Obituaries

Sondra E. Griffith

Sondra E. Griffith

Sep 29, 2019

FORT MEADE - Sondra E. Griffith, 76, passed away Sunday, September 29, 2019 in Bartow, FL. Ms. Griffith was born January 12, 1943 in Los Angeles, CA and spent her childhood years in Indio, CA. Soon after her high school graduation in central Florida, she attended the University of Florida and went on to graduate, and receive her Master's Degree...

Mr. Terry Lynn Skipper

Mr. Terry Lynn Skipper

Sep 29, 2019

Mr. Terry Lynn Skipper, 59, passed away Sunday, September 29, 2019 in Sebring, FL. Terry was born July 2, 1960 in Hialeah, FL and had been a resident of Fort Meade for many years. He was a laborer with Estech Chemical Co., attended Fort Meade High School, and of the Assembly of God faith. Terry was preceded in death by...

Mr. Jack Mikula

Mr. Jack Mikula

Sep 21, 2019

LAKELAND - Mr. Jack Mikula, 71, passed away at his home in Lakeland, FL on Saturday, September 21, 2019. Jack was born on June 12, 1948 in Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania and moved to Lakeland, FL from Fort Meade several years ago. He was a retired Security Site Supervisor for Allied Barton Security at the Fort Meade U.S. Agri-Chem plant, a...

Mrs. Maria Ramirez

Mrs. Maria Ramirez

Sep 19, 2019

BARTOW - Mrs. Maria Ramirez, 77, passed away at her home in Bartow, FL on Thursday, September 19, 2019. Mrs. Ramirez was born September 3, 1942 in San Felipe, Guanajuato, Mexico and has been a resident of Bartow for the last 21 years and previously was a longtime resident of Fort Meade. She loved taking care of her family as...

Rev. James D. Carnes, Sr.

Rev. James D. Carnes, Sr.

Sep 12, 2019

FORT MEADE - Rev. James Daniel Carnes, Sr., 93, passed away Thursday, September 12, 2019 in Bartow, FL. Rev. Carnes was born in Columbus, GA on August 8, 1926 and moved to Fort Meade from Tennessee several years ago. He was a member of the First Baptist Church of Fort Meade, and a former minister for the First Church of...

Mrs. Winnie Prine

Mrs. Winnie Prine

Aug 30, 2019

LAKELAND - Mrs. Winifred S. "Winnie" Prine, 85, a former longtime resident of Fort Meade, passed away at her home in Lakeland, FL on Friday, August 30, 2019. Mrs. Prine was born October 28, 1933 in Sail City, GA and moved to Lakeland from Fort Meade in 1933. She was a homemaker and member of Kathleen Baptist Church, along with...

James Earl Whittington

James Earl Whittington

Aug 26, 2019

BARTOW - Mr. James Earl Whittington, 72, passed away Monday, August 26, 2019 in Bartow, FL. Mr. Whittington was born April 12, 1947 in Polk County, FL and was the son of Rev. Lewis and Myrtice Whittington. He was a member and president of the Full Gospel Fellowship Church in Fort Meade where he was a very active member, and...

Harry Whitehall Kirmeyer

Harry Whitehall Kirmeyer

Aug 24, 2019

FORT MEADE - Mr. Harry Whitehall Kirmeyer, 86, passed away Saturday, August 24, 2019 in Lakeland, FL. Mr. Kirmeyer was born December 23, 1932 in Hayes, PA, and has been a resident of Fort Meade for many years, and was a construction engineer in Princeton, NJ before coming to Fort Meade where he worked on the engineering and construction design...

Mrs. Kay Crews

Mrs. Kay Crews

Aug 7, 2019

ALTURAS - Mrs. Sandra "Kay" Crews, 81, passed away Wednesday, August 7, 2019. Mrs. Crews was born December 2, 1937 in Freelandville, IN and has been a resident of Alturas for many years. She was a receptionist for her husband, Dr. Phillip Crews, D.C. for 42 years, past president of the Alturas Woman's Club, former owner of the Cypress House...

Mr. Floyd J. Lewis

Mr. Floyd J. Lewis

Aug 6, 2019

FORT MEADE - Mr. Floyd J. Lewis, 95, passed away Tuesday, August 6, 2019 at his home in Fort Meade, FL. Mr. Lewis was born November 6, 1923 at his home in Tuscola Co., Michigan and moved to Fort Meade in 1972. He was a farmer and truck driver for the United States Postal Service, a mechanic for the City...

