Passed away at his home on July 30, 2007. Loving husband of Ruth E. Strickland; father of Wayne (Laura) Strickland and David (Terri) Strickland; grandfather of Jennifer (Jay) Ollom, Erin Strickland and Michael Strickland; brother of Melvin and Dorothy; uncle of Joe Bell. He was preceded in death by a granddaughter, Kathryn Strickland. Visitation Thursday, August 2 from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. at LEE FUNERAL HOME, Branch Ave. and Coventry Way, Clinton, MD, where service will be held on Friday at 10 a.m. Interment Resurrection Cemetery.