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575. Ivan Bruce FRY123,196,211 was born on 20 April 1893 in Fannin County, Texas.123,194 He died on 28 December 1967 at the age of 74 in Kaufman County, Texas.238 Ivan Bruce Fry registered for the World War I Draft on 5 Jun 1917. He was then age 24, born 20 Apr 1893. His occupation was farming at the F. E. Fry Farm. His wife was his dependent [not named]. He was of medium height, medium build, with brown eyes and hair. Ivan Bruce had one son Albert Ivan Fry, deceased at time record was made. Margaret Abernathy was his mother.
Ivan graduated from Ladonia High in the Class of 1911; May 30 1947 Ladonia News. 1920 Census. Ladonia. Hh 82
Ivan P. Fry, age 26, Maggie A., age 24. 1930 Census. Ladonia, Fannin, TX, Hh 194 - living with son Lucien & his family
Mittie Fry, 78, widowed - she was 30 when first married, b. AL
Ivan B., son, 37, divorced - married at age 23, b. Texas, Manager, Drug Store 1940 Census. Justice Prec 4, Ladonia, Fannin, TX, ED 74-21, Sheet 2A, Hh 45
Ivan B. Fry living on Jackson Ave. He owned his home valued at $1000. He gave the information to the enumerator. He was 46, born in Texas and lived in the same home in 1935. He had gone to high school four years. Ivan was owner & manager of a retail drug store - I know that it was on the square downtown.
Blanche, wife, age 42 had gone through 7 years of elementary school - she was born in Mississippi. World War II Draft Registration. 27 Apr 1942
Age 49, Ivan Bruce Fry was born 20 Apr 1893, Ladonia, Fannin TX. Blanche Fry will always know his address. Self-employed, South side of square in Ladonia
He was 5'8" tall, 185 lbs. Brown eyes and hair. 1950 Census. Ladonia, Fannin, TX, Hh 19
Jackson St
Ivan B. Fry, 57, b. TX, Druggist, Drug Store
Blanche, wife, 54, b. MS Ladonia News, Friday, Mar 12, 1954: Steven Paul Fry is improving in a Plainview hospital following a serious attack of pneumonia, his grandfather, Ivan Fry, reports after a visit there from Sunday until Tuesday of this week. Mrs. Ivan Fray remained in Plainview for a long visit with Mr. & Mrs. Albert Ivan Fray and Steven Paul. Texas Death Certificate #81478
Ivan B. Fry died from pneumonia and respiratory failure at the Terell State Hospital in Terrell, Kaufman Co, TX. His home was Ladonia, Fannin Co. He died 28 Dec 1967, at age 74. Born 20 Apr 1893. He was a pharmacist. Father's name listed as F. E. Fry. Information was taken from the Hospital records. The cemetery is marked as unknown, but says the body removed to Cooper, Texas.
Note: Terrell State Hospital has been a psychiatric facility since 1885 - originally known as an insane asylum. None of the original buildings remain. Ivan B. Fry
Rites Saturday
Ladonia - Funeral services will be held at 2:30 p.m. Saturday for Ivan Bruce Fry, 75, who died Thursday at 3 a.m. in a Terrell hospital following an illness of several weeks.
The services will be held at the First Baptist Church of Ladonia with the Rev. Joel Robinson, pastor, officating. Burial will be in the IOOF Cemetery (part of Ladonia City Cemetery) under the direction of the Delta Funeral Home.
Mr. Fry was born April 20, 1892, near Ladonia, the son of the late F. E. and Mittie Eastman Fry.
A retired druggist, Mr. Fry had operated a drugstore in Ladonia for many years.
He was a member of Bethel Lodge, 134 A.F. and A.M. and the Ladonia Lions Club. Also, Mr. Fry was a director in the Farmers and Merchants Bank in Ladonia.
In 1935, he married Blanch Mills.
Survivors include his widow: one son, Albert Alvin Fry of Beaumont; one brother, Liston Fry of Como; and five grandchildren.
Pall bearers will be Sam Bryant, Leroy Byers, R. C. Fife, Robert Hayes, Ebb Bartley and Bob Joyner. Ivan Bruce FRY and Margaret ABERNATHY were married on 19 April 1916.123 They123 were divorced before 1930.238 Margaret ABERNATHY196,206, daughter of Albert Monroe ABERNATHY and Sallie M. HOLLAND, was born on 21 September 1896 in Texas.238,239 She died on 31 May 1959 at the age of 62 in Los Angeles, California. Mother and father both listed in census as born in Texas. 1900 Census. Ladonia, Fannin, TX, Hh 634
Albert Abernathy, b. Mar 1875, age 25, married 6 years, b. TX
Sallie, wife, b. Jul 1878, 21, has had 1 child, b. TX
Maggie, Daughter, b. Sep 1895, age 4
Samantha Holland - mother-in-law, b. Aug 1838, age 61, widow, b. LA
Eugene Rogan, Boarder, b. Nov 1874, age 25, Photographer 1910 Census. Ladonia, Fannin, TX
Albert Abernathy, 36. Sallie, 32
Maggie 14.
