Frances (Huffman) Helsley
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Title
Frances (Huffman) Helsley
Subject
Helsley, Frances Lezetta Huffman (1919-1976)
Description
Photograph of Frances (Huffman) Helsley as a young woman.
Frances was born in Detrick, Fort Valley, the daughter of Charles W. and Ada May (Nicholas) Huffman.
In the 1940 census, she had two younger brothers and an older stepbrother (Keys). The family had a farm in the Johnston District of Shenandoah County.
She married twice. Her first marriage was not long after this photograph was taken. Her first husband was named Williams and by 1950, the census found Frances separated and living back in Fort Valley with her widowed mother. Her 7-year old daughter, Carolyn M., was there too. Frances was working as a "Creeler" at the American Viscose Plant (later called Avtex Fibers).
Her second husband was Mervin Sine Helsley, a widow from Woodstock.
Both Frances and Mervin worked as textile workers at the American Viscose Plant at the time of their marriage on Christmas Eve, 1955.
Frances died in 1976 after drowning herself in a cistern.
Frances was born in Detrick, Fort Valley, the daughter of Charles W. and Ada May (Nicholas) Huffman.
In the 1940 census, she had two younger brothers and an older stepbrother (Keys). The family had a farm in the Johnston District of Shenandoah County.
She married twice. Her first marriage was not long after this photograph was taken. Her first husband was named Williams and by 1950, the census found Frances separated and living back in Fort Valley with her widowed mother. Her 7-year old daughter, Carolyn M., was there too. Frances was working as a "Creeler" at the American Viscose Plant (later called Avtex Fibers).
Her second husband was Mervin Sine Helsley, a widow from Woodstock.
Both Frances and Mervin worked as textile workers at the American Viscose Plant at the time of their marriage on Christmas Eve, 1955.
Frances died in 1976 after drowning herself in a cistern.
Creator
Morrison Studio
Source
Morrison Studio Collection - Shenandoah County Historical Society
Publisher
Shenandoah County Library
Date
The glass plate negative of this image was stored in a box labeled "Oct 1941".
Contributor
Identified in 2013 by Danny Hottel.
Rights
IN COPYRIGHT - NON-COMMERCIAL USE PERMITTED
Relation
Frances L. (Huffman) Helsley appears in Morrison Studio Collection numbers 007122 and 025141.
Identifier
025141
Original Format
Glass Negative
Collection
Citationzork
Morrison Studio, “Frances (Huffman) Helsley,” Shenandoah County Library Archives, accessed December 5, 2025, https://archives.countylib.org/items/show/54800.
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