University of Texas M.D. Anderson Hospital and Cancer Institute

Albirther Frazier Lewis

Albirther Frazier Lewis was born December 19, 1933 to John Milton Frazier and Carrie Atkins in Mount Vernon, Alabama. Her mother passed away when she was a little girl. Shortly after her mother’s passing her father, Papa, remarried Ethel Frazier (fondly known as “Big Momma”). Albirther affectionately known as Bertha, Mom, Mother, Granny grew up in Mount Vernon. Shortly after graduating from Citronelle High School, she met and fell in love with Arthur Quintana Lewis, Sr. They would eventually relocate to Mobile, Alabama where they would start their family. In 1974, Arthur and Albirther moved to Houston, Texas for better