Obituaries
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...
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. 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...
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...
Mr. Wilburn E. Porter
Dec 26, 2017
FORT MEADE - Mr. Wilburn E. Porter, 94, passed away December 26, 2017 in Wauchula, FL. Mr. Porter was born in Shunk, PA on February 7, 1923 and moved to Fort Meade, FL fulltime from Canton, PA in 2000, after being a winter visitor for many years. He was a retired home furnishing retailer and a member of the New...
Mr. David Leon Swinehart
Dec 26, 2017
BELLEVILLE, MI – Mr. David Leon Swinehart, 74, passed away Tuesday, December 26, 2017 in Lakeland, FL. Mr. Swinehart was born February 17, 1944 in McComb, OH and has been spending his winters in Sebring, FL since 2001. He was a commercial truck driver, a member of the Florida Flywheeler’s and many other organizations associated with engine shows. Mr. Swinehart...
Mr. Herman O. Brooks
Dec 2, 2017
LAKELAND - Mr. Herman O Brooks was born in the Tillman community near Fort Meade, FL, on February 3, 1934, to David and Nannie Lou Thomas Brooks. Herman lived in the Fort Meade area the first 34 years of his life, attending school there, working for Barnett's filling station; then worked in the nursery/landscaping business for approximately 11 years. Herman...
Mrs. Mary M. Jackson
Oct 26, 2017
FORT MEADE - Mrs. Mary M. Jackson, 94, passed away Thursday, Oct. 26, 2017 at her home in Fort Meade. Mrs. Jackson was born April 30, 1923 in Jonesboro, AR and moved to Fort Meade from Oak Grove, AR in the early 1950's. She worked many years for W.T. Grant, and Smiling Jack Groceries, and also was a home health...
Mr. Stephen D. Daughtrey
Oct 16, 2017
FORT MEADE - Stephen Dwayne Daughtrey, 60, passed away Monday, October 16, 2017 at his home in Fort Meade. Stephen was born March 18, 1957 in Bartow, FL and was a lifelong resident of Fort Meade. He attended the Marion Lee Training Center in Lakeland, FL, and was an active member of First Baptist Church of Fort Meade where he...
Mrs. Mae Best
Aug 24, 2017
FORT MEADE - Mrs. Mae Charles Best, 93, passed away Thursday, August 24, 2017 at her home in Fort Meade. Mrs. Best was born October 26, 1923 in Coffee Springs, AL, and moved to Fort Meade from Bartow in 1954. She was a retired lunchroom manager of Lewis Elementary in Fort Meade and also worked in the lunchroom of Fort...
Mr. David Rosenberg
Aug 13, 2017
An obituary will be updated in the upcoming days at the discretion of the family. Mr. Rosenberg is survived by his wife Sue Shields Rosenberg of Venice, FL and formerly of Fort Meade, and his son Steven Rosenberg.
Mrs. Joann Rogers
Aug 12, 2017
LAKELAND - Mrs. JoAnn Rogers, 46, went to be with the Lord on Saturday, August 12, 2017. JoAnn was born in Wantagh, Long Island, NY on January 8, 1971 and was a longtime resident of Lakeland. She loved her family and was a stay at home mom, caring for her children and her favorite pet, a miniature Schnauzer named Buckley....
Mrs. Sherry Ann Shepherd Weeks
Aug 2, 2017
FORT MEADE - Mrs. Sherry Ann Shepherd Weeks of Fort Meade, FL, celebrated her 76th birthday with Jesus on August 2, 2017. Sherry was born in Bartow, Florida, and was the daughter of Cecil W. Shepherd and Anna E. Shepherd. Shortly after graduation, Sherry married Ronald D. Weeks, her husband of 50 years in 1960, and moved to Fort Meade...
Mrs. Dorothy L. Sortore
Jul 31, 2017
SARASOTA, FL - Mrs. Dorothy L. Sortore, 95, passed away Monday, July 31, 2017 in Sarasota, FL. Mrs. Sortore was born May 15, 1922 in Belmont, NY and was a retired school teacher and principal for many years. She was preceded in death by her parents, Herbert J. and Mavis Powers Leilous, and her husband Melvin Wendell Sortore. Mrs. Sortore...
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