A.K. "Arvis" Strickland

TALLAHASSEE, Fla.- A.K. (Arvis) Strickland, 78, died on Monday, July 5, 2004, after a lengthy illness. He passed away at home surrounded by his loving family and special friends. He is survived by his beloved wife of 60 years, Jewel Daughtry Strickland and five children, A.K. (Ken) Strickland, Jr., Linda Strickland Adams and husband, Lenton R. Adams, Michael D. Strickland and Judy E. Strickland, all of Tallahassee and Paul W. Strickland and wife, Vanessa Rose Strickland of Laguna Niguel, California. Mr. Strickland had nine grandchildren, Schylea Strickland, Kevin and Astrid Bowlby Strickland, Alycia Strickland, Jennifer and Scott Martin, Amanda Adams, Angel and Jeremy Kendrick, Skylar Strickland, Zoe Strickland and Jeremy Crane. Mr. Strickland also had nine great-grandchildren, John Hardy, Jamie Hardy, Meghan Brown, Logan Martin, Cody Moore, Tyler Ouzts, Krista Kendrick, Karighan Kendrick and Zack Kendrick. He is survived by one sister, Elria Strickland Davis of Bainbridge and many nieces and nephews. Mr. Strickland was born in Dade County, Florida, on Augusta 20, 1925 and lived there briefly. He and his family were residents of Bainbridge, Georgia from 1947 until 1962 and Augusta, Georgia until they relocated to Tallahassee in 1989.; He was a retired construction contractor and operated a greenhouse nursery in Augusta and owned Strickland Golf Carts in Tallahassee until a second retirement in 2000. He was a World War II veteran and a lifelong member of the Climax Advent Christian Church. The funeral will be on Friday, July 9, at 11 a.m. at Culleys on Timberlane Road with Rev. John F. Tuvell and Rev. John F. Perry officiating. Mr. Strickland's grandsons and nephews will serve as pallbearers and members of his church and close friends will be honorary pallbearers. The family will be receiving visitors at Culleys on Thursday evening between 6 and 8 p.m. Culley's MeadowWood Funeral Home, 700 Timberland Road, Tallahassee, Florida 32312. 850-877-8191. Sign the guestbook at AugustaChronicle.com