Patricia Pat Strickland

March 17, 1939 - August 22, 2008

Funeral services for Mrs. Patricia "Pat" Mable Montgomery Strickland, age 69 of Attapulgus, GA, will be held Tuesday, August 26, 2008 at 2:00 p.m. in the Chapel of Cox - Ware Funeral Home. Interment will follow in the Piedmont Cemetery in Calvary, GA. Visitation will be one hour prior to service time. Mrs. Strickland was born in Massena, NY, March 17, 1939 the daughter of the late Michael Lee and Nellie Mae Guilbault Montgomery. She moved to Decatur County in 1974 having lived in Tallahassee since the early 60's. She worked as a registered nurse in the OR at Tallahassee Regional Medical Center for 10 years during that time. She was a homemaker and of the Catholic faith. Mrs. Strickland loved sewing, gardening and flowers. She is survived by her husband of 41 years Bennie Lewis Strickland, of Attapulgus; two daughters Kathy Massimo of Jacksonville, FL and Beth Strickland of Attapulgus; three sons Randal Strickland of Tallahassee, FL, Peter Montgomery of North Port, FL and Brian Strickland of Attapulgus; two sisters Gloria Ann McGuire of Cazenovia, NY and Carolyn Theresa Damon of VA; two brothers James Montgomery of Chittenango, NY and David Montgomery of Weinthrop, NY and six grandchildren.