Frye obituaries, Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana

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Frye, Robert L, Dr.              6 Feb 2011    Feb 2011    Jerry Nelson

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Obituary published in The Advocate (Baton Rouge) on:  2/6/2011

FRYE, DR. ROBERT L.
On Friday, Feb. 4, 2011, Dr. Robert L. Frye went home to be with his Lord. 
He was born Jan. 9, 1927, to Jennings Bryan Frye and Fannie Mae Coyle Frye 
in Shongaloo.  He attended and graduated from Shongaloo High School and left
for LSU at age 16 in 1943, where he graduated with a doctorate degree in 
January 1966. He married Bettye Elmore Frye on Oct. 6, 1945, and left for 
service in the U.S. during World War II. He returned home to start a family 
and became an educator in Louisiana schools for 35 years. His career began 
at Reeves High School as a teacher and coach and advanced to become a 
principal in Webster Parish at Evergreen, Dubberly and Shongaloo. During
these years, he was blessed with four children and continued his advancement 
to the State Department of Education and then to Southeastern Louisiana 
University in Hammond. He served as a member of the Tangipahoa Parish School 
Board and ran for State Superintendent of Education. His greatest pride was 
the children he knew and educated in schools and colleges. The lives he 
influenced were a source of pride. Dr. Frye was preceded in death by his 
parents, Mr. and Mrs. J.B. Frye, who were of Springhill; and a brother, Dr. 
Jennings Bryan Frye Jr., who was of Baton Rouge. He is survived by his wife 
of 65 years, Bettye Elmore Frye, 83, of Springhill; a sister, Nona Rhea 
Walker, 90, of Baton Rouge; four children, Robert R., of Tulsa, Bettye 
Renee, of Baton Rouge, Deborah Jean Frye Ferachi and her husband, Kenny 
Ferachi, of Plaquemine, and Kevin Dale and Janice Frye, of Benton; six 
grandchildren, Keely Frye Dailey and her husband, Steve Dailey, of Seattle, 
Randal Ray Frye and his wife, Minon, of Broken Arrow, Okla., Robert M. Frye 
and his wife, Janya, of Bixby, Okla., Kenny and Gretchen Ferachi, of Baton 
Rouge, Chris and Kaci Ferachi Nobles, of Valdosta, Ga., and Heather Dale 
Frye, of Hammond; and 10 great-grandchildren, Kaylen and Emme Dailey, of 
Seattle, Kinslee marie and Jeremiah Frye, of Broken Arrow, Robert Alexander 
Frye, of Bixby, Sara Manning Miller, Madeleine Frye, Vincent Andrew and Anna 
Catherine Ferachi, all of Baton Rouge, and Gage Dale Brown, of Hammond. Also 
survived by his nephews, Drs. Barton and Lloyd Frye, of Baton Rouge, Dr. 
A.D. Walker, of Houma, Gary and Steve Walker, of Baton Rouge, J. B. Frye III,
of Baton Rouge, Bill Elmore, of Ruston, Freddie Elmore, of El Dorado, Ark., 
and Mike Elmore, of Texarkana; and nieces, Nona Frye Spence, of Lake Charles, 
Sharon Walker Mathews, of Baton Rouge, and Paulette Elmore, of Houston. He 
loved his Lord and is resting and rejoicing in that love today. Visitation 
at Bailey's Mortuary in Springhill on Sunday, Feb. 6, from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. 
Funeral services at First Baptist Church of Springhill on Monday, Feb. 7, at 
2 p.m.
 
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