Dora Lingerfelt Strain

February 12, 2025.

at her home in Kennesaw, Georgia.

She was 96 years old.

Dora was born in Paulding County, Georgia to William and Mary

Lou Lingerfelt. She was the second of their ten children and grew

up at their home in Dahlonega. She gave her heart to the Lord at a

revival meeting when she was 13, and that decision was the

foundation for her lifetime of church work.

Dora moved to Atlanta in the 50’s, where she entered nurses’s

training in preparation for a career in healthcare. She believed

nursing was a calling rather than a profession, and was serious

about serving God in that way. But God had other plans for her,

and when she met Bill Strain, after much prayer she decided that

God’s plan for her was marriage and family. She left nurses’

training to marry him in 1959.Dora devoted herself to being a full-time wife and mother.

She and Bill had two children, Mary and Billy, whom she loved and

nurtured. She was a fond wife and mother and kept bulging photo

albums and scrapbooks to commemorate every special occasion or

achievement in her family. Dora was a talented artist and created

many of the artworks displayed in her home.

She was a church worker active in Clairmont Baptist Church and

the First Baptist Church of Chamblee while the family lived in

Atlanta, then in the First Baptist Church of Marietta when she and

Bill moved to Kennesaw to retire in 2000.

Dora was diagnosed with heart failure in 2010 and accepted her

declining health gracefully and with the strength of her lifelong

faith. That grace and faith were her greatest gift to her children and

all who knew her, and she is deeply missed.

She is survived by her daughter Mary Strain of Kennesaw, Georgia,

her son Billy Strain of Kennesaw, her brother Bob Lingerfelt and

his wife Sherri Lingerfelt in Montana, her sister in law Linda

Lingerfelt of Dahlonega Georgia, her brother- and sister-in-law

Dick and Helen Haynie of Rising Fawn, Georgia, her sister-in-law

Kathleen Strain of Marietta, Georgia, her sister-in-law Marilyn

Strain of Canton, Georgia, and many nieces and nephews.

A Funeral service will be 2 PM Monday, February 17, 2025 in the Chapel of Carmichael Funeral Home in Marietta with Rev. Brandon Owen officiating. Burial will be in Kennesaw Memorial Park in Marietta.

Carmichael Funeral Home in Marietta is in charge of the arrangements. www.carmichaelcares.com, 770-424-4929.