Demeteria Tharpe Strayhorn
1966 — 2025
From the Oct 28, 2025 e-EditionMcKENZIE, Tenn. — A memorial service for Demeteria Tharpe Strayhorn is Saturday, November 1, 2025, at Johnson Temple CME Church-McKenzie at 2 p.m.
Ms. Strayhorn, 59, died at her residence on Saturday, October 11, 2025. She was a member of Johnson Temple CME Church, a graduate of the McKenzie High School Class of 1985, and a bartender/ waitress at LL’s Bar & Grill. She was born in McKenzie, on February 17, 1966, to the late John Tharpe and Minnie Pearl Haynes.
She is survived by her children, Wynter Strayhorn and Herivia Strayhorn, her brother Keith Haynes and three grandchildren, Da’neria Strayhorn, My’Ami Strayhorn and Bra’shelle Strayhorn.
If you need further assistance, please call Brummitt McKenzie Funeral Home 731-352-4848 or visit our website at brummittmckenziefuneralhome.com.
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