Frances Elizabeth Hanner Conoly, 71, of Germanton, North Carolina, passed away peacefully on Nov. 17, 2016, at Priddy Manor Assisted Living in King after a long illness, surrounded by her loving family.
She was born on Aug. 3, 1945, in Lee County, North Carolina. She attended high school in Raeford. She worked as a customer service representative in the banking industry until her retirement. She was an avid quilter. She was a strong woman who survived two bank robberies when she was a teller, including one in which a robber placed a bomb in front of her. She didn't think it was really a bomb, but she gave the robber a bag of money that exploded with red dye as soon as he left the bank, and she ran to lock the door behind him. She also dealt bravely with Alzheimer's disease and bone marrow cancer.
She was preceded in death by her sister, Sarah Ann Griffin, and her parents, Robert Neil Hanner and Billie Reaves Hanner. She is survived by her beloved husband of 54 years, Donald Neill Conoly; sons Kenneth Neill Conoly and wife Peggy of Carolina Beach, Jeffrey David Conoly and wife Regina of Chester, Virginia, and Jason Paul Conoly and wife Amy of Florence, South Carolina; brother Scott Hanner of Wake Forest; grandchildren Stephanie Groger and husband Jimmy, Crystal Lamb, David Conoly and wife Lindsey, and Samantha Conoly; and great-grandchildren Jacob, Lily and Reiley Groger, Gavin and Chloe Lamb, and Braydon, McKenna and Landon Conoly.
Memorials may be made to St. Andrews Presbyterian Church at 357 Old Hollow Road, Winston-Salem, N.C. 27105.