SPRING HOPE - Eunice Rachel Gardner Strickland, age 92, passed away, Monday, January 30, 2023. She was preceded in death by her parents, Ernest Samuel Gardner and Katie Katherine Joyner Gardner; husband, Charlie Bermon Srickland (Monkey); sons, Gerald Strickland and James Strickland; fourteen other siblings and three sister -in - laws.

She is survived by her daughters, Faye S. Perry (Larry) of Spring Hope, Robin Strickland of Rocky Mount, Vickie S. Carlyle (Eugene) of Spring Hope; sister, Elsie Sledge of Spring Hope; brothers, Roy Gardner of Sharpsburg, Troy Gardner (Grace) of Nashville, and Larry Gardner (Sharon) of Rocky Mount; sister- in-law, Shirley S. Forehand (West) of Wake Forest; 7 grandchildren; 6 great - grandchildren; and many nieces and nephews.

Visitation will be from 11:00 a.m. until 11:45 a.m. at Spring Hope Church of God with a funeral following at 12 p.m. on Saturday, February 4, 2023. Interment will follow in Spring Hope Memorial Gardens.