Agnes Strayer

Waynesville, Agnes Helene Angle Strayer, age 103, formerly of Bellefontaine, Ohio and Gainesville, Florida, passed away on Tuesday, April 20, 2010 at Silver Bluff Nursing Home where she had resided for the past several years. She was born in Putnam County, West Virginia in 1906, the eldest child of John Wilbert and Laura Maude Erwin Angle, both deceased. In her early teens, she moved with her family to Logan County, Union Township, near Bellefontaine, Ohio. A retired florist and horticulturist, Mrs. Strayer owned and operated a floral design and gift shop in Bellefontaine, Ohio and later managed stores in Gainesville, Florida prior to retiring and moving to Waynesville, North Carolina to be close to her family. During retirement, she continued arranging flowers and loved working with ceramics. She was preceded in death by her husband, Herschel R. Strayer; five brothers, Kenneth, Vinson, Roy, Clarence and John Lloyd; and a sister, Helen Marie. Mrs. Strayer is survived by her son, Dr. John R. Strayer and his wife, Pegi, granddaughter, Suzanne, and great granddaughter, Kaley, all of Lake Junaluska, North Carolina; a sister, Hallie Elliott, of Bellefontaine, Ohio; and numerous nieces and nephews. The family will receive relatives and friends at Eichholtz Funeral Home, 321 N. Main Street, Bellefontaine, Ohio from 10:00 until 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, April 24, 2010. A graveside service will follow at 11:30 a.m. at the Fairview Cemetery in West Liberty, Ohio. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the College Scholarship Fund at Central United Methodist Church of Canton, P.O. Box 792, Canton, NC 28716.

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