Ouachita County Louisiana Archives Obituaries.....STRICKLAND, J.D January 6, 2010
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News Star World - January 08, 2010
J.D STRICKLAND

Kilpatrick Funeral Home, Monroe, LA. 

J.D. Strickland, beloved husband, father, stepfather, grandfather, brother, 
and uncle died January 6, 2010, after several years of battling COPD and heart 
disease. Services for J.D. will be held at 2:00 PM, Saturday, January 9, 2010 
at Kilpatrick's Funeral Home on Lamy Lane with interment to follow in 
Mulhearn's Memorial Park cemetery on Highway 80 in Monroe under the direction 
of Kilpatrick Funeral Home of Monroe. J.D.'s brother-in-law, Bro. Michael 
Woods of Winnsboro, LA will conduct the service. Anyone desiring to contribute 
additional remarks about J.D. is encouraged to do so. J.D. was born on 
February 23, 1936, in Farmerville to Barney and Effie (Cruse) Strickland. He 
grew up in Ruston, LA. He was preceded in death by his parents; 3 brothers: 
Curtis, George, and James Strickland; 3 sisters: Flora Roane, Barnette 
Zachary, and Robbie Lee Mandrell. J.D. is survived by his wife: Wilma; 2 
daughters: Lt. Debra Strickland, Shreveport Police Department, Lisa Bailey and 
husband, Carl of Hawkins, TX; 2 step-daughters: Donna Mathys Bancks and 
husband, George of Choudrant, LA, and Rebecca Mathys Florsheim of Monroe, LA. 
J.D. enjoyed his grand-children: Tina and Chris Bailey, Jeremy Upton and wife, 
Candice, and Emily Mathewes, all of Choudrant, LA and Caroline Florsheim, of 
Monroe. He also leaves one sister: Gladys Johnson of Ruston and several nieces 
and nephews. J.D. and Wilma were fortunate to have their children and grand-
children live close to them which allowed them to attend ballgames, dance, 
piano, voice recitals, and theater performances. He particularly enjoyed 
driving his granddaughter, Caroline, to and from school with a stop for ice 
cream daily on the way home. He was called "Papaw" by many of the children in 
her classes at Grace Episcopal School. J.D. retired as a Construction 
Supervisor and Bricklayer from Stebbin's Engineering in 1996. He became a 
member of the International Union of Bricklayers and Allied Craftsmen in June, 
1955, and received recognition as a life-member. J.D. was a hard worker who 
enjoyed and valued his work. After family and work, J.D. prized deer hunting 
with his brother, James of Ruston, and nephews Terry Strickland of Calhoun, LA 
and Randy Reel of Hallsville, TX. Pallbearers will be Terry Strickland, Rendy 
Reel, and Jared Wilson, John Tyler Ulmer, and Shane Easterling, all of 
Winnsboro, LA, and Monty Wisenor of Monroe, LA. Visitation will be held from 
6:00 PM to 8:00 PM, Friday, January 8, 2010 at Kilpatrick Funeral Home of 
Monroe, LA. Memorials may be made to the American Heart Association or the 
charity of the givers's choice. 

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