Obituaries

Mr. Doug Dyal

Mr. Doug Dyal

Mar 19, 2020

ARCADIA - Mr. Doug Dyal, 77, passed away Thursday, March 19, 2020 in Port Charlotte, FL. Doug was born May 10, 1942 in Baxley, GA and had been a resident of Arcadia for the last 54 years. He was a manager for Christ Building Supply for 28 years, an avid Tampa Bay Rays fan, and he coached Arcadia Senior League...

Mr. Roger Alan Fields

Mr. Roger Alan Fields

Mar 12, 2020

WINTER HAVEN - Mr. Roger Alan Fields, 58, passed away Thursday, March 12, 2020 in Tampa, FL. Mr. Fields was born May 3, 1961 in Bartow, FL and moved to Winter Haven from the Lake Buffum area of Fort Meade in 2010. He was a correctional officer in Polk City for the State of Florida, and of the Baptist faith....

Esther Ruth Russ Fletcher

Esther Ruth Russ Fletcher

Mar 11, 2020

FORT MEADE - Esther Ruth Russ Fletcher, 75, passed away Wednesday, March 11, 2020 in Sarasota, FL. Ruth was born August 14, 1944 in Fort Meade, FL where she lived most of her life. She was a retired school bus driver for the Polk County School Board, a 1962 graduate of Fort Meade High School, and of the Baptist faith....

Jacqueline Newman Zalys

Jacqueline Newman Zalys

Mar 7, 2020

LAKELAND -Jacqueline Newman Zalys, age 86, passed away surrounded by family on March 7, 2020. Born October 16, 1933 in Colquitt, GA, she was a loving mother and owner of several businesses during her life time. She was proceeded in death by her husband William J.C. Newman, Sr. and son Terrel Eugene Newman; her parents Lamar and Pearsie Lee Williams;...

Mr. Curtis Benny Young

Mr. Curtis Benny Young

Mar 7, 2020

AUBURNDALE - Mr. Curtis Benny Young, 80, passed away Saturday, March 7, 2020 at Good Shepherd Hospice in Auburndale, FL. Mr. Young was born in Alturas, FL on February 11, 1940 and was a lifelong resident of Polk County. He was a retired industrial mechanic for Vigoro Industries and IMC Chemical and Fertilizer. Mr. Young grew up in Fort Meade...

George Emery Hillis

George Emery Hillis

Mar 2, 2020

LAKE WALES - George Emery Hillis, 61, passed away Monday, March 2, 2020 in Lake Wales, FL. Emery was born December 8, 1958 in Grand Junction, CO and moved to Lake Wales from Fort Meade 8 years ago. He was a welder for Florida Natural Citrus in Lakeland Wales and of the Baptist faith. Emery was preceded in death by...

Marian Spieth Martin

Marian Spieth Martin

Feb 28, 2020

FORT MEADE - Mrs. Marian Spieth Martin, 90, passed away Friday, February 28, 2020 in Winter Haven, FL. Mrs. Martin was born March 15, 1929 in Fort Meade, FL where she was a lifelong resident before moving to Winter Haven in 2015. She was a homemaker and also worked as a legal secretary, and also worked for the Polk County...

Mr. William H. Day

Mr. William H. Day

Feb 24, 2020

FORT MEADE - Mr. William Harvey Day, passes away Monday, February 24, 2020 at his home in Fort Meade, FL. Mr. Day was born March 28, 1925 in Henegar, AL and has been a resident of Fort Meade for many years. He was a WW II U.S. Navy veteran, serving as a gunman on the USS Kasan Bay Aircraft Carrier,...

Blenda L. Ray

Blenda L. Ray

Feb 19, 2020

FORT MEADE - Blenda Lee Ray, 59, passed away Wednesday, February 19, 2020 at Tidewell Hospice in Arcadia, FL. Blenda was born August 5, 1960 in Bartow, FL and had resided in Sarasota for several years, after being a longtime Fort Meade resident. She was a licensed barber and cosmetologist, a 1978 graduate of Fort Meade High School, and of...

Doris J. Sweikowski

Doris J. Sweikowski

Jan 11, 2020

WAUCHULA - Mrs. Doris J. Sweikowski, 75, passed away Saturday, January11, 2020 at her home in Wauchula, FL. Doris was born July 6, 1944 in Troy, AL, and has been a resident of Hardee County, FL for many years. She was retired from Wauchula State Bank, where she worked in the loan department for many years; she was a graduate...

