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Jenifer Strait

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Frio County, Texas, USA
Death: June 25, 1986 (13)
San Marcos, Hays County, Texas, United States of America, San Marcos, Hays County, Texas, United States (Injuries sustained in an automobile accident.)
Place of Burial: Pearsall, Frio County, Texas, United States
Immediate Family:

Daughter of George Harvey Strait, Sr. and Private
Sister of Private and Private

Managed by: Susan Angeline Schumacher Lostetter
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About Jenifer Strait

Biography

Tribute to Jenifer …
You'll Be There ... For Jenifer
Jenifer Strait was born on October 6, 1972, in Frio County, Texas, USA. Her father was George Harvey Strait, Sr..

She died on June 25, 1986 in San Marcos, Hays County, Texas, USA, San Marcos, Hays County, Texas, United States from Injuries sustained in an automobile accident. and was buried in Pearsall Cemetery, Pearsall, Frio County, Texas,, and Pearsall, Frio County, Texas, United States.



The date was June 25, 1986 in San Marcos Texas. Jenifer was riding with friends when the driver lost control of his Ford Mustang. She lost her life that day.

It was only recently that he first spoke about his heartbreak, revealing to Country Weekly, "I got real private after I lost my daughter... I really shut things down."

When Strait won that year's CMA Male Vocalist of the Year Award (for the second year in a row), he accepted it in Jenifer's memory.

Shortly after the tragedy, the Strait's set up the Jenifer Strait Memorial Foundation. This memorial was established to keep Jenifer's memory alive. The foundation benefits various children's charities. Each year the earnings from that fund are donated to child-related charities, mostly in the San Antonio area where George lives. Some of the organizations which have benefited are the Children's Shelter of San Antonio for abused and abandoned children, Baptist Children's Home, The San Antonio Police Department of Drug and Alcohol Abuse Program, Youth Alternatives, Inc., and Operation Orphans Incorporated.

Frank Bohman, an officer and director of the Foundation, told Country Weekly, "Because of the courage and inspiration of George and Norma Strait, this trust has benefited countless young people in need, while keeping Jenifer's memory alive.

The Jenifer Strait Memorial Foundation

Bio from Mrs "P"

http://straitfever.homestead.com/RememberingJenifer.html

https://countryrebel.com/blogs/videos/george-strait-mourns-the-loss...

"United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV5W-BYSY : accessed 5 February 2019), Jenifer Strait, Texas, United States, 27 Jun 1986; from "Recent Newspaper Obituaries (1977 - Today)," database, GenealogyBank.com (http://www.genealogybank.com : 2014); citing , born-digital text.

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Jenifer Strait's Timeline

1972
October 6, 1972
Frio County, Texas, USA
1986
June 25, 1986
Age 13
San Marcos, Hays County, Texas, United States of America, San Marcos, Hays County, Texas, United States
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Pearsall, Frio County, Texas, United States of America, Pearsall, Frio County, Texas, United States