Obituaries
Mrs. Zara Rhoden Fowler
Aug 7, 2020
FORT MEADE - Mrs. Zara Catherine Fowler, 81, passed away Friday, August 7, 2020 in Bartow, FL. Mrs. Fowler was born April 13, 1939 to her parents, Lee and Effie Jones Rhoden, and was a native and lifelong resident of Fort Meade. She was a homemaker, a member of Lake Buffum Baptist Church, and loved to fish whenever she could....
Mr. Alvah R. "Bubba" Woodall
Aug 5, 2020
FORT MEADE - Mr. Alvah Rolland "Bubba" Woodall, Jr., age 94, passed away Wednesday, August 5, 2020 in Jacksonville, FL. Mr. Woodall was born January 12, 1926 in Macon, GA, and was a lifelong resident of Fort Meade, FL. He became a member of the First United Methodist Church of Fort Meade at a very young age in 1931 and...
Mr. Charles Carey Blanton
Jul 25, 2020
LAKELAND - Mr. Charles Carey Blanton, 68, passed away Saturday, July 25, 2020 in Lakeland, FL. Carey was born September 23, 1951 in Lakeland, FL where he remained a lifelong resident, and gave of himself through work and leisure time for the betterment of his community. Carey graduated Lakeland High School in 1969, and worked many years as the meat...
Mr. J. Dewey Lanier
Jul 23, 2020
FORT MEADE - Mr. J. Dewey Lanier, 78, passed away Thursday, July 23, 2020 in Riverview, FL. Dewey was born May 15, 1942 in Bartow, FL and was a lifelong resident of Fort Meade FL where he worked for J.A. Stephens Fruit Co. for over 30 years. He also worked for U.S. Steel and IMC Fertilizer, a member of Fort...
Mr. Owen Naylor
Jul 21, 2020
FORT MEADE - Mr. Jesse Owen Naylor, 85, passed away Tuesday, July 21, 2020 in Lakeland, FL. Mr. Naylor was born June 20, 1935 in Stanford, Kentucky and has been a longtime resident of Fort Meade. He was a retired truck driver, working with Lewis & Durrance Fruit Co. for 30 years, and J.A. Stephens for 8 years. He was...
Maria Del Carmen Sanchez
Jul 17, 2020
BARTOW - Mrs. Maria Del Carmen Sanchez, 95, passed away Friday, July 17, 2020 at her home in Bartow, FL. Mrs. Sanchez was born February 13, 1925 in Cortazar, Guanajuato, Mexico and was a former longtime resident of Fort Meade. She was a homemaker and of the Catholic faith. Mrs. Sanchez was preceded in death by her husband Jose Maria...
Mary Linda Reas
Jul 16, 2020
FORT MEADE - Mary Linda Reas, 72, passed away Thursday, July 16, 2020 at her home in Fort Meade. Linda was born November 12, 1947 in Hardee County, FL and has been a resident of Fort Meade for many years. She was a food server at Fat Boy's B-B-Q in Babson Park, FL, and a member of the Fort Meade...
Sandra Green Brink
Jul 9, 2020
FORT MEADE - Mrs. Sandra Elaine Brink, 73, passed away Thursday, July 9, 2020 in Sebring, FL. Sandra was born December 15, 1946 in Miami, FL and has been a longtime resident of Fort Meade. She was a bookkeeper for B & E Automotive in Fort Meade, and a lover of animals, and especially her dogs. Sandra was preceded in...
Mrs. Joyce Lee Craze
Jul 7, 2020
FORT MEADE - Mrs. Joyce Lee Craze, 79, passed away Tuesday, July 7, 2020 at her home in Fort Meade, FL. Mrs. Craze was born April 26, 1941 in Shelby, OH, and moved to Fort Meade 11 years ago where she was a resident of the Oakview Lakes Community. She worked along side of her husband many years as a...
