- Date Of Birth: November 27, 1935
- Date Of Death: February 3, 2019
- State: Georgia
Barbara Strickland Parrish passed away on February 3, 2019.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Dan Parrish and her brother, James C. Strickland, Jr. She is survived by her three daughters and their husbands: Kay and Gary Hawkinson of Lawrenceville, Diane and Tom Woodward of Blairsville, and Jann and Kevin Bradford of Yaounde, Cameroon and four grandchildren: Emily Hawkinson, Abby Hawkinson, Joshua Bradford, and Caleb Bradford. She has a surviving brother, George Lovvorn Strickland of Morgan Hill, CA. Barbara was born and raised in LaGrange, Georgia, and graduated from Georgia Baptist Hospital School of Nursing (now Mercer University). She was an ob/gyn nurse and later was an occupational nurse with Delta Airlines. Barbara loved music and sang in her church choir most of her life. She taught Sunday School and Bible studies and was a disciplined lifelong student of the Bible. Barbara was always willing to help those in need. She loved people, and with anyone she met, she was usually able to find some kind of connection or common acquaintance. Her faith inspired and encouraged those around her.
