Terry Strickland

Terry Glen Strickland, son of the late John Marvin and Mildred Louise Teel Strickland, was born in Dexter, Missouri on November 16, 1952, and passed away at the Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center in Poplar Bluff, Missouri on April 7, 2012, at the age of 59 years, 4 months and 22 days. He had worked as a plumber with his father and was also a truck driver. He had lived in Southeast Missouri most of his life, living in Gideon, Clarkton and had lived in Puxico, Missouri the past four years. On May 12, 1996, he was married to Doris J. Holt Cross in Dexter, Missouri. Surviving are his wife, Doris J. Strickland of Puxico, Missouri; one daughter, Betty Strickland of Hanover, Pennsylvania, two sons, Terry Robert Strickland of Hanover, Pennsylvania, Brandon Lee Strickland of Oklahoma; two step-sons, Jonquenton and Christopher David Cross both of Dexter, Missouri; two grandchildren; one sister, Karen Winchester of Piggott, Arkansas; four brothers, Marvin Dale Strickland of Kennett, Missouri, Donald Strickland of Risco, Missouri, Kenny Strickland of Gideon, Missouri and Bobby Strickland of Puxico, Missouri. Other family and friends also survive. Memorial services will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Thursday, April 12, 2012, at the Faith Fellowship Church in Dexter, Missouri with Sister Bonnie Cannell of Dexter, Missouri officiating. Watkins & Sons Funeral Service of Dexter in charge of arrangements.