Ruth "Skay" R. Morrison-Frazier

Ruth Roberta “Skay” Morrison-Frazier Skay, age 93, went to be with our Lord on May 17, 2019 in San Diego California from natural causes. Ruth was born on December 12, 1925 in Stevensdale, Louisiana who graduated from Albany High School Class of 1943. She served 30 years as a Federal Civil Service employee starting in Washington DC where she worked for the State Department and was hired by President Roosevelt's Secretary of State Cordell Hull. After that she went to work for the newly elected Congressman Edwin Willis from Louisiana who frequently worked with another newly elected Congressman John F. Kennedy, where she worked on bills for both Congressmen. On July 15th, 1950, Ruth married Lt. Arthur C. Frazier USMC, while he was stationed in Washington DC and they had 4 children. While stationed at the different Marine bases throughout the U.S., she returned to Civil Service work with the Agriculture Department in New Orleans after her husband retired from the service and then moved back to San Diego where she completed her 30 years of Federal Civil Service working for the Naval Sea Support Center, Pacific Fleet. Skay is survived by her children; Robert Charles Frazier, Donald Burton and wife Mayumi Frazier, Jean Ann Frazier Lee and husband Robert James Lee, John Arthur and wife Tina Frazier; grandchildren, David L. Moos, Phillip G. Moos and wife Meaghan, Cristina, Johnathan Frazier, and Adam Frazier; great-grandchildren, Rusty and Milla Moos; and siblings, Phyllis Newsom and husband Charles, Patricia “Tricia” Sziber and husband Alton, Julia Ann “Judy” Mathes and husband David, Jeanne Adamson and husband Sidney. She is also survived by her sisters-in-law; Fay Morrison, Janice Morrison and Marilyn Morrison. She is preceded in death by her husband, Major Arthur C. Frazier USMC; parents, Edward Chester Morrison and Ruth Eleanor Bankston Morrison; siblings, Edison “Boog” and wife Maxine Morrison, Lula Marie “Tea” and husband William Hershey, Edward “Jr.” Morrison, John “JL” Morrison and Franklin “Frank” Morrison. Relatives and friends are invited to attend the funeral service on June 1st, 2019 at New Beulah Baptist Church at 12:00 p.m. with visitation beginning at 10:00 a.m. Bro. Donald Frazier will officiate the services with interment to follow in New Beulah Baptist Church Cemetery.

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Ruth "Skay" R. Morrison-Frazier

December 12, 1925 - May 17, 2019