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Ernest Richard Frazier, 88 years of age, went to be with his Lord and Savior Saturday, January 16, 2010, in Lubbock, Texas. Ernie had a full, productive and interesting life and made those who knew him richer for the experience. He was born on a farm near Walters, Oklahoma. His family moved to Alice, then Pleasanton, and finally San Antonio, Texas where he graduated from High School. While in High School in Pleasanton, he met his future bride, Alice Bryant. They were married in Tucson, Arizona, June 3rd, 1944 after Ernie earned his wings and commission as a Lieutenant in the Army Air Corp. He entered the Army Air Corps in 1942 and served as a heavy bomber B-24 Liberator pilot during World War II in Europe with the 15th Air Force, 461st Bomber Group, 767th Bomber Squadron. Other assignments included Recruiting Officer in Mississippi during 1945 and 1946. Among his service decorations awards were the Victory Medal, RANA Campaign Medal with four Bronze Stars, Air Medal with four Oak Leaf Clusters and the Distinguished Flying Cross. After his separation from the Air Corps in 1946 he graduated from the University of Texas at Austin in 1950 with a degree in Petroleum Engineering. He worked for Magnolia Petroleum which later merged into Mobil Oil Corporation for 33 years in various assignments in Texas, Oklahoma, and Libya where he was Chief Petroleum Engineer for Mobil from 1964 to 1966. He managed Mobil's Joint Interest department in Midland and Houston for many years. He ended his career with Mobil in Jakarta, Indonesia as Gas Contracts Manager in 1983. He retired to San Antonio, Texas, where he lived until 2007. He was a resident of Elm Brook Estates Assisted Living in Lubbock, Texas, at the time of his death. He is survived by his loving wife of 65 years, Alice Bryant Frazier; three children: daughter Carol Holmes of Lubbock, daughter Susie and husband David Dixon of Madrid, Spain; and son Jay R. and wife Carla Frazier of Dallas; five grandchildren: Jennifer and husband Brandon Hughes of Lubbock, Jonathan and wife Brittany Holmes of Dallas, Daniel and wife Eva Dixon of Madrid, Joel Dixon of Nairobi, Kenya, and Michael Dixon of Madrid; and two great-grand daughters, Arianna and Anika Dixon of Madrid. He is survived by two of seven siblings, a brother, Tom Frazier, and sister, Lucille Bailey, along with many nieces and nephews. Big Ern will be sorely missed by his family, friends, and fellow church members from Baptist Churches in Midland, Houston, San Antonio, and Lubbock where he served the Lord in many capacities including deacon and leader of his senior adult group. Mission Park Funeral Home North, 3401 Cherry Ridge, San Antonio, will host a visitation starting at 11am Wednesday, January 20, 2010. Interment will be at 2 pm Wednesday at Fort Sam Houston followed by a Memorial service at Trinity Baptist Church at 3:30 pm. A reception will be held in the Grand Room at Trinity Baptist Church at 4:30 pm. An on line guest book may be signed at Mission Park Funeral Home, www.missionparks.com . . Memorials may be sent to the XYZ Senior Adult Group at the Trinity Baptist Church, 319 E. Mulberry, San Antonio, Texas 78212 or Second Baptist Church, 6109 Chicago Ave., Lubbock, Texas 79424.

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Ernest Richard Frazier

October 18, 1921 - January 16, 2010