Terry Houston Day

Terry Houston Day Jr., of Saginaw, TX, passed away on August 07, 2018, at the age of 82. Born in Fort Worth Texas on February 05, 1936, he was the son of Terry H. Day and his wife Nora (née Harper), who everyone called Dixie.

Terry (known to many as “Houston”), was an Air Traffic Controller with the FAA for 28 years. He received his initial training in air traffic control while in the US Air Force, and was stationed in London, England. He was always proud of the fact that he was able to retire from the FAA exactly one day before he turned fifty years of age.

After his retirement with the FAA, Terry and his wife Johnnie worked for several years at North Main BBQ in Euless, TX. Although he loved his job at the FAA, he often said that the FAA never allowed him to eat BBQ and drink beer while on the job!

Before settling in their home in Saginaw, Terry and Johnnie spent ten years traveling throughout the USA in their RV. He enjoyed getting together with his friends at various guitar sessions (pronounced Git Tar), to put on his cowboy hat and sing and play his guitar. He loved old cars, country music, pickup trucks, motorcycles, hunting, fishing, Whataburger, Coors beer, cooking (especially BBQ), vintage airplanes, acoustic guitars, Mexican food, cowboy boots, fried catfish, and peanut butter (not necessarily in that order). He loved his family, and they loved him. He will be dearly missed by all who knew him.

He is survived by his loving and devoted wife of sixty-five years, Johnnie (née Babcock), who he always called “John” or “Johnnie Mae” (she enjoyed calling him Daddy’O), and his two sons, Terry Houston Day III (of McKinney, TX), and Dr. Jerry Edward Day (of Grapevine, TX).

Additional surviving family members include Debby Day (of N. Richland Hills, TX), George Kellner (of McKinney, TX), Melissa Fyffe (of Flower Mound, TX), Janice & Dr. Robert Fox and family (of Muskogee, OK), Tom & Arlene Butler and family (of Gulfport, MS), The Lovely Miss Beck Olp (of San Francisco, CA), Joey Dusch (of Corpus Christi, TX), Daniel & Madelene Dusch (of Austin, TX), Jerry & Ronda McCurry (of Ft. Worth, TX), Justin & Cindy McCurry and family (of Mansfield, TX), Jarrod McCurry (of Ft. Worth, TX), Donnie & Linda Sparks and family (of Milsap, TX), Clifton & Ruby Day and family (of Granbury, TX), Imogene Beene and family (of Longview, TX), Don & Frances Wilborn and family (of Cuba, AL), Monty Harper and family (of Ft. Worth, TX), and last but not least, his two beloved grandsons Myles Houston Day (of Madison, WI), and Trent Edward Day (of San Francisco, CA), who both called him “Poppy”.

In lieu of flowers, the Day family asks you to support the families of fallen police officers, and make a donation to Brotherhood for the Fallen of Fort Worth. You may do so by clicking on the link below.