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DATE: Saturday, January 27, 1996             TAG: 9601270183
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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 Church.

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

A funeral service will be conducted at 11 a.m. today 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. ILLUSTRATION: Photo

KEYWORDS: DEATH OBITUARY by CNB