Mrs. Frances Inez Burrow Buckles, 88, 503 B Sugar Hollow Road, Elizabethton, went home to be with her Lord, on Sunday, September 20, 2009, at Sycamore Shoals Hospital following an extended illness. A native of Carter County, she was the daughter of the late William Frank and Oma Elizabeth Daughton Burrow. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Elmer Clyde “L” Buckles; a daughter, Lois Beatrice Buckles; a sister, Connie Chappel; a brother, Joe Burrow; and three grandchildren. Mrs. Buckles was the loving mother of 12 children and a homemaker. She was a member of Watauga Community Fellowship Church. Mrs. Buckles is survived by 11 of her children, Mary Etta Lyons, Martha Lue McIntosh, Sandra Inez Hardin, Eleanor Louise Prophett, Elizabeth Dale Samples, Joe Frank Buckles, Rocky Malone Buckles, Danny Clyde Buckles, Vikki Sue Ward, Fredia Teresia Knarr and Allen Martin Buckles; 32 grandchildren; 40 great-grandchildren; several great-great-grandchildren; a sister, Rose Christine Hill and her husband, Rod, Elizabethton; and a brother, James “Jimmy” Burrow, Elizabethton. Several nieces and nephews also survive.