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The university announced Wednesday that Arvarh Strickland died on Tuesday. He was 82.
Strickland retired from the university in 1996 but remained active in Columbia as a community leader. The university honored him in 2007 by renaming what had been known as the General Classroom Building as Arvarh E. Strickland Hall.
Strickland joined the Missouri faculty in 1969 from Chicago State College. He grew up in rural Mississippi, attended Tougaloo College and earned his doctorate from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Services for Strickland are scheduled for Saturday morning at Missouri United Methodist Church in Columbia, with internment at Memorial Park Cemetery.
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23 Entries
Valenda Newell
November 12, 2016
A GREAT MAN WHO DEDICATED HIS LIFE TO EDUCATION...JOB WELL DONE...PRAYERS and BLESSINGS
May 8, 2013
My Condolence to Mr. strickland family. May God gives all of you comfort and streght to cope with this difficult time. 1 cor. 1:4
Cynthia
May 6, 2013
May the God of all comfort and peace be with your dear memories.
Brendan Slavin
May 6, 2013
Godspeed, Mr. Strickland. A remarkable man indeed.
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Penda Childrey~Sahara
May 4, 2013
May peace & blessing's continue to be with Mr.Strickland as he rest in Paradise..
Davetta Baskerville
May 3, 2013
Dr. Skrickland sounds like he was a remarkable man. May God bless his love ons.
May 2, 2013
I so sorry to hear of your loss may he god of all comfort be with you and your family at his time 2 corth 1:3, 4
REV.D. BROWN
May 2, 2013
GOD! BLESS!
Shirley Thomas
May 2, 2013
My prays go out to the family & friends. I read his obitary and printed it to add to my Black History Book. He was someone to be very proud of!!!
katherine
May 2, 2013
Rest well in the arms of God my dear friend. I pray God has found you a place in his Kingdom. May God truly bless the Strickland family. God be with you all.
G. Timothy Vaughn
May 2, 2013
Thanks for being the light for so many of us who were encouraged at Tougaloo by your great works to fly like eagles. and in the . Peace and Blessings
The Long Family
May 2, 2013
May God bless you and your family in this time of sorrow.
May 2, 2013
Offering my deepest condolences during this difficult time, I'm so very sorry for your loss, death is something we are never prepared for, but please find comfort in knowing sickness, pain and death will one day be no more.
Dwayne Bickham
May 2, 2013
in God's care
LW
May 2, 2013
R.I.P. you are going to truly be missed
May 2, 2013
My condolences to your family, I truly hope that the God of comfort gives you the strength you need to endure this difficult time. Isaiah 65:17
With Deep Sympathy
Cheryl
May 1, 2013
Mr. Strickland will be missed by many. I hope all of his cherished memories will bring comfort to all.
LaDonna Williams-Hunt
May 1, 2013
What a wonderful man. He paved the way for many historians, and touched the lives of many young people. R.I.P.
Barbara Lorde
May 1, 2013
What an amazing man. May his legacy lives on forever. Rest in peace.
Becca Helen
May 1, 2013
Did not know you, sir, but it sure was a long time coming, yes? My sincere respect and admiration for your noble, and scholarly journey. My condolences to your family and friends. Godspeed, Mr. Strickland.
Joan Gundersen
May 1, 2013
I remember Arvah as a faithful member of the history honorary Phi Alpha Theta. We served on the National Board together. May he rest in peace.
Jonas 'Bo' Bender
May 1, 2013
Arvarh,a Tougaloo College graduate,did his part to make this a better world
keith sculle
May 1, 2013
My sympathies to the family. Arvarh will be missed, a great historian.
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