PHYLLIS WOIRHAYE

LAMAR- A visitation will be held from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. Wednesday, Sept. 4, at Konantz Warden Funeral Home for Phyllis Jeanne Woirhaye, 81, Lamar, who died Monday, Aug. 26, 2019. A graveside committal at Memory Gardens will follow.

Condolences may be left at www.konantzwarden.com.

Survivors include her children, Paula Sue Dykes and husband Gary, Pamela Jeanne Maberry and husband Mark and Craig Alan Woirhaye and wife Barbara; five grandchildren, Melinda Carter, Dustin Maberry and wife Melinda, Miranda Maberry, Ryan Woirhaye and Zachary Dykes and four great-grandchildren, Trenton Maberry, Mollie Maberry, Cason Carter and Cade Carter.

She was preceded in death by her husband in 1989; her brothers, Alva Johnson Jr., Kenneth Lee Johnson and Delbert Eugene Johnson and her sisters, Barbara June Johnson and Catherine Ann Mendenhall.

Mrs. Woirhaye was born Oct. 11, 1937, in Clinton, to Alva and Opal (Wells) Johnson. She was a 1955 graduate of Clinton High School and married Charles Woirhaye on June 17, 1955. While in Clinton she was employed by Henry County Abstract, Clinton Chamber of Commerce and 1st National Bank.

After her husband got out of the service they moved their young family to Lamar, to work for Lawnboy. She and her husband were entrepreneurs who operated a Sinclair Station and then opened Woirhaye’s Upholstery & Small Engine Repair. She was a bookkeeper, seamstress and upholsterer for the shop. She also worked for Line Service Company for 10 years, O’Sullivan Industries for seven years, Walmart for 11 years and then returned to Walmart for another seven years until she retired in 2011.

She was athletic and enjoyed roller skating, bowling and golf. She was a member of the Ladies Golf Association, Women’s International Bowling Association and the Lamar Country Club. She loved animals, especially her constant companion of 17 years, Mikey, her dog. Mrs. Woirhaye didn’t stop with retirement. She continue making quilts and tea towels for family and friends and made hundreds of dresses that went to girls around the world through organizations like Children of Africa and Samaritan’s Purse. She was a member of the Clinton United Methodist Church.