Freda Price Gaines, beloved mother, Gigi, and aunt left this earth to be with her Lord on June 23, 2015. Freda was born in Brooken, Oklahoma on October 4, 1923 and lost both her parents at a very young age. She always said the day she married Aaron Gaines, her husband for 62 years, was the day she began to live again. They were married on October 6, 1942 and lived in several places in Oklahoma and Texas as Aaron worked in the Amerada/Hess Corporation.
Freda and Aaron were blessed with two children, a daughter Betty Lois, and a son, Ronald Aaron. Freda was a loving wife, mother, mother-in-law, grandmother, great grandmother, sister, and aunt. The most important things in her life were her faith and her family, which included not only children, siblings, grandchildren, and great grandchildren but also numerous nieces, nephews, and cousins.
Freda was a lifelong Christian who had a servant’s heart. She loved children and loved working with them in Sunday School classes in her early years. As she grew older, she was often the one who offered to sit with the sick or the deceased and many were recipients of pies or cakes when they were sick or “just because”. She loved baking and she loved sharing what she had with others. Freda was a very generous and loving lady who was constantly helping those in need and doing it so graciously that she touched the lives of many.
Freda was preceded in death by her husband Aaron Gaines; her parents Elisha and Nanny Price; brother Melvin Price, sisters Orlee Gaines and Lora Monks, and by several half siblings and step siblings.
She is survived by her daughter, Betty Linthicum and husband Jim of Midland, and son Ronald Gaines and wife Sandra of Lubbock; grandchildren Mendy Michel and husband Dan, James Aaron (Jaron) Gaines, Jeremy Ronald Gaines; and great grandchildren Preston James Michel, Joseph Price Michel, and Emma Adelaide Gaines, all of Midland, plus a host of nieces and nephews who called her often for advice and encouragement and whom she loved with all her heart.
Visitation will be Thursday, June 25, 2015 from 6:00 pm to 7:30 pm at Ellis Funeral Home. Graveside services will be Friday, June 26, 2015 at 3:00 pm at Resthaven Memorial Park with Reverend Lu Laster, a nephew-in-law, officiating. Arrangements are under the direction of Ellis Funeral Home.
In lieu of flowers, please send donations to Midland Christian School, 2001 Culver Dr, Midland, Texas 79705.
Online condolences may be offered at www.ellisfunerals.com
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