OBITUARIES
Emma Kate Barton
Apr 19, 2013
Emma Kate Barton, 82 Lakeland " Emma Kate Barton, 82, was born on October 29, 1930 and passed away on April 19, 2013 due to heart failure. Emma was in jewelry sales for years and after moving to Lakeland, she sold Avon for many years. She was a very active member at First United Methodist Church. She is survived...
Sally Eva Ramey
Apr 17, 2013
Sally Eva Ramey Lakeland- Sally Eva Ramey passed away at her home surrounded by her family on April 17, 2013 due to kidney failure. She was 67 years young. Sally Eva was born in Cecil, Georgia on December 11, 1945. She moved to Lakeland 25 years ago with her husband Roy. They were happily married for 35 years. She...
Mary Ellen O'Neal
Apr 16, 2013
Mary Ellen O""Neal Nursing Assistant Bartow- Mary Ellen O""Neal died April 16, 2013 from complications of dementia. Mary was born in Cairo, Georgia on August 21, 1945. She was a nursing assistant for Polk County BOCC for 24 years. Most of her time with the county was spent as a CNA at the Bartow Adult Day Care Center in...
J. Perry Knight
Apr 15, 2013
J. Perry Knight Age 84, passed away April 15, 2013, peacefully at home in Lakeland, FL, with his wife of nearly 60 years, Joyce, at his side, of Lewy-Body Dementia. Born in Dublin, GA, Perry and his younger sister and brother were raised on a small farm by their widowed mother and her family during the Depression. Always gifted...
Carmen Ramona Abbott
Apr 12, 2013
Carmen R. Abbott, 93 Lakeland " Carmen Abbott was born into a large family in Mayaguez, Puerto Rico. Carmen was the sixth of seven children. She was a modern woman born in the twenties. Her strength of character was evident in everything she said and did. Unlike many women of her time, she knew her own worth. She walked...
Charles Martin Debats
Apr 11, 2013
Charles Martin DeBats, 79 Lakeland " Charles Martin DeBats, 79, has gone to be with his Lord and Savior in Heaven, due to heart failure, on April 11, 2013. ""Chuck"" was born on March 12, 1934 in Birmingham, Michigan and was a graduate of Admiral Farragut Military Academy in St. Petersburg, Florida, attended the University of Florida and graduated...
Arthur F. Long
Apr 6, 2013
Arthur F. Long, 86 Winter Haven: Arthur F. Long, 86, of Winter Haven, died on April 6, 2013 from COPD. He was born on April 21, 1926 in Victoria British Columbia, Canada. He was a guard at the Cincinnati Museum in Ohio for several years. He loved to scuba dive, was an avid landscaper, and was also a Park...
Calvin Coolidge Reynolds
Apr 2, 2013
Calvin Coolidge Reynolds, 84 Lakeland: Calvin Coolidge Reynolds, 84, of Lakeland, died on April 2, 2013 from heart disease. He was born on October 24, 1928 in Fitzgerald, GA. Calvin was a veteran of the United States Air Force during the Korean Conflict. He was a retired member of the Kathleen Lions Club. He is survived by his wife...
Harold A. "Streamline" Sale
Apr 2, 2013
Harold A. ""Streamline"" Sale, 83 Sale Insurance Lakeland " Harold A. ""Streamline"" Sale, a lifelong Lakelander, died peacefully at his home on April 2, 2013, due to respiratory failure, surrounded by family, under the care of Good Shepherd Hospice. Streamline was born at home on North Massachusetts Avenue on September 12, 1929 to Lafayette and Annie Jones Sale. He...
Mary Ann Suddath Mcdowell
Apr 1, 2013
Mary Ann Suddath McDowell, 88 Lakeland- Mary Ann Suddath McDowell, 88, died April 1, 2013 in Lakeland, FL due to heart failure. Funeral services are scheduled for Thursday, April 4, 2013 at 2:00 P.M. at the Chester Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church with The Rev. Dwight L. Pearson officiating. Burial will follow at the Chester Memorial Gardens Cemetery. Mrs. McDowell...
