Individual Details

Liston may have been named for Liston McFall, brother of his grandmother Sallie McFall Fry.

No children.
Liston graduated from Ladonia High School, Class of 1904; listed in May 30 1947 Edition of Ladonia News. Liston and Lucien graduated in the same class.
Living at home with parents in 1910. Bookkeeper; Bank.

World War I Draft registration dated 5 Jun 1917. Liston Eastman Fry was then age 30. He lived on East Main Street in Ladonia. He was employed in Banking at the First National Bank of Ladonia. His wife, not named, was his dependent. He was described as of medium height, medium build, blue eye, brown hair, partly bald.

1920 Census. Hopkins Co, TX, Hh 65
Liston E. Fry, age 33, b. TX. Operator, Coal Mine
Stella, wife, age 34, b. AR, father b. MS, mother b. AR

1930 Census. Como, Hopkins Co, TX Hh 71
Liston E. Fry, age 43, married for 26 years, b. TX, father b. MO, mother b. AL, automobile dealer
Stella, wife, age 43, b. AR, father b. MS, mother b. AR

1940 Census. Como, Hopkins, TX, Hh 91
Lived on Lynch St
Liston E. Fry, 53, b. TX, lived in same house in 1935, farmer
Stella M., wife, 53, b. AR
Julia D. Wilkins, mother-in-law, 84, widow, b. AR, lived in same house in 1935 [Stella's mother was Isabelle - or Belle in most of the census records - not sure how she came to be listed as Julia.[

World War II Draft Registration. 27 Apr 1942
Liston Eastman Fry of Como, Hopkins Co TX was age 55, born 18 Dec 1886, Ladonia. Mrs. Stella Fry of Como will always know his address. Self employed.
He was 5'91/2" tall, 165 lbs. Blue eyes, gray hair, wears glasses

Ladonia News, Friday, 18 Mar 1949. Mr. & Mrs. Liston Fry of Como visited relatives here Tuesday.

1950 Census. Como, Hopkins Co, TX, Hh 94
Liston E. Fry, 63, b. TX, Farmer
Stella M., wife, 63, b. AR

Texas Death Certificate #98837
Liston died at Hopkins County Memorial Hospital in Sulphur Springs; his home in Como. He died 15 Dec 1972 of chronic nephritis; a note says he had one kidney removed many years ago. He was a Stockman. Born 18 Dec 1886 in Fannin Co, TX, he was 85 when he died.

Liston and Stella are buried Ladonia Cemetery, Fannin Co TX.

The Bonham Daily Favorite, Bonham, TX, 17 Dec 1972, Sunday, p.12
Liston E. Fry, 86-year-old Como rancher and a native of Ladonia, died Friday, Dec 15, 1972 in a Sulphur Springs hospital.
Funeral services will be held Sunday afternoon, 2 o'clock, at the Como Baptist Church of which he had been a member for many years, with the Rev. L. B. Morgann and the Rev. Blake Dunigan officiating.
Graveside services will follow at 4 o'clock pm Sunday at IOOF Cemetery at Ladonia. Delta Funeral Home of Ladonia is in charge.
Mr. Fry was born Dec. 18, 1886, in Ladonia, the son of the late Mr. & Mrs. Fritz Edward Fry. He had lived at Como since 1918.
He was married in 1915 to Stella Wilkins, who preceded him in death in 1953. Survivors include two nephews, B. E. Fry of Ladonia and Albert Fry of Paris and one niece, Mrs. John Rattan of Ladonia...

Birth	18 Dec 1886	Ladonia, Fannin County, Texas
Marriage	25 Sep 1913	Hunt County, Texas - Stella M. Wilkins
Death	15 Dec 1972	Sulphur Springs, Hopkins County, Texas

Spouse

Stella M. Wilkins (1885 - 1952)

Father	Fitz Edward Fry (1847 - 1921)
Mother	Minerva Catherine "Mittie" Eastman (1852 - 1934)
Sibling	Lucien Fitz Fry (1885 - 1964)
Sibling	Ivan Bruce Fry (1893 - 1967)