Marion Regina "Gina" Strader

Marion Regina "Gina" Strader obituary, Savannah, TN

Marion Regina "Gina" Strader

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450 Church Street, Savannah, TN

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Wesley Chapel United Methodist Church Cemetery

4710 TN-128, Savannah, TN

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Marion Strader Obituary

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Marion Regina "Gina" (Williams) Strader, 72, of Savannah, TN passed away on Thursday, November 6, 2025. She was born December 20, 1952, in Savannah to Dwight Smith Williams and Sylvia Ruth Howard.
Marion received her GED September 23, 1976 from South Vigo High School in Terre Haute, IN. She was an LPN graduate of Ivy Tech Community College in Terre Haute, IN. She worked at Canterbury Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, Meadows Manor East, and Wallace Nursing Home, all in Terre Haute, IN. She also worked at Hardin County General Hospital and a local nursing home in Savannah, TN. She was listed in Who Who's in 1999-2000. She opened a small health store & restaurant, which grew into a health food store named Gina's Country Health in Savannah, TN.
On April 18, 1983, in Corinth, MS, she was united in marriage to Steven Charles Strader. Marion was a member and secretary/treasurer of J.E.S.U.S. Church.
Marion is survived by her husband, Steve; their adopted daughter, Shachia Regina Strader; and her sister, Ethel June (Williams) Knox.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Dwight Smith & Sylvia Ruth (Howard) Williams; her sister, Ruthie Earlene Williams; her brother, Larry Gene Williams; her grandparents, Leonard Ray & Vary Elizabeth (Cummings) Howard and Clarence Lee & Ethel Smith Williams.

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6:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.

Shackelford Funeral Directors - Savannah

450 Church Street, Savannah, TN

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Nov

13

Visitation

9:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.

Shackelford Funeral Directors - Savannah

450 Church Street, Savannah, TN

Send Flowers

Nov

13

Funeral service

2:00 p.m.

Shackelford Funeral Directors - Savannah

450 Church Street, Savannah, TN

Send Flowers

Nov

13

Burial

Wesley Chapel United Methodist Church Cemetery

4710 TN-128, Savannah, TN

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