FLOYD STANLEY STRICKLIN JR

FLOYD STANLEY STRICKLIN WAS BORN JULY 9, 1951 IN HATTIESBURG, MISSISSIPPI TO THE LATE FLOYD STANLEY SR. AND HAZEL STRICKLIN. HE WAS THE 2ND OF 3 CHILDREN, HE ATTENDED YAZOO CITY HIGH SCHOOL.

ON AUGUST 13, 1969 HE MARRIED MELISSA HEARON, TO THIS UNION 1 DAUGHTER, NAMED ANGEL WAS BORN.

FLOYD'S GRANDPARENTS OWNED AND OPERATED A CONVENIENCE STORE NAMED "STRICK'S." FLOYD,  MELISSA, ANGEL,  FLOYD'S PARENTS, HIS BROTHER MIKE, AND HIS SISTER  LINDA ALL WORKED AT THE STORE.

FLOYD ENJOYED WATCHING MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL WITH HIS DAUGHTER ANGEL.   OFTEN HE AND HIS DOG WOULD GO OUT FOR FUN AND FOR SPORT SHOOTING, HE WAS A VERY FUNNY PERSON AND WOULD HAVE YOU LAUGHING ON MANY OCCASIONS.

DADDY BOUGHT ME A GO CART AND WOULD TAKE ME TO THE VACANT PARKING LOTS OF THE DIFFERENT STORES  AFTER BUSINESS HOURS AND LET ME JUST RIDE UNTIL MY HEART'S CONTENT. HE WAS A GOOD FATHER, HUSBAND, BROTHER AND UNCLE. HE HAD HIS ISSUES, BUT DON'T WE ALL?  HE WAS FUN AND VERY LOVING.

AROUND 1996 HE MOVED TO JACKSON, MISSISSIPPI WHERE HE WORKED FOR DIFFERENT STORES AND BUSINESSES, ONE OF WHICH WAS THE WESTERN SIZZLIN  RESTAURANT, FOR MANY YEARS.

LATER HE MARRIED PATRICIA, TO THIS UNION WAS ALSO A DAUGHTER LAURIE BORN.

IN 2002, HE MOVED TO LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS WHERE HE BECAME FRIENDS WITH KEVIN HAYBURN AND SIMMON SMITH.  BOTH REMAINED HIS FRIEND UNTO DEATH.

FLOYD STANLEY STRICKLIN JR.,  PASSED AWAY PEACEFULLY IN HIS HOME IN LITTLE ROCK WHILE SITTING IN HIS CHAIR WATCHING TELEVISION.

PRECEDED IN DEATH BY: HIS GRANDPARENTS, PARENTS, BROTHER; MIKE AND SISTER; LINDA MULLINS

LEFT TO CHERISH HIS MEMORIES: DAUGHTERS; ANGEL AND LAURIE, GRANDCHILDREN; OLIVIA AND JACK,

SIBLINGS; CHARLOTTE McKEE, NIECE: VICKI,  FRIENDS; KEVIN HAYBURN AND ATTORNEY SIMMON SMITH AND A HOST OF OTHER RELATIVES AND FRIENDS. HE WILL BE MISSED, BUT NEVER FORGOTTEN.

THE MEMORIAL SERVICE WILL BE SATURDAY 1:00 PM AT THE SIMMON SMITH BUILDING 1719 WRIGHT AVE STREET (CORNER OF WRIGHT AVE AND WOLFE STREET, IN THE TAN BRICK BUILDING WITH RED, BLACK AND GREEN PAINTING) NEXT TO THE AFRICAN MARKET STORE.    [ENTER ON THE WOLFE STREET SIDE]

YOU CAN ORDER FLOWERS, FRUIT BASKETS, SEND CONDOLENCES, UPLOAD PHOTOS AND LIGHT AN "IN LOVING MEMORY OF " CANDLE HERE ON OUR WEBSITE. (TO SEE THE PHOTOS IN FULL SIZE CLICK ON "PHOTOS AND VIDEOS" TAB THEN CLICK ON THE PHOTO)

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