Obituaries

Mr. Joe D. Belcher

Mr. Joe D. Belcher

Mar 2, 2022

FORT MEADE - Mr. Joe D. Belcher, 81, passed away Wednesday, March 2, 2022 at his home in Fort Meade, FL. Mr. Belcher was born December 9, 1940, and was a native and life long resident of Fort Meade. He was a graduate of Fort Meade High School, and a volunteer fireman with the Fort Meade Fire Dept. for many...

Mrs. Dorothy Ann Smith

Mrs. Dorothy Ann Smith

Mar 2, 2022

FORT MEADE - Mrs. Dorothy Ann Smith, 84, passed away Wednesday, March 2, 2022 at her home in Fort Meade. Mrs. Smith was born January 29, 1938 in Manatee Co., and has been a resident of Fort Meade for many years. She was a homemaker and loved children and her time spent with her grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Mrs. Smith was...

Mrs. Edith Albritton Putnel

Mrs. Edith Albritton Putnel

Feb 27, 2022

FORT MEADE - Mrs.Edith Albritton Putnel, 78, passed away Sunday, February 27, 2022 at her home in Fort Meade, FL. Mrs. Putnel was born in Picnic, FL on March 12, 1943 and has been a resident of Fort Meade for many years. She was a retired secretary working with IMC for more than 30 years. She loved to travel and...

Mrs. Marjorie Flood Hancock

Mrs. Marjorie Flood Hancock

Feb 24, 2022

FORT MEADE – Mrs. Marjorie Flood Hancock, known affectionately by many as Margie, passed away Thursday, February 24, 2022 at her home in Fort Meade following a brief illness. Margie was born November 12, 1944 in Lakeland, FL and has been a lifelong resident of Fort Meade, where she was the owner, along with her husband and sons, of Hancock...

Mrs. Sylvia Stokes Brown

Mrs. Sylvia Stokes Brown

Feb 20, 2022

Sylvia E. Brown, born Sylvia E. Stokes (75 years of age), went home to be with our Lord and Savior on 02/20/2022. A lifelong educator and teacher, Sylvia taught at Old Town Elementary for 30 years. Following her retirement in 2005, Sylvia and her husband, Ed Brown, relocated to Lake City, FL where she continued to teach as a substitute...

Lino Antonio Sanchez

Lino Antonio Sanchez

Jan 25, 2022

BARTOW - Mr. Lino Antonio Sanchez, 60, passed away Tuesday, January 25, 2022 in Bartow, FL. Mr. Sanchez was born February 9, 1961 in Matamoros, Tamaulipas, Mexico and has been a resident of the Fort Meade and Bartow area for many years. He was a tow truck driver and auto mechanic and of the Catholic faith. Mr. Sanchez is survived...

Holly J. Rawlins

Holly J. Rawlins

Jan 18, 2022

FORT MEADE - Mrs. Holly J. Rawlins, 67, passed away at her home in Fort Meade, FL on Tuesday, January 18, 2022. Holly was born August 23, 1954 in Lakeland, FL and was a lifelong resident of Fort Meade, where she was a hair stylist for 50 years. She began her career working with Mrs. Frances Rolling at the LaBelle...

Mr. Prospero Carachure

Mr. Prospero Carachure

Jan 12, 2022

FORT MEADE - Mr. Prospero Carachure, 63, passed away Wednesday, July 12th in Lake Wales, FL. Mr. Carachure was born July 24, 1958 in San Jose Poliutla, Gurrero, Mexico and has been a resident of Fort Meade for 30 years. He was a nursery labor worker and of the Catholic faith. He was preceded in death by his father, Ambrocio...

Mr. Wayne "Bud" C. Greenwood, Jr.

Mr. Wayne "Bud" C. Greenwood, Jr.

Jan 12, 2022

FORT MEADE - Mr, Wayne (Bud) C. Greenwood Jr. (88) Bud (as he was fondly known) passed away on Wednesday, January 12, 2022 in Greensburg, PA. He was 88 years old. He was born July 26, 1933 in Greene, Ohio, the son of the late Wayne C. Greenwood Sr. and Mary E. (Jervis) Greenwood from Mecca, Ohio. Bud’s two biggest...

Mr. Robert M. "Bobby" Stedem

Mr. Robert M. "Bobby" Stedem

Jan 11, 2022

LAKELAND – Robert M. Stedem, 33, passed away Tuesday, January 11, 2022 in Lakeland, FL. Bobby was born March 21, 1988 in Youngstown, Ohio, and was a lifelong resident of Lakeland where he graduated from Gause Academy in 2006. He attended Santa Fe Community College, and loved music, the outdoors, sailing, biking, and especially spending time with family, friends, and...

