Carrie Woerner's Obituary
Carrie was born in rural Mississippi on November 4, 1923. She passed away December 4, 2018 for a life totaling 95 years and 30 days, but that is hardly the sum of her life.Carrie left a family of 8 brothers and sisters in Mississippi when she turned 21 and moved to Dallas where she met her first husband LR Spradlin. She was a checker at a Piggly Wiggley and met “Speedy” at the store. They married after his discharge from the Army in 1946.They quickly had Sharron that same year who has sadly passed away. Brother Lee came along in 1949. Carrie left the workforce and became a homemaker like most other young mothers of that era. She thrived through the 1950’s supporting Speedy in his various business dealings and entrepreneurships. Speedy liked to look and dress sharp, so Carrie would iron his clothes, all his clothing. When she was angry at him she would heavily starch his boxers and his sheets. The bedroom having twin beds, like you would see on an episode of “I Love Lucy,” Carrie did not suffer from starch rash, he did.Carrie had red hair that looked on fire when sunlight flowed through it. She had a Red Heads temperament. Cross her and you WILL be uncomfortable day and night.The couple built a new house in 1956 just off Forest lane on a tract of land that today borders the Dallas North Tollway to the East and LBJ Freeway to the North. Forest Lane was a two lane gravel road that was outside of the Dallas city limits. Their friends laughed about the couple living “in the sticks” and Dallas would never grow large enough to include them. The tract the couple purchased encompassed about 60 acres. Tragically it sold too soon, which is why their baby boy has to work for a living.The marriage came apart in the early 1960’s. Carrie had to go to work to support two teenagers after being out of the workforce for 15 years. She persevered, displaying resilience to hardship that one has to be born with, because moxie can’t be learned. She had a succession of low paying dead end jobs that she plowed through, gaining valuable experience and self-confidence. It was that confidence that opened the door for her at Town North Bank where she thrived until retirement at age 62.Carrie could do almost anything except program the clock on a VCR. Her’s was destined to always blink 12:00 12:00 12:00.Carrie was an avid dancer, gardener and dog lover. She met Troy Woerner at a dance and they had a wonderful life together. They married and moved into a small house on Lovers Lane. It was an apt named street descriptive of their relationship.They renovated the house; Carrie would say “we need to move that doorway or make the closet bigger.” Troy would get his tools and perform the work; he being an accomplished craftsman with a desire to stay married to a Red Headed woman. Troy was a retired purchasing agent. His craftsmanship came from the same well of self-confidence, and resilience characteristic of the generation. They had a good fit.They got the property re-zoned commercial and were able to sell it for several times the purchase price enabling them to buy the Farmers Branch house that Carrie loved. She was widowed 25 years ago when Troy passed away in 1993.Carrie traveled nationally and internationally after Troy’s death. She made and held fast to many friends and acquaintances while gradually succumbing to the effects of aging.Her family and loved ones succeeded in moving her into an assisted living arrangement in November 2018, leaving her beloved home she made with Troy. Frank Sinatra’s song “I did it my way” could have been the theme of her life.Rest in peace.A funeral service will take place on Wednesday, December 12, 2018 at 12:30 PM in the Wildwood Chapel at Restland Funeral Home.
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