Obituaries

Aaron J. Cochran

Aaron J. Cochran

May 9, 2013

FORT GREEN - Mr. Aaron J. Cochran, 23, passed away May 9, 2013 in Fort Green. Aaron was born on April 26, 1990 in Arcadia, FL, and was a lifelong resident of Fort Green. He was a cattleman, attended Hardee County schools, and was a member of Fort Green Baptist Church. Aaron was preceded in death by his maternal grandfather,...

Sarah Lanier Russell

Sarah Lanier Russell

May 5, 2013

FORT MEADE - Mrs. Sarah Lanier Russell, 86, passed away on Sunday, May 5, 2013 in Tampa due to complications of a stroke. Born to a pioneer Polk County family in Fort Meade, FL on July 8, 1926, Sarah felt fortunate to live her entire life in Fort Meade surrounded by loving family and life-long friends. She was a member...

Melba Gramling Reynolds

Melba Gramling Reynolds

Apr 19, 2013

FORT MEADE - Mrs. Melba Gramling Reynolds, 81, passed away Friday, April 19, 2013 in Bartow of heart failure. Mrs. Reynolds was born on May 7, 1931, and was a native and life long resident of Fort Meade. She was a homemaker and loved quilting, playing cards and a fan of the Atlanta Braves. Mrs. Reynolds was a graduate of...

Dathia C. Hensley

Dathia C. Hensley

Apr 12, 2013

DELTONA - Mrs. Dathia Carrie Hensley, 72 passed away April 12, 2013 in Orange City, FL. Mrs. Hensley was born February 27, 1941 in Oneida, Kentucky, and recently moved to Deltona in 2012. She was a former resident of Fort Meade and Bartow, and worked as a sectionizer for OrangeCo in Bartow, FL. Mrs. Hensley was a member of the...

Sue Ann Davis

Sue Ann Davis

Apr 11, 2013

FORT MEADE - Mrs. Sue Ann Davis, 67, passed away Thursday, April 11, 2013 at Bartow Regional Medical Center. Mrs. Davis was born in Bartow, FL on June 16, 1945, and moved to Fort Meade from Bowling Green in 1973. Mrs. Davis was raised in the Bowling Green/Tillman area of Hardee County by her parents Joseph Dallas Prine, Jr. and...

Pauline "Polly" V. Martin

Pauline "Polly" V. Martin

Apr 5, 2013

FORT MEADE - Mrs. Pauline "Polly" V. Martin, 87, passed away Friday, April 5, 2013 in Bartow of heart failure. Mrs. Martin was born September 4, 1925 and was a native and lifelong resident of Fort Meade, FL. She was a retired sectionizer for Florida Natural in Lake Wales, and a member of Oak Park Baptist Church, Fort Meade. Mrs....

Edna "Boots" Bowers

Edna "Boots" Bowers

Mar 26, 2013

FORT MEADE - Mrs. Edna "Boots" Bowers, 91, passed away Tuesday, March 26, 2013 in Sebring, FL of heart failure. Mrs. Bowers was born in Tampa, FL on June 30, 1921 and moved to Fort Meade from Avon Park in 1946. She was a graduate of Avon Park High School, Class of 1940, a homemaker and member of the First...

Gail Darwin Bever

Gail Darwin Bever

Mar 18, 2013

Mr. Gail Darwin Bever, 73, passed away Monday, March 18, 2013 at Bartow Regional Medical Center. He was born on August 21, 1939 in Hastings, Michigan and moved to Fort Meade, FL in 1992 from Kennesaw, Georgia. Mr. Bever was Protestant, and preceded in death by his father, Gail Shaw Bever. He is survived by his mother, Geraldine Bever, Fort...

Martha Annette Pierce

Martha Annette Pierce

Mar 15, 2013

FORT MEADE - Mrs. Martha Annette Pierce, 78, passed away Friday, March 15, 2013 at Bartow Regional Medical Center of heart failure. Mrs. Pierce was born on August 13, 1934 in Enterprise, Alabama and she was a lifelong resident of Fort Meade. Mrs. Pierce was a sectionizer for Ben Hill Griffin, Inc. and after her retirement she worked with the...

Allene Forsythe Morgan

Allene Forsythe Morgan

Mar 9, 2013

PLANT CITY - Mrs. Allene Forsythe Morgan, 82, passed away Sat., March 9, 2013 at Good Shepherd Hospice in Auburndale, FL after complications from a stroke. Mrs. Morgan was born on June 24, 1930 in Plant City, FL, and after living in Fort Meade for many years she returned to Plant City in 1985. She retired after 20 years from...

