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The Ghostly Nun of St. Frances of Rome

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Being that this blog is called Theresa’s Haunted History of the TRI-STATE, it has always been my intention to fully integrate Ohio and Kentucky into my work…but I just can’t help always coming back to my home state of West Virginia! Here in the Mountain State, we’re wild, we’re weird, we’re just plain spooky! However, there are plenty of wonderful stories out there from other locations as well, and today, I’m finally gonna dive into one of those places I came across while reading an article on hauntings in Louisville.  There’s actually a West Virginia connection…but the actual haunted location IS in Kentucky!

That place is the St. Frances of Rome Catholic Church, located at 2119 Payne Street in Louisville, KY. More specifically, the haunting itself seems to take place in the part of the church used as a school, as the ghostly apparition seen is none other than a former teacher. 
When Steve Wiser was doing some research for an upcoming book on the history of the church, he interviewed quite a few parishioners of St. Frances, many of them having a similar story to tell. It seems as if the apparition of a ghostly nun, pushing a broom around the inside of the school area had been frequently seen. It was believed that she could possible be none other than St. Frances herself. 
Steve, though, had another theory. He believed that the ghost was actually that of former nun/school teacher, Sister Frances Eccles. 
Unfortunately, I couldn’t find out much about Sister Frances, but I believe she was the daughter of George and Christina Eccles. She had a sister, Mary, and three brothers: George, Gerald, and John. According to the Find-a-Grave listing for her burial, she was born on January 20, 1935 in England. At some point, she joined the Sisters of Charity in Nazareth, KY.
Sadly, her life ended too soon when she boarded a Piedmont Airlines flight on August 10, 1968. The Fairchild-Hiller 227 had left Louisville that morning, en route to Roanoke, Virginia. It had already stopped in Cincinnati, with another scheduled stop in Charleston, WV at the Kanawha Airport (now Yeager). But, at 8:56am, the plane, hindered by fog, came up short of the mountainous runway, clipped some trees, and burst into flames. 35 of the 37 people on board perished, including Sister Frances, or Sister Francesca as she was listed on the passenger manifest.  She was brought home and buried in the Sisters of Charity Nazareth Cemetery.
After that, the mysterious ghostly image of the sweeping nun was reported at the school and throughout the church. It seems as if even if death, the Sister was not ready to leave her work here on Earth. According to the historical marker database, the school closed in 1975. Hopefully with the students now gone, she has since found peace and has moved on to her greatest reward. 
Sources and Further Reading:
My WV Home: Info and Photos on the Piedmont Crash


Source: http://theresashauntedhistoryofthetri-state.blogspot.com/2023/06/the-ghostly-nun-of-st-frances-of-rome.html



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