Obituaries
Bryant J. Skinner, Sr.
May 16, 2010
FORT MEADE - Mr. Bryant J. Skinner, Sr., 60, passed away at his home Sun., May 16, 2010 of heart failure. Mr. Skinner was born June 11, 1949 in Hahira, Georgia and was the son of the late Payton and Mary Hancock Skinner. Mr. Skinner was a Chemical Engineer Superintendent for St. John's Chemical Co. He moved to Fort Meade...
Otis Wayne Stidham
May 12, 2010
BARTOW - Mr. Otis Wayne Stidham, 54, died Wed., May 12, 2010 at Kindred Hospital in Tampa, FL. Mr. Stidham was born June 6, 1955 in Kennett Missouri, and came to Bartow from Fitzgerald, GA in 2005. He worked in the mobile home manufacturing industry and was of the Baptist faith. Mr. Stidham was preceded in death by brothers, Josh...
James H Grunholzer, Sr.
May 3, 2010
FORT MEADE - Mr. James H. (Jimmy) Grunholzer, Sr., passed away Mon., May 3, 2010 at Bartow Regional Medical Center of heart failure. Mr. Grunholzer was born June 25, 1925 the late Henry and Ada M. Grunholzer and was a native and life long resident of Fort Meade, FL. Mr. Grunholzer was a citrus grower and former Coca-Cola bottler. He...
Jack L. Coulter
Apr 12, 2010
FORT MEADE - Mr. Jack L. Coulter, 79, passed away April 12, 2010 at his residence. Mr. Coulter was born April 30, 1930 and was a native and life long resident of Fort Meade. He was retired from Polk County School Board where he had worked as an elementary teacher for many years. Mr. Coulter was a Protestant, and U.S....
Myrtle Russ Williams
Apr 10, 2010
FORT MEADE - Mrs. Myrtle Olean Russ Williams, 89, passed away Sat., April 10, 2010 at the Rohr Home in Bartow, FL of heart failure. Mrs. Williams was born December 17, 1920 in Tuscaloosa, AL. She was a longtime resident of Fort Meade where she was retired from the U.S. Post Office after 25 years of service. Mrs. Williams was...
Maria De Le Rosa
Apr 7, 2010
Maria Torres De La Rosa, survived locally by son, Ramon De La Rosa, Fort Meade, FL.
Rubye Spencer Fair
Mar 31, 2010
LAKELAND - Mrs. Rubye Spencer Fair, 88, a longtime Lakeland resident, entered the arms of Jesus, Wed., March 31, 2010 in Auburndale, FL at the George Forsythe Hospice Home of heart failure. She was born August 27, 1922 in High Springs, FL and was the fourth daughter of William and Emma Forsythe. Rubye was a wonderful Chrisitan role model for...
Catherine Lunn Revell
Mar 30, 2010
FORT MEADE - Mrs. Catherine Lunn Revell, 101, passed away Tues., Mar. 30, 2010 in Bradenton of heart failure. Mrs. Revell was born in Brooklet, Georgia on July 18, 1908 and moved to Fort Meade from Savannah, Georgia in 1920. She was a homemaker and member of Cornerstone Church of God, Fort Meade. Mrs. Revell was preceded in death by...
Ralph E. Rhoden
Mar 25, 2010
LAKELAND - Mr. Ralph E. Rhoden, 65, passed away Thurs., March 25, 2010 of heart failure at Brookside Hospice in Palm Harbor, FL. Mr. Rhoden is born March 24, 1945 in Fort Meade, FL and was a lifelong resident of central Florida. He was a Route and Dispatch Manager for the Lakeland Ledger and Tampa Tribune. Mr. Rhoden was a...
Rowena B. Pollard
Mar 5, 2010
FORT MEADE - Mrs. Rowena B. "Granny Pete" Pollard, 92, passed Friday, March 5, 2010 at Vista Manor in Titusville, FL of heart failure. Mrs. Pollard was born Feb., 14, 1918 and was a lifelong resident of the Bereah and Fort Meade area. She was a homemaker and member of the Corinth Primitive Baptist Church. Mrs. Pollard was preceded in...
