Fanise Sapp Strickland, 87, passed away Thursday, March 18, 2010 after a brief illness.
Born on March 15, 1923 in Seville, Georgia, she lived most of her life in Warner Robins. In 1977 she became the owner of Evelyn's Ladies Apparel shop subsequent to the death of the shop's founder, Jimmy Rosenberg. In 2009 she closed the store and retired at the age of 86. Evelyn's is believed to have been the second oldest business in Warner Robins. She was a devout Christian and taught Sunday School and served as Church Treasurer as well as many other positions over the years. She was a member of Second Baptist Church. Well known and loved in her community, she was once voted Business Woman of the Year. She was preceded in death by her husband, Marvin Dean Strickland, parents, Samuel Wesley Sapp and Ethel Harper Sapp, sister, Marlene Sapp Rountree, and brother, Verlin Samuel Sapp.
She will live in the hearts of her daughters, Dianne S. Johnson, Milledgeville, Kathy S. Middleton (Eddie), Atlanta, and Debbie S. Thompson (Hill), Lake Sinclair; son, Ronald Otis Strickland, Warner Robins; daughter-in-law, Shelley K. Strickland; grandchildren, Shanna Pabian Bradley (Bill), Atlanta, Jessica Pabian Duncan (Kyle), West Palm Beach, Florida, Jennifer Lea Pabian, Pensacola, Florida, Adam C. Pabian, Milledgeville, Derick J. Thompson, Athens, Christina Middleton, Wilson, North Carolina, Jamie M. Middleton, Durham, North Carolina, Jon E. Middleton and David C. Middleton, Atlanta, Stacey Strickland Heald (Jared), Atlanta, and Josh A. Strickland, Warner Robins; great-grandchildren, Julia Pabian, Katie Bradley, Carolyne Duncan, Matney Heald, Halle Heald, Cayden Middleton; and a number of nieces and nephews.
Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Monday, March 22, 2010, in the chapel of McCullough Funeral Home. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 10:00 a.m. until service time. Interment will be in the Seville Baptist Church Cemetery, Seville, Georgia at 3:00 p.m.
Funeral Home:
McCullough Funeral Home
417 S. Houston Lake Rd.
Warner Robins, GA
US 31088
First Baptist Church Cemetery
McCullough Funeral Home
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