Mary Helen Strayhorn, 89, died Friday, August 26, 2011, in Howardwick.
Graveside services were held Tuesday, August 30, in the Belle Vernon Cemetery in Friendship in Tennessee. Interment was held at Belle Vernon Cemetery in Friendship in Tennessee. Arrangements were under the direction of Robertson Funeral Directors of Clarendon & Friendship Funeral Home in Friendship, TN.
Mrs. Strayhorn was born February 1, 1922, in Dyer County, Tennessee to Robert & Georgia Dycus. She married John Strayhorn on February 17, 1940, in Covington, TN. She had been a resident of Amarillo prior to moving to Howardwick in 2002. She was a homemaker and a Christian.
She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband; three sons, Stanley, Jimmy Lee, and Larry Joe Strayhorn; one brother; and two sisters.
Survivors include her daughter, Susan Langford and husband Tom of Howardwick; two
daughters-in-law, Yvonne Strayhorn of Kingsport, TN, and Judy Strayhorn of Dyersburg, TN; six grandchildren; six great-grandchildren; six great-great grandchildren.
The family suggest memorials be to a favorite charity.
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