Mr. Charles Scott Greer

Mr. Charles Scott Greer

Jan 11, 2022

FORT MEADE - Mr. Charles Scott Greer, 59, passed away Tuesday, January 11, 2022 in Fort Meade, FL. Scott was born November 3, 1962 in Plant City, FL and has been a resident of Fort Meade for several years. He was a U.S. Army veteran serving in Germany, as a tach fire operation specialist. Scott was a former employee of...

Mrs. Hattie Wilson Groom

Mrs. Hattie Wilson Groom

Dec 31, 2021

FORT MEADE - Mrs. Hattie Wilson Groom, 91, passed away Friday, December 31, 2021 in Lakeland, FL. Mrs. Hattie, as she was affectionately known by many, was born February 10, 1930 in Florence, AL and moved to Fort Meade in 1983 from Bowling Green, FL. She was a homemaker and member of the Full Gospel Fellowship Church in Fort Meade,...

Miss Thelma Lee Sturgis

Miss Thelma Lee Sturgis

Dec 24, 2021

FORT MEADE - Miss Thelma Lee Sturgis, 68, passed away Friday, December 24, 2021 in Lake Wales, FL. Thelma was born January 18, 1953 and was a lifelong resident of Fort Meade, where she graduated Fort Meade High School in 1971. She loved Fort Meade and the community, and loved to share her knowledge of its history and many family...

Dr. Rev. Wilford Clinton Manley, Jr.

Dr. Rev. Wilford Clinton Manley, Jr.

Dec 15, 2021

Rev. Dr. Wilford Clinton Manley Jr. (Will), age 87, passed away at Oaks at Salem Road in Beaufort, South Carolina, on December 15, 2021, after a lifetime of devotion and service to the Lord, his fellow man, and his large and loving family. Will was born on November 24, 1934, to parents Wilford Clinton Manley Sr and Louise Andrews Manley,...

Mr. Joe David Rice

Mr. Joe David Rice

Nov 25, 2021

Joe David Rice passed away peacefully on Thursday, November 25, 2021 surrounded by his family. Joe was born on Feb. 19, 1950 in Atoka, OK. He moved to Fort Meade in 1995, where he lived his life to the fullest. He is preceded in death by his parents Uel Lee (Dub) and Sammi Lee Rice, his grandson Blake Kinler, and...

Mrs. Ruby G. Moody

Mrs. Ruby G. Moody

Nov 24, 2021

FORT MEADE – Mrs. Ruby Gillispie Moody, 88, passed away Wednesday, November 24, 2021 in Lakeland, FL. Mrs. Moody was born October 12, 1933 and was a native and lifelong resident of Fort Meade. In 2017 she moved to Florida Presbyterian Homes in Lakeland. She was a giving and outgoing lady who from a young age was taught to believe...

Mr. Alvin Lamar Adams, Jr.

Mr. Alvin Lamar Adams, Jr.

Nov 19, 2021

FORT MEADE - Mr. Alvin Lamar Adam’s, Jr., 48, passed away Friday, November 19, 2021 in Lakeland, FL. Lamar was born January 19, 1973 in Lakeland, FL and was a lifelong resident of Fort Meade. He formerly worked with Mosaic as a Plant Operator, a 1991 graduate of Fort Meade High School where he was active in FFA and baseball,...

Mr. James Lemuel Brantley

Mr. James Lemuel Brantley

Nov 14, 2021

FORT MEADE - Mr. James Lemuel Brantley, 73, passed away Sunday, November 14, 2021 at the James A. Haley Veterans Hospital in Tampa, FL. Mr. Brantley was born August 10, 1948 in Bartow, FL and was a lifelong resident of Fort Meade. He retired from the Polk County Sheriff Office Law Enforcement Division after a long 36 year tenure, and...

Mr. Floyd E. Carlson

Mr. Floyd E. Carlson

Nov 14, 2021

FORT MEADE - Mr. Floyd E. Carlson, 86, passed away Sunday, November 14, 2021 at his home in Fort Meade, FL. Mr. Carlson was born July 30, 1935 in Sioux City, Iowa and moved to Fort Meade in 2006 from Glendora, CA. He was a retired general contractor in southern California, a graduate of Dixon High School in Dixon, NE...

Mr. Jim Webb

Mr. Jim Webb

Nov 11, 2021

FORT MEADE - Mr. Jim Webb, 75, passed away Wednesday, November 10, 2021 at his home in Fort Meade, FL. Jim was born August 8, 1946 in Seymour, IN and moved to Fort Meade from Kokomo, IN in 1978. He entered the U.S. Army at an early age and served during the Vietnam Conflict. Following his military service he worked...

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