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William R.C. Frasier Obituary

Mr. William R.C. Frasier, age 93 of Sparta, passed away at St. Thomas Midtown Hospital in Nashville, Tennessee.

R.C. was born April 26, 1927 in the Bear Cove community of White County to the late William Arthur & Hazel Ruth Carman Frasier.

He was a long-term member of Troy Free Will Baptist Church in Troy, Michigan, where he served as Superintendent of Sunday School. He served as a Deacon at Sparta First Free Will Baptist in Sparta, Tennessee, for many years.

He earned a degree at the Tennessee Polytechnic Institute, which later became Tennessee Tech.

He served in World War II as a Fighting Seabee in the Pacific Theater.

He made a home in Troy, Michigan after the war, and and had not one, but two careers, First, at the Vickers Corporation, where he earned a certification in the field of Hydraulics, then with Nelson Brothers Plumbing, where he achieved the level of Master Plumber. He built his own log house after “retiring” to his hometown of Sparta, and took over his father’s plumbing business, which had been open since 1941, and continued Frasier Plumbing in Sparta Tennessee for many years.

He was an avid reader. He enjoyed tinkering, deer-hunting and fishing.

In addition to his parents, he is also preceded in death by his wife and mother of his children Birdle Lee Sparks Frasier in 2002; son Donovan Gaynor Frasier in 1994; sister, Eva Ruth Frasier Koontz; his nephews, Barry Frasier and William Richards.

Survivors include his wife, Mary Alice Weaver
Children: Terry Lee Frasier, Thresia Marla “Tracey” Cobb, Berwyn Travis Frasier, and William Matthew Frasier
Grandchildren: Jamie Jo Sawyer, Joe Frasier, Sheila Frasier, Melanie Frasier, Emily Frasier, Beth Frasier, Frank Wayne Cobb, William Patrick Wayne Garrett, Angela Michelle Dawn Garrett, Nicholas Jordan Jonathan James Garrett, William Arthur Donovan Frasier
Great-grandchildren: Kyley Cobb, Hayley Cobb, Kayley Cobb, Swoo Rio Crik Garrett
Sister: Francis (Frasier) Richards,
Brother: Leon Frasier

Due to the pandemic social restrictions, a private family service will be conducted from the Chapel of Hunter Funeral Home.
Burial with full military honors by the Veterans Honor Guard will follow in Old Bon Air Cemetery. Rudy Oakes will officiate.