Catherine Griffin Strickland
May 30, 1940 ~ June 1, 2010
NASHVILLE- Catherine Griffin Strickland, 70, passed away Tuesday, June 01, 2010. Catherine was born May 30, 1940 in Nash County, daughter of the late Milton Mann Strickland and Lois Catherine "Kitty" Griffin. Left to cherish her memory are two sisters, Tillie (Ben) Willis of Winston Salem, NC and Ann (Dudley) Payne of Warrenton, Virginia; niece, MacRae Willis Sollee; nephews, Benjamin Sheppard Willis, III, Edward Dudley Payne, John Strickland Payne and H. Dudley Payne, III.
Catherine was an assistant librarian at Harold D. Cooley Library in Nashville. She enjoyed music, singing, and writing poetry.
A graveside service to remember Catherine will be 12:00 noon, on Thursday, June 3, 2010 at Forest Hill Cemetery in Nashville. The family will receive friends following the services.
Catherine's family would like to extend a special thanks to her wonderful family of caregivers at Autumn Care where she had been the last five years. Memorials in Catherine's name would be appreciated to the Resident Council Fund at Autumn Care Center of Nash, 1210 Eastern Avenue, Nashville, NC 27856. Donations will be used to support the music program there that Catherine loved so much.
Arrangements entrusted to Wheeler & Woodlief Funeral Home, 1130 N. Winstead Ave., Rocky Mount. You may share your memories and send the family condolences online by visiting www.wheelerwoodlief.com
Visitation
Forest Hill Cemetery
350 North 1st Street, Ext.
Nashville, NC 27856
Thursday 6/3
Service
Forest Hill Cemetery
350 North 1st Street, Ext.
Nashville, NC 27856
Thursday 6/3, 12:00 pm
Cemetery
Forest Hill Cemetery
350 North 1st Street, Ext.
Nashville, NC 27856
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I was sorry to hear of Catherine’s passing. I was thinking about her today, looked her up and saw that she is gone. I knew Catherine from when I was a child in Nashville and lived across from the library when she worked there in the 1970’s. I was constantly over there and still remember her infectious laugh and good humor all these years later. She would send me home to bring back the overdue books I had left at at home. She was a wonderful lady and I’ve never forgotten her. RIP.