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==Background==

Frazar was born in DeRidder in  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.<ref name=bio>{{cite web|url=https://www.lahistory.org/resources/dictionary-louisiana-biography/dictionary-louisiana-biography-f/|title=Frazar, Lether|publisher=Louisiana Historical Association|accessdate=October 8, 2019}}</ref>

Lether Frazar was a nephew by marriage &mdash; his maternal aunt was Ellen Perkins Herford &mdash; to Drew Dow Herford, I (1871-1943), a [[Texas]] native educator who was the first mayor of DeQuincy in northern Calcasieu Parish and a state representative.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/23959896/drew-dow-herford|title=Drew Dow Herford, I|publisher=Findagrave.com|accessdate=October 8, 2019}}</ref> Frazar spent many summers during his childhood at the home of the Herfords.

Frazar graduated in 1923 from Merryville High School in Beauregard Parish ad 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. In 1942, he obtained his [[Ph.D.]] from [[Columbia University]] in [[New York City]].<ref name=bio/>

On August 22, 1929, Frazar married the former Lily Hooper (December 12, 1904 &ndash; 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, Louisiana|Ruston]] in 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.<ref name=bio/>

Frazar was a high school principal at Longville (1928-1931) and Merryville (1933-1938), both in Beauregard Parish. From 1931 to 1933, he was a principal in Jackson in East Feliciana Parish.<ref name=bio/>