Minnix, Frankie Vivian 

Frankie Vivian Minnix, 97, of Longview, died Sunday, April 02, 2006, and passed on to 
her eternal reward promised to those who serve the Lord, leaving a loving family and 
many friends to mourn her loss. Services will be 4 p.m. Tuesday, April 4, 2006, at the 
chapel of Rader Funeral Home with Robert Johnson officiating. Burial will follow in 
Lakeview Memorial Gardens in Longview. The family will receive friends from 3-4 p.m. 
before the service on Tuesday. Services are under the direction of Rader Funeral Home 
of Longview. Frankie was born August 3, 1908, in Lamesa, Texas, one of two daughters 
to Charles Terrell and Eula Mae Trammell. She attended and finished high school in May 
1926. On August 31, 1926, she was married to the love of her life, Van William Minnix. 
They had been married 54 years when he preceded her in death on September 9, 1980. To 
this marriage was born Jackie Terrell Minnix, deceased, and Billy Van Minnix. Ms. 
Minnix had been a resident of Longview since 1936. She worked for F.W. Woolworth as a 
personnel supervisor and previously owned and operated the Village Floral Shoppe for a 
number of years. She was a charter member of the ABWA Golden Light Chapter of Longview, 
vice president of the City Commission on Aging and a long-time member of AARP, serving 
as president from 1983-1984 and as a board member since. Ms. Minnix was a 79-year member 
of the Church of Christ, worshiping at the Longview Church of Christ. She is survived by 
her son, Billy Van Minnix and wife, Pat; grandchildren, Tamara English and husband, Chris, 
Cindy Clay and husband, Bobby, and Bill Minnix and wife, Amy; great-grandchildren Chad, 
Cory and Tyler English, Jodi, Emily and Ethan Clay, and Mallory and Makenzie Minnix; 
great-great-grandchild Colin Wages; sister, Mary Page; and two nieces, Jean Cox and Pat 
Walker. A memorial guestbook may be signed online at www.raderfh.com.

Published in the Longview News-Journal on 4/3/2006.