Schley J. "Slick" Frazer, Sr. Lt. Col. Ret., age 73, of the Big Springs Community died May 19, 2016. Mr. Frazer was a native of Marion, KY and was the son of the late Carl O. and Golda Jennings Frazer. Mr. Frazer was also preceded in death by his brothers, Jess W.  Johnson, Douglas F. (Mose) Johnson, William M. (Cooper) Johnson and Robert C. Frazer; and a sister, Ada N. (Polly) Simpson.

He is survived by his wife, Freda Sue King Frazer; two sons, Carl H. Frazer of Colorado Springs, CO and Schley J. Frazer, Jr. and his wife Viktoria of Luzern, Switzerland; two brothers, Edwin W. Johnson of Marion, KY and Charles L. Johnson of Hudson, FL; one sister, Frances Quertermus of O'Fallon, MO; and six grandchildren.

A funeral service with full military honors will be 2:00 p.m. Wednesday at Woodfin Memorial Chapel. Rev. Michael O'Bannon, Rev. Ann Benson, and Rev. Vernon Burrow will officiate. Burial will be in Mapleview Cemetery in Marion, KY at a later date. Visitation will be from 4:00 until 7:00 p.m. Tuesday at Woodfin Memorial Chapel with a Masonic service beginning at 7:00 p.m.

Mr. Frazer was a member of First United Methodist Church. He was a 1961 graduate of Crittenden County High School in Marion, KY. He received his B.S. degree from the University of Tennessee and his master's degree from East Tennessee State University.  Mr. Frazer retired as a Lieutenant Colonel from the United States Army after 22 years of service and was the professor of military science at MTSU for four years. He was a member of Murfreesboro Noon Rotary Club for 30 years where he served as president in 1996 and district governor of District 6760 from 2006 until 2007.

Memorials in memory of Mr. Frazer may be made to the Rotary Foundation through the Murfreesboro Noon Rotary Club, to the Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research, or to the Building Fund at First United Methodist Church.