Early Years, Education, Family
Frazar was born in DeRidder, the seat of Beauregard Parish, to Moses Edward Frazar and the former Letha Perkins. Mrs. Frazar died when Lether (named for his mother) was twelve days old. Moses Frazar then married the former Nina May Bland in 1906. There were two children from the second marriage, Lether Frazar's half-siblings, Marvin Edward Frazar and Ruby Frazar Harrison.
Lether Frazar was a nephew by marriage — his maternal aunt was Ellen Perkins Herford — to Drew Dow Herford, a Texas native who was the first teacher, mayor, and member of the Louisiana House of Representatives from DeQuincy in northern Calcasieu Parish. Frazar spent many summers during his childhood at the home of the Herfords.
Frazar was educated at the then Southwestern Institute in Lafayette having received a bachelor of arts degree in history in 1928. He obtained a Master of Arts from Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge in 1932. He also obtained his Ph.D. from Columbia University in New York City in 1942.
On August 22, 1929, Frazar married the former Lily Hooper (December 12, 1904 — November 5, 1994), who was living in Baton Rouge at the time of her death. She graduated in 1926 from Louisiana Tech University in Ruston, the seat of Lincoln Parish. At the time, Tech was known as Louisiana Polytechnic Institute. The Frazars had two daughters, Lily Ann Frazar and Margaret Brenda Frazar Malone (born 1941) of Baton Rouge.
Frazar was a high school principal at Longville (1928–1931) and Merryville from 1933–1938, both in Beauregard Parish. From 1931-1933, he was a principal in Jackson in East Feliciana Parish.
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