Homerville, GA Mrs. Eloise Stalvey Strickland, 85, passed away Monday, Nov. 29, 2010, in the Clinch Memorial Hospital following an extended illness. Mrs. Strickland was born July 21, 1925 to the late James Franklin Stalvey, Sr. and Mary Emma Kirkland Stalvey. She was a homemaker and a member of the Homerville First Baptist Church. She was preceded in death by her husband, William Jackson “Bill” Strickland, her daughter, Mary Olive Cribbs, her son-in-law, Bill Cribbs, two sisters, Juanita Smith and Frances Stalvey and a brother, James Franklin Stalvey, Jr., Survivors are her grandson and granddaughter-in-law: Will & Stephanie Cribbs, Tallahassee, FL; special friends Melissa and Nathaniel Hendley, Homerville; several nieces and nephews and several other relatives. Services for Mrs. Strickland will be held Saturday, December 4, 2010 at 11:00 a.m. from the Homerville First Baptist Church. Internment will be in the North Cemetery, DuPont, GA. The family will receive friends Friday, December 3, 2010, from 6 till 8 p.m. at the funeral home. Mrs. Strickland will be carried to the church one hour prior to the service. Sympathy may be expressed by signing the online registry at www.roundtreefuneralhome.net Roundtree Funeral Home is serving the Strickland Family.