OBITUARY: Bettie Strayhorn, 21 Jul 1906 - Smith County, TX Contributed by The East Texas Genealogical Society P. O. Box 6967 Tyler, TX 75711 Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ******************************************************************** Source Unknown Miss Bettie Strayhorn, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. G. Strayhorn, died on the 21 July, 1906, after an illness of six weeks. She was one of Tylers most charming and beautiful young women, yet in her teens at the time of her death, she was possessed of those qualities of mind and heart and the charms of person and manners, which made her beloved and admired by those who knew her. She had been a member of the First Baptist church of Tyler, for three years. Funeral Services will be held at the First Baptist church tomorrow afternoon at 4 o'clock. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Cemetery Records of Smith County, TX, Volume I, Oakwood and Rose Hill Cemeteteries, The East Texas Genealogical Society, 1981, Tyler, TX Page 38 Oakwood Cemetery Bettie Strayhorn 1887-1906