Obituaries
Eugene R. Tucker
Feb 5, 2014
FORT MEADE - Mr. Eugene R. Tucker, 79, passed away Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2014 in Lakeland of Dementia and Parkinson's Disease. Eugene was born Dec. 21, 1934 in Fort Meade, FL to Harry M. and Utie P. Tucker. After graduation from Fort Meade High School, he served in the U.S. Air Force as an MP in Germany. Eugene was a...
Brenda J. Kilpatrick
Jan 27, 2014
FORT MEADE - Mrs. Brenda J. Kilpatrick, 72, passed away Monday, Jan. 27, 2014 in Bartow, FL of heart failure. Mrs. Kilpatrick was born Feb. 15, 1941 in Knoxville, TN and moved to Fort Meade from Wauchula, FL in 1960 soon after she married. She was a 1958 graduate of Hardee High School and went on to attend USF in...
Dorothy M. Lunsford-Griffith
Jan 12, 2014
LAKE WALES - Mrs. Dorothy Marie Lunsford-Griffith, 78, passed away Sunday, Jan. 12, 2014 in Winter Haven of heart failure. Dorothy was born September 22, 1935 in Tiger Bay, FL and moved to Lake Wales from Fort Meade in 1994. She was the Deputy Clerk for the Polk County Court House for 18 years, a member of Fort Meade First...
Robert Brygidyr
Jan 11, 2014
Mr. Robert Brygidyr, 87, of Lakeland, passed away in Bartow, FL on January 11, 2014. There are no services planned at this time.
Tullie Ray Jackson, Sr.
Jan 1, 2014
FORT MEADE - Mr. Tullie Ray Jackson, Sr., 69, passed away at his home in Fort Meade on January 1, 2014 from cancer. Mr. Jackson was born March 13, 1944 in Fort Meade, FL, and was the son of Tullie Edward and Mabel Adams Jackson. Mr. Jackson resided his entire life in Fort Meade where he graduated from Fort Meade...
Charles Alden Feathers, Sr.
Dec 22, 2013
FORT MEADE - Mr. Charles Alden Feathers, Sr., 79, passed away in Lakeland, FL on Sunday, Dec. 22, 2013. Mr. Feathers was born Aug. 10, 1934 in Fishertown, PA and moved to Fort Meade from Ogden, Utah 15 years ago. He was a retired 20 year veteran from the U.S. Air Force, serving during the Vietnam War and Korean Conflict,...
Martha Louise Williamson
Dec 19, 2013
FORT MEADE - Mrs. Martha Louise Williamson, 92, passed away Thursday, Dec. 19, 2013 in Bartow, FL. Mrs. Williamson was born June 29, 1921 in Thomas County, GA, and moved to Fort Meade at a very young age with her parents, Jesse and Sarah Monk Creach. She lived nearly her whole life in Fort Meade, where she was a caregiver...
Alan W. "Spanky" Gilmore
Dec 13, 2013
FORT MEADE - Mr. Alan Wayne "Spanky" Gilmore, 59, passed away in Belleview, FL on Friday, Dec. 13, 2013. Spanky was born Nov. 26, 1954 in Hayti, Missouri, and has been a longtime resident of Fort Meade for many years. He was a plumber for over 40 years, working with Graves Plumbing for nearly 14 years, and he attended the...
Mary E. Adams
Dec 8, 2013
ARCADIA - Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Adams, 87, passed away Sunday, Dec. 8, 2013 in Avon Park, FL. Mrs. Adams was born in Blountstown, FL on Nov. 24, 1926 and was a longtime resident of Fort Meade before moving to Arcadia in 1970. She was a homemaker, raising ten children, and a citrus fruit sectionizer, working for Donald Duck in Lake...
Betty Gene Waller
Nov 26, 2013
FORT MEADE - Mrs. Betty Gene Waller, 90, passed away Tuesday, Nov. 26, 2013 in Bartow of heart failure. Mrs. Waller was born October 24, 1923 in Eagle Lake, TX, and moved to Fort Meade from Old Ocean, TX in 1957. She was a homemaker and longtime member of the First Baptist Church, Fort Meade. Mrs. Waller was also a...
