Mrs. Catherine (Cat) Michelle Faries Stringer, 27 years of age, passed away in Coleman at her residence on March 24, 2004.  Graveside services will be held at 2 p. m. Friday at Hope Cemetery in Henrietta, Texas with Rev. Paul Meyenburg officiating.  Interment will follow under the direction of Walker Funeral Home of Coleman.

She was born in Abilene on December 31, 1976.  Catherine was married to Kenneth Stringer on August 2, 1995 in Robert Lee, Texas.  She received her LVN license in Wichita Falls, Texas in 1988 and had worked in Sweetwater and Snyder, also at Holiday Hill and Leisure Lodge Nursing Homes in Coleman.  She had lived in Coleman most of her life.

Survivors include her husband, Ken Stringer of Coleman; five children, Haley, Ashley, Jared, Dakota and Talon; grandmother, Mrs. Catherine Vernon of Henrietta, Texas; mother, Bettye Faries of Coleman; three brothers, Billy Don Faries, Bobby Dan Faries and Micheal Faries, all of Coleman; a sister, Peggy of DeSoto, Texas.  She was preceded in death by her father and grandfather.

Family visitation will be this evening (Thursday) at Walker Funeral Home, from 6 to 7 p. m.