Hope it helps someone. ELKIN, NC - The Rev. Hassell Aubrey "Hack" Frye Sr., 84, left to be with his heavenly father on Friday, June 29, 2001, at the Wake Forest Medical Center in Winston-Salem. Surviving are his wife of 57 years Betty Ray Loflen Frye of the home; and a son and daughter-in-law, Hassell Aubrey Frye Jr. and Cathy of Westfield, Mass. He also leaves two granddaughters and their husbands, Caroline Margaret Babinski and Jason, and Cynthia Rae Crichton and David; and four great-grandchildren, David Dennis and Adrian Aubrey Crichton, and Cory Michael and Kayce Ann Babinski, all of Westfield, Mass.; as well as many nieces and nephews in North Carolina and Virginia. Rev. Hassell was a direct descendant of John Fry of Albemarle County, Va., who fought in the Revolutionary War. He was born in Pilot Mountain May 19, 1917, Surry County, and was the last living of nine children of Samuel Jesse Fry and Mattie Mae Thor Fry. He grew up in Pilot Mountain and graduated from Pilot Mountain High School where he was an All-State baseball and basketball player. After high school, he worked for the A and Y Railroad until being drafted into the U.S. Army in 1941. He attained the rank of Technical Sergeant and was honorably discharged in 1945. He was married on Nov. 25, 1943, in Myrtle Beach, S.C., and after his tour of service, moved to Elkin with his family to play semi-pro baseball and basketball with The Blanketeers of Chatham Manufacturing Co. He remained employed at Chatham's until his retirement in 1972. In the early 1950s, he was one of the founders of the Elkin Little League and coached the Dodgers and many all-star and championship teams. He also helped start the Elkin YMCA Church Youth Basketball League and was a longtime ham radio operator whose call sign was K4NTZ. In 1962, he was ordained a Baptist minister and pastored numerous churches in Surry and Yadkin counties, including Fairview Baptist, Shiloh Baptist, Huntsville Baptist, and East Bend Baptist. Hack will be greatly missed by his family and friends. He was a beloved member of the community and touched many lives with his kindness and strong religious beliefs and principles. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Tuesday, July 3, at Moody Funeral Home Chapel in Dobson, with the Revs. Tommy Johnson and Larry Lefler officiating. Burial will follow in Crestwood Memorial Gardens in Elkin with full military honors conducted by Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 2019 of Mount Airy and VFW Post 9436 of Pilot Mountain. Flowers will be accepted or memorials may be made to the Surry County Emergency Medical Services, 1218 State Street, Suite 500, Mount Airy, NC 27030, or to the Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center, Coronary Unit, Medical Center Blvd., Winston-Salem, NC 27157. The family will receive friends from 7 to 9 p.m. Monday at Moody Funeral Home in Dobson. Hank Mabe Researching Pack/Mabe mabeone@aol.com