William M. Strickland Jr.

Retired Master Sgt. William Morgan Strickland Jr., 79, died Saturday, Aug. 21, 2010, in Regency Hospital in Florence. Born Oct. 17, 1930, in Robbins, Tenn., he was a son of the late William Morgan Strickland Sr. and the late Ethel Mae West Strickland. He was of the Methodist faith, a retired Air Force veteran, a Mason and a Shriner, and retired from the mobile home business in Sumter and West Columbia.

He is survived by a daughter, Patty (William Hugh) Epps of Alcolu; two sisters, Betty (Glenn) Duncan of Oliver Springs, Tenn., and Elizabeth (Ken) McNelly of Rockwood, Tenn.; three grandchildren, Will (Kathryn) Epps, Nancy (Heyward) Moore, and McNeil (Megan) Epps; two great-grandchildren, Heyward Moore III and William Hugh Epps III; and a nephew, Mike Patterson of Norfolk, Va.

He was preceded in death by a sister, Wilma Strickland Patterson, and a nephew, Chuck Patterson.

Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Tuesday in Roane Memorial Gardens in Rockwood, Tenn.

Stephens Funeral Home and Crematory, 304 N. Church St., Manning, is in charge of local arrangements.