Obituaries
Helen W. Nicholson
Feb 19, 2014
WAUCHULA - Mrs. Helen Weis Nicholson, 98, of Wauchula, died peacefully at home after a short illness on Wednesday, February 19, 2014. Mrs. Nicholson was born September 5, 1915 in Staunton, Illinois and lived most of her life in Hardee County where she was part owner of Nicholson Supply Company in Bowling Green and Wauchula. She was a member of...
Ina C. Burns
Feb 16, 2014
LAKELAND - Mrs. Ina Claire Burns, 84, passed away Sunday, February 16, 2014 in Lakeland. Mrs. Burns was born January 15, 1930 in Fort Meade, FL to her parents, John D. and Violet Acree Walker, and she graduated Fort Meade High School, class of 1948. She has been a longtime resident of Lakeland, where she attended First Baptist Church of...
Hazel L. Nicholson
Feb 15, 2014
BOWLING GREEN - Mrs. Hazel L. Nicholson, 77, passed away at her home on Saturday, February 15, 2014. Mrs. Nicholson was born in Nocatee, FL on Dec. 17, 1936 and moved to Bowling Green from Fort Myers, FL 55 years ago. She was the owner and operator of Hazel's Flowers and Gift Shop in Bowling Green for over 40 years....
Joseph E. "Joe" Davis, Sr.
Feb 11, 2014
FORT MEADE - Mr. Joseph E. "Joe" Davis, Sr., 75, passed away Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2014 at his home of heart failure. Joe was born in Austin, TX on Sept. 17, 1938 and moved to Fort Meade at the age of 2 with his family. He was a lifelong Fort Meade resident, graduating from Fort Meade High School in 1956,...
Ret. Lcdr William F. "Bill" Cole
Feb 9, 2014
FORT MEADE - Ret. LCDR William F. "Bill" Cole, 84, passed away Sunday, Feb. 9, 2014. Bill was born in Westbrook, Maine on January 11, 1930 and moved to Fort Meade 25 years ago after serving his country for many years. He was a retired U.S. Navy Lieutenant Commander and Vietnam War Veteran. Bill enlisted in the U.S. Navy in...
Eugene R. Tucker
Feb 5, 2014
FORT MEADE - Mr. Eugene R. Tucker, 79, passed away Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2014 in Lakeland of Dementia and Parkinson's Disease. Eugene was born Dec. 21, 1934 in Fort Meade, FL to Harry M. and Utie P. Tucker. After graduation from Fort Meade High School, he served in the U.S. Air Force as an MP in Germany. Eugene was a...
Brenda J. Kilpatrick
Jan 27, 2014
FORT MEADE - Mrs. Brenda J. Kilpatrick, 72, passed away Monday, Jan. 27, 2014 in Bartow, FL of heart failure. Mrs. Kilpatrick was born Feb. 15, 1941 in Knoxville, TN and moved to Fort Meade from Wauchula, FL in 1960 soon after she married. She was a 1958 graduate of Hardee High School and went on to attend USF in...
Dorothy M. Lunsford-Griffith
Jan 12, 2014
LAKE WALES - Mrs. Dorothy Marie Lunsford-Griffith, 78, passed away Sunday, Jan. 12, 2014 in Winter Haven of heart failure. Dorothy was born September 22, 1935 in Tiger Bay, FL and moved to Lake Wales from Fort Meade in 1994. She was the Deputy Clerk for the Polk County Court House for 18 years, a member of Fort Meade First...
Robert Brygidyr
Jan 11, 2014
Mr. Robert Brygidyr, 87, of Lakeland, passed away in Bartow, FL on January 11, 2014. There are no services planned at this time.
Tullie Ray Jackson, Sr.
Jan 1, 2014
FORT MEADE - Mr. Tullie Ray Jackson, Sr., 69, passed away at his home in Fort Meade on January 1, 2014 from cancer. Mr. Jackson was born March 13, 1944 in Fort Meade, FL, and was the son of Tullie Edward and Mabel Adams Jackson. Mr. Jackson resided his entire life in Fort Meade where he graduated from Fort Meade...
Charles Alden Feathers, Sr.