Brantley Gabriel

Brantley Gabriel

Jan 3, 2020

FORT MEADE - Mr. James Brantley Gabriel, 81, passed away at his home in Fort Meade, FL on Friday, January 3, 2020. Mr. Gabriel was born on August 10, 1938 and was a lifelong resident of Fort Meade. He graduated Fort Meade High School in 1956, and then went on and attended Little Emory University and was a U.S. Army...

Mrs. Mary Ellen Hancock

Mrs. Mary Ellen Hancock

Jan 2, 2020

FORT MEADE - Mrs. Mary Ellen Hancock, 83, passed away at her home in Fort Meade on Thursday, January 2, 2020. Mrs. Hancock was born April 2, 1936 in Nichols, FL and was a longtime resident of Fort Meade. She was a homemaker, member of the First Baptist Church of Fort Meade, and a member of the graduating class of...

Carmen Cruz-Vega

Carmen Cruz-Vega

Dec 22, 2019

FORT MEADE - Carmen Cruz-Vega, 89, passed away Sunday, December 22, 2019 in Bartow, FL. Carmen was born on August 15, 1930 in Hatillo, Puerto Rico and has been a resident of Fort Meade for several years. She was a retired Seamstress at Hatillo Aparet in Puerto Rico, and a member of the Charasmatic Church Pentecostal in Puerto Rico. Along...

Mr. Charles H. Sanders

Mr. Charles H. Sanders

Dec 22, 2019

BOWLING GREEN - Mr. Charles Houston Sanders, 79, passed away peacefully at his home in Bowling Green, FL on Sunday, December 22, 2019. Mr. Sanders was born May 13, 1940 in Eclectic, AL, and raised in Talladega, AL where he graduated from high school, and then went on to join the United States Navy. Mr. Sanders was a U.S. Navy...

Mr. Thaddeus Jerzykowski

Mr. Thaddeus Jerzykowski

Dec 22, 2019

FORT MEADE - Mr. Thaddeus Jerzykowski, 89, passed away Sunday, December 22, 2019 in Bartow, FL. Mr. Jerzykowski was born in Chicago, IL on October 20, 1930 and moved to Fort Meade from Venetia, CA in 2005. He was a carpenter in the shipyards in Vellejo, CA and of the Catholic faith. Mr. Jerzykowski was a WW II U.S. Navy...

Carol Elizabeth Harmon

Carol Elizabeth Harmon

Dec 11, 2019

LAKELAND - Miss Carol Elizabeth Harmon, 76, passed away Wednesday, December 11, 2019 in Bartow, FL. Carol was born November 4, 1943 in Tampa, FL, and had been a resident of Lakeland for many years. She worked in the retail office supply business for nearly 20 years, and also served as church secretary to the Whitfield Baptist Church in Pensacola,...

Berniece Prine Harris

Berniece Prine Harris

Nov 16, 2019

FORT MEADE - Berniece Prine Harris, 85, passed away at her home on Saturday, November 16, 2019. Berniece was born July 6, 1934 in Bowling Green, FL and was a lifelong resident of Fort Meade. She was a member of the First Baptist Church of Fort Meade, a member of the Fort Meade Order of the Eastern Star, a member...

Mrs. Denise Reeves

Mrs. Denise Reeves

Nov 13, 2019

FORT MEADE - Mrs. Annette Denise Reeves, 56, passed away Wednesday, November 13, 2019 in Bartow, FL. Denise was born July 21, 1963 in Orlando , FL and has been a resident of Fort Meade for many years. She was ad homemaker and also worked at Winn-Dixie in Wauchula as a cashier for 9 years, all the while taking care...

Mr. William Edgar Gribbins

Mr. William Edgar Gribbins

Nov 8, 2019

FORT MEADE - Mr. William Edgar Gribbins, 86, passed away Friday, November 8, 2019 at his home in Fort Meade. Mr. Gribbins was born in Taylor, Kentucky and moved to Fort Meade in 2014 from Brandon, FL. He was a retired life insurance agent for Southland Life Insurance Co., a 1952 graduate of Turkey Creek High School in Hillsborough Co.,...

Mrs. Mary Lucille Carnley

Mrs. Mary Lucille Carnley

Oct 21, 2019

FORT MEADE - Mrs. Mary Lucille Carnley, 98, passed away Monday, October 21, 2019 at her home in Fort Meade. Mrs. Carnley was born April 26, 1921 in Alabama, and has been a resident of Fort Meade for many years. She was a member of the New Beginnings Church of God in Fort Meade, a homemaker and raised her children,...

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