Obituary of Sallie Florence Frazier

Sallie Florence James was born January 17th, 1936 in Cumberland, Virginia to the late Florence Lee and Vivian Arthur James. She entered into her eternal rest on Monday, March 29, 2010 at Retreat Hospital in Richmond, Virginia. Born the seventh of nine children, Sallie attended school in Cumberland and was later united in marriage to the late Carnell Turner. From this union, their only son, Michael Cornelius Turner, was born. Sometime after the death of her first husband, Sallie remarried a widower, the late John Beasley Frazier who is survived by his five children: Sharon, Troy, Carnell, Barbara and John. At an early age she accepted Christ into her life, was baptized and became a member of Greater Bethel Church of God in Christ in Paterson, New Jersey. Sallie resided in Paterson, where she raised her husband's children and was mother, mentor and missionary to a countless number of others as well. Her Love, Memory and Unswerving Inspiration will forever serve as a beacon of light in the hearts of her son, Michael; daughter-in-law, Jennifer; her two grandsons, Michael Alexander and John Christopher Hayes; and granddaughter, Peyton Elizabeth, all of Cumberland, VA., three sisters, Vernelle Harvey of Denver, Colorado; Barbara Ann Green and Inetha Tilton of Richmond, VA; one brother, Jasper James of Paterson, N.J.; one sister-in-law, Nancy James; one brother-in-law, Ernest B. Green; several nieces and nephews; and a host of other relatives and friends.