Douglas Strain

March 9, 1931 - March 24, 2009

 

Douglas Strain, age 78, of Carriere, MS passed

away Tuesday, March 24, 2009 at his residence.

 

Graveside services will be held Friday, March 27th

at 11:00 a.m. at Pearson Cemetery,

with Bro. McCoy officiating.

 

Visitation will be at Picayune Funeral Home on

Thursday, March 26, 2009 from 6:00 - 9:00 p.m.

 

Douglas, a former resident of Texas, worked as a

maintenance supervisor for Brown & Root and

was a member of Union Baptist Church.

 

Douglas is survived by

his wife, Gladys Eathel Lee Strain of Carriere;

 three sons, Douglas Michael Strain of Carriere,

James Ronald Strain of Carriere and

Mark Anthony Strain of Austin, TX;

daughter, Patricia Marlene Jennings of LA;

two brothers, Clarence Strain of Carriere and

Grady Strain of Carriere;

nine grandchildren and

thirteen great-grandchildren.

 

He is preceded in death by

his parents, Francis and Dora Frierson Strain and

granddaughter, Brittany Strain.