Obituaries

Mrs. Alice Hedden Spieth

Mrs. Alice Hedden Spieth

Aug 22, 2022

FORT MEADE - Mrs. Alice Hedden Spieth, 87, passed away Monday, August 22, 2022 in Winter Haven, FL. Mrs. Spieth was born March 23, 1935 in Mulberry, FL and has been a resident of Fort Meade for many years. Her family moved to Fort Meade in 1949, she graduated Fort Meade High School in 1953 and soon went on to...

Mr. Jemmie Hampton Fields

Mr. Jemmie Hampton Fields

Aug 19, 2022

FORT MEADE - Mr. Jemmie Hampton Fields, 81, passed away Friday, August 19, 2022. Mr. Fields was born June 4, 1941 in Fort Meade, FL and moved to Bowling Green from Fort Meade in 1971. He was a maintenance mechanic, retiring from Mosaic after a long tenure of 48 years, and he was a member of the Wauchula Moose Lodge,...

Mary Lou Watson

Mary Lou Watson

Aug 15, 2022

FORT MEADE - Ms. Mary Lou Waller Watson, 85, passed away Monday, August 15, 2022 in Bartow, FL. Ms. Watson was born June 12, 1937 in Metter, Georgia and has been nearly a lifelong resident of Fort Meade. She was a member of the First United Methodist Church of Fort Meade where her family spanned five generations through the church,...

Joyce Marie Pickard

Joyce Marie Pickard

Aug 2, 2022

FORT MEADE - Joyce Marie Pickard, 68, passed away Tuesday, August 2, 2022 in Wauchula, FL. Joyce was born November 8, 1953 in York, PA and has been a resident and the Lake Buffum area of Fort Meade for many years. She attended The Church in Alturas, FL, and she retired from Sunshine Foliage Nursery in Zolfo Springs. She was...

Mr. Ed Brink

Mr. Ed Brink

Aug 1, 2022

FORT MEADE - Mr. Edward T. "Ed" Brink, 67, passed away Monday, August 1, 2022 in Bartow, FL. Ed was born on August 24, 1954 in Middletown, NY and moved to Fort Meade in 1990 from Miami, FL. He was a licensed building contractor and project manager before moving to Fort Meade, and after marrying his wife Sandra Green, he...

Ms. Christine L Mcauley

Ms. Christine L Mcauley

Jul 25, 2022

LAKELAND- Ms. Christine “Chris” McAuley, 90 passed from this life on Monday, July 25, 2022. She was born in Coffee Springs, Alabama and spent the last fifty seven years of her life in Lakeland, having moved from Fort Meade. She was of the Christian Faith. Christine truly loved her grandchildren and was sure to keep tabs on her sons, for...

Mrs. Peggy Ann Smith

Mrs. Peggy Ann Smith

Jul 13, 2022

LAND O'LAKES - Mrs. Peggy Ann Smith, 76, passed away Wednesday, July 13, 2022 in Tampa, FL. Mrs. Smith was born March 3, 1946 in Russellville, Alabama and moved to Land O'Lakes a few years ago from Georgia to be near family. She was a homemaker, and of the Baptist faith. Mrs. Smith was preceded in death by her husband,...

Mr. Dale E. Matthews

Mr. Dale E. Matthews

Jul 1, 2022

FORT MEADE - Mr. Dale Edward Matthews, 70, passed away Friday, July 1, 2022 in Bartow, FL. Dale was born September 3, 1951 in St. Louis, Missouri, and has been a resident of Fort Meade for 20 years. On visiting Fort Meade, he attended Mt. Pisgah Baptist Church as a young man, as into his adult years, he retired as...

Mr. Robert "Bobby" C. Smallwood

Mr. Robert "Bobby" C. Smallwood

Jun 29, 2022

BARTOW- Mr. Robert “Bobby” Smallwood, 75, passed away in the home of his caregivers on June 29, 2022. Bobby was born in Montgomery, Pennsylvania to the late Mr. and Mrs. Robert G. Smallwood. Later, he served his country in the United States Army as Military Police during the Vietnam Conflict. Bobby spent the past twenty-seven years as a resident of...

Mrs. Nellie Meacham Wetherington

Mrs. Nellie Meacham Wetherington

Jun 28, 2022

FORT MEADE - Mrs. Nellie Meacham Wetherington, 86, passed away Tuesday, June 28, 2022 in Bartow, FL. Mrs. Wetherington was born November 27, 1935 in Okaloosa County, Florida, and has been a resident of Fort Meade nearly her entire life. She attended Fort Meade schools, was a homemaker and member of Cornerstone Church of God for many years. Mrs. Wetherington...

