Frances Fleming Ottmers Burnett passed away on December 14, 2020 in the home that she built with her own hands on the farmstead where she grew up.
Born in the farming community of Redwood, southeast of San Marcos, Texas on October 3, 1938, Frances grew up on the farm, the first of 8 kids. Intermixed with the chores of the farm and house were the adventures of a rural life that she first shared with her just younger sister Maxine and brother Robert and later on, she helped with caring for and keeping in line her younger brothers Mike, David, Daryl, Gregory and sister LouAnn. Her generosity in spirit and in cheer made her well-liked at home and in school and because of this was crowned Miss San Marcos High School in 1956.
She attended Southwest Texas State University and in July 1958 married her first husband Delbert. Delbert and Frances had 4 children and raised them while living in Austin and Nashville. After her divorce from Delbert in 1973, Frances moved to Houston.
