Betty Ann Mejia-Fraley, 59, formerly of Dumfries, Virginia, died, Tuesday, September 1, 2015, at her home in Middletown, Virginia.
Mrs. Mejia-Fraley was born in 1955, in Ohio, the daughter of Francisco Mejia and the late Eileen Mejia. She was a graduate of Woodbridge High School, Class of 1973.
Mrs. Mejia-Fraley was a Council Member for the Dumfries Town Council. She worked for Dumfries Discount House in Dumfries, Virginia.
She married Michael Wallace Fraley on October 21, 1981 in Dumfries, Virginia.
A portion of Route 1 in Dumfries, Fraley Boulevard, is named after Mejia-Fraley’s father-in-law Ed Fraley. Ed Fralye was the first Dumfries Mayor after the town charter was reactivated in 1962, according to former Dumfries Interim Mayor Nancy West.
Surviving with her father, of Woodbridge, Virginia and husband, is her daughter, Sara Ann Fraley of Middletown, Virginia; sons, Christopher James Mejia of Woodbridge, Virginia, Michael Alexander Fraley (Jackie) of Dumfries, Virginia; grandchildren, Shelby, Edward and Matthew Mejia, Michael A., Jr., and Caleb, Gabriel, Livia and Liam Fraley; sisters, Eileen M. Mejia of Woodbridge, Virginia, Yvonne Mejia of Middletown, Delaware; brothers, Francisco Jose Mejia of Fairfax, Virginia, Edward Raphael Mejia of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and Douglas Mejia of Anaheim, California. All services with Omps Funeral Home, Amherst Chapel, will be private.
Memorial contributions may be made to the American Diabetes Association, P.O. Box 11454, Alexandria, Virginia 22312 or the American Heart Association, 7272 Greenville Avenue, Dallas, Texas, 75231.
Please view obituaries and tribute wall at www.ompsfuneralhome.com
Potomac Local contributed to this report.
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