A long time breeder of foundation Quarter Horses, Fred Gist, has died. We bought our stallion Berts Bayou from Fred. He was always a friendly man and could rattle off a pedigree like no one else.
Here is his obituary:
"Fred Graham Gist passed away unexpectedly at his ranch home on November 23, 2009.
Graveside services will be held at 3:00 p.m., Wednesday, November 25, at Resthaven Memorial Park in Midland, Texas.
He was born in Colorado City, Texas, on April 20, 1936, to Velma Graham and Fred Morgan Gist. His childhood was spent in the oil patch of the Permian Basin and on holidays at the family farm near Colorado City. He graduated from Midland High School in 1954 and in 1959 from the School of Petroleum Geology at Texas Tech University where he was a member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon.
Fred served a term in the army and was stationed at Fort Ord, California and Fort Belvoir, Virginia where he was a Specialist Fifth Class and assistant instructor in the Corp of Engineers School.
He was a geologist for Tenneco in Colorado and Oklahoma and later for Barron Kidd in Kentucky before becoming an independent geologist in Midland.
Fred was involved in ranching with his late parents and late brother, James Edward Gist, in Mora and Chavez Counties, New Mexico from 1959 until 2003. In Midland he married the former Elaine Conger Wood in 1971, and together they raised her two daughters by a previous marriage, Kimberly and Katherine, and a son, John Christopher Gist, who was born to them in 1972 in Midland.
With a life-long interest in agriculture and livestock, Fred and his wife raised registered Quarter Horses and Beefmaster Cattle on ranches at Goldsmith and in Burnet and Lampasas Counties, Texas. He was baptized in water in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins as an adult, according to Acts 2:38.
In 2003 Fred and his wife moved from Midland to their ranch near Lampasas, Texas.
Fred is survived by his wife, Elaine Conger Gist, and daughters, Kimberly Conger Skinner and husband, David, and Katherine Elise Magee and husband, Ken, of Jacksonville, Florida. Fred is also survived by his son, John Christopher Gist, of Lampasas Texas. Grandchildren surviving Fred include Ashley Elaine Hassel, Davis, Amy Katherine, Hampton and Reese Skinner and Maude and Blakeney Magee all of Jacksonville, Florida. He is also survived by Peggy Gist, the widow of his late brother James, and nieces Cindy Davis and Melinda Erramouspe and two grandnieces and two grandnephews.
Memorials may be directed to Texas Arms of Love, Post Office Box 5137, Midland, Texas 79704."
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