Obituaries

Mrs. Zoella Tuggle Lamb

Mrs. Zoella Tuggle Lamb

Sep 27, 2020

FORT MEADE - Mrs. Zoella Tuggle Lamb, 83, passed away Sunday, September 27, 2020 in Bartow, FL. Mrs. Lamb was born January 31, 1937 in Welcome, FL and was a lifelong Fort Meade resident, graduating from Fort Meade High School, Class of 1955 where she was Co-Valedictorian, a Varsity Cheerleader, and Editor of the school newspaper, the Black and Gold....

Mrs. Jean Marie Gurnot

Mrs. Jean Marie Gurnot

Sep 20, 2020

JEAN KINDLAND GURNOT (July 27, 1935 -- September 18, 2020) Jean Marie Kindland Gurnot, 85, died peacefully on September 18, 2020 at Bartow Regional Medical Center in Bartow, Florida with her loving husband at her side. It was too soon. Jean was born July 27, 1935 in Westline, PA, a daughter of John W. and Mary T. (Zampogna) Kindland, and...

Mr. Charles E. Jones

Mr. Charles E. Jones

Sep 19, 2020

BOWLING GREEN - Mr. Charles E. Jones, age 88, passed peacefully at home with family on Saturday, September 19th, 2020. He was born January 9th, 1932, in Joliet, Illinois and had been a resident of Bowling Green for many years. Charles was the third of four children of Charles Edward and Maude Lightsey Jones. He was a graduate of Wilmington...

Mr. George Minor Bell

Mr. George Minor Bell

Sep 10, 2020

FORT MEADE – Mr. George Minor Bell was born in Tampa, FL on September 10, 1929 and passed away at his home in Avon Park, FL, on his 91st birthday, September 10, 2020. George was a true lover of life, and enjoyed all the little things God provided to keep us happy. He had a great love for animals and...

Mr. Tracy L. Millen

Mr. Tracy L. Millen

Sep 2, 2020

FORT MEADE - Mr. Tracy L. Millen, 70, passed away Wednesday, September 2, 2020 in Winter Haven, FL. Tracy was born August 16, 1950 in Evansville, IN and grew up in Land O'Lakes, FL, where he was a graduate of Pasco High School, Hillsborough Community College. He was a U.S. Navy Vietnam Conflict veteran, serving four years as a Boatswains...

Mr. Robert P. "Sonny" Davis

Mr. Robert P. "Sonny" Davis

Aug 15, 2020

FORT MEADE - Mr. Robert Payson "Sonny" Davis, 55, passed away Saturday, August 15, 2020 in Sebring, FL. Sonny was born October 2, 1964 in Lakeland, FL and was a lifelong resident of Fort Meade. He was a security guard for Allied Security at the Nuccor plant in Frostproof, FL, a member of the New Beginning Church of God in...

Mr. Mitchell Kenneth Lamb

Mr. Mitchell Kenneth Lamb

Aug 11, 2020

FORT MEADE - Mr. Mitchell Kenneth Lamb, 92, passed away Tuesday, August 11, 2020 in Sebring, FL. Mr. Lamb was born April 17, 1928 in Bowling Green, FL and he remained a lifelong resident of the area, and he also stayed true to his early teachings of his parents and remaining of the Baptist faith. He was one of the...

Mrs. Patricia Baker Walker

Mrs. Patricia Baker Walker

Aug 10, 2020

LAKELAND – Mrs. Patricia Ann Walker, 82, passed away Monday, August 10, 2020 in Lakeland, FL. Mrs. Walker was born April 10, 1938 in Zolfo Springs, FL and was a resident of Englewood, FL for 18 years before residing in Lakeland. She grew up in Fort Meade where she lived for many years and graduated from Fort Meade High School...

Mr. Blake Davis

Mr. Blake Davis

Aug 8, 2020

FORT MEADE – Mr. Christopher Blake Davis, 52, passed away Saturday, August 8, 2020 at his home in Fort Meade, FL surrounded by his family. Blake was born March 28, 1968 in Lakeland, FL, and was a lifelong resident of Fort Meade. He was a graduate of Fort Meade High School, Class of 1986, a graduate of Miami International University...

Mrs. Zara Rhoden Fowler

Mrs. Zara Rhoden Fowler

Aug 7, 2020

FORT MEADE - Mrs. Zara Catherine Fowler, 81, passed away Friday, August 7, 2020 in Bartow, FL. Mrs. Fowler was born April 13, 1939 to her parents, Lee and Effie Jones Rhoden, and was a native and lifelong resident of Fort Meade. She was a homemaker, a member of Lake Buffum Baptist Church, and loved to fish whenever she could....

