Robert E. “Bob” Strickland, 69, of Fitzgerald, died Tuesday, November 28 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital in Albany.
Funeral services will be held 2:00 PM Friday, December 1, at the Paulk Funeral Home Chapel, Fitzgerald with Dr. Lloyd Stembridge and Rev. Tom Braziel officiating. Interment will follow in Evergreen Cemetery. Visitation will be held 7 until 9 Thursday evening at the Funeral Home.
Mr. Strickland was born August 16, 1937, in Coffee County, to the late Elmo B. and Rachel McClelland Strickland. He lived in the community most of his life, retiring from Delco Remy Battery Plant. Mr. Strickland was a 1956 graduate of Fitzgerald High School and attended a business college in Atlanta. He was a member and deacon of Arbor Baptist Church. Mr. Strickland was a member of the Bernhardt Singers. He served in the United States Air Force.
He is survived by his wife of 41 years: Quellanette C. Strickland of Fitzgerald; sons & daughters-in-law: Robert Jason & Michelle Strickland of Cadiz, KY and James Elmo & Shannon Strickland of Glorieta, NM; grandsons: Noah Zachary Strickland and James Elmo Strickland, Jr.; brothers: Bill Strickland of New Market, VA and Ben Strickland of Fitzgerald.
Memorials may be made to the Arbor Baptist Church Building Fund, 1137 N. Merrimac Dr., Ext., Fitzgerald, GA 31750.