Frances May (Cyrus) Corley
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Title
Frances May (Cyrus) Corley
Subject
Corley, Frances May Cyrus (1931-2020)
African Americans - Virginia - Shenandoah County
Students - Virginia - Shenandoah County
Description
Portrait photograph of Frances May (Cyrus) Corley in a graduation cap and gown.
She was born in Washington, DC to the late Philip Cyrus and Ethel (McAfee) Cyrus. Due to the early deaths of her parents, she was raised by her maternal grandparents, the late Roy W. McAfee, Sr. and Julia (Spinner) McAfee in Woodstock, Virginia.
Frances attended elementary school in Woodstock, Virginia, and high school at Manassas Industrial School in Manassas, Virginia.
Her first husband was Marion Kauffman. They had several children together.
Frances was a certified nursing assistant.
Her second husband was Allen Corley. The couple spent 45 years together before she died.
She was born in Washington, DC to the late Philip Cyrus and Ethel (McAfee) Cyrus. Due to the early deaths of her parents, she was raised by her maternal grandparents, the late Roy W. McAfee, Sr. and Julia (Spinner) McAfee in Woodstock, Virginia.
Frances attended elementary school in Woodstock, Virginia, and high school at Manassas Industrial School in Manassas, Virginia.
Her first husband was Marion Kauffman. They had several children together.
Frances was a certified nursing assistant.
Her second husband was Allen Corley. The couple spent 45 years together before she died.
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 "Feb 1946".
Contributor
Identified in 2024 based on Roy Allen Cooper's identification of image 008832.
Biographical information was extracted from her obituary.
Rights
IN COPYRIGHT - NON-COMMERCIAL USE PERMITTED
Relation
Frances Corley appears in Morrison Studio Collection images 008832, 010152, 010153, 021883, 025835, and 031832.
Identifier
025835
Original Format
Glass Negative
Collection
Citation
Morrison Studio, “Frances May (Cyrus) Corley,” Shenandoah County Library Archives, accessed June 8, 2026, https://archives.countylib.org/items/show/55506.
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