Funeral service for Frankie Mae (Milford) (Ray) Pannell will be 2:00 p.m. Saturday, July 2, 2016 in the Becker-Rabon Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Charles Kriss officiating.

Burial will follow in the Cache Cemetery.

The family will greet friends from 6-8 pm Friday at the funeral home.

Frankie Mae (Milford) (Ray) Pannell, age 98, went to be with Jesus on Thursday, June 23, 2016 in Abilene, Texas.  She was born May 4, 1918 in Ft. Worth, Texas to Roy Clifford and Licena Milford.  Her early years were spent in Wichita Falls, Texas and later in Valley View, Texas, where she graduated high school.  She attended Howard Payne College in Brownwood, Texas, for two years.  Frankie married R. L. Ray on May 20, 1939 in Lawton.  He preceded her in death on February 22, 1994.  She later married Marvin N. Pannell on May 13, 1995 in Cache.  He died on May 17, 2001.

Frankie moved to Cache, Oklahoma in 1947, raised two daughters and owned Ray's Dry Goods for over 20 years.  She also worked as a consultant for Mary Kay Cosmetics for many years.  She taught Sunday School at First Baptist Church, Cache, for many years and her husband R.L. was a deacon.  Following her marriage to Marvin she moved to Lawton and was a member of First Baptist Church.  In 2003 Frankie moved to Abilene and lived at Royal Estates where she enjoyed playing 42, Bridge and Mexican Train.  At the time of her death she was a member of Wylie Baptist Church in Abilene.

She is survived by her two daughters and sons-in-law, Connie and Bob Harrod, Abilene and Pat and David Askew, Lawton; four grandchildren and their spouses, January and James Bukowitz, Jr., Clarksville, Tenenssee, Sondra and Alex Camarce, Jacksonville, Florida, Patrick and Emily McClure, Rincon, Georgia and D'Auna and Randall van Heyst, Rockwall, Texas; eight great grandchildren, Megan Ziegenbein, James Bukowitz, III, Justin McClure, Kyrie Camarce, Jackson and Lily McClure and Karalynn and Reagan van Heyst; her brother, Garland Milford, Wichita Falls, Texas; her sister, Oneida Stiles, Graham, Texas; many nieces and nephews.

Her three month old son, Richard Wayne Ray, her parents and her brother, R.C. Milford, Jr. preceded her in death.