Dorothy (Jennie) McElroy Strickland - Mobile Memorial Gardens
Dorothy (Jennie) McElroy Strickland
January 21, 1925 - October 16, 2025
Dorothy (Jennie) McElroy Strickland, 100, of Pensacola, passed away peacefully in Mobile, Alabama on October 16, 2025. Jennie was Cuba, Alabama, the daughter of James and Mary Lou Johnson McElroy. She moved to Mobile, Alabama after graduation and worked at Brockley Air Force Base before transferring to McClellan Air Force Base in Sacramento, California. She retired after 28 years of civil service. Jennie moved to Pensacola in 1976 and was a member of the Friendship Class at First Baptist Church in Pensacola where the fellowship was especially dear to her. She and her husband enjoyed the outdoors and spent much of their retirement years traveling, camping, and hiking throughout the United States. She met many people on her life’s journey who became close friends. She was also a volunteer at HCA West Florida Hospital for 34 years. Jennie was preceded in death by her husband of 69 years, Albert Strickland; her sisters, Evelyn Baker and Bessie Mae Chestnut Jones and her brother, James McElroy. Survivors include two daughters, Luticia Kovarik (Don) and Dorothy Williamson (Gill); four grandchildren, Jeffrey Williamson (Teri), John Kovarik (Katie), Jack Willimson (Tonia), and Kristen Kovarik, and seven great-grandchildren.
January 21, 1925 - October 16, 2025
A visitation will be held from 10:00am-11:00am on Friday, October 24, 2025 at Pensacola Memorial Gardens in Pensacola, Florida.
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