Cynthia Mccracken

Memorial services for Cynthia McCracken, 71, of Diboll will be held Saturday, May 18, 2024 at 11:00 a.m. at First Presbyterian Church Lufkin with Reverend Gordon N. Blackman, Jr. officiating. Cremation arrangements are under the direction of Carroway Funeral Home.

Cynthia died Friday morning, May 3, 2024 in Burke, Texas. Born Cynthia Ann Frey on January 5, 1953 in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, she was a member of First Presbyterian Church Lufkin, where she was a member of the choir. Cynthia also attended various Bible Study classes.

Most importantly, Cynthia loved – her husband and love of her life for 47 years, Michael McCracken, her family, her animals and especially her dogs. Cynthia and Michael have been showing their dogs for 46 years. Before the dogs, Cynthia was an accomplished equestrienne; showing jumpers, Arabians and American Saddlebreds.

Cynthia and Michael’s marriage could be summed up from the dialogue of the movie “Shall We Dance?” – Your life will not go unnoticed because I will notice it. Your life will not go unwitnessed because I will be your witness.

She is survived by her husband, Michael McCracken; brother-in-law, Kenneth McCracken of Burke, Texas; sister, Diane F. Eberhardt of Riverwoods, Illinois; brother, Freeman Z. Frey III of Hummelstown, Pennsylvania; brother, Frank C. Frey of Newport, Pennsylvania; and many nieces and nephews.

Cynthia had an A.A. from Kendall College in Evanston, Illinois, then attended Northwestern University as an applied voice major. It was at Northwestern where Cynthia met her husband, Michael.

Cynthia was preceded in death by her father, Freeman Z. Frey, Jr. and her mother, Sara-Kathryn (Jolliffe) Frey.

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Carroway Funeral Home, Lufkin, directors.