Obituaries
George Emery Hillis
Mar 2, 2020
LAKE WALES - George Emery Hillis, 61, passed away Monday, March 2, 2020 in Lake Wales, FL. Emery was born December 8, 1958 in Grand Junction, CO and moved to Lake Wales from Fort Meade 8 years ago. He was a welder for Florida Natural Citrus in Lakeland Wales and of the Baptist faith. Emery was preceded in death by...
Marian Spieth Martin
Feb 28, 2020
FORT MEADE - Mrs. Marian Spieth Martin, 90, passed away Friday, February 28, 2020 in Winter Haven, FL. Mrs. Martin was born March 15, 1929 in Fort Meade, FL where she was a lifelong resident before moving to Winter Haven in 2015. She was a homemaker and also worked as a legal secretary, and also worked for the Polk County...
Mr. William H. Day
Feb 24, 2020
FORT MEADE - Mr. William Harvey Day, passes away Monday, February 24, 2020 at his home in Fort Meade, FL. Mr. Day was born March 28, 1925 in Henegar, AL and has been a resident of Fort Meade for many years. He was a WW II U.S. Navy veteran, serving as a gunman on the USS Kasan Bay Aircraft Carrier,...
Blenda L. Ray
Feb 19, 2020
FORT MEADE - Blenda Lee Ray, 59, passed away Wednesday, February 19, 2020 at Tidewell Hospice in Arcadia, FL. Blenda was born August 5, 1960 in Bartow, FL and had resided in Sarasota for several years, after being a longtime Fort Meade resident. She was a licensed barber and cosmetologist, a 1978 graduate of Fort Meade High School, and of...
Doris J. Sweikowski
Jan 11, 2020
WAUCHULA - Mrs. Doris J. Sweikowski, 75, passed away Saturday, January11, 2020 at her home in Wauchula, FL. Doris was born July 6, 1944 in Troy, AL, and has been a resident of Hardee County, FL for many years. She was retired from Wauchula State Bank, where she worked in the loan department for many years; she was a graduate...
Brantley Gabriel
Jan 3, 2020
FORT MEADE - Mr. James Brantley Gabriel, 81, passed away at his home in Fort Meade, FL on Friday, January 3, 2020. Mr. Gabriel was born on August 10, 1938 and was a lifelong resident of Fort Meade. He graduated Fort Meade High School in 1956, and then went on and attended Little Emory University and was a U.S. Army...
Mrs. Mary Ellen Hancock
Jan 2, 2020
FORT MEADE - Mrs. Mary Ellen Hancock, 83, passed away at her home in Fort Meade on Thursday, January 2, 2020. Mrs. Hancock was born April 2, 1936 in Nichols, FL and was a longtime resident of Fort Meade. She was a homemaker, member of the First Baptist Church of Fort Meade, and a member of the graduating class of...
Mr. Charles H. Sanders
Dec 22, 2019
BOWLING GREEN - Mr. Charles Houston Sanders, 79, passed away peacefully at his home in Bowling Green, FL on Sunday, December 22, 2019. Mr. Sanders was born May 13, 1940 in Eclectic, AL, and raised in Talladega, AL where he graduated from high school, and then went on to join the United States Navy. Mr. Sanders was a U.S. Navy...
Carmen Cruz-Vega
Dec 22, 2019
FORT MEADE - Carmen Cruz-Vega, 89, passed away Sunday, December 22, 2019 in Bartow, FL. Carmen was born on August 15, 1930 in Hatillo, Puerto Rico and has been a resident of Fort Meade for several years. She was a retired Seamstress at Hatillo Aparet in Puerto Rico, and a member of the Charasmatic Church Pentecostal in Puerto Rico. Along...
Mr. Thaddeus Jerzykowski
Dec 22, 2019
FORT MEADE - Mr. Thaddeus Jerzykowski, 89, passed away Sunday, December 22, 2019 in Bartow, FL. Mr. Jerzykowski was born in Chicago, IL on October 20, 1930 and moved to Fort Meade from Venetia, CA in 2005. He was a carpenter in the shipyards in Vellejo, CA and of the Catholic faith. Mr. Jerzykowski was a WW II U.S. Navy...
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...
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