Mrs.Essie Mae Frank Tysinger, age 79, of NC Hwy # 8, Lexington, NC died Wednesday, January 25 at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem. A funeral service will be held at 3:00 PM Sunday, January 29 at Faith Baptist Church conducted by Rev. Freddie Moretz and Rev. Charles Dickens. Burial will follow in the church Cemetery. The family will see friends from 6:00 to 8:00 PM Saturday, January 28 at Briggs Funeral Home in Denton and other times will be at the residence Mrs. Tysinger was born April 13, 1932 to Andrew Frank and Ora Belle Frank Frank. She was a charter member of Faith Baptist Church and a retired employee of Thornton Knitting Company. She was preceded in death by her parents, by a son Chester Tysinger and a sister Lois Carrick. She is survived by her husband Wayne Tysinger of the Home; sons, Kenneth Tysinger and Darren Tysinger and wife Tracy all of Lexington; daughters, Beverly Lovette of Denton, Peggy Haywood and husband Gary of Denton and Linda McDaniel and husband Bobby of Hartsville, Tenn. She has 15 grandchildren and 12 great grandchildren. Memorials may be made to Hospice of Davidson County, 200 Hospice Way, Lexington, NC 27292 or Davidson Medical Ministries, PO Box 584,.Lexington, NC 27293