Obituaries
Lila Rea Crews
May 17, 2011
WINTER HAVEN - Mrs. Lila Rea Crews, 81, passed away Tues., May 17, 2011 at Winter Haven Hospital due to heart failure. Mrs. Crews was born on July 12, 1929 in Fort Meade, where she was a longtime resident, before moving to Winter Haven, FL several years ago. She was a retired loan officer for SunTrust Bank, and spent many...
Sharrona Maria Young
May 17, 2011
FORT MEADE - Mrs. Sharrona Maria Young, 53, passed away Tues., May 17, 2011 at Good Shepherd Hospice in Sebring, FL. Mrs. Young was born September 24, 1957 in Bartow, FL and was a lifelong resident of Fort Meade. She was a pediatric nurse and a homemaker. Mrs. Young studied nursing in Sydney, Australia, and her family prides her with...
Priscilla Ruth Mccormack
May 14, 2011
FORT MEADE - Ms. Priscilla Ruth McCormack, 58, passed away Sat., May 14, 2011 in St. Petersburg, FL. Ms. McCormack was born in Tampa, FL on Aug. 30, 1952 and moved to Ft. Meade from Riverview, FL several years ago. She was a homemaker and of the Baptist faith. Ms. McCormack was preceded in death by her mother, Ruth Taylor....
Johnny H. Collier
May 11, 2011
BARTOW - Mr. Johnny Hiram Collier, passed away Wed., May 11, 2011 in Auburndale, FL. Mr. Collier was born in Tiger Bay, FL on September 18, 1935, and he was a longtime resident of Tampa before recently moving to Bartow. Mr. Collier was retired from the United States Air Force where he was a member of the National Security Administration....
Lessie Redden
May 8, 2011
FORT MEADE - Mrs. Lessie Redden, 87, passed away Sun., May 8, 2011 at her home surrounded by her family. Mrs. Redden was born in Huston, Mississippi on December 6, 1923 and moved to Fort Meade from Bowling Green, FL in 1980. She was a homemaker and member of Oak Park Baptist Church, Fort Meade. Mrs. Redden was preceded in...
Charlene (Haney) Gilmore
May 3, 2011
FORT MEADE - Mrs. Charlene W. (Haney) Gilmore, 51, passed away Tues., May 3, 2011 at Shands Hospital at the University of Florida. Mrs. Gilmore was born in Frostproof, FL and moved to Fort Meade in 1999. She was a homemaker and attended the New Beginning Church of God, Fort Meade. Among her faith, her favorite Bible verse was John...
Marion Cross Keene
May 1, 2011
WAUCHULA - Mrs. Marion Cross Keene, 91, passed away at her home Sun., May 1, 2011. Mrs. Keene was born December 4, 1919 in Colne, Lancashire County, England. She came to the United States in 1945 moving to Indiana. She later moved to Wauchula from Indiana in 1958, where she worked as a waitress for many years at Knight's Restaurant...
Rosa Lee Putnel
Apr 24, 2011
WAUCHULA - Mrs. Rosa Lee Putnel, 87, formerly of Fort Meade passed away Sun., April 24, 2011 at her home. Mrs. Putnel was born in Wimauma, FL and moved to Wauchula from Fort Meade in 1981, and then spent a short time living in Dade City, before returning to Wauchula recently. She retired from Polk General Hospital as a Certified...
Ralph Durrance, Jr.
Apr 21, 2011
LAKELAND - Mr. W. Ralph Durrance, Jr., Esq., 71, passed away at home on April 21, 2011 due to heart failure. Mr. Durrance was born on October 17, 1939 at the Bartow City Hospital in Bartow, Florida. He attended Fort Meade schools and graduated in June, 1957. After high school, Ralph attended Emory at Oxford, Emory University and Parsons College...
Celestino G. Trevino
Apr 17, 2011
FORT MEADE - Mr. Celestino G. Trevino, 92, passed away Sun., April 17, 2011 at Lifecare Center of Winter Haven due to heart failure. Mr. Trevino was born in Mercedes, TX on May 19, 1918 and moved to Fort Meade from Santa Rosa, TX in 2008. He was a truck driver for the agriculture industry. Mr. Trevino was of the...
James N. Collier
Apr 4, 2011
LAKE WALES - Mr. James Niram Collier, 75, passed away Mon., April 4, 2011 at Lakeland Regional Medical Center due to cancer. Mr. Collier was born Sept. 18, 1935 in Tiger Bay, FL and moved to Lake Wales from Zolfo Springs, FL in 1993. He was of the Baptist faith and very proud of his dedication to the U.S. Armed...
Polly J. Moore
Mar 19, 2011
LAKELAND - Mrs. Polly Jane Moore, 82, passed away at her home of heart failure. Mrs. Moore was born September 3, 1928 in Mishawaka, Indiana, and moved to Lakeland from Lansing, Michigan in 2004. She was a secretary for the Florida State Dept. of Corrections. Mrs. Moore was of the Church of Christ faith and a member of the Moose...
Betty Carlton Cope
Mar 9, 2011
TAMPA - Mrs. Betty Carlton Cope, 79, passed away Wed., March 9, 2011 at the University Village Nursing Home in Tampa. Mrs. Cope was born March 6, 1932 in Fort Meade, FL and was a longtime resident of Avon Park, FL. Mrs. Cope worked in physical therapy at Walker Memorial Hospital for 29 years. She was a member of Avon...
Charles G. Crews
Feb 15, 2011
BARTOW - Mr. Charles Gerald (Sonny) Crews, 74, passed away Tuesday, Feb. 15, 2011 at his home due to cancer. Mr. Crews was born April 5, 1936 in Ona, FL and moved to Bartow from Fort Meade, FL in 1991. He was a Maintenance Supervisor for IMC Mining in Fort Meade, and a member of First Baptist Church, Fort Meade....
Glenna Beynon Sheppard
Feb 5, 2011
BARTOW - Mrs. Glenna Hill Beynon Sheppard, 84, passed away February 5, 2011 at Southland Suites in Lakeland, FL due to heart failure. Mrs. Sheppard was born on August 30, 1926 in Tampa, FL. She graduated from Hillsborough High School in 1944 and the University of Tampa in 1948. She was a longtime member of First United Methodist Church of...
Etta M. Gray
Jan 1, 2011
FORT MEADE - Mrs. Etta Mae Gray, 77, passed away Jan. 1, 2011 at Winter Haven Hospital. Mrs. Gray was born Feb. 14, 1933 in Hermandale, MO and moved to Fort Meade from Steele, MO in 1972. She was a homemaker and member of New Beginnings Church of God, Fort Meade. Mrs. Gray was preceded in death by her husband,...
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....
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