Jane Morrison Fentriss

Jane M. Fentriss passed peacefully on August 18, 2016 after a long illness. Born in Fletcher, North Carolina, Jane grew up in Stuart, Florida, graduating from Martin County High School in 1953 having served as editor for the Sailfish School Annual and Future Farmers of America (FFA) student of the year. She also assisted and trained in copper enamel art under Serge Nekrasoff. In 1955, Jane met and married Ray H. Fentriss while both were attending Western Carolina University. After Jane graduated in English and Art in 1956, Jane and Ray (who joined IBM) began a life of wordwide living and traveling, including living in Greensboro, North Carolina, Tarrytown and Poughkeepsie, New York, Lima, Peru, Montevideo, Uruguay, Paris, France, Greenwich and New Canaan, Connecticut, Washington, D.C., and retiring in Navarre, Florida in 1998. Travels included all the capitals of countries in South America, the Amazon Jungle, Mexico, Canada, Egypt, Iran, Lebanon, U.S.S.R., Greece, Turkey, Spain, Portugal, England, Ireland, Switzerland, Austria, Italy, Belgium, Denmark, West Germany, Hong Kong, and more. She is preceded in death by her parents Murph John “Cam” Morrison and Anita Parks Morrison, Stuart, Florida. Jane is survived by Ray H. Fentriss, her husband of 61 years, daughters Anna Cam Fentriss (John Craig Knox) of Tallahassee, Florida, and Trina Fentriss (Kevin Rhodes) of Ripley, West Virginia; grandsons Stephen Parkes Fentriss (Madison Jenkinson) and David Scott Fentriss of Ann Arbor, Michigan; and great-grandchildren Avery Mae Fentriss and Evan Michael Fentriss of Ann Arbor, Michigan. She is also survived by sisters Emily Morrison Geller and Betty Morrison Goldenberg (Mel Goldenberg) both of Silver Spring, Maryland, and Nancy Morrison Padberg of Las Vegas, Nevada, as well as close cousins Tinka Ivey (Bill Ivey), Atlanta, Georgia, George Parks, Lumberton, Mississippi, Hugh D. “Buddy” Morrison (Gloria), Lake Worth, Florida. Respecting Jane’s wishes for privacy, the family does not plan to hold a service preferring instead to quietly remember Jane’s fabulous spirit and style. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in memory of Jane Fentriss’ love of all things reading to the Reading Education Assistance Dog (R.E.A.D.) Program, Tallahassee Memorial Animal Therapy Program, 1300 Miccosukee Road, Suite 5200, Tallahassee, Florida 32308, telephone 850-431-5352, or online at www.TMH.org/animaltherapy Kelly Barber of Bevis Funeral Home (850-385-2193, www.bevisfh.com) is assisting the Fentriss family with their arrangements.

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Jane Morrison Fentriss

November 27, 1935 - August 18, 2016