Deborah Strickland Obituary

STRICKLAND, D. SMOAKS Mrs. Deborah (Debbie) G. Strickland, 55, wife of Mr. Tommy (Tom) Strickland, died Saturday morning, November 15, 2008, at her residence with her loving family. Mrs. Strickland was suffering from Lou Gehrig's Disease and was under the care of Carolina Hospice. A memorial service will be conducted 6 o'clock Tuesday evening, November 18, 2008, from Berea Advent Christian Church, 76 Christian Drive, Smoaks. The Reverend Bob Burdett and The Reverend Travis Hutchinson officiating. Mrs. Strickland wished to be cremated and a visitation will not be held. A reception will follow the service at the church Tuesday evening. Mrs. Strickland was born July 16, 1953, at Holloman Air Force Base, Alamogordo, New Mexico, and was the daughter of William and Emma Black. She graduated from Hirschi High School, Wichita Falls, Texas and Orangeburg-Calhoun Technical College. She was a disabled Army veteran and a retired master cabinetmaker, having worked for Richard Fracasso in Walterboro. She was a member of The Palmetto Tatter's Guild and enjoyed tatting, crocheting and designing tatting patterns. She also operated a needlecraft supply internet business. She will be remembered as a loving mother and Nana to her children and grandchildren. Surviving in addition to her husband are her father and step-mother, William and Wanda Black of Wichita Falls, Texas; her mother, Emma Britton of Effingham, Illinois; three daughters, Katherine Bennett of Matton, Illinois, Denise Strickland of Columbia, South Carolina, and Robin Strickland of the home; one step-daughter, Lynn Joyner and husband Dale of Evans, Georgia; and two brothers, William k. Black and his wife Anne of Center Point, Texas and Matthew Black of Effingham, Illinois. Her grandchildren are: Keegan Strickland, Alonzo Black, Emma and Stephen Bennett and one step-granddaughter, Heather Mole. She is also survived by five nieces, three grandnieces and one grandnephew, as well as her mother-in-law, Mrs. Mary Robertson Strickland. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be directed in her memory to: The ALS Foundation, Post Office Box 280, Charleston, South Carolina 29402. For those that wish, memorial messages and thoughts may be made to the family at: www.briceherndonfuneralhome.com. Arrangements by: THE BRICE W. HERNDON AND SONS FUNERAL HOMES, WALTERBORO CHAPEL, 1193 Bells Highway, Walterboro, 843.538.5408. Visit our guestbook at www.charleston.net/deaths.