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Linda Fay Smeathers Frakes

In Obituaries by OC Monitor Staff

LindaFrakesLinda Fay Smeathers Frakes, age 73, of Reynolds Station, passed away on Wednesday, July 22, 2015, at her home. Born to parents, Philip and Juanita Brown Smeathers on April 8, 1942, in Daviess County.

Linda enjoyed her time as a second driver on the road with her husband. They called themselves “professional tourists and drivers”. She loved family dinners and holidays, gardening, quilting, geneology and especially church activities at St. John the Baptist, where she held many pastoral positions, including Bishop McRaith Diocesan Council, president of Parish Council and Liturgy, and played the organ for 18 years. She was presented the Sophia Award with her husband, Martin and loved her many pets.

She was preceded in death by her parents, her mother in 2000 and her father in 2001; a great-grandson, Matthew David Johnson, in December 2012; and a stepson, Mickey Frakes, on July 17, 2015.

She is survived by her loving husband, Martin J. Frakes, of 33 years; daughter, Candy Jerden (Mike), of Dallas, Texas; stepchildren, Kathy Jo Adams, of Clearwater, Fla., Mark Adams, of Greenville, S.C., Marty Frakes (Anita) and Lucy Miller (Mark), of Louisville; 13 grandchildren; 15 great-grandchildren; and many first, second and third cousins, including special cousins, Ron Wene (Bonnie), of Sail Creek, Tenn., Karlin Daniel, of Florida, Debra Strange, of Indianapolis, Ind., and Lynn Kenady (Dr. Dan), of Lexington.

A Funeral Mass will be at 12 p.m. Friday, July 24, at St. John the Baptist Catholic Church, Fordsville, with burial in Elmwood Cemetery in Owensboro. Visitation will be from 4 p.m. until 8 p.m. Thursday at Geary Funeral Home, Fordsville and after 9 a.m. Friday at the church. Prayers will be said at 7 p.m. Thursday.