Death
Francis died at Prince George's Hospital Center in Cheverly, Maryland, after unsuccessful surgery to repair an aneurysm in his aorta. A District of Columbia-area resident for twenty-eight years, he lived in Seabrook, Maryland. He had also previously resided in Alexandria, Virginia, and Lanham, Maryland.
Graveside services for Francis were held on February 25, 2005, at the Forest Hills Cemetery in his native Chattanooga, Tennessee. In addition to a sister, Julia Ford Francis Irwin, he was survived by a nephew, Michael Joseph Irwin, Jr., and two great-nephews, Michael Joseph Irwin, III, and John Addison Irwin, all of Chattanooga.
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