Fran began her real estate career in East Tennessee in 2000, shortly after relocating from Jacksonville, Florida, with her husband David and their five children.  Before children, Fran had served in Washington, D.C., from 1973-1983 as personal assistant to her  Mississippi United States Congressman.

“Selling real estate in the Smokies is so easy,” Fran comments, “because the mountains’ beauty sells itself.”  She loves sharing her affection for the Smokies with other like-minded people who also want to have their own piece of the Tennessee Mountains.

 After being a top producer  in another real estate company for  over six years, Fran decided to create East Tennessee Realty Group .  Her sincere desire is to share her little piece of  “Heaven on earth” with others looking for an aesthetically pleasing and relaxing geographical area in which to live and vacation.  

“I love meeting people who have arrived in the Smoky Mountains for the first time, especially the ones who are not aware of all the Smokies has to offer,” Fran continues.  “It is a real joy to introduce these clients to my wonderful Wears Valley neighbors, to drive them to Metcalf Bottoms and watch their faces as they see the Little River from the wooden bridge, and to take them to any of our numerous and beautiful properties with long range views out over the Valley and into the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.  The best part of my job is the transition of these new acquaintances into lifelong friends.” One of Fran’s favorite lines is from Robert Browning:

Come, Grow Old With Me…The Best is Yet to Be.