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James Paul Strickland Jr.¹

• Father: James Paul Strickland¹ b. 25 Sep 1895, d. 24 May 1965
• Mother: Eula Elizabeth Head b. s 1897

• Charts: Stewart Descendants, Strickland Descendants

• Last Edited: 4 Mar 2011

• (Child) Birth*: 20 December 1920¹
• Marriage*: say 1946; Principal=Lucy Steed
• (Deceased) Death*: 1 April 2007; Lousiville, Jefferson Co., Georgia; From Joe Strickland:
  
  On April 3, 2007, I buried my brother. Everyone knows what a wosie I am when it comes to emotional situations, but there are a few things that I would like to share with this experience. In addition, there are several recollections that are vivid in my mind.
  I was five when Paul joined the navy in 1939. I remember standing on the platform at the train station in Hamlet, North Carolina, saying goodbye to a brother that I never knew until after the war. Before the war, I can only remember Paul getting a "T" model for his high school graduation, and Dad making him take it back for some unknown reason.
  Like me, when I joined the service, Mother did not want him to go; but Dad seemed to know that it was time for him to become independent of parents. The next time I saw him was after Pearl Harbor sometime during the month of December , 1941, or January, 1942. When he came home, he would not talk about what happened to him at Pearl on December 7, 1941; but I recalled that he was so loud talking that a neighbor came from the end of the block to ask him to be quite because they had a baby trying to sleep. Paul was on leave because his ship had had the front end blown off by a mini-sub; and he was waiting reassignment while his ship, The USS Hellena, was being repaired. The Navy Department assigned him to Norfolk, Virginia, and later to Morocco.
  On that dreadful day when we came under attack, Paul later told me that he was up and getting ready to go to church (still in his under shorts). He had heard all the noise going on topside, so he decided to see for himself. About the time he had reached the upper deck, a Zero was shooting at his ship. He said that he literally dove down the stairs, grabbed a life jacket, and manned a machine gun, still in his shorts. It was alleged that his ship had to back from Pearl to San Diego to go into dry dock.
  When our father was operated on in 1941, the USO helped Paul get an emergency leave because we did not know if Dad would live (Dad had cancer of the larynx which there were only ten survivors with the kind of operation being performed on him). Although I do not remember seeing Paul at the time, Mother and I visited Lucy, Paul’s wife, in Norfolk when their oldest son, James Earnest, was born . From this point on, we did not bond as brothers until after Paul and Lucy moved to Louisville, Georgia.
  Because Paul had been a volunteer fireman, a fire truck lead the entourage from the church to the cemetery. In the casket my brother wore a full dress naval uniform with a thirty-second degree mansions’ apron tied to the bottom. On the sleeve he had eight strips, representing 48 years in the Navy -- thirty-six on active duty. He was a Master Chief Petty Officer. His medals included 13 major battles, one where he lost his ship in the Kuala Gulf. One of two parts of the ceremony that really bothered me was the closing of the casket which meant closure to me. The other part was a navy military funeral at the grave site where they played taps, folded the American Flag draped across the coffin, and presented it to Lucy. They also had a twenty-one gun salute. My brother is one of those unsung heroes who dedicated his life for our freedom, and his community honored him with a fitting funeral. Whenever you see someone who is a member of the Military, please take the time to thank them for their service and our freedom.^1,2

Mary Helen Cain^1,2

• Last Edited: 31 Jul 2013

• Birth*: 16 November 1918; Knoxville, Knox Co., Tennessee^1,2
• Married Name: say 1953; Harkins¹
• (Bride) Marriage*: say 1953; Groom=Clyde Wilson Harkins¹
• (Resident) Residence*: after 2007; Thorsby, Chilton Co., Alabama
• Death*: 10 November 2012; Knoxville, Knox Co., Tennessee; Mary Helen Cain Harkins
  
  Mary Helen Cain Harkins passed away on Saturday, November 10, 2012 at age 93. She was born in Knoxville on November 16, 1918, the youngest daughter of Edward Lee Cain and Lillie Mae Cain. She graduated from Farragut High School in 1936 and became a registered nurse, graduating from the Baptist Memorial Hospital School of Nursing in Memphis, Tennessee in 1939. Helen was extremely proud of her distinguished career in nursing, having served as a TVA nurse during the construction of Fontana Dam among many other interesting and fulfilling assignments over her long years in service to others. Helen was a kind and gentle spirit who shared her boundless love and compassion with everyone.
  
