"Fronie" was named in honor of her father's sister, her Aunt Sophronia (Miller) Lightfoot, who died at the age of 22. Curiously, both women died young.
Fronie's story is one of great sadness. A lady known throughout the community for her stunning beauty, she had been engaged to marry Breckinridge Countian Orval Frank. Their wedding plans were interrupted, however, because she contracted typhoid fever and died at the home of her parents, Lafe and Gene Miller. The house still stands outside Hardinsburg at 1020 South Highway 105.
According to family lore, Fronie died on what would have been her wedding day. Some family members also believe that her wedding day had been set on her birth day. If the latter is correct, October 22 was the date of her birth, the date of her death, and the date of her unrealized wedding. The year of her death has not been conclusively established but could have been 1902, 1903, or even 1904.
No marker for her presently stands in the Lyon Cemetery. Since other family members had been interred there, the place of her burial is presumed for the purpose of this memorial.
Her brother, Charles Lafayette Miller, named one of his daughters Sophronia Mae Miller (later Robinson), who was born March 10, 1903.
To the extent that it might assist in a more precise determination of the date of Fronie's death, it should be noted that Fronie's fiancé, Orval Frank, married Effie Pate on October 25, 1904. Effie was Fronie's first cousin (i.e., Fronie's mother was a sister to Effie's father, William Noble Pate).
Fronie's story is one of great sadness. A lady known throughout the community for her stunning beauty, she had been engaged to marry Breckinridge Countian Orval Frank. Their wedding plans were interrupted, however, because she contracted typhoid fever and died at the home of her parents, Lafe and Gene Miller. The house still stands outside Hardinsburg at 1020 South Highway 105.
According to family lore, Fronie died on what would have been her wedding day. Some family members also believe that her wedding day had been set on her birth day. If the latter is correct, October 22 was the date of her birth, the date of her death, and the date of her unrealized wedding. The year of her death has not been conclusively established but could have been 1902, 1903, or even 1904.
No marker for her presently stands in the Lyon Cemetery. Since other family members had been interred there, the place of her burial is presumed for the purpose of this memorial.
Her brother, Charles Lafayette Miller, named one of his daughters Sophronia Mae Miller (later Robinson), who was born March 10, 1903.
To the extent that it might assist in a more precise determination of the date of Fronie's death, it should be noted that Fronie's fiancé, Orval Frank, married Effie Pate on October 25, 1904. Effie was Fronie's first cousin (i.e., Fronie's mother was a sister to Effie's father, William Noble Pate).
"Fronie" was named in honor of her father's sister, her Aunt Sophronia (Miller) Lightfoot, who died at the age of 22. Curiously, both women died young.
Fronie's story is one of great sadness. A lady known throughout the community for her stunning beauty, she had been engaged to marry Breckinridge Countian Orval Frank. Their wedding plans were interrupted, however, because she contracted typhoid fever and died at the home of her parents, Lafe and Gene Miller. The house still stands outside Hardinsburg at 1020 South Highway 105.
According to family lore, Fronie died on what would have been her wedding day. Some family members also believe that her wedding day had been set on her birth day. If the latter is correct, October 22 was the date of her birth, the date of her death, and the date of her unrealized wedding. The year of her death has not been conclusively established but could have been 1902, 1903, or even 1904.
No marker for her presently stands in the Lyon Cemetery. Since other family members had been interred there, the place of her burial is presumed for the purpose of this memorial.
Her brother, Charles Lafayette Miller, named one of his daughters Sophronia Mae Miller (later Robinson), who was born March 10, 1903.
To the extent that it might assist in a more precise determination of the date of Fronie's death, it should be noted that Fronie's fiancé, Orval Frank, married Effie Pate on October 25, 1904. Effie was Fronie's first cousin (i.e., Fronie's mother was a sister to Effie's father, William Noble Pate).
Fronie's story is one of great sadness. A lady known throughout the community for her stunning beauty, she had been engaged to marry Breckinridge Countian Orval Frank. Their wedding plans were interrupted, however, because she contracted typhoid fever and died at the home of her parents, Lafe and Gene Miller. The house still stands outside Hardinsburg at 1020 South Highway 105.
According to family lore, Fronie died on what would have been her wedding day. Some family members also believe that her wedding day had been set on her birth day. If the latter is correct, October 22 was the date of her birth, the date of her death, and the date of her unrealized wedding. The year of her death has not been conclusively established but could have been 1902, 1903, or even 1904.
No marker for her presently stands in the Lyon Cemetery. Since other family members had been interred there, the place of her burial is presumed for the purpose of this memorial.
Her brother, Charles Lafayette Miller, named one of his daughters Sophronia Mae Miller (later Robinson), who was born March 10, 1903.
To the extent that it might assist in a more precise determination of the date of Fronie's death, it should be noted that Fronie's fiancé, Orval Frank, married Effie Pate on October 25, 1904. Effie was Fronie's first cousin (i.e., Fronie's mother was a sister to Effie's father, William Noble Pate).
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