Obituaries
Lois C. Ramsey
Aug 9, 2014
FORT MEADE - Mrs. Lois C. Ramsey, 79, passed away Saturday, August 9, 2014 in Athens, GA. Mrs. Ramsey was born May 25, 1935 in Durham, North Carolina and was a longtime resident of Fort Meade, FL. She was a homemaker and member of Cornerstone Church, Ft. Meade, where she the lead choreographer for the church dance team and helped...
Wayne Smith
Aug 5, 2014
INDIANTOWN - Mr. Robert Wayne Smith, 74, passed away Tues., Aug. 5, 2014 in Stuart, FL of heart failure. Wayne was born in Fort Meade, FL on August 31, 1939 to William Louis and Minnie Lee Martin Smith, and was a longtime resident of Martin County. He was a U.S. Air Force veteran and worked for First National Bank and...
William H. (Bill) West, Iii
Jul 27, 2014
FORT PIERCE - Mr. William (Bill) H. West, III was born December 8, 1935 in Kissimmee, FL and passed away, July 27, 2014. Bill was raised in Fort Meade, FL , and was the son of William H. West, II and Blonnie (Ross) West. As he was a lifetime Florida resident, Bill received his degree in horticulture from the University...
Dexter Allen Picard
Jul 19, 2014
Dexter Allen Picard, 33, was born October 21, 1980 in Aurora, Colorado and passed away July 19, 2014 in Salt Lake City, Utah after a sudden illness. He was raised in Fort Meade, Florida along with 2 sisters and 1 brother., and he served in the military for 2 years between the US Army and US Army National Guard. Dexter was...
Julie Birdsong Hooper
Jul 15, 2014
FORT MEADE - Julie Birdsong Hooper, 67, passed away Tuesday, July 15, 2014 in Bartow, FL of heart failure. Julie was born on January 27, 1947 in Plant City, FL, and was a lifelong resident of Fort Meade. She was a homemaker and member of the First Church of God, Fort Meade. Julie was preceded in death by her parents,...
Benny Loraine Meeks
Jul 8, 2014
BARTOW - Mrs. Benny Loraine Meeks, 67, passed away of heart failure on Tuesday, July 8, 2014 in Lakeland, Florida. Mrs. Meeks was born in Avon Park, Florida, on August 19, 1946, and came to Bartow from Fort Meade in 2011. She was a loving mother and a cosmetologist. Mrs. Meeks was preceded in death by her parents, Benjamine and...
Jack R. "Red" Reeves
Jun 30, 2014
FORT MEADE - Mr. Jack Ronald "Red" Reeves, passed away at his home with his family on Monday, June 30, 2014. Red was born April 10, 1933 in Alturas, FL and moved to Fort Meade from Sarasota, FL in 1944. He was retired from the U.S. Army and also the City of Fort Meade. Red was a U.S. Army Veteran,...
Amos Lee Skipper
Jun 24, 2014
FORT MEADE - Mr. Amos Lee Skipper, 85, passed away at his home in Fort Meade on Tuesday, June 24, 2014, of heart failure.Amos was born in Marianna, Florida to A. B. and Lucy Skipper on November 20, 1928. He was a member of the First Church of God, Fort Meade, and was a veteran of the United States Army....
Dave H. Barnett
Jun 9, 2014
FORT MEADE - Mr. Dave Heartsell Barnett, 86, passed away Monday, June 9, 2014 at his home due to cancer, surrounded by his loving family. Dave was born July 25, 1927, in Cobb County, Georgia to Jesse Ragon and Marguerite Barnett, Sr., and raised in Fort Meade, FL. He was retired from Estech, Inc. after a lifelong career in...
Renabelle Clanton
Jun 1, 2014
FORT MEADE - Mrs. RenaBelle Clanton, 82, passed away Sunday, June 1, 2014 in Auburndale. Mrs. Clanton was born in Colorado on August 24, 1931, and has been a longtime resident of Fort Meade. She was a homemaker and member of the Fort Meade Worship Center. Mrs. Clanton was preceded in death by her husband, R.L. Clanton;...