  The love of her life, Clyde Wilson Harkins, an International Representative for the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Union, died suddenly in 1963, leaving her to raise her three small children alone as a single mother. She suffered the tragic loss of her beloved son, Robert Edward Harkins in August 2009. She was also preceded in death by her parents, her sisters Geneva Cain Anderson and Jennie B Cain Corum Miller and her step-daughters, Joyce Harkins Walker and Carol Harkins Nichols. She is survived by her daughters Shirley Harkins and Mary Brantley, son-in law Ken Brantley, six grandchildren, six step-grandchildren, several nieces and nephews and many dear friends.
  
  In the last years of her life, Helen cherished her participation in the Concord United Methodist Adult Day Enrichment Services program and enjoyed close friendships there with other participants and staff.
  
  Family and friends will gather at Edgewood Cemetery for graveside services on Tuesday, November 13 at 2 pm. Memorials may be made to Concord United Methodist Adult Day Enrichment Services, 11020 Roane Drive, Knoxville, TN 37934. Rose Mortuary Mann Heritage Chapel is in charge of arrangements.
• Burial*: say 13 November 2012; Edgewood Cemetery, Knoxville, Knox Co., Tennessee

Hazel M. Holland

• Father: Rev. Edward W. Holland b. 29 Sep 1869, d. 20 Feb 1933
• Mother: Catherine T. Compton b. Mar 1878, d. 10 Apr 1938

• Last Edited: 31 Jul 2013

• Birth*: 7 January 1906; Alabama¹
• (Bride) Marriage*: circa 1925; Groom=Clyde Wilson Harkins
• Married Name: circa 1925; Harkins
• (Deceased) Death*: 20 March 1931; Montgomery Co., Alabama^2,1
• Burial*: say 23 March 1931; Oakwood Cemetery, Georgiana, Butler Co., Alabama¹
• Biography*: 11 June 2007; From Carol Harkins Nichols, June 2007:
  
  You asked about my memories of my mother--no, I have no memory of her at all. I was born Sept 3, 1929 and she died early in 1931, I believe. I've done a good bit of research on her family, her name was Hazel Holland, but got discouraged and quit some time ago. At that time I contacted her only living sister for info, but she didn't seem to have much about their original location. My grandfather was a Baptist minister, so they had lived in several places. I remember Daddy taking Joyce and me to see our grandmother when she was on her death bed in Georgiana, AL. ....
  
  Joyce was born in Oct 1926 so you would have thought she would have remembered our mother, but she didn't. Clyde's only sister lived in B'ham and we were with her until he remarried, so she always felt we partly belonged to her. She had 2 kids close to our ages, so I'm sure it was difficult for her, but she never let us fill that way when she discussed it later.
  
  I traced the Holland family to Brooks and Thomas Counties in S. GA in 1830 but could never get beyond that or figure out how they got there.

Rev. Edward W. Holland

• Father: Thomas J. Holland b. c 1845
• Mother: Mary Williams b. c 1846

• Last Edited: 11 Dec 2017

• (Child) Birth*: 29 September 1869; Brooks Co., Georgia¹
• (Groom) Marriage*: 1900; Bride=Catherine T. Compton
• (head of family) 1900 Census*: 1 June 1900; Cumberland Co., Kentucky; Wife=Catherine T. Compton²
• (head of family) 1910 Census*: 15 April 1910; Georgiana, Butler Co., Alabama; Wife=Catherine T. Compton³
• (head of family) 1920 Census*: 1 January 1920; Taylor Co., Florida⁴
• Death*: 20 February 1933; Georgiana, Butler Co., Alabama¹
• Burial*: say 23 February 1933; Oakwood Cemetery, Georgiana, Butler Co., Alabama¹

