Thomas Julian Strickland, 70 years old, passed away peacefully in his childhood home at Isle of Hope on December 9th, 2025, after a valiant fight with cancer. He was born on April 19th, 1955, in Baltimore, Maryland, to Lew and Barbara Strickland. He later moved to Savannah, Georgia, in 1962 and spent much of his adult life as a Bulloch County resident.

Tommy attended Jenkins High School and Armstrong State University in Savannah, Georgia. He took a few years off of college and moved to Alaska to work and enjoy the outdoors. He returned to Georgia to study art at Georgia Southern College, where he met his wife-to-be.

He acquired many life skills along the way that helped to shape his career path.

He was an Eagle Scout. He was the boat captain at Ossabaw Island Foundation, a farmer, horti

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