Obituary

James Robert Frye
(April 5, 1931 - December 16, 2011)

James Robert Frye, 80, of Barboursville, WV, went home to be with the Lord, Friday, December 16, 2011. Funeral services will be conducted at 1 p.m. Wednesday, December 21, 2011, at the Wallace Funeral Home & Chapel, Barboursville, by Minister Dave Templeton. Burial will be in Baylous Cemetery. He was born April 5, 1931, in Logan County, WV, a son of the late Louis and Alice Lambert Frye. He was a brick mason for over fifty years, a member of the Bricklayers Union Local #5, Huntington, and a lifetime member of the International Union of Bricklayers and Allied Craftworkers, a member of Merritts Creek Church of Christ and was a veteran of the Korean Conflict serving in the US Army. He was a member of the American Legion Post #1, Paris, France and later joined the American Legion # 16, Huntington. He was preceded in death by a grandson, Steven Seth Sansom. He is survived by his loving wife of 59 years, Joyce McCloud Frye; three daughters and sons-in-law, Brenda and Richard Reeser of Huntington, Linda and Steve Sansom of Salt Rock, and Carrie and Ronald McDonald of Florida; one son, James Robert Frye Jr. Jimbo of Barboursville; two brothers, Clarence Stacy and his wife, Nora, of New York and Charles Stacy of Indiana; seven grandchildren, Amy McDonald, Daniel McDonald and his wife, Laura, Jason Sansom, Jamie Sansom and his wife, Chasity, Kelby Sansom and Nicholas Sansom, and Brandon Frye; two great-grandchildren, Tarah LeMoine and Kayla Rose McDonald, and his little pet, Dinky.