Lela Edith Webb Frakes

Marietta Monitor

Friday, July 13, 2001

Submitted by: Martha N. Reddout

Services for Lela Edith "Edy" Webb Frakes, 80, of Overbrook, were held at 2 p.m. Wednesday, July 11, at Griffin Funeral Home Chapel in Ardmore, with Dr. Alton Fannin officiating.

Mrs. Frakes was born October 23, 1920, on the family farm west of Overbrook, the daughter of G.L. and Cora Webb. She died Sunday, July 8, 2001, at her residence. She had battled a series of strokes over the past several years, but failed to recover from a final attack in June.

Mrs. Frakes graduated from Plainview High School in 1939 and worked as a beauty operator for Mrs. Vineyard's Beauty Shop in Ardmore. She and James Kennith Frakes of Ardmore were married June 16, 1942. The couple moved frequently due to work. They retired from their own seismic exploration business (Frakes Exploration) in 1986 and returned to live on Mrs. Frakes' childhood farmland. They spent 20 years in Tulsa, where her sons graduated from high school, and where she was a member of the Gamma Epsilon chapter of Epsilon Sigma Alpha, a national service sorority. She was a lifelong Southern Baptist and attended Marsden Baptist Church.

Survivors include her husband; two sons and daughters-in-law, Kenneth L. and Fran Frakes of Tulsa and Ronald G. and Pat Frakes of Broken Arrow; four grandchildren, Amber Frakes, Lee Frakes, Travis Frakes and Jackie Reese of the Tulsa area; and five great-grandchildren.

Mrs. Frakes was preceded in death by two sisters, Ava and Eva, and a brother, Riley, all of the Love/Carter County area.

Interment was in Hillcrest Memorial Park, under the direction of Griffin Funeral Home.