Jimmie Allen Fry Sr., son of the late Joseph Allen Fry and Juanita Harris Redman, was born on March 29, 1941 in Malden, Missouri, and departed this life on December 29, 2020, at Southeast Health in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, at the age of 79 years.

Mr. Fry was a former commercial contractor and a resident of Bloomfield, Missouri. He enjoyed coin collecting, hunting and fishing.

On August 14, 1959, he was first united in marriage to Doris Ann Jackson. Mrs. Doris Fry preceded him in death on October 15, 1988. On September 3, 1994, in Bloomfield, Missouri, he was then united in marriage to Elsie Palmer. Mrs. Elsie Fry survives of their home in Bloomfield.

In addition to his wife, Elsie, he is survived by his son, Allen Fry and wife Brenda of Matthews, Missouri; by his daughter, Renee Lawrence of Essex, Missouri; by his step-son, Bill Keating and wife Crystal of Dexter, Missouri; by his brother, Johnnie Fry of Sikeston, Missouri; by his half-brother, Mike Fry of Morris, Illinois; by his sister, Joyce Daily of Miner, Missouri; by his half-sister, Melinda Katovich of Dallas, Texas; and by nine grandchildren and sixteen great-grandchildren.

Besides his parents, he was preceded in death by two sons, Jimmie Fry Jr. and Ricky Fry; and by his half-sister, Michelle Fry.

Visitation will be held at Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter on Saturday, January 2, 2021 from 12:30 p.m. until 2:30 p.m. Funeral services will then be conducted in the Mathis Funeral Chapel on Saturday, January 2, 2021 at 2:30 p.m. with Rev. Tim Russell and Terrell Daily officiating. Interment will follow in Hagy Cemetery.

Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter is in charge of arrangements.