Master Jamie Vaughn

Master Jamie Vaughn

Mar 4, 2013

Master Jamie Vaughn, joined the children of heaven on March 4, 2013. He is survived by his father and mother, Steven and Ellie Vaughn, siblings and grandparents. Hancock Funeral Home, Fort Meade

Irrie T. Smith

Irrie T. Smith

Mar 1, 2013

FORT MEADE - Mr. Irrie T. Smith, 86, passed away Friday, March 1, 2013 in Sebring, FL. Mr. Smith was born on December 9, 1926, and was a native and life long resident of Fort Meade. He retired from Estech Chemical Co. as an electrician after 43 years of service. Mr. Smith was a WW II, U.S. Navy Veteran, a...

Edith Barwick

Edith Barwick

Feb 27, 2013

FORT MEADE - Mrs. Edith Lorraine Barwick, 85, passed away Wed., February 27, 2013 in Zephyrhills, FL of heart failure. Mrs. Barwick was born in Bartow, FL on March 5, 1927, and moved to Fort Meade in 1956. She was a homemaker and member of the Cornerstone Church of God in Fort Meade. Along with raising her own family, Mrs....

David Wooten, Sr.

David Wooten, Sr.

Feb 20, 2013

FORT MEADE - Mr. David Wooten, Sr., 79, passed away Wed., February 20, 2013 in Bartow. Mr. Wooten was born on August 25, 1933 in Broxton, Georgia and moved to Fort Meade from Coffee County, Georgia in 1955. He was a butcher for Kaplan Industries and of the Baptist faith. Mr. Wooten was preceded in death by several brothers and...

Jimmie Parker

Jimmie Parker

Feb 7, 2013

FORT MEADE - Mr. James A. "Jimmie" Parker, 71, passed away Thursday, Feb. 7, 2013 at his home of heart failure. Jimmie was born on May 11, 1941 in Bowling Green, FL and was a lifelong resident of Fort Meade. He was the owner of Hydra-Lube Hydraulics in Fort Meade for 20 years, and a member of Mt. Pisgah Baptist...

George W. Zink

George W. Zink

Feb 6, 2013

FORT MEADE - Mr. George W. Zink, 91, passed away Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2013 due to complications from a fall. A native of Plainville, CT, George settled in Brewster, FL after the war and later moved to Fort Meade in 1958. George retired from American Cyanamid Company as a maintenance superintendent after 38 years. Among his many achievements with his...

Patricia Y. Walkup

Patricia Y. Walkup

Jan 19, 2013

FORT MEADE - Patricia Y. Walkup, 80, died peacefully on January 19, 2013 following a brief struggle with cancer. She was born Patricia Marie Peacocke on February 9, 1932 in Evanston, IL to father Vereker Tufnell John Peacocke and mother Mary Catherine Packham. After Vereker's passing, Mary Catherine married Bernard Yoepp and together, they raised Patricia from a young age....

Charles E. "Buck" Greer

Charles E. "Buck" Greer

Jan 18, 2013

FORT MEADE - Mr. Charles Elwin "Buck" Greer, 76, passed away Friday, Jan. 18, 2013 in Bartow of heart failure. Mr. Greer was born in Colquit County, GA and moved to Fort Meade from Plant City 25 years ago. He was a recovery plant operator at Agrico for 37 years, an Air Force Veteran and of the Baptist faith. Mr....

Shirley Heebsh

Shirley Heebsh

Jan 3, 2013

FORT MEADE - Mrs. Shirley Mary Heebsh, 87, passed away Thursday, Jan. 3, 2013 at the Florida Flywheeler's Park in Fort Meade. Mrs. Heebsh was born March 31, 1925 in Lake Church, WI and was a longtime resident of Waterford, WI and spent her winters in Fort Meade for many years. She was a homemaker, member of St. Clare Catholic...

Becky Naylor

Becky Naylor

Jan 1, 2013

FORT MEADE - Mrs. Rebecca Ann "Becky" Naylor, 63, passed away Tuesday, Jan. 1, 2013 at her home of cancer. Becky was born in Detroit, Michigan on July 9, 1949 and was a longtime resident of Fort Meade. She worked for the Polk County School Board in the cafeteria at Fort Meade High School, and was also a member of...

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