>From The Oak Ridger 8 Apr 2003 Sara Jo Bolling Mazur Locha Marie Ray Duncan, 80, of Claxton, Martha Elizabeth Denney Rigsby, 88, of Oak Ridge, Alice Faye Seiber Smith, ===================================== Sara Jo Bolling Mazur died at 8 a.m. Monday, April 7, 2003, at her home. The family indicated that the cause of death was cancer of the small intestine. She was born in Great Falls, S.C., on Nov. 4, 1922. Most of her "growing-up" was in Norris, although the family lived for a time in Benton and Knoxville. Her father, Landrum Bolling, was a dam construction engineer, and their living in Norris was occasioned by his work on the construction of Norris Dam in the early 1930s, the first dam to be built in the Tennessee Valley Authority system. The town of Norris was created by TVA for the purpose of the construction of the dam, but it was much more than that. Dignitaries from over the world visited it, including President Roosevelt and Mahatma Ghandi. As a cub reporter for the high school newspaper, she spent one day accompanying and interviewing Eleanor Roosevelt, and watched with awe as her father treated Mrs. Roosevelt to an aerial view of the emerging dam in an overhead concrete bucket. At age 19 in 1942, she married her childhood "pal" Kenneth Frame of Norris. While he served in the Army Air Corps during World War II, she worked as a payroll clerk in the Manhattan Project in Oak Ridge. Among her "payees" was J. Robert Oppenheimer, the famous physicist who headed the scientific aspect of the development of the A-bomb. Like so many others, it wasn't until 1945 and the dropping of the bomb on Hiroshima that she learned the nature and purpose of the project. Immediately after the war, she spent a year in Fort Myers, Fla., with her husband and her brother, David Bolling, of Clinton, during which time she worked as a dance instructor. Kenneth Frame, at that time, decided to pursue a career in dentistry, and after a year taking pre-dentistry courses at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville, he attended and completed training at the University's School of Dentistry in Memphis. While there with him, Sara Jo worked as a bookkeeper in a local Army base. It was shortly before this that their daughter, Jennifer, was born. After receiving his degree in dentistry, they moved to Oak Ridge where he established a practice. She handled its financial aspects. In 1959, they built a house in Peach Orchard, the first private sub-division in Oak Ridge. On the hillside above, lived Eugene Joyce, the well-known local attorney. To their left and right were Earl and Maureen Crow and Clair and Kathy Collins. Below them were Peter and Drusilla Mazur. All became fast friends. Two years later, at age 39, Dr. Frame suffered a serious stroke. A year later, through intensive efforts by Sara Jo, he recovered almost completely and was able to resume his practice. During that time she wrote an essay titled "Treat him like a king," which the neurologist thought so highly of that he handed it out to his stroke patients. During this period she also served as a nursery school teacher at the Oak Ridge Nursery School. In early 1980, Dr. Frame contracted and succumbed to lung cancer. Four years later, she married her above mentioned friend and neighbor, Peter Mazur, whose wife, Drusilla, had died in 1982. He was at that time a scientist in the Biology Division of the Oak Ridge National Laboratory and more recently, a research professor at the University of Tennessee. During that period she worked as an administrative assistant at the brokerage firm of Paine Webber in Oak Ridge. After marrying Dr. Mazur, she assumed responsibility for handling much of the finances of the Mazur family farm in New Jersey and was on its board of directors. She also accompanied Dr. Mazur on numerous scientific trips both domestic and abroad. Foreign trips included England, Scotland, Wales, France, Italy, Germany, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Japan and China. In the mid-1990s, she, her brother, David, her sister, Carolyn, two cousins, and their spouses had a memorable three-week trip to Israel, the West Bank, Egypt, and Jordan, escorted by her elder brother, Landrum, an expert in the Middle East. During her marriage to Peter Mazur, she became fast friends with her mother-in-law, Adolphia Mazur, during visits to New York and the family farm. There was also periodic travel to visit her daughter, Jennifer, and her husband, Richard, who at that time lived in Minneapolis, and Dr. Mazur's son, Timothy, and wife, Kathy, who live in Madison, Wis. At home, Sara Jo pursued golf and became an avid fisherman both at their cabin on Watts Bar Lake and in Sanibel, Fla. She also became involved in literacy education and taught several clients to read and write. She was a member of Oak Ridge Civic Music Association Guild, the University of Tennessee Faculty Wives Bookclub and the PEO Sisterhood. She is survived by her husband, Peter Mazur; her daughter and son-in law, Jennifer and Richard Dawson of Clinton; her stepson, Timothy Mazur and wife, Katharine, of Madison, Wis.; brothers, David Bolling and wife, Judith, of Clinton, and Landrum Bolling of Richmond, Ind. and Washington D.C.; sister, Carolyn Sergeant and husband, William, of Knoxville; grandchildren, Sydney Hogan, Richard Dawson and Taylor Dawson; step-grandchildren, Andrew Mazur and Lauren Mazur; first cousins, Lowell McClary and wife, Donna, of Litchfield Beach, S.C., and William Ormes and wife, Agnes, of Franklin. The family wishes to express special thanks to: Her friend and housekeeper of 15 