Obituaries

Clayton L. Harrison

Clayton L. Harrison

Nov 5, 2012

FORT MEADE - Mr. Clayton Lyle Harrison, 86, passed away at his home on Mon., November 5, 2012. Mr. Harrison was born in Pickford, MI on May 10, 1926, and moved to Fort Meade from Clio, MI in 1994. He was a sheet metal worker for Local Union #7 in Flint, MI. Mr. Harrison was a member of First United...

Lindsey Durrance

Lindsey Durrance

Nov 4, 2012

FORT MEADE - Barbara Lindsey Durrance, 55, passed away in Gainesville, FL on Sunday, Nov. 4, 2012. Lindsey was born in Bartow, FL on May 31, 1957 and was a lifelong resident of Fort Meade. She was a philanthropist, who supported many causes such as Greenpeace, The Sierra Club, and many animal groups. Lindsey was also a homemaker, and part...

Richard Gonzales

Richard Gonzales

Oct 24, 2012

FORT MEADE - Mr. Richard Gonzales, 57, passed away Wed., Oct. 24, 2012 at Bartow Regional Medical Center of heart failure. Mr. Gonzales was born in Crosbyton, TX on February 9, 1955 and moved to Fort Meade from Michigan in 2008. He was a plant worker for Stericycle and attended St. Thomas Catholic Church in Bartow. Mr. Gonzales was preceded...

Martha Blackburn Harlow

Martha Blackburn Harlow

Oct 19, 2012

GREENVILLE, TN - Mrs. Martha Blackburn Harlow, 74, died 10/19/12 of cancer in Greenville, TN. Memorial services will be held at 3pm, Thursday, October 25, 2012 in Evergreen Cemetery, Ft. Meade. Hancock Funeral Home 863-285-8171.

Donald Eugene Pollard

Donald Eugene Pollard

Oct 17, 2012

FORT MEADE - Mr. Donald Eugene Pollard, 70, passed away Wed., October 17, 2012 at Lakeland Regional Medical Center of heart failure. Mr. Pollard was born in Frostproof, FL on July 18, 1942 and was a lifelong resident of Fort Meade. He retired after 33 years as an electrical superintendent for Cargill Fertilizer. Mr. Pollard was a member of First...

Howard R. Snow

Howard R. Snow

Oct 6, 2012

LAKE WALES - Mr. Howard R. Snow, 85, passed away Sat., Oct. 6, 2012 in Bartow, FL of heart failure. Mr. Snow was born in Cortland, Ohio on January 22, 1927 where he lived for many years, and moved to Lake Wales, FL in 2004. He worked for Wean United in Warren, Ohio for over 20 years, then going on...

Nancy Rhoden

Nancy Rhoden

Sep 28, 2012

FORT MEADE - Mrs. Nancy Coryell Rhoden, 69, passed away Fri., Sept. 28, 2012 in Lake Wales due to heart failure. Mrs. Rhoden was born July 20, 1943 in Tampa, FL and has been a longtime resident of Fort Meade for many years. She was a homemaker, loving wife, mother and a member of Lake Buffum Baptist Church, Fort Meade....

Phyllis Baggett

Phyllis Baggett

Sep 18, 2012

BARTOW - Ms. Phyllis Gail Newsome Baggett, 71, passed away Tues., Sept. 18, 2012 at her home of heart failure. Mrs. Baggett was born in Fort Meade, FL on August 23, 1941 and was a lifelong resident of Fort Meade and surrounding area. She was a shipping and receiving clerk for U.S. Agri-Chem in Fort Meade. Ms. Baggett was a...

Dawn Jerkins Ensslin

Dawn Jerkins Ensslin

Sep 17, 2012

FORT MEADE - Ms. Dawn A. Jerkins Ensslin, 42, passed away Monday, Sept. 17, 2012 with her daughter, De'Laney Chellav (Tink) Ensslin, due to injuries sustained in an automobile accident. Dawn was born April 19, 1970 in Marshall, Michigan and was a lifelong resident of Fort Meade. She worked for the Polk County School Board at the Lewis Anna Woodbury...

De'Laney "Tink" Ensslin

De'Laney "Tink" Ensslin

Sep 17, 2012

FORT MEADE - Miss De'Laney Chellav (Tink) Ensslin, 8, passed away Monday, Sept. 17, 2012 with her mother, Dawn Jerkins Ensslin, due to injuries sustained in an automobile accident. Tink was born January 23, 2004 in Bartow, FL and was a life long resident of Fort Meade. She was a third grade student at Lewis Ann Woodbury Elementary in Fort...

