Obituaries:  Mrs. Ruby Strickland Williams, Sabine Parish       W-452
Source:  Sabine Index, Many, La., Jan 18, 1989
Submitted by: Carl Dilbeck
              carlrad@earthlink.net




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Mrs. Ruby Strickland Williams

  Mrs. Ruby Strickland Williams, age 84, died at home Wednesday,
Jan. 11, 1989. The family will receive friends at Rose-Neath's
Funeral Home, Southside Chapel, 2500 Southside Drive, Friday,
Jan. 13, 6 to 8 p.m. Funeral services were conducted by Bishop
Gordon Hanchett, Elders Dillard Glass, and Robert Weenig, at 10
a.m., Saturday, Jan. 14, at the Rose-Neath Southside Chapel.
Burial will follow at 1:30 p.m., at the Strickland Family
Cemetery, located on the Fisher Fire Tower Road in Many.

  Mrs. Williams was born in Sabine Parish, and was a resident of
Shreveport most of her life.

  She was a devout Morman, belonging to the Second Ward of the
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. She received her
Temple Endowments at the Salt Lake City Temple, Sept. 16, 1988.

  Mrs. Williams was preceded in death by her husband, Herbert
Julian Williams. She is survived by two daughters, Anne
Strickland of Knoxville, Tenn., and Martha Bordelon of
Shreveport; three brothers, A. G. Strickland of Dry Prong, Orvie
Doyle Strickland of Winnfield, and Eddie Burton Strickland of
Turner Town, Texas; four grandchildren, Donald, Darryll, and
Leslie V. Tanner, and Laura Tanner Gilbert; two great
grandchildren; and several beloved nieces and nephews.

  Pallbearers were Donald Tanner, Darryll Tanner, Kelly
Strickland, Jerry Strickland, and Michael Gilbert.

  Memorial contributions may be made to the Church of Jesus Christ
of Latter Day Saints, 200 Carroll Street, Shreveport, La. 71105.

  The Strickland family has lost its most cherished friend and
loyal companion in the Full meaning of unconditional, earthly
love. She was everybody's faithful friend.