Obituaries
Mr. Jose Guadalupe Cervantes
Oct 27, 2022
BOWLING GREEN - Mr. Jose Guadalupe Cervantes, 38, passed away Thursday, October 27, 2022 at his home in Bowling Green, FL. Jose was born November 24, 1983 in Bartow, FL and been a reside of Bowling Green and Fort Meade area many years. He worked with Steve Johnson Landscaping and was of the Christian faith. He is survived by his...
Mrs. Herminia T. Maldonado
Oct 23, 2022
FORT MEADE - Mrs. Herminia T. Maldonado, 85, passed away Sunday, October 23, 2022 in Winter Haven, FL. Mrs. Maldonado was born October 30, 1936 in Santa Rosa, TX and has been a resident of Fort Meade for many years. She was a member of the Cornerstone Church of God, a homemaker, and loved making quilts for her family and...
Ms. Barabara "Jean" Collins
Oct 6, 2022
BARTOW- Ms. Barbara “Jean” Collins, 84, passed from this life on Thursday, October 6, 2022 in Bartow. Jean was born and raised in Fort Meade and later moved to Ocala. She returned to the area and settled in Bartow, ten years ago. Jean was of the Christian Faith, and attended The Church of Christ in Bartow. She was preceded in...
Mrs. Margurette Skipper
Aug 29, 2022
FORT MEADE - Margurette Jane Skipper, age 87, passed away surrounded by family on August 29, 2022 at Good Shepard Hospice, Sebring, FL. Margurette was born March 29, 1935 in Calgary, GA and had lived in Fort Meade for the past 63 years. She was a loving mother and owner of several businesses during her life time. Memories of hamburgers...
Mr. Garrett V. "Gary" Cagiano
Aug 26, 2022
FORT MEADE - Mr. Garrett V. "Gary" Cagiano, affectionately known by many Fort Meade athletes as "Coach Cage," passed away Friday, August 26, 2022 in Lakeland, FL. Mr. Cagiano was born in Netcong, NJ, where he graduated high school in 1961, and then came to Florida where he graduated and received his Bachelor's Degree from the University of Tampa, and...
Celia Ann "Mama Cay" Fowler
Aug 23, 2022
Bowling Green- Celia Ann “Mama Cay” Fowler, 54, entered eternal rest on August 23, 2022 in Sebring. Celia was born in Lakeland, Florida on May 7, 1968 and later moved to Panama City, Florida where she graduated from A. Crawford Mosley High School, class of 1986. She was of the Baptist faith. Celia attended South Florida College in Avon Park...
Mrs. Alice Hedden Spieth
Aug 22, 2022
FORT MEADE - Mrs. Alice Hedden Spieth, 87, passed away Monday, August 22, 2022 in Winter Haven, FL. Mrs. Spieth was born March 23, 1935 in Mulberry, FL and has been a resident of Fort Meade for many years. Her family moved to Fort Meade in 1949, she graduated Fort Meade High School in 1953 and soon went on to...
Mr. Jemmie Hampton Fields
Aug 19, 2022
FORT MEADE - Mr. Jemmie Hampton Fields, 81, passed away Friday, August 19, 2022. Mr. Fields was born June 4, 1941 in Fort Meade, FL and moved to Bowling Green from Fort Meade in 1971. He was a maintenance mechanic, retiring from Mosaic after a long tenure of 48 years, and he was a member of the Wauchula Moose Lodge,...
Mary Lou Watson
Aug 15, 2022
FORT MEADE - Ms. Mary Lou Waller Watson, 85, passed away Monday, August 15, 2022 in Bartow, FL. Ms. Watson was born June 12, 1937 in Metter, Georgia and has been nearly a lifelong resident of Fort Meade. She was a member of the First United Methodist Church of Fort Meade where her family spanned five generations through the church,...
Joyce Marie Pickard
Aug 2, 2022
FORT MEADE - Joyce Marie Pickard, 68, passed away Tuesday, August 2, 2022 in Wauchula, FL. Joyce was born November 8, 1953 in York, PA and has been a resident and the Lake Buffum area of Fort Meade for many years. She attended The Church in Alturas, FL, and she retired from Sunshine Foliage Nursery in Zolfo Springs. She was...
