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Submitted: 4/28/21 • Approved: 4/28/21 • Last Updated: 5/1/21 • R414226-G414226-S3
"Nanny"
Mary Gail "Haines"
Sept 15, 1930-Nov 29, 2008
Married December 23, 1949
"Grandad"
Russell Lloyd
March 05, 1930-April 29, 2014
Obituary:
LIPSCOMB - Mary Gail Fry, 78, died Saturday, Nov. 29, 2008, in Amarillo.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday in First United Methodist Church with Gary Jahnel, longtime family friend, officiating and the Rev. Floyd Thiessen assisting. Burial will be in Fairmont Cemetery in Follett by Hughs Funeral Home of Canadian.
Mary was born Sept. 15, 1930, in Lipscomb County, near Follett, to Mary Eleanor Broyles Haines and Arno Lemuel Haines. She grew up on her grandparents' farm, graduating from Follett High School, then Draughons School of Business.
She went on her first date on her 16th birthday with Russell Lloyd Fry. They later married on Dec. 23, 1949, in St. John's Congregational Church, southwest of Follett.
They made their home together for almost 59 years in Lipscomb, except for a two-year stay in Alaska, where Lloyd served in the U.S. Army and Mary worked for the military.
Mary's professional life was spent with the U.S. Department of Agriculture. She retired in 1985 after 35 years with the Lipscomb County ASCS office.
Mary's real calling though was in nurturing and caring for her family and their friends, whom she soon made family. Her greatest pleasure was in becoming Nanny to one and all for the last 32 years.
Survivors include her husband, Lloyd Fry; her son, Jim Fry and wife Kathy of Lipscomb; and her children and grandchildren, Will Bussard and wife Mary Helen and daughter, Phyllis, all of Denver, Giulia Morvan and husband Red and children, Lindley, Finn and Cooper, all of Katy, and Cheri Huntress and husband Levi and children, Gracie, Eric and Delaney, all of Wellington; her daughter, Barbara Jines; two granddaughters, Jessica Russell and husband Justin and great-grandchildren, Taylor and Loclynne and Katie Cummins, all of Canadian; two sisters, Lottie Oakley and husband Ray of Amarillo and Cora Jane Luck of Denver City; a brother, Gene Haines and wife Betty of Odessa; five nephews; three nieces; and her treasured cousin, Ray Allen.
The family suggests memorials be to Wolf Creek Heritage Museum, P.O. Box 5, Lipscomb, TX 79056.
The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. today at 304 S. Sixth Ave., in Lipscomb.
Amarillo Globe-News, Dec. 1, 2008.
RUSSELL LLOYD FRY
Services for Russell Lloyd Fry, 84, of Lipscomb, TX will be at 2:00 p.m. Thursday, May 1, 2014 at Hughs Funeral Home Memorial Chapel with Gary Jahnel, officiating. Burial will follow in Fairmont Cemetery in Follett, TX under the direction of Hughs Funeral Home of Canadian, TX.
Lloyd passed away Tuesday, April 29, 2014 in Canadian, TX.
Lloyd was born March 5, 1930 in Follett, TX to the late Mr. James Fry and Mrs. Ida Belle (Bailey) Fry. He was a 1948 graduate of Follett High School. He also attended Draughons Business College in Amarillo, TX. He was a Veteran of the United States Army serving during the Korean Conflict. He married Mary Gail (Haines) on December 23, 1949 at St. John's Congregational Church southwest of Follett. She preceded him in death on November 29, 2008. Lloyd was the Justice of the Peace for Lipscomb County for 20 plus years. He was also a rancher. He was preceded in death by his son, Jim Fry on December 27, 2013 and his brother, James Fry.
He is survived by his daughter, Barbara Jines of Canadian, TX; his grandchildren, Jessica Russell and husband Justin and Katie Cummins all of Canadian, TX; his great-grandchildren, Taylor and Loclynne Russell both of Canadian, TX.
(Published by Hughs Funeral Directors, April 29, 2014)
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grlove63@gmail.com
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