Biography:

Variously employed. Born–November 8, 1909, in Ontario, Calif.; original name “Frances Imogene Shay.” Parents– Henry J. and Louise Meyer Shay.  Married– Dixie Craig Strayhorn, 1948. Children– Adopted one child. Education– Associate degree in Science,  Northeast Alabama Junior College, 1978.  Held many different jobs in such places as Hawaii, Wyoming, California, and Alabama; moved to Mentone, Ala., 1954; lived in California, 1956-1960; returned to Mentone, 1960. Died August 11, 1998.

Source:

Anniston Star, Jan. 6, 1987; and from her history of Mentone, Ala.

Publication(s):

Mentone, Alabama; a History. Mentone, Ala.; Mentone Area Preservation Association, 1986.