Family Card - Person Sheet
Family Card - Person Sheet
NameFannie Lillian Frick 
Birth25 Oct 1906, Rowan County, NC
Death26 Jan 2014, Trinity Oaks, Salisbury, Rowan County, NC
Burial29 Jan 2014, Shiloh UMC Cemetery, Granite Quarry, Rowan County, NC
FatherJones Joseph Frick (1885-1912)
MotherEmma Dora Eagle (1885-1967)
Spouses
Birth23 Jul 1904, Guilford County, NC
Death6 Nov 1995, Brian Center, Salisbury, Rowan County, NC
Burial7 Nov 1995, Shiloh UMC Cemetery, Granite Quarry, Rowan County, NC
FatherWilliam Henry Gaither
MotherSophia Isabelle Carter
Marriage1 Apr 1928
ChildrenLawrence Jehu “Larry” (1929-2013)
Wallace Claude “Wally” (1931-)
Lillian S. (1936-)
Emma “Diane” (1943-2015)
Notes for Fannie Lillian Frick
Fannie F. Gaither
GRANITE QUARRY - Mrs. Fannie Lillian Frick Gaither, 107, of Granite Quarry, passed away Sunday, Jan. 26, 2014, at the Lutheran Home at Trinity Oaks in Salisbury.
She was born Oct. 25, 1906, in Rowan County to the late Jones and Emma Eagle Frick.
Mrs. Gaither attended Rowan County Schools and Misenheimer Missionary College, now Pfeiffer University, where she had the distinct honor of being the eldest surviving alumnus.
A member of Shiloh United Methodist Church, she taught Sunday School and was a member of the women's group.
Mrs. Gaither was a faithful Christian woman, who loved people and was extremely devoted to her Lord and family.
She enjoyed vacationing with her family, fishing, gardening and flowers.
In addition to her parents, Mrs. Gaither was preceded in death by her husband, Jehu Gaither; son Lawrence J. "Larry" Gaither; brothers Ernest Frick, Roy Frick, Baxter Morgan, Curtis Morgan and Raymond Morgan; sisters Nora Frick Smith and Pearl Morgan Swicegood; and daughter-in-law Betty Lingle Gaither.
Mrs. Gaither is survived by her son, Wallace C. "Wally" Gaither Sr. and wife Edie of Granite Quarry; daughters Lillian Gaither Bruce and husband Darvin of Greensboro and Diane Gaither Bassinger and husband Rolland of Salisbury; sister Geneva Morgan Long; 11 grandchildren; 14 great-grandchildren; one great-great-grandchild; and numerous loving nieces, nephews, great-nieces and great-nephews.
Service: Funeral services will be held Wednesday, Jan. 29 at 2 p.m. at Shiloh United Methodist Church in Granite Quarry, conducted by Rev. Angela Burris, pastor, Dr. W.C. Gaither Jr., Rev. Jonathan Marlowe and Rev. Bruce Langley. Burial will follow in the church cemetery.
Visitation: The family will receive friends at Powles Funeral Home on Tuesday, Jan. 28 from 6 p.m. until 8 p.m.
A special thank you is extended to all the family and friends who remained faithful with their cards and visits and to the staff of the Lutheran Home for their love and care.
Memorials: May be made to Shiloh United Methodist Church, P.O. Box 315, Granite Quarry, NC 28072.
Powles Funeral Home of Rockwell is assisting the family of Mrs. Gaither.
Salisbury Post, 28 Jan 2014
Correction
GRANITE QUARRY - Fannie Lillian Frick Gaither, 107, of Granite Quarry, who died Sunday, Jan. 26, 2014, is survived by a sister, Geneva Morgan Long. She was omitted from an earlier obituary.
Salisbury Post, 29 Jan 2014
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Salisbury Post, 4 Nov 2006
Wallace C. "Junior" Gaither will be ordained into the Christian ministry on Sunday at 3 p.m. at Lyerly Evangelical Church, Crescent Road, Rockwell. . . . Special guests will include Gaither's father and Fannie Gaither, his 100-year-old grandmother.
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Salisbury Post, 11 Dec 2006
By Rose Post
(excerpt)
. . . Fannie Frick Gaither who turned 100.
She's believed to be the oldest living alumna of what is now Pfeiffer University.
It was called Mitchell School when she was there but it became Pfeiffer Junior College in 1935 and then a four-year college in 1955 and is now a university.
And at her birthday party guests asked her if she remembered those college days.
"I sure do," she said.
"We stayed in the dormitory and were chaperoned practically everywhere.
"I took classes in cooking, sewing, English, math, history, two years of foreign language and nursing, but not much nursing. Just making beds and caring for people. And I played on the basketball team, too."
