Obit of Frazier, Lena Beth - Cleveland County, Oklahoma

Submitted by:  Gene Phillips   <okarchives@comcast.net>   4 Nov 2005
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:Mayes FH--Norman OK
Norman Transcript October 16, 2003

Lena Beth Frazier

Lena Beth Frazier, 58, died Wednesday, Oct. 15. Services are pending with 
Mayes Funeral Directors in Norman.

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Norman Transcript October 17, 200

Lena Beth Frazier

Frazier Lena Beth Frazier died Wednesday, Oct. 15, after a long illness. 
Services will be at 11 a.m. Monday at McFarlin Memorial United Methodist 
Church. Mayes Funeral Directors in Norman is handling arrangements.

Mrs. Frazier was born Nov. 11, 1944, in Ardmore, to Elizabeth and Hardy 
Murphy. She received a bachelor's degree in fine arts from the University 
of Oklahoma. She began a career as sculptor and teacher in 1966. She 
sculpted bronze busts and life-size likeness honoring important figures 
with Oklahoma roots including former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff 
and Ambassador to England Adm. William J. Crowe, Sylvin N. Gooldman and 
Justice Denver Davidson. Her family said the busts she completed of 
several generations of children in Oklahoma were important to her. Her 
work can be found in museums, public buildings, private collections and 
homes across the United States. She spent many years in the Tulsa, Kansas 
City, Oklahoma City and Norman school systems. She conducted over 20 years 
of workshops and private lessons in her Norman studio. Her booth at the 
Oklahoma City Festival of the Arts for 21 years became the traditional 
meeting place for the families of her friends and collectors. She provided 
instruction at the Oklahoma City Museum of Art, Norman Firehouse Art 
Center and in the Oklahoma prison system. She was the first president of 
the Oklahoma Sculpture Society and was on the boards of many arts 
organizations, including the State Arts Council of Oklahoma.

Mrs. Frazier was preceded in death by her parents.

Mrs. Frazier is survived by her daughter, Elizabeth and husband, Dr. Scott 
White, Glenpool; sister, Polly Murphy and husband, Tim Pierson, and their 
children, Timothy and Bergen Pierson, all of Ardmore; brothers, John 
Charles Murphy of Ardmore and Thomas Hardy Murphy of Phoenix; father, Mike 
Frazier; special friend, Bill Dewey; cat, Mister; and many other family 
members and friends.

Memorial contributions may be made to the Oklahoma Arts Institute, 105 N. 
Hudson, Suite 101, Oklahoma City, Okla. 73102. For more information, call 
319-9019.
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