Melissa “Missy” Lee Wadding Francis

Melissa “Missy” Lee Wadding Francis, 59, of Kinston, N.C., formerly of Western Pennsylvania, went to be with the Lord at 10:05 p.m. Sunday at Kitty Askins Hospice Center in Goldsboro, N.C., surrounded by family, following a short illness.

Born April 7, 1958, in Clarion County, at the Wadding family farmhouse, she was the daughter of the late Kenneth Wadding and Inez and Ernie Quinn.

Missy attended Cranberry High School. She worked many years cleaning houses and businesses.

She was a very warm hearted and caring woman. She was always thinking of others and putting them first. She enjoyed painting ceramics, taking care of plants and showing others how to do so. She loved animals of all kinds and was known to take in stray cats and spoil them. Her dog Zoey held a special place in her heart.

She loved playing games and spending time with family and friends. She loved entertaining children and always looked forward to baby-sitting.

Missy will be missed by many, including her two children, Kenneth Schubert and his wife Shannon and Jessica Lucas and her fiancé James Eckstine; four grandchildren, William Hepp V., Madyson Eckstine and Dominic and Drake Schubert; four sisters, Theresa C. Berger, Betty “Diane” Anderson and her husband Paul, Lisa Dew and her husband Carlos and Vanessa Upham and her husband John; and numerous nieces and nephews.

She is preceded in death by her father Kenneth Wadding; her sister Wanda Wadding Fisher; and her nephew Anthony Montomey.

FRANCIS — Melissa “Missy” Lee Wadding Francis, who died Sunday June 25, 2017, will be laid to rest at Cedarview Memorial in Strattanville, Pa.In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in Missy's honor to your local animal shelter.