A Graveside Service for Mary Ann Jones Strickland, 91 year old Leonard resident, is scheduled for 2:00 P.M. Thursday May 12, 2016 at the Leonard Cemetery. Family visitation will be Wednesday May 11, 2016 from 6:00 until 8:00 P.M.
Mary Ann was born March 1, 1925 at Valley Creek, Texas. Her parents were Charlie Jones and Lela Bell Dorsett Jones. She was a graduate of East Texas State Teacher’s College and taught school for 15 or more years. She married Frank Alfred Strickland February 4, 1950 at Dallas, Texas. She was a member of the National Education Association, the Red Hat Society and was very active in the Democratic Party. She passed away at her residence Saturday May 7, 2016.
She is survived by her son and daughter: David Alan Strickland and Karen Ann Strickland.
In addition to her parents and her husband, she was preceded in death by her two sisters and a brother: Fern Gilliam, Maxine Jones and Charles David Jones.