Obituaries
Mrs. Kathryn Fields Doss
Sep 29, 2018
LAKELAND - Mrs. Kathryn Fields Doss, 63, passed away Saturday, September 29, 2018 at her home in Lakeland, FL. Mrs. Doss was born August 16, 1955 in Bartow, FL, and resided in Fort Meade during her early life in school, being a member of the Fort Meade High School graduating class of 1973. Mrs. Doss went on to attend college...
Mrs. Fay Moody Protheroe
Sep 12, 2018
FORT MEADE – Mrs. Fay Moody Protheroe, 88, passed away Wednesday, September 12, 2018 in Sarasota, FL. Fay was born September 17, 1930 in Tiger Bay, FL to her parents, Dwight L. and Eldora Johnson Moody. She attended Fort Meade schools, and was a member of Christ Episcopal Church in Fort Meade. She was a Realtor for nearly thirty years...
Gloria Williams Donnal
Sep 12, 2018
FORT MEADE – Gloria Williams Donnal, 74, passed away Saturday, September 15, 2018 in Bartow, FL. Gloria was born March 30, 1944 in Frostproof, FL and was a lifelong resident of Fort Meade. She was a housekeeper for many people in the Fort Meade area, and a longtime member of the Cornerstone Church of God. Gloria was preceded in death...
Mr. Jack E. Logan
Sep 8, 2018
FORT MEADE - Jack E. Logan, age 69, passed away on Saturday, September 8, 2018. He was born October 24, 1948, in Elba, Alabama to Ben Logan and Willie Pearl Bass Logan. He moved to Fort Meade with his family as a child, and was a proud Fort Meade Miner, class of 1966. Jack retired from Hardee County after serving...
Mr. Lowell T. Craze
Aug 31, 2018
FORT MEADE – Mr. Lowell Thomas Craze, 76, passed away Friday, August 31, 2018 in Bartow, FL. Mr. Craze was born October 22, 1941 in Ward, WV and moved to Fort Meade, FL from Chipley, FL in 2009. He was a retired owner/operator truck driver for North American Van Lines for 30 years, a U.S. Marine Corps veteran, and of...
Mr. Richard A. Fort Jr.
Aug 14, 2018
FORT MEADE - Richard Allen Fort, Jr., 74, of Fort Meade, FL and most recently of Gainesville, FL passed away Tuesday, August 14th, 2018 at Haven Hospice in Gainesville, FL surrounded by family. Mr. Fort retired as General Manager of Peace River Packing Company in Fort Meade, FL, entering the business as a fifth-generation citrus grower in 1970 after graduating...
Mr. Wesley Kerst
Aug 12, 2018
FORT MEADE – Mr. William Wesley Kerst, 40, passed away August 12, 2018. Wesley was born July 12, 1978 in Bartow, FL and was a longtime resident of Fort Meade. He was retired from the United States Army after dedicating 21 years of service to his country, which included five deployments to Bosnia, Saudi Arabia and Iraq. Wesley was a...
Brenda Tew Reas
Aug 10, 2018
FORT MEADE - Brenda Tew Reas, 53, passed away Friday, August 10, 2018 in Winter Haven, FL. Brenda was born February 6, 1964 in Bartow, FL, and was a lifelong resident of Fort Meade. She was a bus driver for the Polk County School Board, a 1982 member of Fort Meade High School Class of 1982, and she was of...
Mrs. Winifred Gillispie Cariaga
Aug 9, 2018
FORT MEADE - Mrs. Winifred Gillispie Cariaga, 83, passed away Thursday, August 9, 2018 at St. Anthony's Hospital in St. Petersburg, FL. Mrs. Cariaga was born June 3, 1935 in Fort Meade, FL, and was a longtime resident of Lakeland before residing in St. Petersburg for the last few years. She was a member of the graduating class of 1953...
Mr. William Thomas See
Aug 8, 2018
FORT MEADE - Mr. William Thomas See, 57, passed away Wednesday, August 8, 2018 in Winter Haven, FL. Mr. See was born August 2, 1961 in Elmhurst, IL and has been a resident of Fort Meade for several years. He graduated high school from Glenbard East High School in Lombard, IL, attended St. Joseph Catholic Church in Winter Haven, and...