Samantha Holland, 71 1930 Census. Maggie S. Fry and son Albert I., age 4, were living next to her parents. Margaret was marked as age 32, divorced, married at age 19. 1940 Census. Los Angeles, Los Angeles Co, CA, Hh 332
Living at 927 West 52nd Street
Margaret Fry, 34, divorced, b. TX, lived in same place in 1935. Saleslady, Retail store
Albert, son, 14 Ladonia News; Friday, 16 Jul 1943. Mrs. Margaret Fry, who has been here to be with her father, M. A. Abernathy, during an illness, has returned to her home in Los Angeles, CA. California Death Index: Margaret Fry Wallace, born 21 Sep 1896 in Texas, died in Los Angeles, 31 May 1959. Her father's surname was Abernathy; her mother's maiden name, Holland. Buried Ladonia City Cemetery. Ivan Bruce FRY and Margaret ABERNATHY had the following children: 676 | i. | Albert Ivan FRY was born on 18 November 1925 in Ladonia, Fannin County, Texas.230,238 He died on 13 November 1976 at the age of 50 in Lamar County, Texas.238
Texas Birth Certificate, #6246. Male, white child born 18 Nov 1825. His father Ivan Bruce Fry was 32 at his last birthday; mother Maggie Abernathy was 29. Both were born in Ladonia, Fannin, TX.Margaret Abernathy Fry took Albert to Los Angeles when he was quite small - at age 16 he returned to Ladonia and graduated from Ladonia High School. He attended East Texas State, North Texas State & Texas Tech and was a civil electrical engineer. unidentified newspaper clipping:
Fry, Albert I
Cpl. Albert I. Fry, son of Ivan Fry and Mrs. Margaret A. Fry, San Francisco, Calif., attended Ladonia school and ETSTC (East Texas State College). Entered Air Corps, Nov 1943, trained t Sheppard Field, Kearnes, Las Vegas, Ardmore, Lincoln and Biggs Field. Now on duty at Biggs Field. Albert Fry enlisted in the Air Force, 12 Nov 1943; was discharged 10 May 1946. He re-enlisted 18 Apr 1949; discharged 17 Apr 1953. Albert married Eva Louise Battin on 6 Apr 1950. There were five children: Stephan Paul, Virginia Ann, Donald Bruce, Judith Elaine, and Lloyd Edward. Lubbock Avalanch-Journal, Lubbock, TX, 16 Mar 1950, Sunday, p.23
Louise Battin to be Bride of Mr. Fry
Mr. and Mrs. L. A. Battin of 2221 Ninth are announcing the engagement and approaching marriage of their daughter, Miss Louise Battin, to Albert Ivan Fry of Ladonia, son of Mrs. Margaret Fry of Los Angeles and I. B. Fry of Ladonia.
The wedding will be performed Thursday, April 6. 1950 Census. Lubbock, Lubbock Co, TX, Hh 162
2201 16th, Rear
Albert I. Fry, 24, b. TX, surveyor, Civil Engineering Co
Eva L, wife, 23, b. TX, Assistant teacher, State College Albert and Eva divorced, 3 May 1974, in Lamar Co, TX, and he married second Mary Lou Ford. Texas Death Certificate #95168
Died at L. P. McCuistion Hospital in Paris, Lamar Co, TX. His residence was 3215 Clarksville ST, Paris, Lamar, TX. Albert died 13 Nov 1976 of acute myocaridal infarction - death was instantaneous. He was the owner of Fry Lumber Co. and had served in W. W. II. His father was Ivan Bruce Fry; his mother Margaret Abernathy. Mrs. Mary Fry, wife, was the informant. He was buried Nov 15, 1976, Presbyterian Cemetery (part of City Cemetery), Ladonia. Albert is buried in Presbyterian Cemetery part of Ladonia Cemetery. He served as a Corporal in WW II and his grave is marked with a simple military stone. Lot 89 PN Sect 1.
Albert I. Fry
Cpl. US Army
World War II
Nov 18 1925 Nov 13 1976 "The Paris News"
Published Paris,Lamar County, Texas
Sun. Nov. 14, 1976, Pg. 11A
Albert I. Fry, of 3215 Clarksville St., owner of Fry Lumber Co., died at 11 a.m. Saturday at McCuistion Regional Medical Center.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. at Leverett and Steele Memorial Chapel. Burial will be in Presbyterian Cemetery at Ladonia. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 7 to 8 p.m. Sunday.
