One of Hope’s best known couples will be the honorees Thursday at the second annual University of Arkansas Community College at Hope Roast and Toast at Historic Washington State Park.
George and Effie Frazier will be recognized beginning at 6 p.m. with a reception at the Woodlawn Plantation home adjacent to the WPA Gymnasium at the historic 19th Century village which served at one time as the county seat of Hempstead County.
The reception will be followed by a dinner in the WPA Gymnasium.
“The program consists of three long-time friends of the Fraziers reflecting on their memories of this dynamic couple as well as a few special guests via video that are sure to have some great stories to share with the crowd,” a UACCH announcement stated.
George Frazier, who will also celebrate his 91st birthday, first came to Hope on leave during World War II, returned to the city after the war and after a stint in the automotive and radio businesses, married Effie, and was completing his formal education in Austin, Texas, when the couple returned to Hope and he became part of Anderson-Frazier Insurance.
He was elected to the Hope City Board of Directors and has served as mayor, was a past president of the Hempstead County Economic Development Corp., as well as a director and past president of the Hope/Hempstead County Chamber of Commerce, has served as a director of Hope Water and Light Corp., served on the foundation board of Red River Technical College (now the University of Arkansas Community College at Hope), is a past president and 50-year member of the Hope Kiwanis Club; he serves on the community board of Medical Park Hospital, has served on the Hempstead County Quorum Court, is a long-time Democrat and former county Democrat Party chair as well as state executive committeeman, and is a former member of the Arkansas State Elections Commission.
He is a member of the First United Methodist Church in Hope, has served on the board of the Central Arkansas Radiation Therapy Institute, and has been president of the National Association of Independent Insurance Agents and continues to maintain his local insurance business, George Frazier Insurance.
He was also the 1970 Hope/Hempstead County Chamber of Commerce Citizen of the Year.
Tickets to the evening are available through UACCH Foundation by contacting foundation director Dolly Henley at 870-722-8516. The evening supports the fundraising efforts of the UACCH Foundation.
