ST. TAMMANY PARISH, LA. Obituary for: STRICKLAND, JIMMIE GREEN, JR Submitted by: Louis Lavedan. Source: The St. Tammany News, St. Tammany, La. Posted: Tuesday, November 27, 2012 ======================================================================= Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgenweb.org/volunteers/copyright.shtml ======================================================================= NOTE: If a Photo is available for an obituary record, a reference note will be included with the record. =========================================================== STRICKLAND ========== A photo is available for this file. Please go to http://usgwarchives.net/la/sttammany/obits/dateobits/2012/st1211.htm and click to view list of photos. ========== Jimmie Green Strickland Jr., 77, of Slidell died Friday, Nov. 23, 2012. He is survived by his wife, Octavia Strickland; sons, Larry Strickland, Darryl Strickland, Jimmie Green Strickland III, Tracey Strickland Sr., Nakia Strickland, all of Slidell, and Michael White of Vossburg, Miss.; brothers, Bobby and Dobby Strickland of Slidell; sisters, Fannie Tillison of Slidell, and Lannie Moody of Quitman, Miss., and 31 grandchildren and 16 great- grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents, Jimmie Strickland Sr., and Kathleen Strickland; and brother; Clarence Ray Strickland. The native of Barnett, Miss., owned and operated Strickland Construction for 45 years. He was a Macedonia Baptist Church member in Slidell. Funeral services will be Nov. 30 at 6 p.m. in Tabernacle Baptist Church, Slidell, and Dec. 1 at 1 p.m. at East Baptist Church in Barnett, Miss. Burial will be in East Baptist Church cemetery in Barnett, Miss. Arrangements are by Baylous Funeral Home in Picayune, Miss. ===================