Audie Faye Falk passed away on Sunday, May 2, 2021, with her husband by her side.  Memorial services are scheduled at 2:00 pm, Saturday, May 15, 2021, at Bullock Cemetery, north of Ranger on Hwy 171.  Services are under the direction of Bailey-Howard Funeral Home in Clyde.

Faye was born on January 12, 1940 in a farmhouse near Ranger, on a very cold, snowy day to the late Ernest and Maggie Dempsey. The home was small but she said it was filled with love. She and her two older sisters Hazel and Joyce bonded for a lifetime of friendship on this small, isolated farm.  She spent her childhood years in and around Ranger and graduated from Ranger High School in 1958.

After she graduated from high school, she married her high school sweetheart, Ray Falk, on June 6, 1958.  They lived that summer in Ranger with Ray working for Gulf Pipeline and her sewing in a garment factory. In the fall, she and Ray moved to Austin so he could complete his studies at The University of Texas Pharmacy School.  While living in Austin, she was employed as an administrative assistant by The Texas Department of Highways. They enjoyed attending UT football games and visiting the many local museums.

After Ray graduated from UT, they lived for three months in Brownwood.  In the fall of 1960, they moved to Abilene, Ray working for Templeton Kimbrough Pharmacies.  In Abilene, both of their children were born, Kevin in 1961 and Debra in 1963.

In 1965 they moved to San Angelo, Ray working for Merck, a pharmaceutical company.  Faye was active in church and raising two children.  Often Ray was traveling with his job and was out of town.

In 1970, the family moved to Clyde, where they had purchased BBB Drug Store and renamed it Falk Pharmacy.  She was part-time bookkeeper in the business and, full-time mother to two young children.  While living in Clyde, they bought and refurbished a two-story house. This is the home where Kevin and Debra were raised through high school.

In the mid-eighties they purchased eight acres of land that had been an abandoned pecan orchard. Several months of work occupied both Faye and Ray improving the acreage.  In 1988, they built a Spanish-style mission house in the middle of the acreage.  This was to be their "retirement" home. Purchasing a tractor, farm implements, and even having a barn built occupied their time as they planted and irrigated even more pecan, fruit, and pine trees on their small farm.

In 2004, changes were made as they sold their business and purchased a motor home.  For two years they traveled living in the motor home, returning to the farm in between trips.  In 2006, they decided traveling was more fun than farming.  They sold the house, property, furniture, farming equipment and became "full-timers" living and traveling in the motor home.  These years they may have been houseless, but never homeless as they explored North America.

Of all the houses they owned throughout their lives, Faye never needed to use a real estate agent, but was able to exhibit her decorating talents as she showed and sold them herself.

2006 through 2013, they traveled as "full-timers" to every state in the U.S. and Canada.  Faye said that these were some of the happiest years in her life.

In 2013, due to her health declining, they sold the motor home and built a new house in Georgetown.  She and Ray enjoyed life there, joining and attending Hope United Church, a small church.  Daniel their grandson graduated from college in 2016, married Adriana in 2018 and in June 2020 they welcomed a beautiful baby boy, Evaric Johnson. Faye became a very happy great-grandmother.

Faye is survived by Ray Falk her husband of almost 63 years, her son Kevin Falk and spouse (Allan) of Kauai, Hawaii, her daughter Debra Johnson and spouse (Kent) of Clyde, her grandson Daniel Johnson and spouse (Adriana) and great-grandson Evaric Johnson of Houston,  her sister Joyce Browning of Stephenville, and many nieces, nephews, and cousins.

Faye fought a long battle against a rare disease and showed her family and friends the true meaning of grace, bravery, and fortitude in the face of adversity.

Her family wishes to thank the many healthcare providers who supported Audie Faye in her battle including the amazing teams of Wesleyan Home Health and Hospice, especially two angel nurses Rosemary Sawe and Amy Minor.

In lieu of flowers, the family requests contributions made to the charity of choice.