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Submitted: 10/14/21 • Approved: 10/14/21 • Last Updated: 10/17/21 • R463068-G0-S3
September 12, 1918-December 25, 2009
*Photo/information, courtesy of Edith Guynes Stanley
*Obituary
WHEELER - Capt. Tom Henry Frye, 91, died Friday, Dec. 25, 2009, in Houston.
Services will be at 1 p.m. Friday in United Methodist Church by Wright Funeral Directors.
Tom was born Sept. 12, 1918, in Wheeler to Harry and Alice Frye. Tom graduated from Sulphur High School in Sulphur, Okla., and attended Oklahoma A&M, where he discovered the joy of flying airplanes, which he turned into a career.
Tom married Virginia Foster on Feb. 17, 1945. Tom was a pilot for Braniff Airways for more than 30 years, living in Dallas and Novato, Calif., during this time.
After retiring from Braniff, Tom and Virginia moved to their home on Cedar Creek Lake and then to his ranch in Wheeler County - a portion of the land originally settled by his grandfather.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Virginia, in 2002; and two brothers, Harry Frye and Dick Frye.
Survivors include a son, Tom Frye and wife Leslie of Spring; two grandchildren, Taylor and Jackson, both of Spring; and a brother, Bruce Frye of Lindsay, Okla.
In lieu of flowers, the family suggests memorials be to Cal Farley's Boys Ranch, P.O. Box 1890, Amarillo, TX 79174-0001, www.calfarley.com.
(Published in Amarillo Globe-News, Dec. 30, 2009)
Contributed on 10/14/21
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