Catherine Frazier, of Arlington, Texas and a longtime resident of Beaumont, Texas, passed away peacefully, April 30, 2021 in Arlington, Texas.

Service for Catherine will be at 11:00 a.m. on Friday, May 7, 2021 at Mount Gilead Baptist Church located at 710 I-10 East, Beaumont, Texas 77703 with burial service following at Anthony Cemetery, 3908 Pine Street, Beaumont, Texas, 77703 under the direction of Mercy Funeral Home. A public viewing will be held on Friday, May 7, 2021 from 9:00 a.m. until 11:00 a.m. at Mount Gilead Baptist Church. Social distancing will be practiced, and face masks required.

Catherine (Cat) Frazier was born January 14, 1937 in Beaumont, Texas to Mattie and Andrew Scott, Sr. She was baptized at an early age and was a longtime member of Mount Gilead Baptist Church in Beaumont and graduated from Charlton-Pollard High School in 1954. Catherine is an alum Prairie View Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas class of 1958.

After returning home to Beaumont, Catherine taught at Our Mother of Mercy Catholic School, Beaumont Independent School District (Pipkin Elementary), and Hardin Jefferson Independent School District. She retired from teaching school, but continued to educate those around her with kindness and wisdom through her roles as housewife, mother, sister, and friend to all.

Cat moved to Arlington, Texas in 2004 where both her children, Cynthia and Sylvester, Jr. currently reside. It was her wish that she be laid to rest in her hometown. She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Sylvester Frazier, Sr.; sister Mary Elizabeth Scott and brother, Andrew Scott, Jr.

She will be remembered lovingly by her daughter, Cynthia Odom (Clifton, Sr.) of Arlington, Texas; son, Sylvester Frazier, Jr. (Charlotte) of Arlington, Texas; two grandsons, Clifton Odom, Jr. (Brittany) of Matoon, Illinois and Christopher Odom of Arlington, Texas; one great -granddaughter, Cassidy Lynn Odom; sisters, Betty Thomas and Bobbie George (Vernis) of Beaumont, Texas; brother, Willie Scott, Sr. (Shirley) of Beaumont, Texas; and sister-in-law, Ida Scott of Beaumont, Texas; and a host of nieces, nephews, and friends.