Marcella Stokes Collier
Jul 5, 2020
LAKE WALES - Mrs. Marcella Stokes Collier, 81, passed away Sunday, July 5, 2020 at her home in Lake Wales, FL. Mrs. Collier was born January 5, 1939 in Lake Wales, FL, and where she later resided for many years in the Cherry Pocket area of eastern Lake Wales. She was a 1956 graduate of Bartow High School, a member...
Mrs. Connie V. Kelly
Jul 3, 2020
FORT MEADE - Mrs. Connie V. Kelly, 97, passed away Friday, July 3, 2020 in Lake Wales, FL. Mrs. Kelly was born February 19, 1923 in the Lake Buffum area of Fort Meade where she lived for many years, and was the last surviving child of nine children of Joseph Oliver Campbell and Geneva Hearin Campbell. She was a homemaker...
Mr. Ray Acuff
Jul 1, 2020
FORT MEADE - Mr. Ray Acuff, 80, passed away Wednesday, July 1, 2020 in Lakeland, FL. Ray was born March 14, 1940 in Fort Meade, FL, where he remained a lifelong resident, and throughout the years became very involved in many of the organizations of Fort Meade. He graduated from Fort Meade High School in 1958, and soon after graduation,...
Mrs. Joan Kelley Bigsby
Jun 27, 2020
FORT MEADE - Mrs. Joan Kelley Bigsby, 88, passed away Saturday, June 27, 2020 in Lakeland, FL. Mrs. Bigsby was born April 20, 1932 in Fort Meade, FL where she remained a resident her entire life. She was a homemaker and retired book keeper, avid seamstress, and an active member of the First Baptist Church of Fort Meade where she...
John Alex Smith
Jun 16, 2020
FORT MEADE - Mr. John Alex Smith, 59, passed away Tuesday, June 16, 2020 at his home in Fort Meade, FL. Mr. Smith was born September 8, 1960 in California, and has been a longtime resident of Fort Meade. He was a commercial truck driver, a U.S. Army veteran, and a graduate of Fort Meade High School, Class of 1978....
Mr. Charles Franklin Underwood
Jun 11, 2020
FORT MEADE - Mr. Charles Franklin Underwood, 79, passed away Thursday, June 11, 2020 at his home in Fort Meade, FL. Mr. Underwood was born July 21, 1941 in Green Castle, IN and moved to Fort Meade ten years ago from Exeter, NH. He graduated high school in Green Castle, IN and went on to further his education by attending...
Mr. Gerald W. Young
Jun 10, 2020
FORT MEADE - Mr. Gerald Willis Young, 82, passed away Wednesday, June 10, 2020. Mr. Young was was born February 23, 1938 in Freedom, Maine and moved to Fort Meade from Windsor, Maine in 2002. He was an electronics technicians for Sears, Inc. and of the baptist faith. Mr. Young graduated high school from Erskine Academy in China, Maine, and...
Mr. John A. “Johnny” Stephens, Sr.
Jun 4, 2020
FORT MEADE – Mr. John Arthur “Johnny” Stephens, Sr., age 77, passed away Thursday, June 4, 2020 at his home in Fort Meade, FL. Johnny was born March 1, 1943 to Herman and Mozelle Stephens in Fort Meade, FL, where he remained a lifelong resident. He was a loving husband, father, grandfather, and friend. Johnny began his citrus career in...
Barbara Carol Bryant
May 3, 2020
FORT MEADE - Mrs. Barbara Carol Bryant, 71, passed away Sunday, May 3, 2020 in Sebring, FL. Barbara was born January 19, 1949 in Blytheville, Arkansas and has been a resident of Fort Meade for many years. She worked with the Polk County School Board as a bus attendant for handicapped children and also attended the New Beginning Church of...
Walter Glenn Hooks
Apr 20, 2020
FORT MEADE - Mr. Walter Glenn Hooks, 70, passed away April 20, 2020 in Tampa, FL. Mr. Hooks was born September 10, 1949 in Polk County, FL, and a resident of Fort Meade for several years. He was a paint and body repairman in the automotive industry, a U.S. Army veteran, and a member American Legion Post #3 in Bartow....
Ursula Lucas
Apr 10, 2020
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