Willis Strickland

Four Oaks:    Mr. Willis Edgar Strickland,  age 84,  died on Sunday at Johnston Medical Center in Smithfield.  Funeral  Services  will  be 3:00PM-Wednesday at the First Baptist Church in Four Oaks. Revs. John Norman & Marie Fox will officiate.  Entombment will follow at the Four Oaks City Cemetery.              Mr. Strickland was born on July 8, 1931 in Johnston County to the late Ethan Willis and Prinzenia Canaday Strickland. He was a 1949 graduate of Four Oaks High School  and served  in the United States Navy where he retired after 21 years of service.  After his navy career, Mr. Strickland received his accounting and business administration degree from Johnston Technical College. Mr. Strickland also retired from Bayer Pharmaceutical Company with 20 years of service.   He was a member of First Baptist Church of Four Oaks.             Surviving are his wife of 48 years, Alma Phillips Strickland; sisters, Brookie Register and Ann Allen, both of Four Oaks; many loving nieces and nephews.             Family will receive friends 1:30PM-2:30PM Wednesday prior to the service at the First Baptist Church in Four Oaks.             Flowers are welcomed, however the family suggest memorials to First Baptist Church of Four Oaks, PO Box 717, Four Oaks, NC 27524 or to the Four Oaks United Methodist Church, PO Box 177, Four Oaks, NC 27524.