Obituaries
Dr. Philip F. Crews, D.C.
May 19, 2018
ALTURAS - Dr. Philip F. Crews, D.C., 82, passed away Saturday, May 19, 2018 at his home in Alturas, FL. Dr. Crews was born in Zolfo Springs, FL on February 23, 1936 and moved to Alturas from Bartow, FL in 1970. He was a retired Chiropractor in Bartow after 42 years of dedicated service to his community, and as he...
Mrs. Linda Every Peterson
May 19, 2018
FORT MEADE - Mrs. Linda Every Peterson, 69, passed away Saturday, May 19, 2018 at her home in Fort Meade, FL. Linda was a native and lifelong resident of Fort Meade, where she was a member of the First Church of God, a member of Fort Meade High School graduating class of 1967, and a retired service advisor after nearly...
Mr. Roger T. Croghan
May 2, 2018
FORT MEADE - Mr. Roger T. Croghan, 79, passed away Wednesday, May 2, 2018 in Fort Meade. Mr. Croghan was born December 12, 1938 in Kirkland Lake, Ontario, Canada, and moved to Fort Meade from San Francisco, CA in 2001. He was retired from Eastern and United Airlines as a aircraft maintenance instructor. Mr. Croghan was of the protestant faith,...
Mr. Marion M. Miller
Apr 27, 2018
FORT MEADE - Mr. Marion Monroe Miller, 69, passed away Friday, April 27, 2018 at his home in Fort Meade. Mr. Miller was born July 16, 1948 in Harlan, Kentucky and moved to Fort Meade 31 years ago from Lake Wales. He was a retired maintenance mechanic, and enjoyed spending his leisure time with his family, and fishing on a...
Mr. Charles Wesley Aycock
Apr 10, 2018
FORT MEADE - Mr. Charles Wesley Aycock, 89, passed away Tuesday, April 10, 2018 in Lakeland, FL. Mr. Aycock was born April 20, 1928 in Coffee Springs, AL and was a lifelong resident of Fort Meade. He was a retired electrician from Estech Chemical Co., a U.S. Army Korean War veteran, and a 1948 graduate of Fort Meade High School....
Mr. James Bruce Albritton
Apr 10, 2018
FORT MEADE - Mr. James Bruce Albritton, 64, passed away Tuesday, April 10, 2018 at Bartow Regional Medical Center. Mr. Albritton was born October 15, 1953 in Bartow, FL and was a lifelong resident of Fort Meade. He retired from the Polk County EMS after a tenure of 30 years, and he was also a 20 year veteran of the...
Mr. Robert "Ronnie" Herring
Apr 6, 2018
Mr. Robert R. "Ronnie" Herring, 67, passed away Friday, April 6, 2018 at Bartow Regional Medical Center. Mr. Herring was born March 25, 1951 in Enterprise, AL and has been a resident of Fort Meade for many years. He was a heavy equipment operator for Phillips & Jordan Construction Co., a U.S. Army and U.S. Marine Vietnam veteran, and of...
Mrs. Sharon Lamb Roberts
Mar 29, 2018
FORT MEADE - Mrs. Sharon Lamb Roberts, 56, passed away Thursday, March 29, 2018 at St. Joseph's Hospital in Riverview, FL. Sharon was born August 29, 1961 in Tampa, FL and was a longtime resident of Fort Meade. She retired after a 29 year tenure from the Polk County School Board as a senior program analyst, and she was a...
Mr. Carl R. Switzer
Mar 23, 2018
FORT MEADE - Mr. Carl R. Switzer, 60, passed away Friday March 23, 2018 at his home at the Florida Flywheeler complex in Fort Meade after fighting a hard battle with cancer. Carl never gave up his will to live, nor did he complain, but strongly kept his faith in God through his illness. He was born July 5, 1957...
Mr. Franklin N. Johnson
Mar 22, 2018
FORT MEADE - Mr. Franklin N. Johnson, 75, passed away Thursday, March 22, 2018 in Wauchula, FL. Mr. Johnson was born November 25, 1942 in Ray, Georgia and has been a resident of Fort Meade for many years. He was a diesel mechanic and the owner of Frank Johnson's Truck Repair in Homeland. Mr. Johnson was preceded in death by...