Winnie B. Moody

Winnie B. Moody

Sep 17, 2012

LAKELAND - Winnie B. Moody, 83, passed away at St. Petersburg General Hospital on Monday, Sept. 17, 2012. Ms. Moody was born in Bartow, FL on April 17, 1929 and moved to Lakeland from Miami in the early 1980's. She formerly lived in Fort Meade for many years and was a retired telephone supervisor with Southern Bell Telephone. Ms. Moody...

Don Rogers

Don Rogers

Sep 16, 2012

FORT MEADE - Mr. Donald Clark Rogers, 86, passed away at his home Sunday, Sept. 16, 2012 of heart failure. Mr. Rogers was born in Clarksburg, West Virginia on September 17, 1925 and moved to Fort Meade from Haines City, FL in 1962. He was a retired Bank President with Flagship Bank and SunTrust Bank in Fort Meade, Fort Myers...

Luther Fox

Luther Fox

Sep 6, 2012

HOMELAND - Mr. Luther Fox, 76, passed away Thurs., Sept. 6, 2012 at Bartow Regional Medical Center. Mr. Fox was born March 21, 1936 in Foxtown, Kentucky and moved to Homeland from Fort Meade several years ago. He was a truck driver for Severt & Sons Produce. Mr. Fox is survived by his wife Jean Shiver Fox, Homeland, FL; sons,...

Richard A. Maits

Richard A. Maits

Aug 22, 2012

FORT MEADE - Mr. Richard Allen "Rick" Maits, 86, passed away Wed., August 22, 2012 in Auburndale. Mr. Maits was born June 18, 1926 in Bartow, FL and moved to Fort Meade from Abbeville, AL in 2001. He was retired from the Polk County Board of County Comissioners, a WW II U.S. Navy Veteran and attended the Lina Vista Baptist...

Michael Wild

Michael Wild

Aug 11, 2012

LAKELAND - Mr. Michael Aaron Wild, 52, passed away Saturday, August 11, 2012 at his home in Lakeland. Michael was born September 1, 1959 in Dover, Delaware and was a longtime resident of Lakeland. He was a retired paramedic with Polk County EMS, a member of Victory Assembly Church in Lakeland, and a graduate of Bartow High School Class of...

Billy Nicholson

Billy Nicholson

Jul 20, 2012

BOWLING GREEN - Mr. William N. "Billy" Nicholson, 85, passed away Fri., July 20, 2012 in Wauchula. Mr. Nicholson was born on April 8, 1927 in Jacksonville, FL and was a lifetime resident of Hardee County. He was the manager of Nicholson Supply Co., a WW II U.S. Navy Veteran, and of the Baptist faith. Mr. Nicholson is survived by...

Harold Delille

Harold Delille

Jul 18, 2012

Mr. Andrew Harold Delille, 86, passed away July 18, 2012. Mr. Delille was born in Gallipolis, Ohio on May 8, 1926 and moved to Lakeland from Fort Meade several years ago. He was an active member of First Baptist Church, Fort Meade and a U.S. Army Veteran. Mr. Delille is survived by his wife,Carol Ann Delille, Lakeland, FL; son, Andy...

Ronnie Godwin

Ronnie Godwin

Jul 17, 2012

BARTOW - Mr. Odie D. "Ronnie" Godwin, passed away in Winston Salem, NC July 17, 2012 of heart failure. Mr. Godwin was born in Bowling Green, FL on July 27, 1941 and was a longtime resident of Bartow. He was retired from Publix Supermarkets after 37 years of service and worked as an Assistant Produce Manager. Mr. Godwin was a...

Annie Belle Walker

Annie Belle Walker

Jul 14, 2012

FORT MEADE - Mrs. Annie Belle Walker, 97, passed away Sat., July 14, 2012 at Savannah Court in Bartow of heart failure. Mrs. Walker was born December 23, 1914, and was a native and lifelong resident of Fort Meade. She was the daughter of John Milton Sturgis and Annie Anderson Sturgis. Mrs Walker was a homemaker and member of the...

Charlotte S. Treen

Charlotte S. Treen

Jul 11, 2012

FORT MEADE - Mrs. Charlotte Samons Treen, 68, passed away at Bartow Regional Medical Center on Wed., July 11, 2012. Mrs. Treen was born in Martin, Kentucky on September 22, 1943 and moved to Florida from Fremont, Ohio in 2010. She was a homemaker and of the Protestant faith. Mrs. Treen is survived by her husband, Elbert L. Treen, Fort...

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