Obituaries
Carol Elizabeth Harmon
Dec 11, 2019
LAKELAND - Miss Carol Elizabeth Harmon, 76, passed away Wednesday, December 11, 2019 in Bartow, FL. Carol was born November 4, 1943 in Tampa, FL, and had been a resident of Lakeland for many years. She worked in the retail office supply business for nearly 20 years, and also served as church secretary to the Whitfield Baptist Church in Pensacola,...
Berniece Prine Harris
Nov 16, 2019
FORT MEADE - Berniece Prine Harris, 85, passed away at her home on Saturday, November 16, 2019. Berniece was born July 6, 1934 in Bowling Green, FL and was a lifelong resident of Fort Meade. She was a member of the First Baptist Church of Fort Meade, a member of the Fort Meade Order of the Eastern Star, a member...
Mrs. Denise Reeves
Nov 13, 2019
FORT MEADE - Mrs. Annette Denise Reeves, 56, passed away Wednesday, November 13, 2019 in Bartow, FL. Denise was born July 21, 1963 in Orlando , FL and has been a resident of Fort Meade for many years. She was ad homemaker and also worked at Winn-Dixie in Wauchula as a cashier for 9 years, all the while taking care...
Mr. William Edgar Gribbins
Nov 8, 2019
FORT MEADE - Mr. William Edgar Gribbins, 86, passed away Friday, November 8, 2019 at his home in Fort Meade. Mr. Gribbins was born in Taylor, Kentucky and moved to Fort Meade in 2014 from Brandon, FL. He was a retired life insurance agent for Southland Life Insurance Co., a 1952 graduate of Turkey Creek High School in Hillsborough Co.,...
Mrs. Mary Lucille Carnley
Oct 21, 2019
FORT MEADE - Mrs. Mary Lucille Carnley, 98, passed away Monday, October 21, 2019 at her home in Fort Meade. Mrs. Carnley was born April 26, 1921 in Alabama, and has been a resident of Fort Meade for many years. She was a member of the New Beginnings Church of God in Fort Meade, a homemaker and raised her children,...
Sondra E. Griffith
Sep 29, 2019
FORT MEADE - Sondra E. Griffith, 76, passed away Sunday, September 29, 2019 in Bartow, FL. Ms. Griffith was born January 12, 1943 in Los Angeles, CA and spent her childhood years in Indio, CA. Soon after her high school graduation in central Florida, she attended the University of Florida and went on to graduate, and receive her Master's Degree...
Mr. Terry Lynn Skipper
Sep 29, 2019
Mr. Terry Lynn Skipper, 59, passed away Sunday, September 29, 2019 in Sebring, FL. Terry was born July 2, 1960 in Hialeah, FL and had been a resident of Fort Meade for many years. He was a laborer with Estech Chemical Co., attended Fort Meade High School, and of the Assembly of God faith. Terry was preceded in death by...
Mr. Jack Mikula
Sep 21, 2019
LAKELAND - Mr. Jack Mikula, 71, passed away at his home in Lakeland, FL on Saturday, September 21, 2019. Jack was born on June 12, 1948 in Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania and moved to Lakeland, FL from Fort Meade several years ago. He was a retired Security Site Supervisor for Allied Barton Security at the Fort Meade U.S. Agri-Chem plant, a...
Mrs. Maria Ramirez
Sep 19, 2019
BARTOW - Mrs. Maria Ramirez, 77, passed away at her home in Bartow, FL on Thursday, September 19, 2019. Mrs. Ramirez was born September 3, 1942 in San Felipe, Guanajuato, Mexico and has been a resident of Bartow for the last 21 years and previously was a longtime resident of Fort Meade. She loved taking care of her family as...
Rev. James D. Carnes, Sr.
Sep 12, 2019
FORT MEADE - Rev. James Daniel Carnes, Sr., 93, passed away Thursday, September 12, 2019 in Bartow, FL. Rev. Carnes was born in Columbus, GA on August 8, 1926 and moved to Fort Meade from Tennessee several years ago. He was a member of the First Baptist Church of Fort Meade, and a former minister for the First Church of...
