Robert Fye
Posted: July 17, 2019
STARKVILLE — Dr. Robert Eaton Fye, 95, died July 12, 2019, at the Carrington Nursing Center. A memorial service will be held at 11 a.m. July 27, 2019, at Starkville First U.M. Church. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service at the church. Welch Funeral Home of Starkville is in charge of arrangements. Dr. Fye was born Jan. 19, 1924, in Cresco, Iowa. He was a graduate of Iowa State University, Washington State University and the University of Wisconsin. He was a U.S. Army veteran, serving as Master Sergeant and during World War II. He was formerly employed as Assistant Entomologist with New Mexico State University, as a Research Entomologist with the USDA, and with the Canada Department of Forestry in Sault Ste. Mario, Ontario. He was also employed with as a researcher in Tucson, Arizona, as a visiting scientist in New South Wales, Australia and in Yakima, Washington. He also served as Adjunct Professor with the University of Clemson, the University of Arizona, Washington State University and Mississippi State University. He is survived by his wife, Mary Sigmon Fye; daughters, Jane Tevis and Margie McDaniel; son, Donald; 12 grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. Memorials may be made to the Sam D. Hamilton National Wildlife Scholarship Fund at the Friends of Noxubee Refuge, 13723 Bluff Lake Rd., Brooksville, MS 39739.