William Carroll Strickler

STRICKLER, William Carroll – William Carroll Strickler, 86 years of age, died here Thursday night at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Jesse Franks with whom he was spending the winter months. The funeral services were conducted by Rev. C.J. Ralston, of Caney, a Presbyterian missionary in this county for many years and an intimate friend of the deceased. The pall-bearers were his six oldest grandsons: E. Rismer Carroll Franks, J.G. Hampton, W.W. Hampton, C.W. Moore and Hardin Meadows. Mr. Strickler had lived in what is now Bryan County fifty years, coming here from Washington County, Arkansas, where he was born. He served the entire four years of the Civil War with the Confederate army. He was a member of the Presbyterian Church at Bokchito, having been ordained an elder in that church many years ago when it was known as the Macedonia Church. For a great number of years he was devoted to the church and the cause of his Master, always ready to lend a helping hand to the needy. He is survived by nine children, twenty-nine grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. [Prairie Grove Herald 3/17/1927]