Marie Morris

Marie Morris

Aug 3, 2019

FORT MEADE - Mrs. Marie Morris, 89, passed away Saturday, August 3, 2019 in Bartow, FL. Mrs. Morris was born July 17, 1930 in Lake City. FL and moved to Fort Meade in 1963. She was a retired lab x-ray technician for Wauchula Hospital and Polk General Hospital, and a very dearly loved mother, grandmother and friend to many people....

Mrs. Mary Varn Fort

Mrs. Mary Varn Fort

Jul 18, 2019

FORT MEADE - Mrs. Mary Varn Fort, 97, of Fort Meade, FL, passed away Thursday, July 18, 2019. She was born on August 28, 1921 in Fort Meade, FL, to David Hugh and Irma Strain Varn. Mary was a loving mother, grandmother and great grandmother. She was a lifelong resident of Fort Meade, and a proud member of the First...

Mrs. Mickey Carlton

Mrs. Mickey Carlton

Jul 13, 2019

FORT MEADE – Mrs. Minnie M. “Mickey” Carlton, 101, passed away Saturday, July 13, 2019 in Bradenton, FL. Mrs. Carlton was born March 20, 1918 in Marietta, Oklahoma and came to Florida at a young age in 1925. After her elementary and high school education, Mrs. Carlton went on to receive her Bachelor of Arts degree from Blue Mountain College,...

Sylvia O. Jones

Sylvia O. Jones

Jul 12, 2019

FORT MEADE - Sylvia O. Jones, 76, passed away Friday, July 12, 2019 at her home in Fort Meade. Sylvia was born March 10, 1943 in Fort Meade, FL where she remained a lifelong resident as a homemaker, and of the Baptist faith. Sylvia was preceded in death by her parents, Leonard Harvey and Addie Mae Rimes Smith; husband Johnny...

Mr. Timon Floyd Gibson

Mr. Timon Floyd Gibson

Jul 10, 2019

BARTOW - Mr. Timon Floyd Gibson, 76, passed away Thursday, July 10, 2019 in Titusville, FL. Mr. Gibson was born November 19, 1942 in Haversham, TN and moved to Bartow several years ago from Fort Meade. He worked 28 years for Swift & Co. and Estech Chemical Co. as a dragline operator, and was also the former manager of Cedar...

Mr. Kenneth M. Kelly

Mr. Kenneth M. Kelly

Jul 10, 2019

Fort Meade - Mr. Kenneth Marvin Kelly, 83, passed away Wednesday, July 10, 2019. Mr. Kelly was born June 11, 1936 in Andrews, North Carolina, and has been nearly a lifelong resident of Fort Meade. He was a heavy equipment operator for U.S. Agrico and IMC Fertilizer, and also a truck driver for The Wickie Co. of Fort Meade. Mr....

Mr. Steven Mark Hawes, Sr.

Mr. Steven Mark Hawes, Sr.

Jul 2, 2019

FORT MEADE - Mr. Steven Mark Hawes, Sr., 57, passed away suddenly at Lake Wales Medical Center on Tuesday, July 2, 2019 of heart failure. Mr. Hawes was born August 29,1961 in Marlboro, Massachusetts, and moved to Fort Meade five years ago from St. Cloud, FL. He was a Security Guard for the River Ranch West Gate, and formerly worked...

Mr. Kenneth M. Williams, Sr.

Mr. Kenneth M. Williams, Sr.

Jul 1, 2019

NORTH FORT MYERS - Mr. Kenneth Manville Williams, Sr., 85, passed away Monday, July 1, 2019 at his home in North Fort Myers, FL. He was born November 7, 1933 and had longtime family ties to Fort Meade. He was a construction supervisor and of the protestant faith. Mr. Williams was preceded in death by his parents, Albion and Selina...

Annie Laura Mckinney

Annie Laura Mckinney

Jun 17, 2019

FORT MEADE - Annie Laura McKinney, 93, passed away Monday, June 17, 2019 in Lakeland, FL. Annie Laura was born February 19, 1926 in Daleville, AL, and moved to Fort Meade from Bowling Green, FL many years ago, where she was a member of First Baptist Church, Fort Meade. She was a book keeper for the Stuart family of Bartow,...

Mrs. Janet Moore Straughn

Mrs. Janet Moore Straughn

Jun 8, 2019

LAKELAND – Mrs. Janet Moore Straughn, 79, passed away Saturday, June 8, 2019 in Lakeland, FL. Born in Bartow, FL on October 9, 1939, she attended Summerlin Institute in Bartow , and graduated from Fort Meade High School in 1957. She was a past member of the Woman’s Club of Lakeland, the Tuesday Music Club of Lakeland, and the Sorosis...

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