Obituaries
Howard R. Snow
Oct 6, 2012
LAKE WALES - Mr. Howard R. Snow, 85, passed away Sat., Oct. 6, 2012 in Bartow, FL of heart failure. Mr. Snow was born in Cortland, Ohio on January 22, 1927 where he lived for many years, and moved to Lake Wales, FL in 2004. He worked for Wean United in Warren, Ohio for over 20 years, then going on...
Nancy Rhoden
Sep 28, 2012
FORT MEADE - Mrs. Nancy Coryell Rhoden, 69, passed away Fri., Sept. 28, 2012 in Lake Wales due to heart failure. Mrs. Rhoden was born July 20, 1943 in Tampa, FL and has been a longtime resident of Fort Meade for many years. She was a homemaker, loving wife, mother and a member of Lake Buffum Baptist Church, Fort Meade....
Phyllis Baggett
Sep 18, 2012
BARTOW - Ms. Phyllis Gail Newsome Baggett, 71, passed away Tues., Sept. 18, 2012 at her home of heart failure. Mrs. Baggett was born in Fort Meade, FL on August 23, 1941 and was a lifelong resident of Fort Meade and surrounding area. She was a shipping and receiving clerk for U.S. Agri-Chem in Fort Meade. Ms. Baggett was a...
Winnie B. Moody
Sep 17, 2012
LAKELAND - Winnie B. Moody, 83, passed away at St. Petersburg General Hospital on Monday, Sept. 17, 2012. Ms. Moody was born in Bartow, FL on April 17, 1929 and moved to Lakeland from Miami in the early 1980's. She formerly lived in Fort Meade for many years and was a retired telephone supervisor with Southern Bell Telephone. Ms. Moody...
Dawn Jerkins Ensslin
Sep 17, 2012
FORT MEADE - Ms. Dawn A. Jerkins Ensslin, 42, passed away Monday, Sept. 17, 2012 with her daughter, De'Laney Chellav (Tink) Ensslin, due to injuries sustained in an automobile accident. Dawn was born April 19, 1970 in Marshall, Michigan and was a lifelong resident of Fort Meade. She worked for the Polk County School Board at the Lewis Anna Woodbury...
De'Laney "Tink" Ensslin
Sep 17, 2012
FORT MEADE - Miss De'Laney Chellav (Tink) Ensslin, 8, passed away Monday, Sept. 17, 2012 with her mother, Dawn Jerkins Ensslin, due to injuries sustained in an automobile accident. Tink was born January 23, 2004 in Bartow, FL and was a life long resident of Fort Meade. She was a third grade student at Lewis Ann Woodbury Elementary in Fort...
Don Rogers
Sep 16, 2012
FORT MEADE - Mr. Donald Clark Rogers, 86, passed away at his home Sunday, Sept. 16, 2012 of heart failure. Mr. Rogers was born in Clarksburg, West Virginia on September 17, 1925 and moved to Fort Meade from Haines City, FL in 1962. He was a retired Bank President with Flagship Bank and SunTrust Bank in Fort Meade, Fort Myers...
Luther Fox
Sep 6, 2012
HOMELAND - Mr. Luther Fox, 76, passed away Thurs., Sept. 6, 2012 at Bartow Regional Medical Center. Mr. Fox was born March 21, 1936 in Foxtown, Kentucky and moved to Homeland from Fort Meade several years ago. He was a truck driver for Severt & Sons Produce. Mr. Fox is survived by his wife Jean Shiver Fox, Homeland, FL; sons,...
Richard A. Maits
Aug 22, 2012
FORT MEADE - Mr. Richard Allen "Rick" Maits, 86, passed away Wed., August 22, 2012 in Auburndale. Mr. Maits was born June 18, 1926 in Bartow, FL and moved to Fort Meade from Abbeville, AL in 2001. He was retired from the Polk County Board of County Comissioners, a WW II U.S. Navy Veteran and attended the Lina Vista Baptist...
Michael Wild
Aug 11, 2012
LAKELAND - Mr. Michael Aaron Wild, 52, passed away Saturday, August 11, 2012 at his home in Lakeland. Michael was born September 1, 1959 in Dover, Delaware and was a longtime resident of Lakeland. He was a retired paramedic with Polk County EMS, a member of Victory Assembly Church in Lakeland, and a graduate of Bartow High School Class of...
