House Engrossed

Fay G. Lisk; death resolution

State of Arizona

House of Representatives

Fifty-fifth Legislature

Second Regular Session

2022

HOUSE RESOLUTION 2016

A Resolution

 on the death of mattie "fay" g. lisk.

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Mattie "Fay" G. Lisk passed away at the age of 90 on May 19, 2022 in Globe, Arizona surrounded by friends and family.

Born along with her twin brother, Ray, in Magdalena, New Mexico on May 5, 1932 to William Townsend and Julia Esterleen Griffay, Mattie Fay Griffay grew up on various ranches across central New Mexico. When she was 13, she witnessed the first atomic bomb test from her family's ranch, which was located only 35 miles north of the testing site. She knew she had witnessed history, but at the time she had no idea what she had actually seen.

Fay met her husband, Thomas Neil Lisk, on a blind date, and they were married on March 19, 1955 in Socorro, New Mexico and soon moved to Globe, Arizona.  They settled down in Central Heights, Arizona where they lived and raised their family for the next 45 years. In 2000, she and Tommy moved to Top-of-the-World in central Arizona. There they found peace and joy living on their acreage, a place Fay referred to as her "paradise."

While raising her children, Fay made sure they faithfully attended church at the River of Life Pentecostal Church in Central Heights. She was a beloved servant of the Lord and worked tirelessly as a mother of five, a wife, an accountant and a 4-H and scouting leader. Fay was a member of the Rebekahs and Odd Fellow Lodge and the National Rifle Association, the latter where she served as a gun safety instructor.  Always giving and never too tired to make a meal at any time of day, she opened her home and her dinner table to countless friends and neighbors and anyone in need.

Fay had several passions, including cooking, sewing, 4-H and scouting, but her biggest passions were for the outdoors and family hunting trips.  Over her lifetime, she harvested turkeys, deer, elk, bear and antelope.  In 2015, at the age of 84, she harvested a desert bighorn sheep, and this year, 90 days before her 90th birthday, she bagged a large oryx in New Mexico with a 409-yard shot.  Those hunting trips will forever be cherished and happy memories for Fay's family and friends.

Faithful to God and her family until her last breath, Fay is preceded in death by her husband, Thomas, her daughter, Edna, her twin brother, Ray, and her sisters, Laura and Audrey.  She is survived by her daughter, Fawn, her sons, Thomas, Michael and Christopher, and her 24 grandchildren, 27 great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren.

Therefore

Be it resolved by the House of Representatives of the State of Arizona:

That the Members of the House of Representatives sincerely regret the passing of Fay G. Lisk and extend their most sincere sympathies to her many surviving family members and friends.