Troy Alexander Strickland

Troy Alexander Strickland, age 93, of Fort Worth, Texas, passed away on Friday, November 22, 2019. 

Visitation is scheduled from 1:30 to 2:30 p.m. Tuesday, November 26, 2019 at Whites Funeral Home, 130 Houston Ave., Weatherford.      

Graveside service will immediately follow at East Greenwood Cemetery in Weatherford, with Robbie Holder officiating. 

Troy was born in Weinert, Texas on June 6, 1926 to Hiram E. Strickland and Ola Mae Hester Strickland.  He married Lora Jean Scruggs on December 30, 1944, and was drafted into the Navy that same year.  Troy retired from General Dynamics, now known as Lockheed Martin, in 1991.

 He was preceded in death by his parents; his brothers, Marion, Lonnie (Cornelius), Thurman, and Preston Strickland; and his sisters, Sybil Hargrove, Edith Kilgore, and Delia Mae Craft. 

Survivors include his wife of 74 years, Lora Strickland; daughter, Donna Wilkerson and husband Garry, of North Richland Hills; son, Danny Strickland and his wife, Rae, of Haltom City; grandchildren, Triesha Gross and her husband, Tony, Diana Lewis and her husband, Matt, Stacy Reeves and her husband, Bobby, David Strickland and Kali Strickland; great-grandchildren, Riley and Ryan Reeves, Haylee and Hayden Gross, Logan and Lauren Lewis, Bailey and Raeley Rowden; and one brother, Clay Strickland.