Albert Ralph Rodda
Apr 1, 2013
Albert Ralph Rodda, 82 Lumberman Lakeland- Mr. Albert Ralph Rodda died on April 1, 2013 at Lakeland Regional Medical Center due to complications from Alzheimer""s. He was born August 7, 1930 in La Salle, Illinois. Mr. Rodda was a longtime member of the Moose Lodge and he served 4 years in the National Guard. He was a Scout leader...
Louise Coker
Mar 30, 2013
Louise Coker, 92 Louise Coker died Friday, March 30, 2013, at Lakeland Regional Medical Center. She was born on February 11, 1921, in Meigs, Colquitt County, Georgia, to Annie Mae Prevatt and Charles Raymond ""Ray"" Lewis. Mrs. Coker and her family came to Avon Park from Georgia in the 1930s. She was a founding member of Parkview Baptist Church....
Judith Nell Fleming Wendel Jolicoeur
Mar 29, 2013
Judith ""Judy"" Nell Fleming Wendel Jolicoeur, 73 Mrs. Jolicoeur died March 29, 2013 of heart failure. Judith and Jerry were married for over 27 years and in addition to their relationship as husband and wife they traveled the world as Co-workers erecting and disassembling mining Equipment. Besides her husband, Judith is survived by her mother, Iris Fleming, 2 sons,...
Robert Dana Caryl
Mar 28, 2013
Robert D. Caryl, 84 Lakeland " Robert D. Caryl passed away March 28, 2013 due to cancer. He was born in Scranton, PA. on August 17, 1928, the son of Ethel G. and Ernest D. Caryl. Bob, and his wife Donna, were married in Kansas City Missouri in 1952 and have two children, Christine Jean of Concord CA. and...
Stuart Wesley Baldick, Jr.
Mar 26, 2013
Stuart Wesley Baldick, Jr., 62 Stuart""s Plumbing Lakeland: Stuart Wesley Baldick, Jr. 62, of Lakeland, died on March 26, 2013 from an accident due to a fall. He was born on November 18, 1950 in Troy, NY. He was a veteran of the United States Army having served in the Vietnam War as a MP. Stu graduated from Boone...
James Samson Milsop
Mar 26, 2013
James Milsop, 90 Lakeland " James Milsop, 90, passed away on Tuesday, March 26, 2013. He is survived by his wife, Jean H. Milsop, son, James (Grace) of Medford, MA, daughter, Nancy Farnham (Danny) of Ellijay, GA, granddaughters, Dawn McKinstry (Bill) of Ft. White, FL, and Jodi Modica (James), and great-granddaughter, Ava Modica of Gainesville, FL. Private services have...
Marche Farnsworth
Mar 25, 2013
Marche Farnsworth, 62 Mathematics Teacher Lakeland- Marche Farnsworth, 62, of Lakeland passed away on March 25, 2013 due to cancer. She was the daughter of JoAnne and Harrell Crocker of Plant City. She was a loving wife, mother, and grandmother. In recent years she has been a mathematics teacher at George Jenkins High School. She was an active member...
John Howard Vaughn
Mar 24, 2013
John Howard Vaughn, 90 Lakeland " John Howard Vaughn, 90, died on Sunday, March 24, 2013 at his home. He was 90 years old and was born in Highland City, FL on January 13, 1923. John was a veteran of WWII, serving in France. He was a lifelong native to Polk County. He was a bank examiner at Venice-Nokomirs...
Thomas Dale Hunter
Mar 17, 2013
Thomas Dale Hunter, 71 Electrical Engineer Lakeland- Dale Hunter died on 03/17/13 due to heart failure. He was born on 11/7/1941 in Pittsburgh, PA to Dale and Loretta Hunter. He was raised in Pittsburg where he joined the Air Force and served in Spain for four years. He met and later married JoAnne Bartolac. They were married for 37...
John A. Barker
Mar 16, 2013
John A. Barker, 90 Lakeland: Mr. John A. Barker, 90, of Lakeland, went to see the Lord on March 16, 2013 from natural causes. He came to Florida in 1950 from Beckley, West Virginia. John worked in real estate for four years and then went to work for Agricultural First Farm Credit for 25 years. He was a member...
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