Floyd Frisbie, Jr.

Floyd Frisbie Jr. 1934 - 2011


Floyd Frisbie Jr., 76, Cainsville, passed away Wednesday, August 31, 2011 at his home.

He was born October 6, 1934 in a farm house South of Saline, Missouri, the second son of Floyd W. and Bessie (Craig) Frisbie.

Junior went courting Louise on a beautiful palomino mare. Her mom wasn’t too happy when he tied the mare up to her peach tree. Things were better when he got a Chevy pickup. Unfortunately the palomino mare was sold to buy a set of rings. On August 14, 1954, he married Eleanor Louise Francis in Princeton, MO.

Junior was a life long farmer. He and Louise loved keeping an eye on how their crops were growing.

He was an avid hunter, loving to take his sons, sons-in-law, and their bird dogs to hunt quail and pheasant. He was always after the wild turkeys and deer in the fall. In later years, a good friend, Mark Waddle, was very good to provide him with a fresh turkey in the fall. He was a member of the National Rifle Association.

Junior loved horses all his life, helping his dad work them in the field. He and his sons, Gene and Mike trained and broke lots of horses for several people. The last few years, he and his brother, Richard, have been raising miniature horses and he enjoyed going out on the deck to call them up for their oats.

Junior was a lover of music, especially country and gospel. His favorite place to go was Mercer Baptist Church where his nephew, Jack Hague, and his friends played gospel music. He would sing and whistle the songs all week. He loved to hear Sharon Skroh and his granddaughter, Brandi Cook play the piano and he even liked to hear Louise pick around on her piano.

He attended church at Freedom Baptist Church when he was a boy and it was there he learned to trust in the Lord. After he was married, the family attended First Baptist Church in Cainsville and Liberty Methodist. He was a member of the Cainsville United Methodist Church where he enjoyed and loved all his church family and bidding against Eva on the caramel corn at the Lord’s Acre Sale.

Spending time at the Co-op was another fun time for him. He enjoyed visiting with the other farmers and flipping Robert for a dollar.

Junior became very fond of his nurses from Harrison County Health and Hospice. He teased them, telling them they were his biggest pain.

His family was his Pride and Joy. He couldn’t wait for the grandkids to come so they could play with the ponies and sit on his lap. He liked telling his granddaughters and Marilyn that he liked pinching an inch. Brandi says he taught her how to milk a mouse.

Survivors in addition to his wife of 57 years are a son, Gene (Paula) Frisbie, Cainsville, MO; 3 daughters, Patty (Brad) O’Neal and Sherri (Ronnie) Barton both of Cainsville, MO and Barbara (Jay) Wilkerson, Horse Cave, KY; sister, Wilma Nielson, Des Moines, IA; 2 brothers, Ronnie and Richard (Connie) Frisbie both of Cainsville, MO: 10 grandchildren, Bobbie Corrigan, Carlen Hudlemeyer, Gena Gilpatrick, Kelli Stark, Michael Frisbie, Brandi Cook, Mandi Cruz, Lynn Thurman, Garett Barton, and Rachel Wilkerson; 10 great-grandchildren, Dalton and Briar Hudlemeyer, Sawyer and Gracie Thurman, Kimber Stark, Ashlynn Niffen, Jerry Gilpatrick, Willie Cruz, and Parker and Cadence Corrigan; 3 brothers-in-law, Bob Davis, Grand River, IA, Bob (Mary) Francis, Waterloo, IA, and Dean (Wilma) Francis, Princeton, MO; 2 sisters-in-law, Velma and Dixie Francis both of Bethany, MO and several nieces and nephews.

He was preceded in death by his parents; his beloved son, Mike, who passed away August 24, 1984; 3 sisters, Mamie Freif, Mary Virisco, and Ruth Anne Davis; brother, Billy Frisbie; nephew, Joey Hague; 4 brothers-in-law, Harold Nielson, Harry Virisco, Leonard and George Francis; and his parents-in-law, Wilis and Ethlyn Francis.

Junior's life was filled with fun and teasing. A sign he had in his pickup window read:I've never had too much fun.

Junior's sister says,"he was the Pride and Joy of 3 older sisters, who took such good care and dolled him up like a girl". Wilma even let him fall off a horse once and broke his arm on a rock, but he still loved and treasured each moment with her.

When asked for a special memory, one of the nieces said, "it was the Love she always felt when he met her at the door and made her feel welcome".

Our family will all treasure the beautiful memories we had with our loved one and know it was a better world with him in it.

Funeral Services will be 10:00 a.m. Saturday, September 3, at the United Methodist Church, Cainsville, MO. Burial in the Freedom Cemetery of Cainsville. The family will receive friends from 6:00 - 8:00 p.m. Friday at Roberson Funeral Home, Bethany, MO where friends may call after 2:00 p.m. on Friday.

Memorial contributions may be made to Harrison County Hospice and/or Freedom Cemetery in care of Roberson Funeral Home, P.O. Box 46, Bethany, MO 64424.


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