Obituaries
Pauline "Polly" V. Martin
Apr 5, 2013
FORT MEADE - Mrs. Pauline "Polly" V. Martin, 87, passed away Friday, April 5, 2013 in Bartow of heart failure. Mrs. Martin was born September 4, 1925 and was a native and lifelong resident of Fort Meade, FL. She was a retired sectionizer for Florida Natural in Lake Wales, and a member of Oak Park Baptist Church, Fort Meade. Mrs....
Edna "Boots" Bowers
Mar 26, 2013
FORT MEADE - Mrs. Edna "Boots" Bowers, 91, passed away Tuesday, March 26, 2013 in Sebring, FL of heart failure. Mrs. Bowers was born in Tampa, FL on June 30, 1921 and moved to Fort Meade from Avon Park in 1946. She was a graduate of Avon Park High School, Class of 1940, a homemaker and member of the First...
Gail Darwin Bever
Mar 18, 2013
Mr. Gail Darwin Bever, 73, passed away Monday, March 18, 2013 at Bartow Regional Medical Center. He was born on August 21, 1939 in Hastings, Michigan and moved to Fort Meade, FL in 1992 from Kennesaw, Georgia. Mr. Bever was Protestant, and preceded in death by his father, Gail Shaw Bever. He is survived by his mother, Geraldine Bever, Fort...
Martha Annette Pierce
Mar 15, 2013
FORT MEADE - Mrs. Martha Annette Pierce, 78, passed away Friday, March 15, 2013 at Bartow Regional Medical Center of heart failure. Mrs. Pierce was born on August 13, 1934 in Enterprise, Alabama and she was a lifelong resident of Fort Meade. Mrs. Pierce was a sectionizer for Ben Hill Griffin, Inc. and after her retirement she worked with the...
Allene Forsythe Morgan
Mar 9, 2013
PLANT CITY - Mrs. Allene Forsythe Morgan, 82, passed away Sat., March 9, 2013 at Good Shepherd Hospice in Auburndale, FL after complications from a stroke. Mrs. Morgan was born on June 24, 1930 in Plant City, FL, and after living in Fort Meade for many years she returned to Plant City in 1985. She retired after 20 years from...
Master Jamie Vaughn
Mar 4, 2013
Master Jamie Vaughn, joined the children of heaven on March 4, 2013. He is survived by his father and mother, Steven and Ellie Vaughn, siblings and grandparents. Hancock Funeral Home, Fort Meade
Irrie T. Smith
Mar 1, 2013
FORT MEADE - Mr. Irrie T. Smith, 86, passed away Friday, March 1, 2013 in Sebring, FL. Mr. Smith was born on December 9, 1926, and was a native and life long resident of Fort Meade. He retired from Estech Chemical Co. as an electrician after 43 years of service. Mr. Smith was a WW II, U.S. Navy Veteran, a...
Edith Barwick
Feb 27, 2013
FORT MEADE - Mrs. Edith Lorraine Barwick, 85, passed away Wed., February 27, 2013 in Zephyrhills, FL of heart failure. Mrs. Barwick was born in Bartow, FL on March 5, 1927, and moved to Fort Meade in 1956. She was a homemaker and member of the Cornerstone Church of God in Fort Meade. Along with raising her own family, Mrs....
David Wooten, Sr.
Feb 20, 2013
FORT MEADE - Mr. David Wooten, Sr., 79, passed away Wed., February 20, 2013 in Bartow. Mr. Wooten was born on August 25, 1933 in Broxton, Georgia and moved to Fort Meade from Coffee County, Georgia in 1955. He was a butcher for Kaplan Industries and of the Baptist faith. Mr. Wooten was preceded in death by several brothers and...
Jimmie Parker
Feb 7, 2013
FORT MEADE - Mr. James A. "Jimmie" Parker, 71, passed away Thursday, Feb. 7, 2013 at his home of heart failure. Jimmie was born on May 11, 1941 in Bowling Green, FL and was a lifelong resident of Fort Meade. He was the owner of Hydra-Lube Hydraulics in Fort Meade for 20 years, and a member of Mt. Pisgah Baptist...