Mr. Ed Brink
Aug 1, 2022
FORT MEADE - Mr. Edward T. "Ed" Brink, 67, passed away Monday, August 1, 2022 in Bartow, FL. Ed was born on August 24, 1954 in Middletown, NY and moved to Fort Meade in 1990 from Miami, FL. He was a licensed building contractor and project manager before moving to Fort Meade, and after marrying his wife Sandra Green, he...
Ms. Christine L Mcauley
Jul 25, 2022
LAKELAND- Ms. Christine “Chris” McAuley, 90 passed from this life on Monday, July 25, 2022. She was born in Coffee Springs, Alabama and spent the last fifty seven years of her life in Lakeland, having moved from Fort Meade. She was of the Christian Faith. Christine truly loved her grandchildren and was sure to keep tabs on her sons, for...
Mrs. Peggy Ann Smith
Jul 13, 2022
LAND O'LAKES - Mrs. Peggy Ann Smith, 76, passed away Wednesday, July 13, 2022 in Tampa, FL. Mrs. Smith was born March 3, 1946 in Russellville, Alabama and moved to Land O'Lakes a few years ago from Georgia to be near family. She was a homemaker, and of the Baptist faith. Mrs. Smith was preceded in death by her husband,...
Mr. Dale E. Matthews
Jul 1, 2022
FORT MEADE - Mr. Dale Edward Matthews, 70, passed away Friday, July 1, 2022 in Bartow, FL. Dale was born September 3, 1951 in St. Louis, Missouri, and has been a resident of Fort Meade for 20 years. On visiting Fort Meade, he attended Mt. Pisgah Baptist Church as a young man, as into his adult years, he retired as...
Mr. Robert "Bobby" C. Smallwood
Jun 29, 2022
BARTOW- Mr. Robert “Bobby” Smallwood, 75, passed away in the home of his caregivers on June 29, 2022. Bobby was born in Montgomery, Pennsylvania to the late Mr. and Mrs. Robert G. Smallwood. Later, he served his country in the United States Army as Military Police during the Vietnam Conflict. Bobby spent the past twenty-seven years as a resident of...
Mrs. Nellie Meacham Wetherington
Jun 28, 2022
FORT MEADE - Mrs. Nellie Meacham Wetherington, 86, passed away Tuesday, June 28, 2022 in Bartow, FL. Mrs. Wetherington was born November 27, 1935 in Okaloosa County, Florida, and has been a resident of Fort Meade nearly her entire life. She attended Fort Meade schools, was a homemaker and member of Cornerstone Church of God for many years. Mrs. Wetherington...
Fletcher "Buck" Quinn
Jun 20, 2022
FORT MEADE- Mr. Fletcher “Buck” Quinn, 76, passed away on June 20, 2022. Buck was born in Double Springs, Alabama to Mr. and Mrs. Fletcher Borden Quinn. He settled in Fort Meade and made a life in the area. He served his country in the United States Air Force as an aircraft mechanic. During this time, he lived in various...
Roberta Elaine Devane
Jun 13, 2022
FORT MEADE- Ms. Roberta Elaine DeVane, 78 passed into the presence of her Savior on Monday, June 13, 2022 at her home. Ms. DeVane was born in Searsport, Maine to the late Reverend George Forest Hustus and Mrs. Clara Ward Hustus. She remained a resident of Maine, and relocated to Fort Meade, five years ago. Her dedication and love for...
Mrs. Dorothy Wilson Blackburn
Jun 6, 2022
FORT MEADE - Mrs. Dorothy W. "Dot" Blackburn, 100, passed away at her home in Coconut Creek, FL on Monday, June 6, 2022. Mrs. Blackburn was born February 4, 1922 in Carroll County, GA, and moved from Brewster, FL to Fort Meade in 1960, where she was a homemaker, member of the First United Methodist Church of Fort Meade, a...
Margaret Dotson Lindeke
May 21, 2022
LAKELAND - Margaret Dotson Lindeke, 86, passed away Saturday, May 21, 2022 in Lake Wales, FL. Mrs. Lindeke was born September 10, 1935 in Fort Meade, FL and was the daughter of Cecil and Carrie Lightsey Dotson. She was a 1953 graduate of Fort Meade High School where she was a cheerleader and on the girls basketball teams, before furthering...
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