in Atlanta, GA. It was there that she met the love of her life at a Georgia Military Academy/Crawford Long Hospital Nursing School dance.

She married Charles Denmark in 1950 as he was entering service in the United States Coast Guard. Over the next 23 years they were assigned to various Coast Guard commands to include Miami, FL, San Juan Puerto Rico, Charleston, SC, Savannah, GA, Port Arthur and Brownsville, TX, and New Orleans, LA, with a return to their final duty station in Savannah, GA. She was a highly regarded elementary school teacher for many years as her children were growing up. Later in life she worked as an Office Manager for Container Transport International in Savannah, GA. After retiring, Charles and Frances moved to Brooklet, GA for many years before moving back very near Frances' birthplace in Covington, GA.

It was in Covington that she was highly involved with issues for seniors in the Georgia Silver Haired Legislature. She was an active member of the Bascomb United Methodist Church for many years and sang in the choir with her husband. In recent years she resided in Woodstock to be near her son and daughter-in-law. She will be dearly missed as a loving wife, mother, grandmother, great grandmother, community volunteer, and friend.

A visitation will be held on Friday, June 16, 2023, from 12:30PM to 1:30PM at Lakeside Funeral Home, 121 Claremore Dr, Woodstock, GA 30188. Interment will follow at 3PM at the Georgia National Cemetery in Canton, GA.

For those who wish, contributions may be made in memory of Frances Denmark to Bascomb United Methodist Church, 2295 Bascomb Carmel Rd., Woodstock, GA, 30189.