Obituaries
Dorothy L. Jenkins
Sep 18, 2014
FORT MEADE - Mrs. Dorothy L. Jenkins, 88, passed away Thursday, September 18, 2014 in Sebring, FL. Mrs. Jenkins was a native and lifelong resident of Fort Meade, born July 13, 1926 to her parents, Harvey Clifton Albritton and Mertie Sarah Miller Albritton. Mrs. Jenkins was a loving mother and wife to her family, and while making a home for...
Royce Stephens
Sep 17, 2014
AUBURNDALE - Mr. Royce Edwin Stephens, 73, passed away Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2014 in Lakeland of heart failure. Mr. Stephens was born September 3, 1941 in Muncey, Indiana, and has been a longtime Polk County resident. He retired as the owner and operator of Florida Utility Trailers in 1991, and enjoyed his retirement and spare time with woodworking, fishing, gardening...
Julia Watson Blount
Sep 13, 2014
CRAWFORDVILLE, FL - Mrs. Julia Watson Blount, 83, passed away at her home in Crawfordville, FL on Saturday, September 13, 2014. Mrs. Blount was born January 6, 1931 in Tiger Bay, FL and moved to Crawfordville from Marianna, FL in 1997. She was a retired house mother for the State of Florida, a member of the First Baptist Church, Fort...
Peggy Francis
Sep 12, 2014
FORT MEADE - Mrs. Daisy Carlene "Peggy" Francis, 82, passed away Friday, September 12, 2014 at Highlands Lake Center in Lakeland, FL. Mrs. Francis was born in Ettrick, VA on April 14, 1932 and after originally moving to Florida from Virginia in 1991, she and her husband moved to Fort Meade in 2000. She was a homemaker and member of...
Ricky Moncrief
Aug 28, 2014
FORT MEADE - Mr. Richard A. "Ricky" Moncrief, 41, passed away Thursday, August 28, 2014 in Tampa. Ricky was born November 2, 1972 in Wauchula, FL and was a lifelong resident of Fort Meade. He was a detailer for Greenwood Chevrolet and attended the Cornerstone Church of God. Ricky loved his friends and family, and held them all as a...
Janet Davis
Aug 27, 2014
FORT MEADE - Mrs. Janet Davis, 84, passed away Wednesday, August 27, 2014 in Winter Haven, FL. Mrs. Davis was born January 2, 1930 in Fort Meade, FL where she remained a lifelong resident. She was a loving mother and wife, and devoted herself to making a home for her family. Mrs. Davis was a very active member of the First Presbyterian Church,...
Patricia Lynne Whitfield
Aug 22, 2014
FORT MEADE - Mrs. Patricia Lynne Whitfield, 58, passed away Friday, August 22, 2014 in Tampa, FL. Lynne was born January 10, 1956 in Bartow, FL to James Allen Barnes and Dorothy Boney, and was a longtime resident of Fort Meade. She was a homemaker, member of Community Friendship Fellowship Church in Bartow, FL, and a graduate of Fort Meade...
George L. Page
Aug 20, 2014
PERRY - Mr. George L. Page, 81, passed away August 20, 2014 in Sebring, FL. Mr. Page was born in Shady Grove, FL on July 3, 1933, and he remained a lifetime resident of Taylor County, FL. He was a dragline operator for CF Industries for 25years, and a U.S. Army Korean War veteran. Mr. Page was preceded in death...
Cader "C.W." Altman
Aug 18, 2014
BOWLING GREEN - Mr. Cader "C.W." Altman, 87, passed away Monday, August 18, 2014 in Sebring, FL. Mr. Altman was born October 13, 1926 in Bowling Green, FL where he lived for many years. He was seventeen years of age when he volunteered to serve in the U.S. Navy during WW II. Mr. Altman received training to qualify as a...
Harold B. Champion
Aug 15, 2014
FORT MEADE - Mr. Harold B. Champion, 69, passed away Friday, August 15, 2014 in Bartow, FL. Mr. Champion was born June 28, 1945 in Huntsville, AL and moved to Fort Meade from Arkansas 30 years ago. He worked for American Greeting Cards for many years, and later retired from Till Office Supply in Bartow after 30 years of dedicated service...
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;...
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