Francis Norman Countiss, 73, of Lexington Park, MD, passed away peacefully on January 16, 2021 at MedStar Washington Hospital Center.
He was born on January 16, 1948 in Maddox, MD to the late Joseph Ignatius Nace Countiss and Mary Ellen Mamie Curtis Countiss.
He loved going to church, reading his bible and praying the Rosary. He was a big football fan of the Dallas Cowboys. He got a kick out of talking about games between the Cowboys and the Washington Redskins with his nephews and friends at the Nursing Home, who were all Redskin fans. He loved the ribbing that he received about being a Cowboys fan in Redskin Country. Francis was a very giving person. He loved to buy Christmas gifts for family members and friends and he always knew the perfect gift for each. He would buy sympathy cards for every family member or friend and always insisted that others share with him in signing the cards. He had an insatiable sweet tooth and loved buying sweets from the vending machines a