And she worked because all the girls had to work.
"We rotated jobs every six weeks or so," she remembered. "We did things like making bread and taking care of the faculty table."
And they had study hall at night, and went to church morning and night on Sunday and had prayer meeting when they got back to the residence hall.
But a year before she graduated, she was engaged to be married and didn't go back, and she often wished she could have taught school, but didn't regret getting married and raising her four children.
And she points out Pfeiffer went from a home school in the 1920s to a university today, and she remembers it all.
GRANITE QUARRY - Mrs. Fannie Lillian Frick Gaither, 107, of Granite Quarry, passed away Sunday, Jan. 26, 2014, at the Lutheran Home at Trinity Oaks in Salisbury.
She was born Oct. 25, 1906, in Rowan County to the late Jones and Emma Eagle Frick.
Mrs. Gaither attended Rowan County Schools and Misenheimer Missionary College, now Pfeiffer University, where she had the distinct honor of being the eldest surviving alumnus.
A member of Shiloh United Methodist Church, she taught Sunday School and was a member of the women's group.
Mrs. Gaither was a faithful Christian woman, who loved people and was extremely devoted to her Lord and family.
She enjoyed vacationing with her family, fishing, gardening and flowers.
In addition to her parents, Mrs. Gaither was preceded in death by her husband, Jehu Gaither; son Lawrence J. "Larry" Gaither; brothers Ernest Frick, Roy Frick, Baxter Morgan, Curtis Morgan and Raymond Morgan; sisters Nora Frick Smith and Pearl Morgan Swicegood; and daughter-in-law Betty Lingle Gaither.
Mrs. Gaither is survived by her son, Wallace C. "Wally" Gaither Sr. and wife Edie of Granite Quarry; daughters Lillian Gaither Bruce and husband Darvin of Greensboro and Diane Gaither Bassinger and husband Rolland of Salisbury; sister Geneva Morgan Long; 11 grandchildren; 14 great-grandchildren; one great-great-grandchild; and numerous loving nieces, nephews, great-nieces and great-nephews.
Service: Funeral services will be held Wednesday, Jan. 29 at 2 p.m. at Shiloh United Methodist Church in Granite Quarry, conducted by Rev. Angela Burris, pastor, Dr. W.C. Gaither Jr., Rev. Jonathan Marlowe and Rev. Bruce Langley. Burial will follow in the church cemetery.
Visitation: The family will receive friends at Powles Funeral Home on Tuesday, Jan. 28 from 6 p.m. until 8 p.m.
A special thank you is extended to all the family and friends who remained faithful with their cards and visits and to the staff of the Lutheran Home for their love and care.
Memorials: May be made to Shiloh United Methodist Church, P.O. Box 315, Granite Quarry, NC 28072.
Powles Funeral Home of Rockwell is assisting the family of Mrs. Gaither.
Salisbury Post, 28 Jan 2014
Correction
GRANITE QUARRY - Fannie Lillian Frick Gaither, 107, of Granite Quarry, who died Sunday, Jan. 26, 2014, is survived by a sister, Geneva Morgan Long. She was omitted from an earlier obituary.
Salisbury Post, 29 Jan 2014
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Salisbury Post, 4 Nov 2006
Wallace C. "Junior" Gaither will be ordained into the Christian ministry on Sunday at 3 p.m. at Lyerly Evangelical Church, Crescent Road, Rockwell. . . . Special guests will include Gaither's father and Fannie Gaither, his 100-year-old grandmother.
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Salisbury Post, 11 Dec 2006
By Rose Post
(excerpt)
. . . Fannie Frick Gaither who turned 100.
She's believed to be the oldest living alumna of what is now Pfeiffer University.
It was called Mitchell School when she was there but it became Pfeiffer Junior College in 1935 and then a four-year college in 1955 and is now a university.
And at her birthday party guests asked her if she remembered those college days.
"I sure do," she said.
"We stayed in the dormitory and were chaperoned practically everywhere.
"I took classes in cooking, sewing, English, math, history, two years of foreign language and nursing, but not much nursing. Just making beds and caring for people. And I played on the basketball team, too."
And she worked because all the girls had to work.
"We rotated jobs every six weeks or so," she remembered. "We did things like making bread and taking care of the faculty table."
And they had study hall at night, and went to church morning and night on Sunday and had prayer meeting when they got back to the residence hall.
But a year before she graduated, she was engaged to be married and didn't go back, and she often wished she could have taught school, but didn't regret getting married and raising her four children.
And she points out Pfeiffer went from a home school in the 1920s to a university today, and she remembers it all.