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Henry C Frazier
and Minalee Combs
Henry
C Frazier b 14 Jul 1881 d 9 Oct 1920; s/o
James W Frazier and Lucinda
Back. Henry C Frazier m. 30 Aug 1911 Letcher Co KY to Minalee
Combs b 12 Dec 1884 Taylor Co KY d 3 Apr 1972 Lexington, Fayette Co KY, d/o
Wesley Combs and Mary "Polly" Breeding. Children of Henry C Frazier and Minalee
Combs;
I. Mae Frazier b 24 May 1912 Letcher Co KY d 26 Apr 2009, Lexington, Kentucky.
FRAZIER Mae, 96, passed away Mon, April
26, 2009 at Mason Headley Rd. where she has resided since 1998. She was born May
24, 1912, the daughter of the late Henry C. Frazier and Minalee (Combs) Frazier
of Letcher County, KY, the oldest of six children. Mae first attended the newly
opened Elsiecoal School. After eight grades she entered a new high school at
Elsiecoal. At the time her mother was experiencing financial hardships in the
raising of her family since the husband had died when Mae was 8 years old. Thus,
while attending high school the Principal advised Mae, at age sixteen, to help
her mother financially, by becoming a teacher. So Mae went to Morehead Normal
School for the next year and a half, obtained a Certificate in teaching, and
then began teaching at Elsiecoal Elementary School. She taught there for several
years during which she took several extension courses and finished high school.
Mae then decided to become a nurse and entered the St. Elizabeth Hospital School
of Nursing in Covington, KY for the next three years. After graduating and
becoming a Registered Nurse in 1944, she moved to Lexington and worked as a
public health nurse for the next four years. She then enrolled in Western
Reserve University in Cleveland, OH where she earned a Bachelor of Science
Degree in Public Health Nursing in 1949. Thereafter she worked for the Kentucky
State Health Department until 1959 when she enrolled at the Graduate School of
Public Health at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor where she earned a
Master of Public Health Degree in 1960. For the next several years, she worked
for the Kentucky State Health Department in various capacities. In May 1973 she
helped develop the Center for Creative Living and Day Care Center for elderly
persons along with the Jr. League of Lexington. This program was published in
"Nursing Outlook" in October 1960, and it became a model for other health
departments nationwide. In 1966, Miss Frazier joined the faculty at the
University of Kentucky and taught Public Health Nursing until 1971. She returned
to the State Health Department and retired from there in 1976. That year she was
named to "Who's Who of American Women" and is listed in the 1977-78 edition.
During her professional career she was a member of the American Public Health
Association, the Kentucky Public Health Association, the American Nurses
Association, the Kentucky Nurses Association, and various health organizations.
After her retirement she continued to be active in the Calvary Baptist Church,
the Daughters of the American Revolution, the Republican Party, and the Kentucky
Mountain Club. She also authored the Combs and Frazier family genealogies. Miss
Frazier was predeceased by her parents and five siblings, Clyde, Wilma Frazier
Early, Willard, Wesley, and Henrietta. She is survived by her niece, Phyllis
Early (Dr. Lewis) Hicks; and many other nieces, nephews, and cousins. Funeral
services will be 12 noon Wed at Kerr Brothers Funeral Home, 3421 Harrodsburg Rd.
by Rev. W.K. Simmons. She will be interred at Blue Grass Memorial Gardens and
Mausoleum, 4915 Harrodsburg Rd., Nicholasville, KY. Calling hours will be 6-8pm
Tue at the funeral home and 10am Wed at the funeral home until the time of the
service. Memorial contributions may be made to Calvary Baptist Church, 150 E.
High Street, Lexington, KY 40507.
II. Wilma Frazier b 28 Aug 1915
Letcher Co KY (deceased); m. Harold Early. Child of Harold Early and Wilma
Frazier;
1. Phyllis Earl m. Dr Lewis Hicks.
III. Willard Frazier b 25 Jun 1917
Laurel Co KY (deceased); m. Edith West
IV. Charles Wesley Frazier b 17 Mar
1919 Letcher Co KY (deceased); m. Hazel Day
V. Henrietta Frazier b 10 Apr 1921 Letcher Co KY (deceased)
VI. Clyde Frazier (deceased); m. Rachel Carolyn
Fields b 17 Jul 1920 d 27 Nov 1977
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