Theola McClure Strickland

Mrs. Theola Strickland, age 48, of Tabor City, NC, passed away on Wednesday, September 2, 2026.

The service will be on Tuesday, September 8, 2026, in the Westside Funeral Home Chapel, 106 S Lewis St, Tabor City, NC 28463, at 1:00 pm. The service is canceled.

There will be no public viewing.

Burial will be on Tuesday, September 8, 2026, in the Columbus County Singing Union Cemetery, Jarvis St, Tabor City, NC.

She leaves to cherish her memories, daughters, Sarah Strickland, and Taleshia Bellamy, sons Larry Strickland, and Jerry Bellamy, mother Octavia McClure, brothers, Will Bell, Robert Bell, Hubert McClure, Billy McCovers, Willie McCovers,  and Will Kinlaw, sisters, Luciana Kinlaw, Sally Weatherspoon, and Rachel Weatherspoon, and eight grandchildren. 

She is preceded in death by her son, Elbert Vereen, father, Will McClure, and her sister, Genevieve Robinson.