Etta Anna Richerson Frizzell, 66, died Sunday, Feb. 28, 2010 at Central Peninsula Hospital in Soldotna.
She was born June 7, 1943 to Douglas and Etta Rogers Dixon of Leaf, Miss. She attended high school in Lucedale, Miss., and was a resident of Robertsdale from 1961 until moving to Soldotna in 1994. In 1995 she moved to Kenai where she has lived up until the present.
She was a dental technician in Baldwin and Mobile County from 1972 to 1993; and a member of the Kenai Fellowship Church of Christ. She enjoyed helping children, elderly, sick, needy and loved homemaking and fishing with family and friends.
She was preceded in death by a son, Arnold Marion Richerson; two sisters, Jeannette and JoAnn; and her parents.
Survivors include her husband, R.E. Frizzell of Kenai, Ark.; two sons, John (Ita) Richerson of Robertsdale and Stephen “Buddy” Richerson of Dadeville; two daughters, Cheryl (Billy) D’Andrea of East Norriton, Pa., and Denise Ross of Robertsdale; former son-in-law, John Ross of Robertsdale; former husband, John Richerson of Robertsdale; five grandchildren, Justin B. Ross, USAF of Ellworth AFB, S.D., Stephanie Claire Richerson of Tuscaloosa, Steven D’Andrea and Sam D’Andrea, both of East Norriton, Pa., Jacqueline Cherigo of Robertsdale and John Douglas Richerson of Dadeville; three step-children, Michael Frizzell of Atlanta, Todd Frizzell of Rosinton and Susan Frizzell of Foley; three sisters, Janice Hancock of Smith County, Miss., Carol Bagalman of Metairie, La., and Iris Davis of Robertsdale; and three brothers, John Dixon of Sylvarena, Miss., Bo Dixon of Bay Springs, Miss., and Doyle Dixon of Leaf, Miss.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, March 6 from the chapel of Mack Funeral Home with Pastor Rick Cupp officiating. Burial will follow at Old Cooper Cemetery in Rosinton.
The family requests memorial donations be made to the charity or church of your choice.
Arrangements are by Mack Funeral Home and Crematory, Robertsdale.
