Mrs. Frances Zipperer Cole, 97, of Savannah, passed away on Friday, October 18, 2019 at Hospice Savannah.

She was born in Seabrook Island, SC to the late Israel H. & Agnes Johnson Zipperer.  She was also preceded in death by her husband, Wade Price Cole, her daughter, Donna Cole Tilton and three brothers, Lt. Donald M. Zipperer, Robert I. Zipperer and John B. Zipperer; nephews, Bert Zipperer and Dana Zipperer; sister-in-law, Joann Godbee Zipperer.  She was a longtime member of White Bluff United Methodist Church and retired from Savannah Paint Manufacturing Company.  She will be remembered as a loving wife, mother and grandmother.

Survivors include her son and daughter-in-law, Wade Mark Cole & LaJuana R. Cole; grandchildren, Jarrett Scott Tilton, Wade Travis Cole and MeLissa Cole Hyde; great-grandchildren, Caroline Tilton, MacKenzie Tilton, Katherine Tilton, Sierra Cole, Savannah Cole, Cole Elmore, Aaron Elmore, Austin Cole and Dallas Cole; great-great-grandchildren, Robert Cason Elmore and Railee ChrisAnna Elmore; sister and brother-in-law, Joan Z. Shealey & Donald W. Shealey, as well as numerous nieces and nephews, including Patty Ray and Cindy Shealey, and sister-in-law, Faye Zipperer.

The visitation will be on Sunday, October 20 ^th from 1:30 until 2 p.m. at the funeral home followed by the funeral at 2 p.m. in the chapel of the funeral home.  Burial will follow in the Greenwich section of Bonaventure Cemetery.  Pastor Aaron M. James, Sr. will officiate and the Honorary Pallbearers will be Jarrett Scott Tilton, Travis Cole, Cole Elmore, Aaron Elmore, Ben Zipperer, Steven Shealey, Kelly Ray, Glenn Shealey, Bart Zipperer and Keith Holley.

In lieu of flowers, remembrances may be given to Hospice Savannah, P.O. Box 13190, Savannah, GA  31416.

Friends may sign the online register book at www.stricklandandsonsfuneralhome.com

Thomas C. Strickland & Sons Funeral Homes – West Chatham Chapel – 901 W. Hwy. 80 – Pooler, GA  31322 (912) 748-2444