George W. Zink
Feb 6, 2013
FORT MEADE - Mr. George W. Zink, 91, passed away Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2013 due to complications from a fall. A native of Plainville, CT, George settled in Brewster, FL after the war and later moved to Fort Meade in 1958. George retired from American Cyanamid Company as a maintenance superintendent after 38 years. Among his many achievements with his...
Patricia Y. Walkup
Jan 19, 2013
FORT MEADE - Patricia Y. Walkup, 80, died peacefully on January 19, 2013 following a brief struggle with cancer. She was born Patricia Marie Peacocke on February 9, 1932 in Evanston, IL to father Vereker Tufnell John Peacocke and mother Mary Catherine Packham. After Vereker's passing, Mary Catherine married Bernard Yoepp and together, they raised Patricia from a young age....
Charles E. "Buck" Greer
Jan 18, 2013
FORT MEADE - Mr. Charles Elwin "Buck" Greer, 76, passed away Friday, Jan. 18, 2013 in Bartow of heart failure. Mr. Greer was born in Colquit County, GA and moved to Fort Meade from Plant City 25 years ago. He was a recovery plant operator at Agrico for 37 years, an Air Force Veteran and of the Baptist faith. Mr....
Shirley Heebsh
Jan 3, 2013
FORT MEADE - Mrs. Shirley Mary Heebsh, 87, passed away Thursday, Jan. 3, 2013 at the Florida Flywheeler's Park in Fort Meade. Mrs. Heebsh was born March 31, 1925 in Lake Church, WI and was a longtime resident of Waterford, WI and spent her winters in Fort Meade for many years. She was a homemaker, member of St. Clare Catholic...
Becky Naylor
Jan 1, 2013
FORT MEADE - Mrs. Rebecca Ann "Becky" Naylor, 63, passed away Tuesday, Jan. 1, 2013 at her home of cancer. Becky was born in Detroit, Michigan on July 9, 1949 and was a longtime resident of Fort Meade. She worked for the Polk County School Board in the cafeteria at Fort Meade High School, and was also a member of...
Gene Haddan
Jan 1, 2013
SEBRING - Mr. Addison Eugene Haddan, 77, passed away Jan. 1, 2013 in Dundee, FL. Mr. Haddan was born in Dothan, Alabama on February 13, 1935 and was a longtime resident of Sebring. He was a retired alligator trapper for the Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission, the President and Founder of S.T.O.P.P., and of the baptist faith. Mr. Haddan was...
Ralph Pickard
Dec 31, 2012
FORT MEADE - Mr. Ralph Lee Pickard, 73, passed away Monday, Dec. 31, 2012 in Sebring, FL. Mr. Pickard was born in Traverse City, MI and was a longtime resident of Fort Meade. He was retired from Kaplan Industries in their maintenance department and attended the Victory Praise Center in Bowling Green. Mr. Pickard was preceded in death by three...
Eunice Page Manley
Dec 19, 2012
FORT MEADE - Mrs. Eunice Page Manley, 81, passed away Dec. 19, 2012 in Sebring. Mrs. Manley was born in West Frostproof, FL on February 14, 1931 and moved to Meade from Tampa in 1947. She was retired from Flagship Bank, Fort Meade where she worked for many years. Mrs. Manley was a member of First Baptist Church, Fort Meade,...
Lorraine "Shorty" Lewis
Nov 27, 2012
FORT MEADE - Mrs. Lorraine "Shorty" Mary Lewis, 85, passed away Tues., Nov. 27, 2012 at George Forsyth Good Shepherd Hospice in Auburndale, FL. Mrs. Lewis was born in Unionville, MI on May 19, 1927 and moved to Fort Meade, FL from Michigan in 1972. She was a retired Nurse's Aid at the Hills and Dales Hospital in Cass City,...
Joyce Ruth Hurd
Nov 21, 2012
FORT MEADE - Mrs. Joyce Ruth Hurd, 63, passed away Wed., November 21, 2012 at Lakeland Regional Medical Center. Mrs. Hurd was born in Newport, Arkansas on July 12, 1949 and moved to Fort Meade from Kissimmee in 2000. She owned Joy's Pet Grooming and she attended the First Baptist Church of Fort Meade. Mrs. Hurd is survived by her...
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