Billy Nicholson
Jul 20, 2012
BOWLING GREEN - Mr. William N. "Billy" Nicholson, 85, passed away Fri., July 20, 2012 in Wauchula. Mr. Nicholson was born on April 8, 1927 in Jacksonville, FL and was a lifetime resident of Hardee County. He was the manager of Nicholson Supply Co., a WW II U.S. Navy Veteran, and of the Baptist faith. Mr. Nicholson is survived by...
Harold Delille
Jul 18, 2012
Mr. Andrew Harold Delille, 86, passed away July 18, 2012. Mr. Delille was born in Gallipolis, Ohio on May 8, 1926 and moved to Lakeland from Fort Meade several years ago. He was an active member of First Baptist Church, Fort Meade and a U.S. Army Veteran. Mr. Delille is survived by his wife,Carol Ann Delille, Lakeland, FL; son, Andy...
Ronnie Godwin
Jul 17, 2012
BARTOW - Mr. Odie D. "Ronnie" Godwin, passed away in Winston Salem, NC July 17, 2012 of heart failure. Mr. Godwin was born in Bowling Green, FL on July 27, 1941 and was a longtime resident of Bartow. He was retired from Publix Supermarkets after 37 years of service and worked as an Assistant Produce Manager. Mr. Godwin was a...
Annie Belle Walker
Jul 14, 2012
FORT MEADE - Mrs. Annie Belle Walker, 97, passed away Sat., July 14, 2012 at Savannah Court in Bartow of heart failure. Mrs. Walker was born December 23, 1914, and was a native and lifelong resident of Fort Meade. She was the daughter of John Milton Sturgis and Annie Anderson Sturgis. Mrs Walker was a homemaker and member of the...
Charlotte S. Treen
Jul 11, 2012
FORT MEADE - Mrs. Charlotte Samons Treen, 68, passed away at Bartow Regional Medical Center on Wed., July 11, 2012. Mrs. Treen was born in Martin, Kentucky on September 22, 1943 and moved to Florida from Fremont, Ohio in 2010. She was a homemaker and of the Protestant faith. Mrs. Treen is survived by her husband, Elbert L. Treen, Fort...
Effie M. Goodridge
Jul 11, 2012
FORT MEADE - Mrs. Effie Mae Goodridge, 73, passed away Wed., July 11, 2012 in Lakeland of heart failure. Mrs. Goodridge was born on Jan. 18, 1939 in Fort Meade, FL where she was a life long resident. She was a retired Fort Meade High School teacher, a member of the First Church of God, Fort Meade where she served...
John H. Fennell, Jr.
Jul 10, 2012
FORT MEADE - Mr. John Hilton Fennell, Jr., 61, passed away Tues., July 10, 2012 at his residence in Fort Meade. He was born on Nov. 10, 1950 in Tampa, FL and was a longtime resident of Fort Meade. Mr. Fennell was a Carpenter and 1968 graduate of Fort Meade High School. He was preceded in death by his parents,...
Dolores "Dee" Defina
Jul 8, 2012
FORT MEADE - Mrs. Dolores M. "Dee" DeFina, 74, passed away at her home on Sunday, July 8, 2012. Mrs. DeFina was born on January 7, 1938 in Queens, New York and was a longtime resident of Fort Meade. She retired from the banking industry after 20 years, and then later became a full time seamstress, owning her own business....
Rosie Skipper King
Jul 1, 2012
ALTURAS - Mrs. Rosie Skipper King, 85, passed away Sunday, July 1, 2012 at Winter Haven Hospital. Mrs. King was born on June 3, 1927 in Alturas where she was a longtime resident. She was a retail sales and service representative, a member of Lake Garfield Baptist Church, and attended Bartow High School and the Sharon Williams Business College. Mrs....
Wauline Peeples Quick
Jun 28, 2012
FORT MEADE - Mrs. Wauline Peeples Quick, 82, passed away Thursday, June 28, 2012 at Bartow Regional Medical Center of heart failure. Mrs. Quick was the daughter of Leon Walter Westbrook and Johnnie Beatrice McGahee Westbrook, and was born to them on February 28, 1930 in Damascus, Georgia. Mrs. Quick was a lifelong resident of Fort Meade where she had...
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