Winifred "Miss Winnie" Leach
May 17, 2014
FORT MEADE - Winifred Colleen Fore Leach (Miss Winnie), 87, passed away Saturday, May 17, 2014 at her home in Fort Meade. Miss Winnie was born July 25, 1926 in Black Star, Kentucky and moved to Fort Meade from Williamsburg, Kentucky in 1973. She worked for Peace River Packing as a citrus grader and was a member of First Baptist Church,...
Donald Dean Russell
May 14, 2014
FORT MEADE - Mr. Donald Dean Russell, 74, passed away Wednesday, May 14, 2014 at his home. Mr. Russell was born October 2, 1939 in Petoskey, Michigan, and moved to Fort Meade from Middleville, Michigan in 2003 after retiring from Hostess Cake Co. and working in the Baking Industry in sales and management for many years. Mr. Russell was a...
Cleo Hancock Taylor
May 13, 2014
Cleo Sarabell Hancock Taylor, 91, completed her life journey on 13 May 2014. She was born in Whitesburg, Kentucky on 12 March 1923 to Henry Edison and Jane Phillips Adams. Because her father had suffered with infantile paralysis as a young boy and was left crippled in one leg, it was difficult for him to find...
Elaine Marie Connell
Apr 21, 2014
TAMPA - Elaine Marie Connell, 71, passed away Monday, April 21, 2014 in Tampa, FL. Elaine was born Nov. 17, 1942 in Longbeach, CA, and has been a resident of Tampa for many years. She was the daughter of Roy Olney Connell, along with being the daughter of Evelyn Stokes and step-daughter of Marion Stokes who resided in Fort Meade for...
Theresa I. Lundquist
Apr 10, 2014
LAKE WALES - Mrs. Theresa I. Lundquist, 85, passed away Thursday, April 10, 2014 in Lakeland of heart failure. Mrs. Lundquist was born in Fort Meade, FL on August 20, 1928, and moved to Lake Wales from Miami in 1997. She was a homemaker and a longtime volunteer for the Dade County school system. Mrs. Lundquist was a graduate of...
Maxine Russell Hancock
Apr 5, 2014
FORT MEADE - Mrs. Maxine Russell Hancock, 99, passed away of congestive heart failure on Saturday, April 5, 2014 at her home in Fort Meade. Mrs. Hancock was born in Tiger Bay, FL on November 7, 1914, and moved to Fort Meade in 1934 with her husband, Woodrow Hancock, where she devoted her life to her husband and children. She...
Gene Collier
Mar 27, 2014
FORT MEADE - Mr. Edgar Eugene "Gene" Collier, 75, went to be with his Lord on Thursday, March 27, 2014 at his home. Gene was born in Fort Meade, FL on April 4, 1938 where he remained a life long resident. He was a cattleman and also a lifelong phosphate miner, currently employed by The Mosaic Company for 55 years. Gene's passion was...
Master John Ayden Giannopoulos
Mar 7, 2014
BARTOW - Master John Ayden Giannopoulos joined the children of heaven on Friday, March 7, 2014 at the age of 3 months. Ayden was born November 24, 2013 in Winter Haven, FL and lived with his loving parents in Bartow, FL. Ayden was preceded in death by his maternal great-grandmother, Debbie Wessell and paternal great-grandparents, Nikolaos Giannopoulos and Zoe Vareltezis....
James W. Harrell
Mar 4, 2014
FORT MEADE - Mr. James William Harrell, 78, passed away Tuesday, March 4, 2014 at his home in Fort Meade. Mr. Harrell was born in Fitzgerald, GA on April 27, 1935, and moved to Fort Meade from Lake Wales in 1966. After retiring from Estech Chemical Co., he started his own trucking business, Sandhill Trucking, Inc. Mr. Harrell was a...
Arno And Myrtle Birdsong
Feb 25, 2014
FORT MEADE - Mr. Herbert Arno Birdsong and Mrs. Myrtle H. Birdsong, who loved each other deeply through a 71 year love story marriage, have both gone to be with their Lord. Mrs. Myrtle H. Birdsong, 88, passed away Sunday, Feb. 23, 2014 in Fort Meade of heart failure. Mrs. Birdsong was born March 28, 1925 in Plant City, FL...
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