Clydie Katherine Guthrie Drennan, 100, passed away on January 20, 2017, at a local nursing home in Brownwood, Texas.
Clydie was born to John Thomas Guthrie and Minnie McNeil on November 11, 1916, in a little farm house in Sidney, Texas. She was the fourth child of twelve. Growing up on a farm and helping with the many chores that were required for survival in the early 1900’s meant getting up early and working from sun up to sun down.
Clydie graduated from Sidney High School and shortly after met a guy, C.A. “Buddy” Drennan, at a party at his brother’s house, which became her husband. C.A. and Clydie married on July 15, 1934, and celebrated 69 years of marriage prior to this death in 2003.
Both of Clydie’s grandpa’s were Methodist ministers therefore she was a lifelong member of the Methodist Church. She was a youth leader, a Sunday school teacher, served in most positions of the Methodist’s women’s groups, prayer groups and was a current member of Central United Methodist Church in Brownwood, Texas. Her family was a musical family and her parents and sister played the piano and her brother played the guitar and as she loved to say, “the rest of us played the dickens.” She loved the old hymns she grew up singing. She was a wonderful seamstress, loved crafts and quilting but her main love was baking pies, cakes, cookies and coffee cakes to take to her neighbors, shut-ins, friends, or new comers in her church.
Clydie was preceded in death by her parents; husband, C.A. “Buddy” Drennan; sons Harold Dwain Drennan and E.E. “Gene” Drennan; son-in-law, B.C. “Nard” Hendrick; three sisters and four brothers
She is survived by her daughter, Marita Drennan Hendrick of Odessa, Texas and daughters-in-law, Melba Drennan of Pearland, Texas and Jennie Winn Drennan of Brownwood, Texas. Eight grandchildren; Russell Drennan and wife Jill of Manvel, Texas; Kyle Drennan and wife Greta of Houston and Bryan and wife Stephanie Drennan of Katy, Texas; Kathy Hendrick of Denison, Texas; Cal Hendrick and wife Amy of Odessa, Texas; Stephen Drennan of Lubbock, Texas; Jincy Ross and husband Jeremy of Granbury, Texas; and David Drennan of Crowley, Texas. She is also survived by ten great grandchildren and one great-great grandchild. Will, Daniel and Brittany Drennan; Hunter and Kaitlin Hendrick; Brennan and Brett Ross; Blake Stratton; Lindsey Swope and husband Payton and their daughter Sydney Taylor plus numerous nieces and nephews. Her remaining siblings and brothers, Lamar and wife Carrie Guthrie of Godley, Texas; Bobby and wife Ann Guthrie of Briggs, Texas and a sister, Cornell Potts of Cedar Park, Texas.
Visitation will be 3 p.m to 5 p.m. Sunday, January 22, 2017 at Blaylock Funeral Home of Brownwood. Services will be held on Monday, January 23, 2017 at Central United Methodist Church, 1501 Second Street, Brownwood, Texas at 1:00 p.m. Pastor David Medley, officiating. Interment will follow at Stag Creek Cemetery in Comanche, Texas.
Memorials can be made to the Central United Methodist Church, 1501 Second Street, Brownwood, Texas.
Pallbearers will be her grandsons, Russell, Kyle, Bryan, Stephen, and David Drennan and Cal Hendrick.
Services are entrusted to and are under the direction of Blaylock Funeral Home of Brownwood, Texas.
