Obituaries
John G. Bourn
Jul 15, 2013
FORT MEADE - Mr. John Glynn Bourn, 33, passed away Mon., July 15, 2013 in Lake Wales due to injuries sustained in an auto accident. John was born Sept. 21, 1979 in Bartow, FL, and was a longtime resident of Bowling Green before moving to Fort Meade. He worked for Duke Energy in Lake Wales as a substation electrician. John...
Cynthia A. Fields Tate
Jul 6, 2013
TAMPA-Mrs. Cynthia Anne Fields Tate, 54, passed away Saturday, July 6, 2013 at Florida Hospital in Tampa. Mrs. Tate was born on August 6, 1958 in Tampa, FL and she remained a lifelong resident of the Tampa Bay area. She was a member of First Baptist Church, Lutz, and a 1976 graduate of Hillsborough High School. Mrs. Tate was preceded...
William L. "Bill" Davis
Jul 5, 2013
FORT MEADE - Mr. William L. (Bill) Davis, Jr., 88, passed away Friday, July 5, 2013 at his home in Fort Meade of heart failure. Bill was born in Bloomington, IN on March 23, 1925 and lived in Austin, TX until he was 16 years of age before moving to Fort Meade with his family in 1941. He graduated from...
Lillie A. Collins
Jun 27, 2013
FORT MEADE - Mrs. Lillie A. Collins, 91, passed away Thurs., June 27, 2013 in Rockledge, FL of heart failure. Mrs. Collins was born in Garland, St. Landry Parish, LA on Nov. 24, 1921 and was a former longtime resident of Fort Meade, Lake Wales and Polk County. Mrs. Collins was a devoted Baptist minister's wife for 51 years and...
Loretta Hendrick Handley
Jun 22, 2013
FORT MEADE - Mrs. Loretta Hendrick Handley, 93, passed away Sat., June 22, 2013 in Lakeland of heart failure. Mrs. Handley was born in Andrews, NC on May 1, 1920 and was a longtime Fort Meade resident before moving to Punta Gorda, FL in the early 1980's. She was a homemaker, member of Mt. Pisgah Baptist Church of Fort Meade,...
Victoria Mann Calvary
Jun 16, 2013
LAKELAND - Mrs. Victoria Mann Calvary, 66, passed away June 16, 2013 in Lakeland. Mrs. Calvary was born in Fort Meade, FL on February 1, 1947, and was a longtime resident of Lakeland. She was a homemaker and member of Antioch Baptist Church. Mrs. Calvary was the daughter of John H. and Lula Roberts Mann. She is survived by her...
Dr. Rev. Harold E. Armstrong
Jun 15, 2013
BARTOW - Dr. Rev. Harold E. "Harry" Armstrong, 67, passed away Sat., June 15, 2013 at his home of heart failure. Harry was born on August 26, 1945 in Enterprise, AL and spent his younger years growing up in Fort Meade, FL. He returned to Polk County in 2001 from North Augusta, SC after serving as a pastor for churches...
Catherine Lanier
Jun 13, 2013
FORT MEADE - Mrs. Catherine Mary Lanier, 68, passed away Thurs., June 13, 2013 at home due to cancer. Mrs. Lanier was born in Wauchula, FL on December 16, 1944 and moved to Fort Meade from Avon Park in the early 1980's. She was a homemaker, member of Fort Meade Seventh Day Adventist Church, and a graduate of Avon Park...
Vonceil Lane
Jun 9, 2013
FORT MEADE - Ms. Octavia Vonceil Lane, 77, passed away in Lakeland on Sunday, June 9, 2013. Ms. Lane was born on November 1, 1935, and was a native and lifelong resident of Fort Meade. She was a retired nurse, working with the Polk County Sheriff's Office, and she also worked through the years at several area hospitals and doctors...
James M. Gallagher
May 31, 2013
LAKELAND - Mr. James Michael Gallagher, 59, passed away Friday, May 31, 2013 in Lakeland, FL. Mr. Gallagher was born in Camden, New Jersey on July 8, 1953, and moved to Lakeland from New Jersey twenty five years ago. He was a dispatcher and book keeper for Greyhound Bus Lines and of the Catholic faith. Mr. Gallagher was preceded in...
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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...
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