Mr. James F. "Bill" Fryman

Funeral services for Mr. James F. "Bill" Fryman, 84, of Whitehouse, will be held at 2 pm Thursday, October 31, 2013 at First Baptist Church of Whitehouse with Dr. Ray Davis, Bro. Gary McDonald, and Don Pardoe officiating. Interment will be held following the service at 4 pm on Thursday at Ebenezer Cemetery in Henderson under the direction of Crawford-A. Crim Funeral Home. The family will receive friends from 1 pm until service time on Thursday at First Baptist Church of Whitehouse. Mr. Fryman passed from this life on October 29, 2013 at Hospice of East Texas after a long battle with complications from dementia. He was born May 28, 1929 in Rusk County, one of fourteen children, to the late William Curtis and Lunner Geneva Jones Fryman and was was resident of Henderson until 1996 when he moved to Whitehouse. Mr. Fryman served his country in the United States Army during the Korean War and then spent his life as a carpenter, working for Chester Johnson. He was active with the Whitehouse Senior Center and Meals on Wheels in Smith County where he was the 2011 Volunteer of the year. Mr. Fryman was a member of First Baptist Church of Whitehouse where he was in the Open Door Sunday School class. He was most recently a resident of Azalea Trails Assisted Living, and he had a great love for bass fishing and the Texas Rangers. In addition to his parents, Curtis and Lunner Fryman, he was preceded in death by his first love Betty Jo Farnell Fryman in 1993. Survivors include: wife, Frances Jarrell Poovey Fryman of Whitehouse; step-son, Ronnie Rowe and wife Shirley of Tyler; step-daughters, Connye Poovey Guy and husband Steve of Tyler, and Betsy Poovey Scott and husband Ronald of Collinsville, OK; brother, Ray Fryman and wife Jean of Henderson; sisters, Betty Sue Parish of Nacogdoches, Geniece Perry and husband John Ben of Henderson, and Barbara Grammer of Henderson; four step-grandchildren, and three step-great-grandchildren, all of Tyler. Pallbearers will be Ronald Scott, Phillip Nirschl, Randy Arnold, Pat Powell, Joe Sparkman, and Jimmy Whitehead. Honorary pallbearers will be member sof the Open Door Sunday School Class at First Baptist Church of White house and the Whitehouse Senior Center. If desired, memorial donations may be made to Hospice of East Texas at 4111 University Blvd, Tyler, TX 75701, First Baptist Church Whitehouse Building Fund at 801 East Main, Whitehouse, TX 75791, and/or the Whitehouse Senior Center at 118 Railroad Ave., Whitehouse, TX 75791. Words of comfort may be shared with the family at www.crawfordacrim.com.

Mr. James F. "Bill" Fryman

May 28, 1929 - October 29, 2013