Mrs. Frances Love Cox Troutman, better known as "Fran" age 84, of West Jefferson passed away Monday morning at her home surrounded by her family. Funeral services Mrs. Troutman will be held on Friday, February 1, 2013 at 11:00am at West Jefferson United Methodist Church with Rev. Peter Taylor officiating. The body will lie in state one hour prior to the funeral service. Graveside service will be held at 3:00pm on Friday at Catawba Memorial Park in Hickory. The family will receive friends from 6:30-8:30pm on Thursday, January 31, 2013 at Boone Family Funeral Home. Mrs. Troutman was born in Belmont, NC on August 5, 1928 to Paul Miller Cox and Daisy McCarn Cox. Mrs. Troutman is preceded in death by her beloved husband, Robert Jackson Troutman, of West Jefferson; a brother, John Thomas Cox, of Raleigh, NC and her parents, Paul and Daisy Cox, of Raleigh, NC. Mrs. Troutman reestablished Ashe County Girl Scouts in 1964 and served as Neighborhood chairman for 6 years. She was a member of First United Methodist Church and very active in their church and community. She attended North Carolina State University and was a member of the first co-ed cheerleading squad at NC State. Fran and Bob (her husband) met at Fairmont Methodist Church on the campus of NC State in the year of 1946 and later married in 1952. Fran and Bob founded West Jefferson Wood Products in 1964. She is survived by one daughter, Kristina Love Troutman, of Charlotte, NC; one sons, Robert Bradley Troutman, of Clemmons; three grandsons, Adam, Taylor and Graham, all of Clemmons, NC; a sister-in-law, Margaret McNeill Cox, of Raleigh, NC; one niece; one nephew; several great nieces and nephews also survive. Flowers accepted or memorials may be made to West Jefferson United Methodist Church Building Fund, PO Box 826, West Jefferson, NC 28694.