Ms. Lee Arvie Frank, 82, of Beaumont Texas passed away on Friday, April 2, 2021 in Beaumont.

Celebration Service for Ms. Frank will be at 2:00 P.M. on Saturday, April 17, 2021 at Antioch Missionary Baptist Church in Beaumont, Texas with Entombment to follow at Live Oak Memorial Park and Cemetery in Beaumont, Texas under the direction of Mercy Funeral Home in Beaumont, Texas.  A public viewing for Ms. Lee will be held on Friday, April 16, 2021 at Mercy Funeral Home Chapel from noon until 5:00 P.M.  Social distancing will be practiced and facial masks are required.

Lee Ethel Arvie Frank, a native of Ville Platte, Louisiana, was born to the late Paul Arvie and Effie Vidrine Arvie on November 6, 1938.  She was the eldest of six children and graduated from James Stephens High School.  Although Lee had no children of her own, she was a beloved mother to many.  She received a Bachelor of Science Degree in Business Education from Southern University and received a Master's in Counseling from Prairie View A & M University.  She was a Licensed Professional Counselor and a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist.  She was the Program Director at HCA Beaumont Neurological Hospital from 1984-1989.  She was also the psychotherapist and program director for Charter Medical Corporation in Beaumont Charter Counseling Center and director of Lake Charles Charter Counseling Center and Derider Counseling Center simultaneously from 1989-1994.  From 1994 until her retirement in 2017 she was in private practice.

Ms. Lee was an active member of Antioch Missionary Baptist Church for many years where she participated in various ministries.  She was also active in her community and sorority. She was an NAACP Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc. life member and was a former state President of her sorority.

Ms. Lee will be missed by her sisters, Cella Arvie of Gardena, California; Bertha Smith (Jesse) of Baton Rouge, LA; Helen Arvie of Spring, TX; and her brother, Gilbert Arvie (Sandra) of Geismar, LA; a host of nephews, nieces, cousins, and other relatives.  She was preceded in death by her husband, Richard Frank.