Mary Helen Dycus Strayhorn's Obituary
HOWARDWICK
GRAVESIDE SERVICES- 10:00 am Tuesday, August 30, 2011 in the Belle Vernon Cemetery in Friendship, Tennessee.
INTERMENT - Belle Vernon Cemetery in Friendship, Tennessee.
Arrangements are by Robertson Funeral Directors of Clarendon & Friendship Funeral Home in Friendship, TN.
Visitation will be held from 5:00 pm to 8:00 pm Monday at 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.
PRECEDED IN DEATH BY- her parents; her husband; 3 sons, Stanley, Jimmy Lee, and Larry Joe Strayhorn; 1 brother; and 2 sisters.
SURVIVORS- her daughter, Susan Langford and husband Tom of Howardwick; 2 daughters in law, Yvonne Strayhorn of Kingsport, TN, and Judy Strayhorn of Dyersburg, TN; 6 grandchildren; 6 great grandchildren; 6 great great grandchildren.
MEMORIALS- The family suggest memorials be to a favorite charity.
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