Mrs. Winnie Prine
Aug 30, 2019
LAKELAND - Mrs. Winifred S. "Winnie" Prine, 85, a former longtime resident of Fort Meade, passed away at her home in Lakeland, FL on Friday, August 30, 2019. Mrs. Prine was born October 28, 1933 in Sail City, GA and moved to Lakeland from Fort Meade in 1933. She was a homemaker and member of Kathleen Baptist Church, along with...
James Earl Whittington
Aug 26, 2019
BARTOW - Mr. James Earl Whittington, 72, passed away Monday, August 26, 2019 in Bartow, FL. Mr. Whittington was born April 12, 1947 in Polk County, FL and was the son of Rev. Lewis and Myrtice Whittington. He was a member and president of the Full Gospel Fellowship Church in Fort Meade where he was a very active member, and...
Harry Whitehall Kirmeyer
Aug 24, 2019
FORT MEADE - Mr. Harry Whitehall Kirmeyer, 86, passed away Saturday, August 24, 2019 in Lakeland, FL. Mr. Kirmeyer was born December 23, 1932 in Hayes, PA, and has been a resident of Fort Meade for many years, and was a construction engineer in Princeton, NJ before coming to Fort Meade where he worked on the engineering and construction design...
Mrs. Kay Crews
Aug 7, 2019
ALTURAS - Mrs. Sandra "Kay" Crews, 81, passed away Wednesday, August 7, 2019. Mrs. Crews was born December 2, 1937 in Freelandville, IN and has been a resident of Alturas for many years. She was a receptionist for her husband, Dr. Phillip Crews, D.C. for 42 years, past president of the Alturas Woman's Club, former owner of the Cypress House...
Mr. Floyd J. Lewis
Aug 6, 2019
FORT MEADE - Mr. Floyd J. Lewis, 95, passed away Tuesday, August 6, 2019 at his home in Fort Meade, FL. Mr. Lewis was born November 6, 1923 at his home in Tuscola Co., Michigan and moved to Fort Meade in 1972. He was a farmer and truck driver for the United States Postal Service, a mechanic for the City...
Marie Morris
Aug 3, 2019
FORT MEADE - Mrs. Marie Morris, 89, passed away Saturday, August 3, 2019 in Bartow, FL. Mrs. Morris was born July 17, 1930 in Lake City. FL and moved to Fort Meade in 1963. She was a retired lab x-ray technician for Wauchula Hospital and Polk General Hospital, and a very dearly loved mother, grandmother and friend to many people....
Mrs. Mary Varn Fort
Jul 18, 2019
FORT MEADE - Mrs. Mary Varn Fort, 97, of Fort Meade, FL, passed away Thursday, July 18, 2019. She was born on August 28, 1921 in Fort Meade, FL, to David Hugh and Irma Strain Varn. Mary was a loving mother, grandmother and great grandmother. She was a lifelong resident of Fort Meade, and a proud member of the First...
Mrs. Mickey Carlton
Jul 13, 2019
FORT MEADE – Mrs. Minnie M. “Mickey” Carlton, 101, passed away Saturday, July 13, 2019 in Bradenton, FL. Mrs. Carlton was born March 20, 1918 in Marietta, Oklahoma and came to Florida at a young age in 1925. After her elementary and high school education, Mrs. Carlton went on to receive her Bachelor of Arts degree from Blue Mountain College,...
Sylvia O. Jones
Jul 12, 2019
FORT MEADE - Sylvia O. Jones, 76, passed away Friday, July 12, 2019 at her home in Fort Meade. Sylvia was born March 10, 1943 in Fort Meade, FL where she remained a lifelong resident as a homemaker, and of the Baptist faith. Sylvia was preceded in death by her parents, Leonard Harvey and Addie Mae Rimes Smith; husband Johnny...
Mr. Timon Floyd Gibson
Jul 10, 2019
BARTOW - Mr. Timon Floyd Gibson, 76, passed away Thursday, July 10, 2019 in Titusville, FL. Mr. Gibson was born November 19, 1942 in Haversham, TN and moved to Bartow several years ago from Fort Meade. He worked 28 years for Swift & Co. and Estech Chemical Co. as a dragline operator, and was also the former manager of Cedar...
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