years, Laquita Foley, of Oliver Springs, and her friend Alberta Ferrar of Knoxville; her home-care giver, Dee Martin of LaFollette, who was tremendously supportive the past two months; physicians, David Compton, Ronald Wray, David Long and Ronald Lands, who struggled with the diagnosis and attempted treatment of her rare disease, and to those who have been steadfast friends, both over the years and especially in the last two months. A memorial service will be at 10:30 a.m. Friday, April 11, at the United Church Chapel on the Hill with the Rev. Boyd Carter officiating. Burial will follow at Oak Ridge Memorial Park. The family requests that any memorials be in the form of contributions to the Kenneth L. Frame Scholarship Fund, School of Dentistry, University of Tennessee, Memphis. Weatherford Mortuary is in charge of the arrangements. Locha Marie Ray Duncan, 80, of Claxton, died Saturday, April 5, 2003, at Windwood Health and Rehab Center in Clinton. According to her family, she was a loving mother, grandmother and great-grandmother and a loving and devoted homemaker for her seven children. She loved quilting and had many different quilts she shared with her family throughout the years. She was a member of the Prime-timers Senior Citizens and a member of Ridgeview Baptist Church. Born Nov. 26, 1922, in Anderson County, to the union of James and Minnie Martin Ray. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, James Bert Duncan; a son, Steven Ray Duncan; two sisters, Edith Rice and Grace Valentine; two brothers, Elmer Ray and Mose Ray; and several half-brothers and half-sisters. Mrs. Duncan is survived by four daughters and sons-in-law, Joyce and Jim Bradley of Oliver Springs, and Ginger and Dave Shelton, Anita and Eddie Coward, and Tammy and Johnny Smith, all of Claxton; two sons, Jim Bo Duncan of Knoxville and Bobby Duncan of Claxton; grandchildren, Kim and Johnny Norris, Greg Carr, Paul Carr, Sandy and Odell Lewis, Robyn and Marvin Bailey, Amy Duncan, Marcus Duncan, Lisa Williams, Jay and April Coward, Byron Bradley, Dustin Bradley and Reece Smith; and great-grandchildren, Stacey Carr, Kevin Norris, Wesley Lewis, Lindsey Williams, Telia Williams, "Little" Eddie Coward, Destiny Duncan and Abigail Marie Bradley. She is also survived by three brothers-in-law, Jack Champion of Clinton, Thomas Duncan of Knoxville and DeWayne Duncan and his wife, Phyllis, of Dayton, Ohio; two sisters-in-law, Louise Gross and Mary Lou Duncan, both of Lake City; and by several nieces and nephews. Pauline Harris was considered a special family friend and many members of Ridgeview Baptist Church were considered dear friends. The family would like to give very special thanks to all those who helped and came by over the past few years during their mama's illness. She loved you all and appreciated all your love and concern and prayers. Special thanks to the second floor north at Fort Sanders hospital, the Rev. Paul March Banks, the Rev. Wayne McMillian, the Rev. John Price, Mount Olivet Baptist Church, Ridgeview Baptist Church, Valley View Baptist Church, Harry and Edna Whittington, Gerald and Vickie Monroe, and to the wonderful caring staff at Windwood Health Care and Rehab Center. May God richly bless you all. The funeral will be at 8 p.m. Tuesday, April 8, 2003, in the chapel of Holley-Gamble Funeral Home in Clinton. The Rev. David McGill and the Rev. Harry Whittington will officiate. A graveside service will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday, April 9, at Bells Campground in Knoxville. Her grandsons and sons-in-law will serve as pallbearers. Clyde and Brenda McGhee, Sylvia Hollifield, Harry and Edna Whittington, the Rev. Wayne McMillian, Billy Norman and the Prime-timers will serve as honorary pallbearers. The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home. Martha Elizabeth Denney Rigsby, 88, of Oak Ridge, died Saturday, April 5, 2003, at Briarcliff Health Care Center. She was a member of New York Avenue Church of Christ. A homemaker, she enjoyed crocheting, quilting and loved working in her church, her family said. Born Dec. 17, 1914, in Smith County, she was the daughter of Lee Anderson Denney and Daisy Leona Polston Denney. She is the widow of James Caspar Rigsby. In addition to her husband and parents, she was preceded in death by a son, Terry Wayne Rigsby and a brother and sister, Dorris Denney and Gladys Millmore. Mrs. Rigsby is survived by her son, James Anderson Rigsby; a daughter-in-law, Peggy Rigsby; three grandsons, Charlie Rigsby, Hank Rigsby and Luke Rigsby and by several nieces and nephews. The funeral will be at 4 p.m. Wednesday, April 9, 2003, in the chapel of Martin Oak Ridge Funeral Home with James Lampley, minister, officiating. A graveside service will be at 11 a.m. Central Time Thursday, April 10, at Wilson County Memorial Gardens in Lebanon. The family requests that any memorials be in the form of donations to New York Church of Christ, 219 New York Ave., Oak Ridge, TN 37830. The family will receive friends from 3 to 4 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home. Alice Faye Seiber Smith, 56, of Oliver Springs, died Monday, April 7, 2003, at Methodist Medical Center of Oak Ridge. Sharp Funeral Home in Oliver Springs is in charge of arrangements, which were incomplete at press time. ===================================================== "Genealogy is like playing hide and seek: they hide...I seek!!!" www.byrge.com/genealogy/ Searching: BYRGE, BUNCH, DAUGHERTY, DUNCAN, KENNEDY, PATTERSON, PHILLIPS, SEIBER, TACKETT, WARD. =====================================================