Mitchell County NcArchives Obituaries.....Frye, Ralph A December 26, 2006 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/nc/ncfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Julia Williams Kodak Jkodak@charter.net January 9, 2007, 2:11 pm Mitchell News-Journal 01/03/07 RALPH A. FRYE SPRUCE PINE - Ralph A. Frye, 85, died Wednesday, Dec. 27, 2006 at his home. He was the son of the late Edward and Virlie Frye, and husband of the late Ruby Putman Frye. He was also preceded in death by a son, Arthur "Sonny" Ralph Frye. He was a U.S. Navy veteran of WWII and received the Victory Medal. He was retired from Hampshire Hosiery, where he was chief electrician. He was a member of First Baptist Church of Spruce Pine. Survivors include three daughters, Betty Buchanan of Shelby, Phillis Glenn of Spruce Pine, and Linda Parrish of Davidson; six grandchildren; seven great- grandchildren; and two great-great-grandchildren. Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Friday in the Grindstaff Memorial Chapel of Webb Funeral Home in Spruce Pine. Rev. Greg Hollifield officiated. Burial followed in Spruce Pine Memorial Cemetery. The family received friends from 1 p.m. until the service hour Friday at the funeral home. Memorial donations may be made to Shriners Children's Hospital or Hospice of Mitchell County, P.O. Box 38, Spruce Pine, NC 28777. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/nc/mitchell/obits/f/frye412gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/ncfiles/ File size: 1.7 Kb