MILTON EVANS FRAZIER

Fatally Injured

M. E. Frazier Suffers From a Fall While Picking Cherries.

      M. E. Frazier is lying at the point of death at his home in Metz and is expected to pass away any moment.  However, he was resting easy Wednesday afternoon.

     While engaged in picking cherries Thursday afternoon of last week Mr. Frazier fell and sustained injuries that will doubtless prove fatal.  Whether he was on a step ladder or up in the tree is not known for no one witnessed the accident.  This much is known:  His right side struck against something, breaking three ribs and he was seriously injured internally.  His strong constitution has been in his favor, but with his advanced years, those at his bedside say, his recovery would be miraculous.

     Since the death of his wife a few months ago, Mr. Frazier has been losing both in physical and mental powers.

     His son and daughter were summoned and are here with sad hearts waiting for the end.

     Meanwhile the aged citizen is receiving the best medical attention and most careful nursing.

The Metz Times, Metz, MO.  Friday, June 18, 1920.

M. E. FRAZIER DEAD

Fall Proves Fatal to Well Known Citizen.

     M. E. Frazier passed away at his home in Metz at 5:25 o'clock Sunday evening.

     As stated in these columns last week, Mr. Frazier was injured by a fall on June 9 while engaged in picking cherries.  For eleven days he suffered and then death finally came as a relief.

     Funeral services were held at the home Tuesday at 10 o'clock a.m., conducted by Rev. G. L. R. Crook.  Burial was in Balltown cemetery.

     Milton Evans Frazier was born in Niles, Trumbell county, Ohio, August 5, 1838.  During childhood he moved with his parents to La Porte, Ind.  Growing to manhood he enlisted in Co. B, 73rd Ind. Inf. and served as corporal.  At the close of the Civil war he came to Missouri and lived a number of years in the north part of the state.  Later he moved to DeWitt, then to Carrollton, then to Adrian, coming to Metz about eighteen years ago.  He was first married to Roxie Ann Fitch.  To this union three children were born, two sons and a daughter, only one of whom survives--Loyd A. Frazier of DeWitt, Mo.  The wife died.  A few years later--in 1888--he was married the second time to Amelia Schlapp Claxton.  One daughter was born to them--Mrs. Gail Cox of Metz.  The wife died November 20, 1919.  The son and daughter were present at the funeral, as were also a step-daughter, Mrs. H. B. McCray, and her husband and two sons of Kansas City.

     Mr. Frazier was a man of strong convictions.  His ideas on certain lines were in conflict with a great majority of people of this community and he was ever ready to give expression to his belief.  But about six months ago he began to see differently, and, as he stated to a friend, a vision caused him to become a convert to the belief in an all-wise Creator.  For twenty seven years Mr. Frazier tenderly cared for an invalid wife, and such devotion proved a beautiful trait of character.  He was a splendid citizen and could claim everyone as a friend.

The Metz Times, Metz, MO.  Friday, June 25, 1920.

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