Obituaries
Benny Loraine Meeks
Jul 8, 2014
BARTOW - Mrs. Benny Loraine Meeks, 67, passed away of heart failure on Tuesday, July 8, 2014 in Lakeland, Florida. Mrs. Meeks was born in Avon Park, Florida, on August 19, 1946, and came to Bartow from Fort Meade in 2011. She was a loving mother and a cosmetologist. Mrs. Meeks was preceded in death by her parents, Benjamine and...
Jack R. "Red" Reeves
Jun 30, 2014
FORT MEADE - Mr. Jack Ronald "Red" Reeves, passed away at his home with his family on Monday, June 30, 2014. Red was born April 10, 1933 in Alturas, FL and moved to Fort Meade from Sarasota, FL in 1944. He was retired from the U.S. Army and also the City of Fort Meade. Red was a U.S. Army Veteran,...
Amos Lee Skipper
Jun 24, 2014
FORT MEADE - Mr. Amos Lee Skipper, 85, passed away at his home in Fort Meade on Tuesday, June 24, 2014, of heart failure.Amos was born in Marianna, Florida to A. B. and Lucy Skipper on November 20, 1928. He was a member of the First Church of God, Fort Meade, and was a veteran of the United States Army....
Dave H. Barnett
Jun 9, 2014
FORT MEADE - Mr. Dave Heartsell Barnett, 86, passed away Monday, June 9, 2014 at his home due to cancer, surrounded by his loving family. Dave was born July 25, 1927, in Cobb County, Georgia to Jesse Ragon and Marguerite Barnett, Sr., and raised in Fort Meade, FL. He was retired from Estech, Inc. after a lifelong career in...
Renabelle Clanton
Jun 1, 2014
FORT MEADE - Mrs. RenaBelle Clanton, 82, passed away Sunday, June 1, 2014 in Auburndale. Mrs. Clanton was born in Colorado on August 24, 1931, and has been a longtime resident of Fort Meade. She was a homemaker and member of the Fort Meade Worship Center. Mrs. Clanton was preceded in death by her husband, R.L. Clanton;...
Winifred "Miss Winnie" Leach
May 17, 2014
FORT MEADE - Winifred Colleen Fore Leach (Miss Winnie), 87, passed away Saturday, May 17, 2014 at her home in Fort Meade. Miss Winnie was born July 25, 1926 in Black Star, Kentucky and moved to Fort Meade from Williamsburg, Kentucky in 1973. She worked for Peace River Packing as a citrus grader and was a member of First Baptist Church,...
Donald Dean Russell
May 14, 2014
FORT MEADE - Mr. Donald Dean Russell, 74, passed away Wednesday, May 14, 2014 at his home. Mr. Russell was born October 2, 1939 in Petoskey, Michigan, and moved to Fort Meade from Middleville, Michigan in 2003 after retiring from Hostess Cake Co. and working in the Baking Industry in sales and management for many years. Mr. Russell was a...
Cleo Hancock Taylor
May 13, 2014
Cleo Sarabell Hancock Taylor, 91, completed her life journey on 13 May 2014. She was born in Whitesburg, Kentucky on 12 March 1923 to Henry Edison and Jane Phillips Adams. Because her father had suffered with infantile paralysis as a young boy and was left crippled in one leg, it was difficult for him to find...
Elaine Marie Connell
Apr 21, 2014
TAMPA - Elaine Marie Connell, 71, passed away Monday, April 21, 2014 in Tampa, FL. Elaine was born Nov. 17, 1942 in Longbeach, CA, and has been a resident of Tampa for many years. She was the daughter of Roy Olney Connell, along with being the daughter of Evelyn Stokes and step-daughter of Marion Stokes who resided in Fort Meade for...
Theresa I. Lundquist
Apr 10, 2014
LAKE WALES - Mrs. Theresa I. Lundquist, 85, passed away Thursday, April 10, 2014 in Lakeland of heart failure. Mrs. Lundquist was born in Fort Meade, FL on August 20, 1928, and moved to Lake Wales from Miami in 1997. She was a homemaker and a longtime volunteer for the Dade County school system. Mrs. Lundquist was a graduate of...
