A life celebration for Silvia Lewis Fort Fraser, 99, will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday, Nov.10, at the Mary Gay House in Decatur. In lieu of flowers, please donate to the charity of your choice.
Mrs. Fraser passed away peacefully Oct. 21, 2019. She will be remembered for her intelligence and loving nature.
Born Sept. 8, 1920, in Cornelia, she was the daughter of the late William Ellis Fort and Silvia Lewis Fort. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, James K. Fraser.
She graduated from Cornelia High School as class valedictorian. She attended Biltmore College and Georgia College for Women in Milledgeville.
Silvia was president of the Asheville, North Carolina chapter of the USO during WWII. She married the late James K. Fraser in 1946, and raised two sons, James "Jim" Fort Fraser and William "Woody" Allen Fraser.
Silvia was a real estate agent for Walter Scott Realty in Decatur for several decades and loved living in her Winnona Park bungalow for over 40 years. Later in life, she stayed active as a member of PEO and the Red Hat Society.
She is survived by sons, Jim and Woody; grandchildren, Joanie, Jim, and Lizzy Fraser, and Jamie Fowler; great-grandchildren, in-laws, nieces, nephews, cousins, and many other family members and special friends.