Catherine T. Compton

• Last Edited: 31 Jul 2013

• (Child) Birth*: March 1878; Kentucky
• (Bride) Marriage*: 1900; Groom=Rev. Edward W. Holland
• Married Name: 1900; Holland
• (Wife) 1900 Census: 1 June 1900; Cumberland Co., Kentucky; head of family=Rev. Edward W. Holland¹
• (Wife) 1910 Census: 15 April 1910; Georgiana, Butler Co., Alabama; head of family=Rev. Edward W. Holland²
• (Deceased) Death*: 10 April 1938; Georgiana, Butler Co., Alabama^3,4
• Research Note*: 6 February 2009; She was the second wife of Edward William Holland and the mother of Mary Hilda Holland Cox and Arney Otha Holland. Her parents were Lewis Compton and Mary Susan Turner Compton who are buried in Leslie Cemetery, Cumberland Co., KY.⁴

Thomas J. Holland

• Father: William L. Holland b. c 1814
• Mother: Emily Jane Thomas b. b 7 Aug 1820

• Last Edited: 10 Jun 2007

• (Child) Birth*: circa 1845; Georgia
• (Groom) Marriage*: 10 January 1866; Brooks Co., Georgia; Bride=Mary Williams¹
• (head of family) 1870 Census*: 1 June 1870; Brooks Co., Georgia²

Mary Williams

• Last Edited: 10 Jun 2007

• Birth*: circa 1846; Georgia
• (Bride) Marriage*: 10 January 1866; Brooks Co., Georgia; Groom=Thomas J. Holland¹
• Married Name: 10 January 1866; Holland

Emily Jane Thomas

• Father: Richard H. Thomas b. s 1787, d. b 1 Jun 1830
• Mother: Barbara L. Johnson b. c 1788

• Last Edited: 12 Jun 2007

• Name Variation: Emma Jane Thomas
• (Child) Birth*: before 7 August 1820; Pulaski Co., Georgia
• Married Name: 2 February 1843; Holland
• (Bride) Marriage*: 2 February 1843; Thomas Co., Georgia; Groom=William L. Holland¹
• (head of family) 1860 Census*: 1 June 1860; Thomas Co., Georgia²

William L. Holland

• Last Edited: 14 Jun 2007

• Name Variation: William T. Holland; transcribed as "W. T." from marriage certificate
• Birth*: circa 1814; Virginia
• (Groom) Marriage*: 2 February 1843; Thomas Co., Georgia; Bride=Emily Jane Thomas¹
• (head of family) 1850 Census*: 1 June 1850; Decatur Co., Georgia²

Barbara L. Johnson

• Father: Thomas J. Johnson b. bt 1749 - 1760, d. a 1 Jun 1830

• Last Edited: 12 Jun 2007

• Name Variation: Barbary
• Birth*: circa 1788; Georgia
• Married Name: 23 January 1812; Thomas¹
• (Bride) Marriage*: 23 January 1812; Pulaski Co., Georgia; Groom=Richard H. Thomas¹
• (head of family) 1830 Census*: 1 June 1830; Thomas Co., Georgia²
• (head of family) 1840 Census*: 1 June 1840; Thomas Co., Georgia³
• (head of family) 1850 Census*: 1 June 1850; Thomas Co., Georgia; household member=Eveline Thomas⁴

Eveline Thomas

• Father: Richard H. Thomas b. s 1787, d. b 1 Jun 1830
• Mother: Barbara L. Johnson b. c 1788

• Last Edited: 12 Jun 2007

• Birth*: circa 1818; Georgia
• (household member) 1850 Census: 1 June 1850; Thomas Co., Georgia; head of family=Barbara L. Johnson¹

Richard H. Thomas

• Last Edited: 12 Jun 2007

• Birth*: say 1787
• (Groom) Marriage*: 23 January 1812; Pulaski Co., Georgia; Bride=Barbara L. Johnson¹
• (head of family) 1820 Census*: 7 August 1820; Pulaski Co., Georgia²
• (Deceased) Death*: before 1 June 1830; Georgia

Thomas J. Johnson

• Last Edited: 12 Jun 2007

• Birth*: between 1749 and 1760
• (head of family) 1820 Census*: 7 August 1820; Pulaski Co., Georgia¹
• (head of family) 1830 Census*: 1 June 1830; Thomas Co., Georgia²
• Death*: after 1 June 1830; Thomas Co., Georgia