Obituaries

Billy Nicholson

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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...

Samantha Howe

Samantha Howe

Jun 14, 2012

FORT MEADE - Mrs. Samantha Moore Howe passed away June 14, 2012 in Lakeland. Mr.s Howe was born October 5, 1918 in Mobile, Alabama and moved to Fort Meade from Zolfo Springs in 1996. She was a homemaker and member of First Assembly of God, Fort Meade. Mrs. Howe was preceded in death by her husband, Robert Howe and brother,...

Wayne Lee, Jr.

Wayne Lee, Jr.

Jun 2, 2012

FORT MEADE - Mr. Freeman Wayne Lee, Jr., 72, passed away Sat., June 2, 2012 at his residence. Mr. Lee was born in Bedford, Indiana on December 10, 1939, and moved to Fort Meade from Arcadia 30 years ago. He was a retired Heavy Equipment Operator for Polk County Board of County Commissioners, a U.S. Air Force Veteran serving in...

Charles W. Williams

Charles W. Williams

May 29, 2012

FORT MEADE - Mr. Charles W. Williams, 82, passed away Tues., May 29, 2012 at Bartow Regional Medical Center of heart failure. Mr. Williams was born in Blackey, Kentucky on August 27, 1929 and moved to Fort Meade from Cincinnati, Ohio in 1985. He was a retired Teacher and Administrator in the Ohio school system, and was also a former...

Elbert (Bozy) Blackwelder

Elbert (Bozy) Blackwelder

May 13, 2012

FORT MEADE - Mr. Elbert (Bozy) Blackwelder, 72, passed away Sun., May 13, 2012 in Sebring of heart failure. Mr. Blackwelder was born in Frostproof, FL on Sept. 5, 1939 and moved to Fort Meade in 1979. He was a retired Master Sergeant with the U.S. Army serving in Vietnam, National Guard Finance Officer and also a contractor for All...

Felix Macedonio

Felix Macedonio

May 1, 2012

MULBERRY - Mr. Felix Macedonio Vergara, 39, passed away at St. Joseph's Hospital in Tampa on May 1, 2012. Felix was born in Tecolcuautla, Guerrero, Mexico on Sept. 22, 1972 and was a agricultural worker. He attended the Saint Juan Diego Catholic Church in Mulberry. He is survived by his wife, Brigida Garcia, Mulberry, FL; sons, Louis Miguel Macedonio, Mexico,...

Jerry W. Spivey

Jerry W. Spivey

Apr 27, 2012

FORT MEADE - Mr. Jerry Wayne Spivey, 61, passed away Friday, April 27, 2012 in Auburndale. Mr. Spivey was born May 31, 1950 in Chipley, FL and was a lifelong resident of Fort Meade. He was an installer for Averett Septic Tank Co. and of the Baptist faith. Mr. Spivey was also a member of the Fort Meade High School...

Richard J. Stone

Richard J. Stone

Apr 25, 2012

FORT MEADE - Mr. Richard James Stone, 65, passed away Wed., April 25, 2012 in Sebring, FL. Mr. Stone was born in St. Stephen, New Brunswick, Canada and moved to Fort Meade from North Carolina in 1990. He was retired from the U.S. Army, where he was a Vietnam War veteran and served on the 101st Airborne Division, 173rd Airborn...

James A. Kayto

James A. Kayto

Apr 18, 2012

FORT MEADE - Mr. James Allen Kayto, 63, passed away Wed., April 18, 2012 in Fort Meade. Mr. Kayto was born January 28, 1949 and was a native and lifelong resident of Fort Meade. He was a truck driver and a member of Oak Park Baptist Church, Fort Meade, a musician and band member of "M and M Showband" and...

Lenora Culpepper

Lenora Culpepper

Apr 17, 2012

FORT MEADE - Mrs. Amanda Lenora Culpepper, 93, passed away Tuesday, April 17, 2012 at Bartow Regional Medical Center of heart failure. Mrs. Culpepper was born on Sept. 16, 1918 in Conway, S.C. She was a longtime resident of Fort Meade, and resided the last few years in Imperial Lakes in Mulberry. Mrs. Culpepper was a homemaker and a very...

Alma Shiver

Alma Shiver

Apr 11, 2012

YOUNG HARRIS, GA - Mrs. Alma Mae Shiver, 79, formerly of Fort Meade, FL passed away April 11, 2012 at Tampa General Hospital. Mrs. Shiver was born Aug. 17, 1932 in Baker, FL and moved to Young Harris, GA in 2005 after living in Fort Meade for many years. She was a homemaker and of the Baptist faith. Mrs. Shiver...

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