Bowie Co, Tx Obituary Joshua David Strickland Obituary Submitted by: Shane Spencer Email: Shanespencer84@aol.com Obit 1 - Texarkana Daily Gazette, 11/18/2004 Joshua David Strickland, 23,of Redwater, Texas, died Tuesday, November 16,2004, in a local hospital. Joshua was born January 3,1981, in Texarkana, Texas. He had been a lifetime resident of Redwater. He had been living the past three years in Horatio, Arkansas. He was a former Youth and Music Minister at First Baptist Church, Horatio. He was a graduate of Redwater High School and attended East Texas Baptist University. He was preceaded in death by his daddy, David Ray Strickland; his paternal grandparents, J.B. and Erma Strickland and his maternal grandparents, Audie and Lillian Cummings. Survivors include his dad and mom, Neil and Betty Floyd of Redwater, TX; a very special friend, LaBrada Liggin of Horatio, AR; and several aunts and uncles, Charles and Mary Smallwood of New Boston, TX; Charles and Brenda Mitchell of New Boston, TX; Stephen Cummings of Texarkana, AR; Rita Cummings of Redwater, TX; Billy and Sheron Pate of Pasadena, TX; Ron and Shryl Aultman of Richmond, TX; Karlton and Rhoda Gaye Brooke of Texarkana, AR; Judy and Billy McCloskey of Redwater, TX; Connie Loper of Hooks, TX; and a great number of cousins and a host of friends. Funeral services will be 2 p.m. Friday at First Baptist Church, Redwater, Texas, with the Revs. Steve Rice, Tim Reed, Tim Sullivan and Coy Arnold officiating. Burial will be in Redwater Cemetery, under direction of Chapelwood Funeral Home. Those wishing to memorialize Joshua may make contributions to Red River Federal Credit Union, P.O. Box 5909, Texarkana, Texas, 75505, account # 613390. The family will recieve friends at the funeral home Thursday from 7:00-9:00 p.m. The family will be at the home of Neil and Betty Floyd, 8710 Pierce Road, Texarkana, Texas. ******************************************************************* USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. http://www.usgwarchives.net *******************************************************************