Robert Wayne Strickland
March 10, 1962 ~ May 5, 2016 (age 54) 54 Years OldShare using:
Robert Wayne Strickland of McColl passed away peacefully at his home Thursday, May 5, 2016 surrounded by his family and loved ones. He was 54.
Funeral services will be held at Monday, May 9, 2016 at Rogers Funeral Home in McColl at 3:00 PM with the Rev. Donald Deal officiating. Interment will follow at Rogers Cemetery. There will be a time of visitation before the service from 1:00 – 3:00 PM, also at the funeral home.
Robert was born March 10, 1962 in Marlboro County, SC to the late Bracey Strickland and the late Martha Jane Cribb Strickland. He spent his working years as a mechanic in the textile industry, mostly at JP Stevens. Robert loved spending chilly Sunday afternoons watching football and the Washington Redskins were his team. He began teaching himself karate at the age of nine by watching Bruce Lee and Billy Jack movies. But children were Robert’s passion. He adored his own grandchildren but any child could steal his heart. Robert would do anything to make a child laugh, whether it involved a silly wig or piggy-back rides.
In addition to his parents Robert was preceded in death by a brother, Bracey Edward Strickland (1989) and a sister, Carol Carter (2012).
To cherish his memory Robert leaves behind his the woman he loved unconditionally for the last 18 years, and who’s been his wife for the last nine of those, Allison (Sissy) of the home; four sons; Robert “Buddy” Strickland, Jr. and wife Elaine of Florence, SC, Dakota Aaron Strickland of McColl, SC, Zachary Wayne Strickland and wife Rebecca of Turbeville, SC, and Jason Dewayne Carter of Blenheim, SC; three daughters, Tiffany Strickland and husband Robert of McColl, Jennifer Graham of Rockingham, and Cynthia Marie Strickland of Florence, SC; a brother, Johnny Nelson Strickland; six sisters, Myra Jean Tyndall, Leola Love, Joyce Grooms, Peggy Strickland, Brenda Slocum, Deborah Harrington, and Daisy Locklear; as well as a host of nephews and nieces that he loved as his own children, and many friends and neighbors.
