Terry Dale Strickland, 38, of Big Spring, died on Tuesday, June 15, 2004, in a local hospital. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 PM Friday, June 18, 2004 at the East Fourth Street Baptist Church with Rev. Dean Thomas, pastor, officiating. Interment will follow at Trinity Memorial Park.The family will receive friends from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM Thursday at the funeral home.He was born on November 12, 1965, in Kermit, Texas and married Lori Toomire on April 27, 1996 in Big Spring, Texas.Terry graduated from Levelland High School in 1984, from South Plains College in Levelland and from Eastern New Mexico University in 1991. He came to Big Spring in 1994 from Odessa and worked for Cox Communications. He was a member of East Fourth Street Baptist Church.Survivors include his wife, Lori Strickland of Big Spring; two sons, Trevor Dale Strickland and Tyler Davis Strickland both of Big Spring; his parents, Jimmy and Peggy Strickland of Vernon; two brothers and sisters-in-law, Randy and Daylene Strickland of Bettendorf, Iowa and Jay and Angie Strickland of Greenville; two nephews, Jacob Strickland and Joshua Strickland both of Greenville; his father-in-law, Keith Toomire of Big Spring; his mother-in-law, Jane Iness of Austin and many other loving family members and friends including Trudie Stovall. He was preceded in death by one son, Trenton Ray Strickland in 1997 and his grandparents, D. L. and Beulah Thigpen and Freeman and Florence Strickland. The family suggests memorials to the East Fourth Street Baptist Church, 401 E. Fourth, Big Spring, Texas 79720 or to a favorite charity.Arrangements under the direction of Nalley-Pickle & Welch Funeral Home & Crematory of Big Spring. Online condolences can be made at: www.npwelch.com,
