March 31, 2025
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Helen Zene Dudley Cain

1930 – 2025

Funeral services for Helen Zene Dudley Cain, 94, will be held on Thursday, March 13, at 2:00 p.m., at First Baptist Church, Alba, with Dr. Kelly Burton officiating. 

Interment will follow at Enon Cemetery, Alba. Serving as pallbearers will be Tom Neal, Bryan Holland, Travis Littlejohn, Levi Littlejohn, Scott Reynolds and Shane Reynolds.

Mrs. Cain died on March 9, 2025, at her residence in Alba. She was born on June 25, 1930, in Beckville, to James Burford and Lena Blanche Garrison Dudley. On June 24, 1951, she married Dr. Glen T. Cain in Alba. She lived in Houston for 27 years, before moving back to Alba 35 years ago. While in Houston, she enjoyed performing in the choir at Second Baptist Church, and was also involved in other music activities in her church and directed the school choir. She graduated and received degrees from Mary Hardin Baylor in Belton and from Baylor University in Waco. She taught school for 37 years and was a member of First Baptist Church, Alba. 

She is survived by her two nieces, April Wilcox of Alba and Kriste Kline of Lawrenceville, Ga.; and nephew, Shawn Spriggs of Reed City, Mich.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Dr. Glen T. Cain; foster son, Gary Rose; sister, Katie Beth Noneman; and nephew Patrick Spriggs.

Memorials may be made to Samaritan’s Purse, P.O. Box 3000, Boone, NC, 28607.

Services are under the direction of Wilson-Bartley Funeral Home, Alba.