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Tony Finnon “Tad” Strickland

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Tony Finnon “Tad” Strickland

Birth
Wakulla County, Florida, USA
Death
19 Sep 2005 (aged 93)
Tallahassee, Leon County, Florida, USA
Burial
Ivan, Wakulla County, Florida, USA
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Tony Finnon "Tad" Strickland, 93, a dairyman, died Monday, Sept. 19, 2005, in Tallahassee. The service will be on Friday at Riversink Baptist Church in Crawfordville, with burial at Zion Hill Cemetery.
Tad was born June 22, 1912, to William Pearley Strickland and Fannie Cleveland Powell, at Ben Haden in Wakulla County.
During the depression, he was a member of President Roosevelt's Civilian Conservation Corps. He managed several dairies in Manatee County and helped his son, Richard, who owned dairies in Georgia.
Upon retiring, he returned to Crawfordville. He was ordained a deacon at Samoset Baptist Church in Manatee Company and served as a deacon at Riversink Baptist Church. He is survived by three sons, Tony Strickland (and wife Jane Ellen), Richard Strickland (and wife Nancy) and Bill Strickland (and wife Susan); 10 grandchildren; 22 great-grandchildren; and a devoted caregiver and friend, Betty Morris.
He was preceded in death by his father, who is also buried at Zion Hill Cemetery and his mother, who is buried in Gillette Cemetery in Manatee County; his beloved wife of 59 years, Pharaba Posey Strickland, buried in Zion Hill Cemetery; three brothers, Ross, Roy, and William Strickland; and five sisters, Bannah, Ethel, Elva, Florence and Danie Strickland.
Tony Finnon "Tad" Strickland, 93, a dairyman, died Monday, Sept. 19, 2005, in Tallahassee. The service will be on Friday at Riversink Baptist Church in Crawfordville, with burial at Zion Hill Cemetery.
Tad was born June 22, 1912, to William Pearley Strickland and Fannie Cleveland Powell, at Ben Haden in Wakulla County.
During the depression, he was a member of President Roosevelt's Civilian Conservation Corps. He managed several dairies in Manatee County and helped his son, Richard, who owned dairies in Georgia.
Upon retiring, he returned to Crawfordville. He was ordained a deacon at Samoset Baptist Church in Manatee Company and served as a deacon at Riversink Baptist Church. He is survived by three sons, Tony Strickland (and wife Jane Ellen), Richard Strickland (and wife Nancy) and Bill Strickland (and wife Susan); 10 grandchildren; 22 great-grandchildren; and a devoted caregiver and friend, Betty Morris.
He was preceded in death by his father, who is also buried at Zion Hill Cemetery and his mother, who is buried in Gillette Cemetery in Manatee County; his beloved wife of 59 years, Pharaba Posey Strickland, buried in Zion Hill Cemetery; three brothers, Ross, Roy, and William Strickland; and five sisters, Bannah, Ethel, Elva, Florence and Danie Strickland.

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