Dec 22, 2013
FORT MEADE - Mr. Charles Alden Feathers, Sr., 79, passed away in Lakeland, FL on Sunday, Dec. 22, 2013. Mr. Feathers was born Aug. 10, 1934 in Fishertown, PA and moved to Fort Meade from Ogden, Utah 15 years ago. He was a retired 20 year veteran from the U.S. Air Force, serving during the Vietnam War and Korean Conflict,...
Martha Louise Williamson
Dec 19, 2013
FORT MEADE - Mrs. Martha Louise Williamson, 92, passed away Thursday, Dec. 19, 2013 in Bartow, FL. Mrs. Williamson was born June 29, 1921 in Thomas County, GA, and moved to Fort Meade at a very young age with her parents, Jesse and Sarah Monk Creach. She lived nearly her whole life in Fort Meade, where she was a caregiver...
Alan W. "Spanky" Gilmore
Dec 13, 2013
FORT MEADE - Mr. Alan Wayne "Spanky" Gilmore, 59, passed away in Belleview, FL on Friday, Dec. 13, 2013. Spanky was born Nov. 26, 1954 in Hayti, Missouri, and has been a longtime resident of Fort Meade for many years. He was a plumber for over 40 years, working with Graves Plumbing for nearly 14 years, and he attended the...
Mary E. Adams
Dec 8, 2013
ARCADIA - Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Adams, 87, passed away Sunday, Dec. 8, 2013 in Avon Park, FL. Mrs. Adams was born in Blountstown, FL on Nov. 24, 1926 and was a longtime resident of Fort Meade before moving to Arcadia in 1970. She was a homemaker, raising ten children, and a citrus fruit sectionizer, working for Donald Duck in Lake...
Betty Gene Waller
Nov 26, 2013
FORT MEADE - Mrs. Betty Gene Waller, 90, passed away Tuesday, Nov. 26, 2013 in Bartow of heart failure. Mrs. Waller was born October 24, 1923 in Eagle Lake, TX, and moved to Fort Meade from Old Ocean, TX in 1957. She was a homemaker and longtime member of the First Baptist Church, Fort Meade. Mrs. Waller was also a...
Horace Melvin "Buck" Owen
Nov 12, 2013
FORT MEADE - Mr. Horace Melvin "Buck" Owen, Sr., 71, passed away Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2013. Mr. Owen was born August 24, 1942 in Fort Meade, FL where he remained a lifelong resident. He was a 43 year employee of U.S. Agri-Chem where he worked as a maintenance mechanic, and he was of the Baptist Faith. Mr. Owen was a...
Walker Driskell
Nov 2, 2013
LAKELAND - Mr. M. Walker Driskell, 97, passed away at his home Saturday, Nov. 2, 2013 of heart failure. Mr. Driskell was born May 22, 1916 in Taylor County, Georgia, and moved to Lakeland from Fort Meade, FL in 1973. He was a retired maintenance supervisor for Swift & Co. and of the Baptist faith. Mr. Driskell was a WW...
James D. "Jack" Edwards, Jr.
Nov 1, 2013
WIMAUMA - Mr. James D. "Jack" Edwards, Jr., 78, passed away Friday, Nov. 1, 2013 of heart failure at his daughter's home in Starke, FL. Mr. Edwards was born April 26, 1935 in Tampa, FL and was a longtime resident of Wimauma, FL. He was a carpenter and a very active member of the Florida Flywheelers, Fort Meade. During the...
Donald Brown
Oct 19, 2013
FORT MEADE - Mr. Donald Brown, Sr., 81, passed away at his home Saturday, October 19, 2013. Mr. Brown was born February 13, 1932 in Vicksburg, Mississippi, and has been a longtime resident of Fort Meade. He retired as a maintenance mechanic from U.S. Agri-Chem after 34 years of faithful service. Mr. Brown was a member of Lake Buffum Baptist...
Glenda Gillispie Mullins
Oct 17, 2013
FORT MEADE - Mrs. Glenda Gillispie Mullins, 77, passed away Thursday, Oct. 17, 2013 in Lakeland of heart failure. Mrs. Mullins was the daughter of Samuel and Mabel Gillispie, Sr., and she was born June 7, 1936 in Fort Meade, FL where she resided her entire life. She worked for Badcock Home Furnishings in Fort Meade for many years, and...
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