Frances Pearl Geer

Background

Geer, Frances Pearl was born on April 23, 1907 in Shipman, Mississippi, United States. Daughter of Joseph Leason and Amanda Caroline (Breland) Cockcroft.

Education

Bachelor, Woman's College, Hattiesberg, Mississippi, 1930.

Career

Teacher Moss Point (Mississippi) Schools, 1934-1939. Teacher, principal Bayou Cassat School, Pascagoula, Mississippi, 1947-1948. Teacher South School, 1947-1948, various schools, Mobile, Alabama, 1949-1963.

Freelance artist, since 1963.

Achievements

• Frances Pearl Geer has been listed as a noteworthy secondary school educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Chairman Mobile Arts and Crafts Fair, 1964. Active in local activities to promote visual arts, 1963-1972. Member American Association of University Women (chairman literature group 1985-1987), Azalea City Golf Club.

Interests

• Golf.

Connections

Married Vasco Rudolph GeerJr., December 19, 1942. Children: Judith Angela, Vasco Rudolph III.

Father:

Joseph Leason Cockcroft

Mother:

Amanda Caroline (Breland) Cockcroft

Spouse:

Vasco Rudolph GeerJr.

child:

Vasco Rudolph III Geer

child:

Judith Angela Geer