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DATE: Friday, January 26, 1996               TAG: 9601260454
SECTION: LOCAL                    PAGE: B6   EDITION: FINAL 
DATELINE: PORTSMOUTH                         LENGTH: Short :   27 lines

ELLA L. STRICKLAND

Ella L. Strickland, 82, of the 1900 block of Roanoke Ave., died Jan. 24, 1996.

She was the widow of David Strickland and a former member of Our Lady of Victory.

She is survived by two sisters, Sophia Goodrich and Margaret Griffin; two stepdaughters, Janetta Edwards and Marion Bynoe; two nieces, Jacqueline Brabson, Cynthia Simmons; and a host of great nieces, great nephews, other relatives and friends.

A funeral service will be conducted at 11 a.m. Saturday by Father Joseph S. Slowik in St. Paul Catholic Church. Burial will be in Greenlawn Memorial Gardens, Chesapeake. Fisher Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements. The family will be at the funeral home today at 7 p.m. ILLUSTRATION: Photo

KEYWORDS: DEATH OBITUARY by CNB