11 Apr 2012:
Phone Interview of Frances Rae Clinkscales Stanley by Michelle Vardiman Fansler:
859-824-3375 Home Phone
Call around 9 pm (3 hours ahead), not on Wed.
MOTHER – ANNA CLINKSCALES
1. Was your mother introverted or extroverted?
She was extroverted, very smart, good cook, good mother, when mother went away rarely for
missionary meetings, Dad catered to us.
Dad had a vulcanizer in his office and he made plates, he was a dentist.
He married at around age 40, big difference in their ages but they made it work.
2. Did your mother have any special hobbies or crafts?
She made dresses, Frances always got hand me downs because she was the youngest.
Mother was a leader in women’s group at church. Studied the Bible.
Good cook, made 4-5 loaves of bread every Wednesday
Had a big yard with fruit trees and roses.
3. What church did your childhood family attend?
Baptist Church whole life. Church built a new building. Sister Ann taught piano. Frances and
Ann played for the church together 35 years until Ann died in 1975. Frances used to sing and
play publicly for school graduations until they got a band. Now she plays piano for the church
and daughter-in-law, Brenda, Mike’s wife plays the organ. Frances still plays piano for funerals.
4. Anna’s sister, Fleurie:
Fleurie used to show up at our door sometimes. Beauford and Frances Stanley drove her home
a couple times.
FATHER – FOSTER CLINKSCALES
5. Dad was from South Carolina. Got tired of working in the hot cotton fields with mosquitoes. His
family had a 900 acre plantation with a circular drive and shrubbery, 14 room house, double
upstairs, swing on porch, looked like Gone with the Wind. Slave cabins around the back. The
slaves didn’t want to leave when it came time to free them. Dad came North up to Kentucky
looking for a place with hills and valleys and a place to raise a family. Settled in Williamstown,
youngest of 12 children. Never knew any of them, except met a few cousins. Found the
cemetery where his family was buried and his church, Little River Baptist Church.
SIBLINGS:
6. All 6 kids born within 10 years and all 6 graduated from high school and went to college.
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Ann went to the conservatory and came back and taught everyone how to play piano.
She married a doctor. They had one son who has over 200 Angus cattle.
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Marion’s (Mirnie) husband was a judge. She was a school teacher.
They had two boys. One in insurance and the other in education.
Brother, Lorin, owned a grocery.
Margaret was a store clerk before she married a banker. They moved to Lexington.
Rosemary married a dentist. They moved 30 miles to Ludlow. She was a Majorette in
band, all the fellows loved her, she traveled to all the games and led the band at the
games. She had a cute little turned up pug nose. She can’t watch the basketball games
because she gets too excited.
Frances went to Bethel Women’s College in Hopkinsville. They added boys the next
year.
BLANCHET GRANDPARENTS:
7. Was your Grandma Angeline Carter Blanchet introverted or extroverted?
She was introverted. We always walked but she never got out. Rare that anybody took a car.
She lived a rather lonely life. Think she died of consumption. She was bed ridden for about two
years.
8. What interests did she have?
Don’t know. They lived very meagerly. She wanted the best for the three girls. She saw they got
extra training. They called it elocution to get up and talk correctly. Think mother took a few
piano lessons.
9. Did you live close to your grandparents, the Blanchet’s? Were you able to walk to their house?
They lived a mile and a half from where Frances lives now. They lived near the railroad and
Lovey sat on the porch and counted the railroad cars. All he liked to do was fox hunting. Every
time Frances went over to visit there was a fox in the barrel in the yard.
There are several Blanchet’s buried in the Williamstown Cemetry.
Mount Blanc was named after our family. His great grandmother was the first woman to climb
the mountain in France.
FRANCES CLINKSCALES STANELY:
1. When is your birthdate? March 5, 1919, 93 years,
Sister, Rosemary is still alive, she’s 95 years. She lives 75-80 miles away.
2. What town were you born in?
Williamstown, born and raised in same home until married
3. What are your interests?
Frances walked to and from school even at noon, no school lunches.
Frances played basketball when she was young.
Loves watching basketball. University of Kentucky won this year!
Now she knits and crochets afghans and donates them to rest homes. She’s made over 150
afghans. It takes her about 2 weeks for one. She’s made full size afghans for each of her
descendants (28).
Loves African violets. Has rare ones. Has about 50 in her utility room.
HUSBAND – BEAUFORD STANLEY
4. How did you meet your husband?
A gentleman that owned a funeral home in town was getting in his 80s and he was looking for
some young fellow to take over the business and possibly buy it if he liked it. He had tried
several young men. Beauford loved people and was very kind to older people and was a natural
and he took to the man and worked for him for two to three years. Started dating Frances at
that time. He came to her church and was baptized. Frances was working for her brother-inlaw, Dr. Kinsey’s, sister Anna’s husband. She worked near the drug store and that’s where she
met Beauford. First time she saw him she said, “That’s the man I’m going to marry.”
Traveled to almost every state with Beauford. Been to Jerusalem.
Frances has been on 8 cruises.
5. When were you married?
Oct 1, 1939, 56 years
6. Where were you married?
Williamstown, Kentucky
Bought a brick house for $7500
Bought a stucco house next door to the current funeral home
Waited and paid $11,500 for house next door and turned it into funeral home
7. What church have you been associated with? Baptist
CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN:
Mike married Brenda – lot of them are teachers
Dennis married Donna.
Daughter, Deana – teaches higher math.
Son, Doug – bald headed, like Beauford.
Has two little boys – top ball players, adopted Chinese girl and African girl
Doug’s wife, is a kindergarten teacher
Dennis’ wife, Donna, just retired from teaching and takes care of the girls
Frances Stanley
PO Box 130
500 N Main
Williamstown, KY 41097
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