Obituaries
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.
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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...
Robert Eric Fields
Mar 18, 2012
LUTZ - Mr. Robert Eric Fields, 46, passed away Sun., March 18, 2012 in Tampa. Mr. Fields was born Oct. 13, 1965 in Tampa, FL, and was a life long resident of Hillsborough County. He was a Medical Coder, member of the OSG, and of the Church of Christ faith. Mr. Fields was preceded in death by his mother, Carmen...
Olma Hendrick
Mar 3, 2012
FORT MEADE - Mr. Anos Olma Hendrick, 98, passed away Sat., March 3, 2012 at his home of cancer. Mr. Hendrick was born May 3, 1913 and was the son of Charles Bunyan and Ardelia Watson Hendrick, and also was a native and lifelong resident of Fort Meade. He was a farmer and rancher, member of the First United Methodist...
James O. Dalley
Feb 28, 2012
FORT MEADE - Mr. James Owen Dalley, 92, passed away Tues., Feb. 28, 2012 of heart failure. Mr. Dalley was born in Ironwood, Michigan on December 11, 1919 and moved to Fort Meade from Plymouth, Michigan in the 1950's. He was the manager for the Fort Meade A & P Grocery Store for many years and also the owner and...
Juan Marin, Sr.
Feb 27, 2012
AVON PARK - Mr. Juan Marin, Sr., 54, passed at Good Shepherd Hospice in Sebring, FL on Feb. 27, 2012. Mr. Marin was born in San Martin Atotonilco el Gde Hyo, Mexico on June 24, 1957. He was a longtime former resident of Bowling Green, FL and recently moved to Avon Park from Georgia. He was a crew leader for...
Beverly Joyce Hodsdon
Jan 18, 2012
FORT MEADE - Beverly Joyce Hodsdon, 65, passed away Jan. 18, 2012. Mrs. Hodsdon was born in Rochester, New Hampshire on April 1, 1946 and moved to Kissimmee, FL many years ago. She spent the winter months residing at the Florida Flywheeler Park in Fort Meade, which she so greatly loved. Mrs. Hodsdon was a server at the Black Angus...
Daniel P. Smith
Jan 2, 2012
FROSTPROOF - Daniel Paul Smith, 20, passed away Jan. 2, 2012 at Lakeland Regional Medical Center due to injuries sustained in an accident. Daniel was born Dec. 6, 1991 in Pensacola, FL and moved to Frostproof from Pensacola in 2010. He worked as a cashier for Walmart in Sebring and was of the Baptist faith and an avid bicyclist. Daniel...
Sherry Moody Fields
Dec 24, 2011
LUTZ - Mrs. Carmen Sherry Moody Fields, 75, passed away Dec. 24, 2011 in Sun City. Mrs. Fields was the daughter of Hermon Eric Moody and Floy Collins Moody. She was born Jan. 30, 1936 in Mulberry, FL and was a longtime resident of Hillsborough County after returning to Florida from California. She was an Executive Secretary for the Bank...
Fred H. Maits
Dec 23, 2011
FORT MEADE - Mr. Fred Howard Maits, 62, passed away Friday, Dec. 23, 2011 in Dixon, Missouri. Mr. Maits was born May 19, 1949 in Winter Haven, FL, and had recently moved to Dixon, Missouri from Fort Meade in June after his retirement from Securitas, where he worked as a Security Guard at their Fort Meade location on Peeples Road....
Ed Walkup
Dec 10, 2011
FORT MEADE - Mr. Edward Louis Walkup, 83, passed away Dec. 10, 2011 on board the cruise ship MS Maasdam, while vacationing with his wife. Mr. Walkup was born April 13, 1928 in Waukegan, IL and moved to Fort Meade from Memphis, TN in 1998. He was retired corporate director of purchasing for Holiday Inn, a WW II United States...
Patricia A. Swartz
Dec 7, 2011
FORT MEADE - Mrs. Patricia Ann Swartz, 79, passed away Wed., December 7, 2011 at Bartow Regional Medical Center. Mrs. Swartz was born in Bellevue, Ohio on July 27, 1932 and moved to Fort Meade from Bellevue in 1999. She was a factory worker for General Motors for over 35 years. Mrs. Swartz is survived by her daughter, Lea Ann...
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