Janice Faye Black, reliable friend and retired American Airlines flight attendant,
escaped the grasp of Alzheimer's Disease for her final flight on September 14th.

Born in Dallas on August 20, 1944 to Joseph O. and Nell Witherspoon Black, Janice
moved to Garland with her parents in 1958. She graduated from Garland High
School in 1962 and attended Stephen F. Austin State College before joining Braniff
International Airways to experience whatever the wide world held in store.

Known for its brightly colored planes, Emilio Pucci uniforms and Beth Levine
footwear, that Braniff world would also include two corporate bankruptcies.
Following the second and final of those, which stranded her in Nashville, Janice
joined American Airlines for different experiences. During combined decades
with the two carriers she flew out of Dallas, Kansas City, Orlando, Houston,
Raleigh-Durham and Washington, D.C., finally returning to the Dallas base to
assist her aging parents. With each transfer Janice became a pickier eater.

Visiting almost all the world's places she ever wanted to and several she
regretted, Janice always projected sincerity with a good heart. Her blue eyes,
long eyelashes and keen wit attracted the famous and infamous alike. Never was
she forced to dump refreshments on recalcitrant passengers.

On the ground Janice remained active. Feeding her shoe habit with a side gig
selling at Chico's, she still caroused with Clipped B's, the notorious shrinking
swarm of vintage Braniff flight attendants. She also volunteered with the Garland
Landmark Society and Garland Summer Musicals, serving both as president.

Predeceased by her parents and her brother, Paul Black, Janice is survived by
Ruby, her red Scion A, as well as Mike Hayslip, her high-school classmate and
parsimonious companion for the last 27 years. She will be missed by both, as well
as a nephew, several cousins and Mike's whole family, none of whom could have
guessed that her flight with him would remain airborne as long as it did.

Janice's family and friends are particularly grateful to her caregivers at Garland's
Mayberry Gardens Assisted Living and Memory Care Center, as well as Trinity
Hospice. Though no religious service is planned, Janice's cremains are destined
for the Black family plot near Mexia. Memorials, if desired, may be made to the
Garland Landmark Society or a charity of choice.