Burnell M. Lamb
Feb 28, 2010
FORT MEADE - Mrs. Burnell M. Lamb, 82, passed away Sun., Feb. 28, 2010 in Lake Wales, FL of heart failure. Mrs. Lamb was born March 15, 1927 in Dothan, AL and moved to Fort Meade from Dothan in 1955. Mrs. Lamb was a homemaker, and member of Lake Buffum Baptist Church, Fort Meade. She was a former member of...
Aldine Fort Warren
Feb 24, 2010
FORT MEADE - Mrs. Aldine Fort Warren, 99, passed away Wednesday, Feb., 24, 2010 at her residence of heart failure. Mrs. Warren was born July 8, 1910 in Mulberry, FL and she was a lifelong resident of Fort Meade, FL. She was retired from Waverly Growers in Waverly, FL after working in their accounting dept. for 45 years. Mrs. Warren...
Randel J. Bryant
Feb 13, 2010
BARTOW - Mr. Randel Julious Bryant, 93, passed away Sat., Feb. 13, 2010 at his home in Bartow of heart failure. Mr. Bryant was born on Coventon Co., AL on Aug. 21, 1917, and has been a longtime Bartow resident. He was a security guard for lake Garfield Packing House and member of Alturas Assembly of God. Mr. Bryant was...
Carl Robert Helms
Feb 12, 2010
FORT MEADE - Mr. Carl Robert Helms, 75, passed away Fri., Feb. 12, 2010 at Lakeland Regional Medical Center of heart failure. Mr. Helms was born June 12, 1934 in Laura Hill, FL and has been a longtime Fort Meade resident. He was the owner of J & M Grassing and involved in the Helms Bros. Construction Co. and Robert's...
Aim'Ee Elizabeth Dishong
Feb 5, 2010
FORT MEADE - Ami'ee Elizabeth Dishong, 25, passed away Fri., February 5, 2010 in Marietta, GA due to injuries sustained in an automobile accident. Ami'ee was born September 19, 1984 in Winter Haven, FL and was a longtime resident of Fort Meade. She was currently living in Calhoun, GA where she was working in the restaurant business. She was a...
Nellie R. Cochrane
Feb 3, 2010
FORT MEADE - Mrs. Nellie Reed Cochrane, 87, passed away Wed., Feb. 3, 2010 at her home of heart failure. Mrs. Cochrane was born November 30, 1922 in Howell, Michigan, and moved to Fort Meade from Wauchula in 1951. She was a homemaker, a member of Beta Sigma Phi Sorority and a member of First Baptist Church, Fort Meade. Mrs....
Patricia A. Reckowsky
Jan 29, 2010
LAKELAND - Mrs. Patricia A. Reckowsky, 76, passed away Fri., Jan. 29, 2010 at Tampa General Hospital due to heart failure. Mrs. Reckowsky was born Feb. 1, 1933 in Ragland, West Virginia to Homer Birchfield and Della Wells Birchfield, and moved to Florida several years ago after her retirement. She was a licensed cosmotologist and also held several secretarial positions....
Rocky Allen Watson
Jan 29, 2010
LAKE PLACID - Mr. Rocky Allen Watson, 60, passed away Friday, Jan. 29, 2010 in Lake Placid. Born Dec. 8, 1949 in Bartow, FL, Mr. Watson grew up in Fort Meade and has been a longtime resident of Highlands County. He worked for Florida Department of Transportation in Highland County in the Maintenance Dept. He was a member of Leisure...
William C. Plemon
Jan 20, 2010
LAKELAND - Mr. William Carroll "Boom" Plemon, 86, passed away Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2010 at Lakeland Regional Medical Center of heart failure. Mr. Plemon was born July 31, 1923 in Jonesboro, IL and moved to Lakeland, FL in 1978. He was a Divisional Service Manager for National Cash Register (NCR); a 4 year U.S. Navy Veteran; Longtime Member of Cleveland...
Kenneth I. Parrish
Jan 16, 2010
EAGLE LAKE - Mr. Kenneth I. Parrish, 75, passed away Saturday, Jan. 16, 2010 at his home due to cancer. Mr. Parrish was born April 16, 1934 in Mulberry, FL and moved to Eagle Lake, FL from Seffner, FL in the late 1980's. He was a retired warehouse manager for C.G. Suarez. Mr. Parrish was a member of the Living...
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