Lois B. Strickland

Lois B. Strickland, 85, of Valdosta died Thursday, January 29, 2009 at home after a lengthy illness. She was born in Patterson, Georgia on June 18, 1923 to the late William S. and Nancy Jane Brown and had lived in Valdosta for many years. Mrs. Strickland was a member of the Trinity Baptist Church. She loved working in her yard and fishing.

Survivors include two daughters and a son in law, Jean and Glenn O'Neal, Nancy Diane Wheeler, four grandchildren, Jennifer Diane Mahon and her husband, John, Jodi Lynn Wheeler, Jimmy O'Neal and Nick O'Neal, great granddaughter, Hailey Diane Mahon all of Valdosta, one sister, Vera Barrett of Ludowici and numerous nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her husband, James E. Strickland and a grandson, Joseph Wheeler.

Funeral services will be held at 2pm, Sunday, February 1, 2009 in the chapel of Carson McLane Funeral Home with the Rev. Tom Ray Kelley, Rev. Alton Hardee and Rev. Jay Watkins officiating. Burial will follow in Sunset Hill Cemetery. The family will receive friends on Saturday from 7-9pm at the funeral home. Condolences to the family may be conveyed online at www.mclanefuneralservices.com. Carson McLane Funeral Home.


Funeral Home:
Carson McLane Funeral Home
2215 North Patterson Street
Valdosta, GA
US 31602