Dale-Coffee-Pike County AlArchives Obituaries.....Portwood, Louise Strickland November 7, 1933 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/al/alfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Jimmy Portwood http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00020.html#0004777 August 4, 2006, 3:17 pm 08/12/2005 Mrs. louise Portwood of Ozark, Alabama passed away at her residence early Friday, morning, August 5, 2005 after an extended illness. She was 71. Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. on Monday, August 8, 2005, from Post Oak Baptist Church in Ozark, with Reverend Don Moore officiating. Burial will take place in Westview Cemetery. The family will receive friends at Fuqua-Bankston Fneral Home, Sunday evening from 3-5 p.m. Mrs. Portwood was born November 7, 1933 in New Brockton, Aabama to john R. and Annie Elizabeth Johnson Strickland. In 1963, she moved from Ariton in Dale County to Brundidge in Pike County, Alabama. In 1967, she moved back to Dale County, to Ozark from Brundidge. Mrs. Portwood worked for Avondale Mills (10 years) and with Dale Medical Center in Ozark for 17 years. Mrs. Portwood was preceded in death by her Father, John R. Strickland. Surviving family include her mother: Annie Elizabeth Strickland of Grand Rapids, MI., 3 sons: Jimmy C. Portwood of Alexandria, VA., Gene Portwood of Macon, GA., Willliam D. Portwood of Ariton, AL.; 1 daughter: Diane Mills of Flint, MI. and a Step daughter: renda Lewis. 4 Sisters: Gladys Dunford of Ozark, AL., Lucille Kuyt, Betty Kapla, and Brenda Hudson, all of Michigan. 2 brothers: Roy Strickland and David Strickland, both of Michigan. Sixteen Grandchildren and twelve Great Grandchildren also survive. County Additional Comments: Obituary authored by Fuqua-Banston Funeral Home, Ozark, Alabama. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/al/dale/obits/p/portwood651gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/alfiles/ File size: 2.1 Kb