Horace Melvin "Buck" Owen
Nov 12, 2013
FORT MEADE - Mr. Horace Melvin "Buck" Owen, Sr., 71, passed away Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2013. Mr. Owen was born August 24, 1942 in Fort Meade, FL where he remained a lifelong resident. He was a 43 year employee of U.S. Agri-Chem where he worked as a maintenance mechanic, and he was of the Baptist Faith. Mr. Owen was a...
Walker Driskell
Nov 2, 2013
LAKELAND - Mr. M. Walker Driskell, 97, passed away at his home Saturday, Nov. 2, 2013 of heart failure. Mr. Driskell was born May 22, 1916 in Taylor County, Georgia, and moved to Lakeland from Fort Meade, FL in 1973. He was a retired maintenance supervisor for Swift & Co. and of the Baptist faith. Mr. Driskell was a WW...
James D. "Jack" Edwards, Jr.
Nov 1, 2013
WIMAUMA - Mr. James D. "Jack" Edwards, Jr., 78, passed away Friday, Nov. 1, 2013 of heart failure at his daughter's home in Starke, FL. Mr. Edwards was born April 26, 1935 in Tampa, FL and was a longtime resident of Wimauma, FL. He was a carpenter and a very active member of the Florida Flywheelers, Fort Meade. During the...
Donald Brown
Oct 19, 2013
FORT MEADE - Mr. Donald Brown, Sr., 81, passed away at his home Saturday, October 19, 2013. Mr. Brown was born February 13, 1932 in Vicksburg, Mississippi, and has been a longtime resident of Fort Meade. He retired as a maintenance mechanic from U.S. Agri-Chem after 34 years of faithful service. Mr. Brown was a member of Lake Buffum Baptist...
Glenda Gillispie Mullins
Oct 17, 2013
FORT MEADE - Mrs. Glenda Gillispie Mullins, 77, passed away Thursday, Oct. 17, 2013 in Lakeland of heart failure. Mrs. Mullins was the daughter of Samuel and Mabel Gillispie, Sr., and she was born June 7, 1936 in Fort Meade, FL where she resided her entire life. She worked for Badcock Home Furnishings in Fort Meade for many years, and...
Mary Anna Woodall
Oct 10, 2013
FORT MEADE - Mrs. Mary Anna Woodall, 81, passed away Thursday, Oct. 10, 2013 in Lakeland, FL of heart failure. Mrs. Woodall was born in Waycross, GA on March 26, 1932, and moved to Fort Meade from Jacksonville, FL in 1984. She was a Homemaker and member of the First United Methodist Church, Fort Meade. Mrs. Woodall was an active...
Chris Robinson
Sep 29, 2013
FORT MEADE - Mr. Christopher N. Robinson, 43, passed away at his home on Sunday, Sept. 29, 2013. Chris was born on January 26, 1970 in Breckenridge County, Kentucky, and moved to Fort Meade from Guston, Kentucky in 1986. He was a dozer operator for McDonald Construction, and of the Baptist faith. Chris was preceded in death by his mother,...
Eva "Kitty" Mccarty
Sep 18, 2013
FORT MEADE - Mrs. Eva "Kitty" McCarty, 76, passed away Wed., Sept. 18, 2013 in Lakeland of heart failure. Mrs. McCarty was born in Davenport, FL on April 30, 1937 and was a longtime resident of Fort Meade. She was a book keeper for Mavin's Furniture for many years and also an office manager for B & W Construction. Mrs....
Glenda Diane Kilner
Sep 13, 2013
WAUCHULA - Mrs. Glenda Diane Kilner, 63, passed away Friday, Sept. 13, 2013 at her home. Glenda was born in Bartow, FL on Jan. 26, 1950 and she has been a longtime resident of Wauchula. She was a waitress, graduate of Hardee High School Class of 1969, and of the Pentecostal faith. Glenda was preceded in death by her mother,...
Mary Ellen Roberts
Sep 13, 2013
FORT MEADE - Mrs. Mary Ellen Roberts, 84, passed away Friday, September 13, 2013 at her home. Mrs. Roberts was born on Sept. 30, 1928 in Dale County, AL, and moved to Fort Meade from Bartow in 1989. She was a homemaker and member of Lake Buffum Baptist Church, Fort Meade. Mrs. Roberts was also a member of the Fin...
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