Mary Frierson, later Mary Cross (1947 – December 16, 2014), better known by her stage name of Wendy Rene, was an American soul singer and songwriter. She recorded for Stax Records in the mid 1960s. == Biography == Mary Frierson was born in Memphis, Tennessee. Her father, Beauregard Frierson, Sr., was of mixed race and married a Memphis woman, Catherine Anderson, who was nearly 20 years his junior; the couple had three sons and one daughter. The family were members... [more on Wikipedia]