Nettie Lee Strickland, Obituary, Danielsville, Madison County, GA

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15 March 2001
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Athens Daily News/Banner-Herald, Friday, 19 Feb 1999

Mrs. Nettie Lee Croom Strickland, 96, of 126 Shiloh Fort Lamar Road, 
died Thursday, Feb. 18, 1999.

Born in Bibb County, Mrs. Strickland was the daughter of the late 
James Thomas and Nettie Gilbert Croom. She was a member of Gordon 
Street Baptist Church in Atlanta, where she kept the nursery for 
many years. She was a member of the Jones Chapel United Methodist 
Church in Danielsville. She was the widow of James Wade Strickland.
Services will be at 1 p.m. today in Westview Cemetery, Atlanta, 
with the Rev. Wendell Baggett officiating.

Survivors include a daughter and son-in-law, Helen Alice and W. 
Doyle Beatenbough, Danielsville; a son and daughter-in-law, Charles 
William and Dorothy Jackson Strickland, East Point; a sister, Ruby 
Jewel Perkins, St. Petersburg, Fla.; four grandchildren, Susan 
Poletti, Woodside, Calif., Jennifer Leigh, Burlingame, Calif., 
Cynthia Webnar, Fernandina Beach, Fla., and Victor Boynton, 
Franklin, Tenn.; and eight great-grandchildren.

Memorials may be made to the Jones Chapel United Methodist Church 
Family Life Center, c/o Joe May, P.O. Box 1052, Danielsville, GA 30633.

Pruitte Funeral Home, Royston, is in charge of arrangements.