Master Lucius T. Bouwens
Aug 8, 2018
FORT MEADE - Master Lucius T. Bouwens, infant, was born and passed away on Wednesday, August 8, 2018 at Lakeland Regional Medical Center in Lakeland, FL. Lucius T. is survived by his parents, Cameron T. and Yvonne Cagle Bouwens; grandparents, Phil and Faith Weech Cagle, Rick and Kirsten Teigland Bouwens; and loving great-grandparents. Private family graveside services will be held....
Catherine Denise Akins
Aug 6, 2018
RUSKIN -CATHERINE DENISE AKINS, 63, passed away Monday, August 6, 2018 in Charlotte County, FL. Cathy was born February 3, 1955 in Landau, Germany and was a resident of Fort Meade, FL, where she was a member of the First Baptist Church of Fort Meade, and a member of the 1973 graduating class of Fort Meade High School. She went...
Mrs. Linnie Juanita Duncan
Aug 4, 2018
BARTOW - Mrs. Linnie Juanita Duncan, 88, passed away Saturday, August 4, 2018 at Carpenter's Home Manor in Lakeland. Mrs. Duncan was born April 3, 1930 in Fort Meade, FL and was a longtime resident of Bartow. She was a homemaker and cosmetologist, and a member of McLeod Presbyterian Church in Bartow. Mrs. Duncan was preceded in death by her...
Mrs. Mary Jo Crawford Underwood
Aug 3, 2018
MULBERRY – Mrs. Mary Jo Crawford Underwood, 89, passed away Friday, August 3, 2018 at Lakeland Regional Health in Lakeland, FL. Mrs. Underwood was born August 26, 1928 in Lakeland, FL and was a resident of Mulberry for many years. She was retired from the Polk County School Board as a school bus driver for over 30 years, and was...
Mr. Max Kayton Knight Jr.
Jul 31, 2018
FORT MEADE - Mr. Max Kayton Knight, Jr., 67, passed away Monday, July 31, 2018 at Bartow Regional Medical Center. Mr. Knight was born May 10, 1951 in Fort Meade, FL where he was a resident for many years, and recently residing in Bartow. He was an electrician with Bright Future and of the Baptist faith. Mr. Knight was preceded...
Mr. Charles Joseph Lefebvre
Jul 30, 2018
FORT MEADE - Mr. Charles Joseph Lefebvre, 83, passed away Monday, July 30, 2018 at the Rohr Home in Bartow, FL. Mr. Lefebvre was born September 14, 1934 in Dover, NH and has been a resident of Fort Meade for many years. He was a retired roofer with Davidson Rubber, a very avid golfer, and a member of St. Thomas...
Mrs. Lynn Ruth Gramling
Jul 27, 2018
FORT MEADE - Mrs. Lynn Ruth Gramling, 74, passed away Friday, July 27, 2018. Mrs. Gramling was born September 27, 1943 in Huntington, Long Island, NY and lived in the Fort Meade and Arcadia areas for many years. She was retired from the Hardee County Board of County Commissioners, a graduate of Harborfield High School in Greenland, NY, and a...
Mr. Travis N. Terhune
Jul 20, 2018
FORT MEADE - Mr. Travis Norman Terhune, 80, of Fort Meade, passed away at his home on Friday, July 20, 2018. Mr. Terhune was born in Beach Grove IN, and has been a resident of Fort Meade for many years. He was a retired regional vice president for the Norandex Corp., a U.S. Army Korean War veteran, and an avid...
Mr. Bob Green
Jun 10, 2018
FORT MEADE - Mr. Robert Lee "Bob" Green, 62, passed away Sunday, June 10, 2018 at Good Shepherd Hospice in Sebring, FL. Bob was born October 14, 1955 in Hialeah, FL, and his first sentence to his parents was "Boat dock, Dada, Bye-Bye," and from that moment his parents knew he was born with water in his blood! Bob loved...
Mrs. Jo Ann Royster
Jun 3, 2018
WAUCHULA - Mrs. Jo Ann Royster, 82, passed away Sunday, June 3, 2018 at Heart of Florida Hospital in Sebring, FL. Mrs. Royster was born December 18, 1935 in Fort Meade, FL and moved to Wauchula, FL in 1976 from Fort Meade. She was a member of the Fort Meade High School graduating class of 1954, and went on to...
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