Maxine Russell Hancock
Apr 5, 2014
FORT MEADE - Mrs. Maxine Russell Hancock, 99, passed away of congestive heart failure on Saturday, April 5, 2014 at her home in Fort Meade. Mrs. Hancock was born in Tiger Bay, FL on November 7, 1914, and moved to Fort Meade in 1934 with her husband, Woodrow Hancock, where she devoted her life to her husband and children. She...
Gene Collier
Mar 27, 2014
FORT MEADE - Mr. Edgar Eugene "Gene" Collier, 75, went to be with his Lord on Thursday, March 27, 2014 at his home. Gene was born in Fort Meade, FL on April 4, 1938 where he remained a life long resident. He was a cattleman and also a lifelong phosphate miner, currently employed by The Mosaic Company for 55 years. Gene's passion was...
Master John Ayden Giannopoulos
Mar 7, 2014
BARTOW - Master John Ayden Giannopoulos joined the children of heaven on Friday, March 7, 2014 at the age of 3 months. Ayden was born November 24, 2013 in Winter Haven, FL and lived with his loving parents in Bartow, FL. Ayden was preceded in death by his maternal great-grandmother, Debbie Wessell and paternal great-grandparents, Nikolaos Giannopoulos and Zoe Vareltezis....
James W. Harrell
Mar 4, 2014
FORT MEADE - Mr. James William Harrell, 78, passed away Tuesday, March 4, 2014 at his home in Fort Meade. Mr. Harrell was born in Fitzgerald, GA on April 27, 1935, and moved to Fort Meade from Lake Wales in 1966. After retiring from Estech Chemical Co., he started his own trucking business, Sandhill Trucking, Inc. Mr. Harrell was a...
Arno And Myrtle Birdsong
Feb 25, 2014
FORT MEADE - Mr. Herbert Arno Birdsong and Mrs. Myrtle H. Birdsong, who loved each other deeply through a 71 year love story marriage, have both gone to be with their Lord. Mrs. Myrtle H. Birdsong, 88, passed away Sunday, Feb. 23, 2014 in Fort Meade of heart failure. Mrs. Birdsong was born March 28, 1925 in Plant City, FL...
Helen W. Nicholson
Feb 19, 2014
WAUCHULA - Mrs. Helen Weis Nicholson, 98, of Wauchula, died peacefully at home after a short illness on Wednesday, February 19, 2014. Mrs. Nicholson was born September 5, 1915 in Staunton, Illinois and lived most of her life in Hardee County where she was part owner of Nicholson Supply Company in Bowling Green and Wauchula. She was a member of...
Ina C. Burns
Feb 16, 2014
LAKELAND - Mrs. Ina Claire Burns, 84, passed away Sunday, February 16, 2014 in Lakeland. Mrs. Burns was born January 15, 1930 in Fort Meade, FL to her parents, John D. and Violet Acree Walker, and she graduated Fort Meade High School, class of 1948. She has been a longtime resident of Lakeland, where she attended First Baptist Church of...
Hazel L. Nicholson
Feb 15, 2014
BOWLING GREEN - Mrs. Hazel L. Nicholson, 77, passed away at her home on Saturday, February 15, 2014. Mrs. Nicholson was born in Nocatee, FL on Dec. 17, 1936 and moved to Bowling Green from Fort Myers, FL 55 years ago. She was the owner and operator of Hazel's Flowers and Gift Shop in Bowling Green for over 40 years....
Joseph E. "Joe" Davis, Sr.
Feb 11, 2014
FORT MEADE - Mr. Joseph E. "Joe" Davis, Sr., 75, passed away Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2014 at his home of heart failure. Joe was born in Austin, TX on Sept. 17, 1938 and moved to Fort Meade at the age of 2 with his family. He was a lifelong Fort Meade resident, graduating from Fort Meade High School in 1956,...
Ret. Lcdr William F. "Bill" Cole
Feb 9, 2014
FORT MEADE - Ret. LCDR William F. "Bill" Cole, 84, passed away Sunday, Feb. 9, 2014. Bill was born in Westbrook, Maine on January 11, 1930 and moved to Fort Meade 25 years ago after serving his country for many years. He was a retired U.S. Navy Lieutenant Commander and Vietnam War Veteran. Bill enlisted in the U.S. Navy in...
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