Mr. Fry was born Nov. 18, 1925 at Ladonia, the son of Ivan Bruce Fry and Margaret Abernathy Fry.
He was married in July 1974 to Mary Lou Ford in Paris (Texas).
He was a veteran of World War II, serving in the Army Air Force and in the Coast Guard.
He was a member of the Episcopal church and of the Bethel Masonic Lodge No. 134 at Ladonia, Knights Templar and the Elks Lodge.
Mr. Fry attended East Texas State University, North Texas State University and Texas Tech University.
Survivors include his wife; his step-mother, Mrs. Blanche Fry of Ladonia; three sons, Stephen Fry of Atlanta, Ga., and Donald and Lloyd Fry, both of Paris; two daughters, Virginia Fry of Fort Worth and Judith Fry of Paris; one step-son Jimmie Ford of Lubbock; two step-daughters, Mrs. Roddy Watson of Detroit and Mrs. David Vickers of Houston; and two step-grandchildren. Application for Military Grave Marker dated 11 July 1977 made by Mrs. Albert Fry, wife of P. O. Box 262, Detroit, TX, 75436. Albert served from 12 Nov 1943 to 10 May 1946 as a Corporal in the US Army, Squadron A, 233rd Army Air Force. He was boen 18 Nov 1925, died 13 Nov 1976. To be place in Presbyterian Cemetery, Ladonia, TX. Eva Louise Fry's death certificate states she died 29 Nov 1979 at St. Joseph Hospital in Paris, Lamar Co, TX. She died of complications from ovarian cancer. Her residence was 2474 Simpson in Paris. She was born 26 Dec 1926 in Lubbock, TX, daughter of Lloyd Battin and Berta (Verta in the 1930 & 1940 censuses) Holt. Her daughter Judith Fry was the informant. Buried Evergreen Cemetery, Paris, Dec 1st. The Paris News, Paris, TX, 30 Nov 1979, Friday, p.4
Mrs. Louise Fry
Mrs. Louise Fry of 2474 Simpson died Thursday afternoon at 3:45 pm in St. Joseph's Hospital.
Funeral services will be held at 2 pm Saturday in the Holy Cross Episcopal Church. Steele & Thomas funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements.
Mrs. Fry was born Dec 12, 1926 in Lubbock. Her parents were the late Lloyd and Bertha (Holt) Battin. Mrs. Fry was a counselor at the Paris Outreach Clinic. She was a member of the Holy Cross Episcopal Church and a member of the Altrusa Club.
Surviving are three sons, Stephen Fry & Lloyd Fry, both of Paris, and Donald Fry of Beaumont; two daughters, Mrs. Virginia Ciriot of Fort Worth and Miss Judith Fry of Denton; and two brothers, James Battin of Albuquerque, NM and Joe Battin of Beaumont.
The family will receive friends from 7 to 8 pm tonight at the funeral home. |
Ivan Bruce FRY and Lillian Blanche MILLS were married on 20 October 1935 in Grayson County, Texas.123,238 Lillian Blanche MILLS230 was born on 15 January 1896.230 She died on 23 October 1986 at the age of 90 in Dallas, Dallas County, Texas.230,238 1900 Census. Justice Prec 4, Fannin, TX, Hh 164
William Mills, b. Dec 1850, 49, married 22 years, b. MS, parents b. NC, farmer
Mollie, wife, b. Dec 1856, 43, 9 children - 7 are living, b. MS, parents b. NC
Pearl, dau, b. Dec 1878, 21, b. MS
Mamie, dau, b. Jan 1882, 18, b. MS
Johnnie, son, b. Apr 1884, 16, b. MS
Willie, son, b. Aug 1886, 13, b. MS
Connie, son, b. Mar 1893, 7, b. MS
Blanche, dau, b. Jan 1896, age 4, b. MS 1910 Census. Justice Prec 6, Hunt, TX, Hh 432
William M., 59, married once for 32 years
Mary A., wife, 53, 10 children - 8 are living
Joe B., son, 29. Mammie Z., dau, 28. Connie O., son 17. Lillian B., dau, 14
Cecil R., son, 9, b. Texas 1930 Census. Ladonia, Fannin Co, TX
Mary A. Mills, 73, widowed, married at 22
Joel B., 49. John F., 46, widowed, married at age 28 (did Connie change his name?). Blanch, 33. 20 Oct 1935. Marriage License issued Grayson Co, TX, for I. B. Fry and Miss Blanche Mills. Married same day by J. A. Ellis. Buried Ladonia Cemetery
BLANCHE FRY b. 15 Jan 1896 d. Oct 1986
Her parents are also buried there:
W. M. Mills: 1850-1927
Marianne Buler Mills: 1856-1936
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