Let’s take a moment and talk about this precious woman, Elizabeth Ann Davis Frazier. She was born on February 9, 1927 in Sand Springs, OK to James & Nettie Davis. Elizabeth attended elementary school in Sand Springs. Being a preacher’s kid, they had lots of visitors and they would sit around the piano as he1· dad played the fiddle. She loved singing old songs, a couple of her favorites were “Old Shep” and “Home on the Range”. As she got older her family moved to the Blue Bell area and she graduated from Kellyville High School in 1945. She would tell stories about her favorite teachers and her basketball coach, she kept in touch with many of her classmates throughout the years. She moved to downtown Sapulpa and worked at a local ice cream store. She got a job at Liberty Glass factory where she met a young man named JD Frazier. She joked that he kept coming over to where she worked so much talking to her that she was afraid would lose her job, so the best thing to do was marry him. They were married on October 20, 1945. They had a little house near the factory and was blessed with their first son, Gene Allen. A little while after their second son, Bobby Wayne was born they moved back out to Blue Bell and started farming and raising their family. They added Terry Dale, Glenda Carol, Debra Ann and Betty Ruth to their home. As the children married, the family grew. Bob & Delana Lynn Frazier, Terry & Kelly Frazier, Glenda & Gene Barrett, Debbie & Bob Henshaw and Betty & Bob Smoot were blessed to call her Mom. Before her eldest son went to serve his country in the Army, he married Barbara. Gene was killed in action in Vietnam July 26, 1968. She became a Gold Star Mother. Years later when Barbara married Charles (Chuck) Springs, he became another son to her.
Our dad, JD, called her “Doc” because he said she was always doctoring everyone and taking care of everything. Her little brother Dexter called her “little bit” because he couldn’t say Elizabeth. Oh, how, she loved her family and her church family. She started attending Blue Bell Church when her kids were little. She checked with her dad first, asking him if it was alright with him if she attended a Free Will Baptist church instead of a Missionary Baptist church. The Reverend gave her his blessing. She remained a faithful member all thru the years. She taught Sunday School and Vacation Bible School. She saw the church grow and build bigger buildings.
She loved the people here at her church. She spent countless hours praying for thern. Her table beside her recliner had lists after lists of praye1· requests and daily journals. You can be sure that your name has been on one of her lists. She was an entertaining writer, too. She loved sending cards and letters and was thrilled when she received one in the mail. She often clipped out cartoons and added them to her notes. She was always supportive and would drop everything to help someone out. All we ever needed was to know her· heart was there for us to help through difficulties. She was a woman of st1·ength and integrity. Also, on her table, was a wellworn Bible with so many scriptures underlined.
When her children were younger, she spent a lot of her days running boys to baseball games and feeding hay haulers. Summers were spent in the hay field or running to get parts for the tractors fo1· JD. She also enjoyed the time she was employed at Ora/Roberts University. She took on all of life’s obstacles, not with anger, but with love (most of the time…. unless you did wrong to one of her children!)
Elizabeth loved all holidays. A giver of gifts, but the greatest gift, she wanted us to have was the gift of eternal life after death. The gift of salvation, through the blood of Jesus Christ She was looking forward to being with family and friends in Heaven and wanted everyone else to join her there someday, she was a woman of God’s love, The greatest gift ever.
She is preceded in death by her parents, Rev. James and Nettie Davis, husband, JD Frazier, sister Lahoma Groover, brothers Rev, Roy Davis, Jimmie Davis, Dexter Davis and her son Gene Allen Frazier. She dearly loved their spouses and their children, her nephews and nieces. She was blessed to have 13 grandchildren, 17 great-grandchildren and 1 great-great-grandchild.
Funeral services will be held at Blue Bell Free Will Baptist Church on Tuesday, May 15 at 2:00 pm and internment at Green Hills Cemetery. Donations could be given in her honor to Blue Bell Mexico Missions or John 3:16 Mission in Tulsa in lieu of flowers if preferred. Funeral arrangements are under the direction of Smith Funeral Home, 1208 S Main St, Sapulpa, OK
