Mary Frances Parker Rygaard, 87, was welcomed into the waiting arms of her Savior, Saturday, December 22, 2012. Born May 18, 1925, in Parker''s Crossroads, TN, awaiting her in Heaven were her parents, Cecil E. and Stella Parker, her loving husband, John Leslie Rygaard, and her brother Thomas Ray Parker. She is survived by two daughters, Elizabeth I. Leebens and Ruth Ann Baggett, five grandchildren, and many extended family members. Mary Frances graduated from Lexington High School and attended college in Memphis. She was a 20-year employee of the 20th Century Fox Corp. in Memphis, and later retired from the Treasury Department with 30 years of service. She was a long-time member of Bellevue Baptist Church and of Richland Baptist Church in Memphis. In later years, she also attended First General Baptist Church in Heber Springs, AR. Services for Mary Frances Rygaard will be at Forest Hill East Funeral Home in Memphis with interment to follow.

Forest Hill East Funeral Home (901) 382-1000