Fletcher "Buck" Quinn

Fletcher "Buck" Quinn

Jun 20, 2022

FORT MEADE- Mr. Fletcher “Buck” Quinn, 76, passed away on June 20, 2022. Buck was born in Double Springs, Alabama to Mr. and Mrs. Fletcher Borden Quinn. He settled in Fort Meade and made a life in the area. He served his country in the United States Air Force as an aircraft mechanic. During this time, he lived in various...

Roberta Elaine Devane

Roberta Elaine Devane

Jun 13, 2022

FORT MEADE- Ms. Roberta Elaine DeVane, 78 passed into the presence of her Savior on Monday, June 13, 2022 at her home. Ms. DeVane was born in Searsport, Maine to the late Reverend George Forest Hustus and Mrs. Clara Ward Hustus. She remained a resident of Maine, and relocated to Fort Meade, five years ago. Her dedication and love for...

Mrs. Dorothy Wilson Blackburn

Mrs. Dorothy Wilson Blackburn

Jun 6, 2022

FORT MEADE - Mrs. Dorothy W. "Dot" Blackburn, 100, passed away at her home in Coconut Creek, FL on Monday, June 6, 2022. Mrs. Blackburn was born February 4, 1922 in Carroll County, GA, and moved from Brewster, FL to Fort Meade in 1960, where she was a homemaker, member of the First United Methodist Church of Fort Meade, a...

Margaret Dotson Lindeke

Margaret Dotson Lindeke

May 21, 2022

LAKELAND - Margaret Dotson Lindeke, 86, passed away Saturday, May 21, 2022 in Lake Wales, FL. Mrs. Lindeke was born September 10, 1935 in Fort Meade, FL and was the daughter of Cecil and Carrie Lightsey Dotson. She was a 1953 graduate of Fort Meade High School where she was a cheerleader and on the girls basketball teams, before furthering...

Mr. Herbert M. Mizell

Mr. Herbert M. Mizell

May 13, 2022

FORT MEADE - Mr. Herbert M. Mizell, 91, passed away at his home in Fort Meade on Friday, May 13, 2022. Mr. Mizell was born October 24, 1930 in Chicora, FL, and he was raised in Nichols, FL where he attended school and has been a resident of Fort Meade for many years. He retired from Estech Chemical Co. after...

Mr. Lamar Daniels

Mr. Lamar Daniels

May 1, 2022

WINTER HAVEN - Mr. Clifford Lamar Daniels, 84, of Winter Haven, FL, passed away on May 1, 2022 at Lakeland Regional Medical Center. Mr. Daniels was born February 7, 1938, in Eagle Lake, FL and was the son of Jacob Lamar Daniels and Sara Allen Duckworth. A graduate of Winter Haven High School Class of 1956 and a proud alumnus...

Mr. Willis O. King

Mr. Willis O. King

Apr 25, 2022

FORT MEADE - Mr. Willis Orvil King, 80, passed away Monday, April 25, 2022 in Bartow, FL. Mr. King was born September 9, 1941 in Douglas, Georgia and has been a resident of Fort Meade for many years. He was a retired diesel mechanic from Imperial Lumber Co. of Bartow and of the Christian faith. He was preceded in death...

Mr. Thomas J. "T.J." Williams, Sr.

Mr. Thomas J. "T.J." Williams, Sr.

Apr 9, 2022

FORT MEADE - Mr. Thomas "T.J." Williams, Sr., passed away at home peacefully surrounded by family on April 9, 2022, and he is now rejoicing in Heaven. T.J. was born March 6,1944 in Lewistown, PA and was a 1964 graduate of Lewiston High School. He was retired from Mobil Chemical Co. and also Agri-Phos, and was an active member of...

Ernestine Polk Cannon

Ernestine Polk Cannon

Apr 9, 2022

FORT MEADE - Ernestine Polk Cannon, 82, passed away Saturday, April 9, 2022 in Avon Park, FL. Ernestine was born May 24, 1939 in Frostproof, FL, and was a resident of Fort Meade for many years. She was a homemaker, member of Avon Park Lakes Baptist Church, and a longtime Sunday School teacher and children's and youth mentor at First...

Mrs. Betty Revell Walker

Mrs. Betty Revell Walker

Apr 4, 2022

FORT MEADE - Mrs. Betty Carol Revell Walker, 82, passed away Monday, April 4, 2022 in Lakeland, FL. Mrs. Walker was born May 8, 1939 in Miami, and peviously residing in Fort Meade, she has been a resident of Lakeland for many years. She was retired from the Polk County School Board as a finance clerk after a 25 year...

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