Mr. Bill Prather
Mar 6, 2018
FORT MEADE - Mr. Billie C. "Bill" Prather, 81, passed away Tuesday, March 6, 2018 at Good Shepherd Hospice in Auburndale, FL. Mr. Prather was born April 8, 1936 in Canal Point, FL and was a longtime resident of Fort Meade. He retired from the City of Fort Meade gas department after a long tenure of nearly 50 years, a...
Mr. Woodrow "Woody" Hancock Jr.
Mar 3, 2018
FORT MEADE - Woodrow W. "Woody" Hancock, Jr., 72, passed away in Winter Haven, Florida, on March 3, 2018, after a brief and valiant battle with pancreatic cancer. He was born February 9, 1946 in Fort Meade, Florida, and lived in Arizona for over twenty-five years and returned to Florida in January. He owned and operated a barber shop in...
Mrs. Pauline L. Hawes
Mar 1, 2018
FORT MEADE - Mrs. Pauline Lorraine Hawes, 84, passed away Thursday March 1, 2018 at her home in Fort Meade. Mrs. Hawes was born October 9, 1933 in Marlborough, Massachusetts, and recently moved to Fort Meade in 2014 from Boca Raton, FL where she retired as a librarian from Florida Atlantic University. She was also a registered nurse, and a...
Miss Wanda Lee Day
Mar 1, 2018
FORT MEADE - Miss Wanda Lee Day, 71, passed away Thursday, March 1, 2018 in Fort Meade, FL. Miss Day was born February 3, 1947 in Plant City, FL and was a longtime resident of Fort Meade. She was a member of First Assembly of God in Fort Meade, and a 1965 graduate of Fort Meade High School. Miss Day...
Mrs. Shirley Ann Westbrook
Feb 20, 2018
FORT MEADE - Mrs. Shirley Ann Westbrook, 72, passed away Tuesday, February 20, 2018 in Lakeland, FL. Mrs. Westbrook was born October 6, 1945 to Clifton and Lela Eady Cochran in Fort Meade, FL where she remained a lifelong resident. She was a homemaker, attended the Cornerstone Church of God of Fort Meade, and loved spending time with all of...
Mr. Eliseo Perez
Feb 4, 2018
FORT MEADE - Mr. Eliseo Perez, 68, passed away Sunday, February 4, 2018 at his home in Fort Meade, FL. Mr. Perez was born April 8, 1949 in Paucaro, Guerrero, Mexico and worked in the Agri-Business industry. He was of the Catholic faith and a resident of Fort Meade for many years. He was preceded in death by his wife...
Mr. Andy Martin
Feb 2, 2018
FORT MEADE - Mr. Harrell "Andy" Martin, 51, passed away Friday, February 2, 2018 in Lakeland, FL. Andy was born March 19, 1966 in Bartow, FL and was a lifelong resident of Fort Meade. He is survived by his mother and step-father, Beverly and Kenneth Lee Moseley, Sr., Fort Meade, FL; brothers, Tony Gillan, Fort Meade, FL, Kenneth Lee Moseley,...
Mr. Jack Billy Tillman
Jan 23, 2018
FORT MEADE - Mr. Jack Billy Tillman, 82, passed away Tuesday January 23, 2018 in Tampa, FL. Mr. Tillman was born September 9, 1935 in Fort Meade, FL, where he was a longtime resident. He was a pit crew operator for Cargill Fertilizer Co., and a member of New Life Baptist Church in Fort Meade. Mr. Tillman was preceded in...
Mr. Spencer L. Adams
Jan 6, 2018
FORT MEADE – Mr. Spencer L. Adams, 84, passed away January 6, 2018 in Bartow, FL. Mr. Adams was born August 18, 1933 in Fort Meade, FL, where he remained a lifelong resident, graduating Fort Meade High School in 1951 and later raising his family. He was a retired maintenance supervisor and planner for IMC Fertilizer Co., a United States...
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