Doye L. Fannin
Doye L. Fannin
Aug. 21, 1924~June 10, 2015
Doye L. Fannin, 90, a native Texas and resident of Marble Falls since June 2007, died Wednesday, June 10, 2015, at Legend Oaks/Granite Mesa Health Center in Marble Falls.
Born Aug. 21, 1924, in Mullin, Texas, she was the oldest of four children of the late Lee P. and Ruby P. Burkett.
She graduated from high school in Brownwood, Texas, in 1941 and, in 1942, she met her husband, Robert Fannin, to whom she has been married for 72 years.
She was a Christian and a member of the Robertson Avenue Baptist Church in Copperas Cove, Texas.
In addition to being a wife and the mother of three children, she began a mid-life career with the American National Red Cross, Service to Military Installations. During her career she served at multiple military bases in the United States and overseas in South Korea and Germany.
As a field director/station director, she was responsible for all Red Cross programs available on the military base she was serving.
She was also a qualified Red Cross disaster relief worker and had several assignments providing assistance to people suffering from the effects of earthquakes, hurricanes and flooding.
In addition, in 1975, after the fall of Saigon, she had a special assignment to the United States Marine Corps Training Center in California as a staff member of the American National Red Cross team, processing refugees from South Vietnam.
She retired from the American National Red Cross in January 1985 after 30 years of service.
In retirement, she kept busy with family genealogy research and gardening.
She was preceded in death by: her parents; two brothers, Jack L. Burkett and Donald L. Burkett; son, Robert W. Fannin, Jr. and grandson, Tracy G. Fannin.
She is survived by: her husband, Robert Fannin; sister, June Burkett; daughter, Dolores A. Zaninelli and husband, William; son, Darryl R. Fannin and wife, Linda; nephew, Lynn Burkett; niece, Judy Burkett; niece, Paula Brower and husband, Briggs; niece, Kathy Stroup and husband, Robert, and niece, Donna Burkett.
Visitation was held Sunday, June 14, 2015, from 1-3 p.m. at the Clements Wilcox Funeral Home Chapel in Marble Falls, Texas.
Burial was held at the Central Texas State Veterans Cemetery near Killeen, Texas, at 1 p.m. on Monday, June 15, 2015.
Arrangements were under the direction of Clements Wilcox Funeral Home of Marble Falls. Online condolences may be made at www.clementswilcoxfuneralhome.com.
