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Mary Helen Smith Woodard Canady
2 Jul 1923 – 1 Nov 2008
| Birth | 2 Jul 1923 |
| Death | 1 Nov 2008 |
| Cemetery | Palestine City Cemetery Palestine , Anderson County , Texas , USA |
| Added by | PET on 19 Jan 2014 |
| FaG | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/31098376 |
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Headstone photo courtesy of Anderson County Historical Commission/Bernard-Trigg; taken 1/19/2014.
Bio
Mary Helen (Smith) Woodard Canady was called home to be with her Lord on Nov. 1, 2008. She passed away at Cartmell Home for Aged. Helen (also known to friends and family as "Butch" or "Aunt Butch") was born in Jacksonville, Texas on July 2, 1923, daughter of the late John Douglas and Thelma Thompson Smith. She was Salutatorian of the 1941 graduating class of Palestine High School. She went on to attend and later teach at Nixon Business College in Palestine. She retired after 35 years of service from the CPA firm of Harrell, Rader, Bonner and Bolton. Helen was a charter member of the Altrusa Club of Anderson County and a member of Grace United Methodist Church. Helen is preceded in death by her parents; husband Steve C. Woodard; husband Ennis R. Canady; sisters Linda Kay Myers, Lillian McKay, and Faye Whitaker; and brother, Joe Douglas Smith. She is survived by sisters-in-law Mary Elizabeth Handorf Kennedy of Palestine, and Peggy Smith of Terrell; nieces Sherry Handorf Morse, Donna Odom, Glennell Handorf Rials, Carolyn Sheridan, and Debbie Smith Wacha; nephews Dale Boyd Handorf, Lloyd Handorf, Jr., James Smith and Stanley Smith. Burial in Palestine City Cemetery was under the direction of Bailey and Foster Funeral Home, Palestine. (edited:published in the Herald-Press on 11/3/2008)
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- Lillian Smith House 1924–1969 FaG
- Annie Fay Smith Whitaker 1928–2002 FaG
- Joe Douglas Smith 1930–2007 FaG
- Linda Kay Smith Myers 1948–1966 FaG
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