Mr. Alvah R. "Bubba" Woodall

Mr. Alvah R. "Bubba" Woodall

Aug 5, 2020

FORT MEADE - Mr. Alvah Rolland "Bubba" Woodall, Jr., age 94, passed away Wednesday, August 5, 2020 in Jacksonville, FL. Mr. Woodall was born January 12, 1926 in Macon, GA, and was a lifelong resident of Fort Meade, FL. He became a member of the First United Methodist Church of Fort Meade at a very young age in 1931 and...

Mr. Charles Carey Blanton

Mr. Charles Carey Blanton

Jul 25, 2020

LAKELAND - Mr. Charles Carey Blanton, 68, passed away Saturday, July 25, 2020 in Lakeland, FL. Carey was born September 23, 1951 in Lakeland, FL where he remained a lifelong resident, and gave of himself through work and leisure time for the betterment of his community. Carey graduated Lakeland High School in 1969, and worked many years as the meat...

Mr. J. Dewey Lanier

Mr. J. Dewey Lanier

Jul 23, 2020

FORT MEADE - Mr. J. Dewey Lanier, 78, passed away Thursday, July 23, 2020 in Riverview, FL. Dewey was born May 15, 1942 in Bartow, FL and was a lifelong resident of Fort Meade FL where he worked for J.A. Stephens Fruit Co. for over 30 years. He also worked for U.S. Steel and IMC Fertilizer, a member of Fort...

Mr. Owen Naylor

Mr. Owen Naylor

Jul 21, 2020

FORT MEADE - Mr. Jesse Owen Naylor, 85, passed away Tuesday, July 21, 2020 in Lakeland, FL. Mr. Naylor was born June 20, 1935 in Stanford, Kentucky and has been a longtime resident of Fort Meade. He was a retired truck driver, working with Lewis & Durrance Fruit Co. for 30 years, and J.A. Stephens for 8 years. He was...

Maria Del Carmen Sanchez

Maria Del Carmen Sanchez

Jul 17, 2020

BARTOW - Mrs. Maria Del Carmen Sanchez, 95, passed away Friday, July 17, 2020 at her home in Bartow, FL. Mrs. Sanchez was born February 13, 1925 in Cortazar, Guanajuato, Mexico and was a former longtime resident of Fort Meade. She was a homemaker and of the Catholic faith. Mrs. Sanchez was preceded in death by her husband Jose Maria...

Mary Linda Reas

Mary Linda Reas

Jul 16, 2020

FORT MEADE - Mary Linda Reas, 72, passed away Thursday, July 16, 2020 at her home in Fort Meade. Linda was born November 12, 1947 in Hardee County, FL and has been a resident of Fort Meade for many years. She was a food server at Fat Boy's B-B-Q in Babson Park, FL, and a member of the Fort Meade...

Sandra Green Brink

Sandra Green Brink

Jul 9, 2020

FORT MEADE - Mrs. Sandra Elaine Brink, 73, passed away Thursday, July 9, 2020 in Sebring, FL. Sandra was born December 15, 1946 in Miami, FL and has been a longtime resident of Fort Meade. She was a bookkeeper for B & E Automotive in Fort Meade, and a lover of animals, and especially her dogs. Sandra was preceded in...

Mrs. Joyce Lee Craze

Mrs. Joyce Lee Craze

Jul 7, 2020

FORT MEADE - Mrs. Joyce Lee Craze, 79, passed away Tuesday, July 7, 2020 at her home in Fort Meade, FL. Mrs. Craze was born April 26, 1941 in Shelby, OH, and moved to Fort Meade 11 years ago where she was a resident of the Oakview Lakes Community. She worked along side of her husband many years as a...

Marcella Stokes Collier

Marcella Stokes Collier

Jul 5, 2020

LAKE WALES - Mrs. Marcella Stokes Collier, 81, passed away Sunday, July 5, 2020 at her home in Lake Wales, FL. Mrs. Collier was born January 5, 1939 in Lake Wales, FL, and where she later resided for many years in the Cherry Pocket area of eastern Lake Wales. She was a 1956 graduate of Bartow High School, a member...

Mrs. Connie V. Kelly

Mrs. Connie V. Kelly

Jul 3, 2020

FORT MEADE - Mrs. Connie V. Kelly, 97, passed away Friday, July 3, 2020 in Lake Wales, FL. Mrs. Kelly was born February 19, 1923 in the Lake Buffum area of Fort Meade where she lived for many years, and was the last surviving child of nine children of Joseph Oliver Campbell and Geneva Hearin Campbell. She was a homemaker...

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