Dorothy "Dot" Pool Strickland, 97, of Gainesville died Aug. 13, 2019 at Northeast Georgia Medical Center. Dot lived in Macon and LaGrange, GA before moving to Gainesville in 1956. After raising a family and teaching school for 15 years, she retired in 1978 and began a life filled with numerous activities. Among those were volunteering with Meals on Wheels and as a pink lady at Northeast Georgia Medical Center. She was very active in the Gainesville First United Methodist Church gadabouts and enjoyed all the many bus trips covering the United States. She loved genealogy and keeping in touch with many relatives young and old, near and far. Survivors include her son and daughter-in-law, Len and Carolyn Strickland, Fairhope, AL.; daughter and son-in-law; Joy and Jess Pearson, Watkinsville; daughter, Judy P. Strickland, Gainesville and Germany; grandchildren, Davis (Cheyanne) Strickland, Stephen (Ashley) Strickland; Greg (Clark) Pearson and Emily Pearson; great grandchildren, John Blackmon, Bennett and Hayes Strickland and Strickland Pearson. She was preceded in death by her husband Herbert L. Strickland; parents Julian T. and Sadie Wood Pool; brothers Francis Pool and J.T. Pool. The family requests memorial donations to Eagle Ranch or Gainesville First United Methodist Church. Little & Davenport Funeral Home.
Dorothy "Dot" Pool Strickland, 97, of Gainesville died Aug. 13, 2019 at Northeast Georgia Medical Center. Dot lived in Macon and LaGrange, GA before moving to Gainesville in 1956. After raising a family and teaching school for 15 years, she retired in 1978 and began a life filled with numerous activities. Among those were volunteering with Meals on Wheels and as a pink lady at Northeast Georgia Medical Center. She was very active in the Gainesville First United Methodist Church gadabouts and enjoyed all the many bus trips covering the United States. She loved genealogy and keeping in touch with many relatives young and old, near and far. Survivors include her son and daughter-in-law, Len and Carolyn Strickland, Fairhope, AL.; daughter and son-in-law; Joy and Jess Pearson, Watkinsville; daughter, Judy P. Strickland, Gainesville and Germany; grandchildren, Davis (Cheyanne) Strickland, Stephen (Ashley) Strickland; Greg (Clark) Pearson and Emily Pearson; great grandchildren, John Blackmon, Bennett and Hayes Strickland and Strickland Pearson. She was preceded in death by her husband Herbert L. Strickland; parents Julian T. and Sadie Wood Pool; brothers Francis Pool and J.T. Pool. The family requests memorial donations to Eagle Ranch or Gainesville First United Methodist Church. Little & Davenport Funeral Home.
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