From NKAA, Notable Kentucky African Americans Database (African American Women Veterans in and from Kentucky)
Military Branch
Women's Army Corps
Active Duty Entered
August 28, 1943
Active Duty Exit
November 8, 1945
Exit Rank
Tech 4
Notes
Frances B. Rollins was born in Wurtland, KY, the daughter of Irene Chillison and William K. Rollins. The Rollins family is enumerated in the 1920, 1930, and 1940 U.S. Censuses. Frances Rollins was employed as a maid in 1940. She was living in Russell, KY in 1942 when she enlisted in the WACs in Cincinnati, OH, according to her entry in the National Archives, Access to Archival Databases.
After her military service, Rollins married Luther G. Washington in Lawrence, OH on November 23, 1946. They lived in Ironton, OH, where Frances Berniece Rollins Washington died in 2005. She is buried in the Woodland Cemetery.
Sources: U.S. Social Security Applications and Claims Index in Ancestry; Frances Berniece Rollins Washington at Find A Grave; Ohio Marriage Records in Ancestry; Ohio Death Records in Ancestry; and U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File in Ancestry.
After her military service, Rollins married Luther G. Washington in Lawrence, OH on November 23, 1946. They lived in Ironton, OH, where Frances Berniece Rollins Washington died in 2005. She is buried in the Woodland Cemetery.
Sources: U.S. Social Security Applications and Claims Index in Ancestry; Frances Berniece Rollins Washington at Find A Grave; Ohio Marriage Records in Ancestry; Ohio Death Records in Ancestry; and U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File in Ancestry.
Kentucky County & Region
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Kentucky Place (Town or City)
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Item Relations
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Cite This NKAA Entry:
“Washington, Frances Berniece Rollins,” Notable Kentucky African Americans Database, accessed July 26, 2024, https://nkaa.uky.edu/nkaa/items/show/300004455.
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