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DATE: Tuesday, January 31, 1995              TAG: 9501310223
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OTHO M. STRICKLAND

Otho McKinley Strickland, 67, died Jan. 28, 1995, in Hertford, N.C.

Mr. Strickland was a native of Johnson County, N.C. He was retired as a master sergeant from the U.S. Air Force and was a veteran of World War II, Korea and Vietnam.

Survivors include his mother, Lucretia Paul Burgess of Hertford, N.C.; four sisters, Marie S. Hendry of Wilmington, Del., Carolyn S. James of Portsmouth, Louise S. Sawyer of Hertford, N.C., and Nancy S. Hartung of Chesapeake.

A funeral will be conducted at 1 p.m. Wednesday in Sturtevant Funeral Home, Portsmouth Blvd. Chapel, Portsmouth, by the Rev. Gene V. Primm. Burial will be in Hampton National Cemetery.

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