Joseph 'Joe' Harold Fry, Sr. 76, of Brunswick, passed away October 6, 2019 at Southeast Georgia Health Systems under the care of Heartland Hospice.
​ Funeral services will be held Friday, October 11, 2019, 10:00 am, at Chapman Funeral Chapel with Rev. Bill Manning and Rev. Wayne White officiating. Interment will follow in Evergreen Memorial Cemetery with Curt Spell, Greg Spell, Ronnie 'Bubba' Hutchinson, Jr., Brian Whitten, Greg Batten, and Neal Boatright serving as active pallbearers. Honorary pallbearers will be member of Altamaha Park Association, Wayne County High School Class of 1961, members of the Golden Isles Horseshoe Pitchers Club, members of the National Horseshoe Pitchers Association, and Retirees of Brunswick Pulp and Paper.
The family will be receiving friends at Chapman Funeral Chapel from 6 until 8, Thursday evening.
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Joe was born May 13, 1943, in Jesup, to Joseph Homer and Martha Sally Madray Fry. He was a 1961 graduate of Wayne County High School, and had lived in Brunswick for the past 58 years. Joe worked for Brunswick Pulp & Paper Company for 37 years, retiring from Georgia Pacific in 2000. He was a member of Retirees of Brunswick Pulp & Paper Company, Altamaha Regional Park Association, where he also served on the Board of Directors, Golden Isles Horseshoe Pitchers Club, the National Horseshoe Pitchers Association, and was an avid fisherman.
​ Survivors include his wife of 58 years, Ouida Hutchinson Fry, sons, Joey H. Fry, Jr., of Brunswick, Jeff H. Fry of Spartanburg, SC, sister, Christine Cutcliff (Will) of Jesup, grandchildren, Zac Fry (Allie), Kati Fry Kelly (Graham), Zane Fry, Jordan Fry, great grandson, Zac 'Van' Fry, Jr., sister-in-law, Peggy H. Godwin (Wayne), brothers-in-law, Jack Hutchinson, and Ronnie Hutchinson (Gennie), and his wonderful caregivers, Cheryl Anderson, Debbie and Patrick Duncan, Greg and Marlene Batten, Sharon Peterson, Johnette Fraser, Becky Clark, Rhonda Harrison, Betty Montgomery, his companion Beau.
​ In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions are requested to Heartland Hospice or a charity of the donors choice.