The Virginian-Pilot
                             THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT 
              Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: Thursday, May 4, 1995                  TAG: 9505040335
SECTION: LOCAL                    PAGE: B8   EDITION: FINAL 
DATELINE: PORTSMOUTH                         LENGTH: Short :   24 lines

FRANCES M. STRICKLAND

Frances M. Strickland, 79, of the 5700 block of Hawthorne Lane, died May 1, 1995, in Portsmouth.

Mrs. Strickland was born in South Boston, Va.

She is survived by her husband, William L. Strickland Sr.; two daughters, Lottie H. Morgan of Chesapeake and Patsy H. Mullins of Portsmouth; a son, William L. Strickland Jr. of Portsmouth; two sisters, Kathleen Puryear and Mary Alice Lipford, both of South Boston; six grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren.

A funeral will be conducted today at 11 a.m. in Sturtevant Funeral Home, Portsmouth Blvd. Chapel, by the Rev. Terry L. Riddle. Burial will be in Greenlawn Memorial Gardens.

KEYWORDS: DEATH OBITUARY by CNB