Richard Frazee

Services are scheduled at 9:30 A.M. Wednesday, November 30, at St. Anthonys Catholic Church for Richard Lee Frazee of Artesia, New Mexico. Mr. Frazee, 45, died Friday, November 25, 2005 at Artesia General Hospital Emergency Room. Fr. Benedict Folger SS. CC. will officiate at the services with burial at Woodbine Cemetery. Pallbearers will be Vicente Bustamonte, Frank Moreno, Johnny Duran, Lonnie Lyles, Ernest Almanza, and Charles Cambell. The honorary pallbearers will be his nieces and nephews and all employees at Devon Energy Corp. Visitation will be at Terpening Son Mortuary, Tuesday beginning at 10:00 A.M. A rosary will be at St. Anthonys Catholic Church, Tuesday beginning at 6:30 P.M. Mr. Frazee was born February 21, 1960 in Lawton, Oklahoma; the son of Donald R. Frazee and Esther Hernandez Frazee. He came to Artesia in June 1960 from Oklahoma. He was a Pumper for Devon Energy Corp., a member of Catholic denomination, and a former coach for the Artesia Little League. He was preceded in death by his father, grandparents, and an uncle. Survivors include his mother Esther Frazee of Artesia, N.M.; brother Rene L. Frazee and wife Judy of Glendale, Arizona; sisters Rhonda L. Simpkins of Detroit Lakes, Minnesota, and Roxanna Mariscal and husband Luis of Artesia; and numerous nieces and nephews.