Joshua Brent “Josh” Strickland, age 40 of Carrollton, Georgia, passed away on Wednesday morning, June 6, 2018. He was born January 25, 1978 in Carroll County, Georgia, the son of Thomas Leslie Strickland and the late Vicky Jane Freeman. He was a 1996 graduate of Central High School and received a Masters Degree from the University of Wet Georgia in 2003.

He was an elementary school teacher, having taught at Temple Elementary School, and was a member of New Beginnings Church of God.

Survivors include his wife, Delene Honea Strickland; daughter, Kendall Strickland and son, Trevor Strickland; father, Thomas Leslie of Carrollton; step-mother, Tricia Strickland of Carrollton; step-father, Terry Freeeman, also of Carrollton; sister, Stephanie Felkner of Calhoun, Georgia; step-sisters: Andrea Castaneda of Carrollton, Georgia and Leslie Waldroup of Waco, Georgia, and Katlyn Freeman of Rome, Georgia.

Funeral services will be conducted Saturday, June 9, 2018 at 11:00 AM from Tabernacle Baptist Church with Pastor Jeff Maxwell officiating. Pallbearers will be Jonathan Cummings, James Cummings, Adam Bradley, Michael Wilburn, and Geary Durre. Honorary pallbearers will be Riverside / Abundant Life Youth Group, Covenant Life Youth Group, Carrollton New Beginnings Youth Group and Co-Workers.

Interment will follow in Pleasant View Baptist Church Cemetery. The family will receive friends at the funeral home on Friday evening from 5:00 PM until 8:00 PM. Message of condolence may be sent to the family at www.martin-hightower.com.

Martin & Hightower Heritage Chapel has charge of the arrangements.