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Ida Mae Averett

Ida Mae Averett

Aug 28, 2021

Ida Mae Evers-Averett-Warren passed away on 8/28/21. Ida was born on March 18, 1933, at home in Alafia, Florida to Ross and Regina Evers. She graduated from Turkey Creek High School with honors and also graduated from Gordon Keller School of Nursing with honors. She worked at Tampa General Hospital for 10 years in the trauma and surgical unit....

William Maurice Hackett

William Maurice Hackett

Aug 28, 2021

William Maurice Hackett was born March 10, 1929, in Duluth, Minnesota and passed away on August 28, 2021, in Lakeland, FL. He spent many years in and loved the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. He proudly served in the US Air Force and fought in both the Korean and Vietnam Wars. He was a devout Catholic and a proud member...

Edward Cothern

Edward Cothern

Aug 27, 2021

Lakeland – Edward Cothern passed away Friday, August 27, 2021. He was born in Alma, Georgia to the late Alvin & Earline Cothern on September 24, 1950. He was a veteran of the United States Marines Corp. Edward worked for the United States Postal Service for 39 years. He is survived by his wife, Pamela of 44 years, 2...

Anthony Todd  Moore

Anthony Todd Moore

Aug 27, 2021

Lake Wales - Anthony Tood Moore Passed away Friday, August 27, 2021, in Lake Wales Florida. He was born March 31, 1962, in Lake Wales, Florida. He lived a life of 59 years in which he helped more than his share of people. He taught them how to live a good life full of love, and that hard work...

Virginia Jackson Leetun

Virginia Jackson Leetun

Aug 25, 2021

Virginia Jackson Leetun, 93, of Lakeland, Florida, passed away August 25, 2021. Virginia was born April 28, 1928, in Chicago, Illinois, and grew up in Park Ridge, IL. She attended Iowa State University in Ames, Iowa, majoring in Home Economics. Virginia married Maynard Leetun in1948, and they moved to Pierce, FL, a company mining town, with Agrico Chemical. She...

Annapoorani (Anna) Sathianathan

Annapoorani (Anna) Sathianathan

Aug 25, 2021

She will be dearly missed. Our beloved Annapoorani (Anna) Sathianathan January 20, 1935 – August 25, 2021 Our family mourns the loss of our guiding star, an inspiring woman who was loved by all. Wife of late Mr. Selvadurai Sathianathan, mother of Dhushy, Dhivy, Suki and Mathy. Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ramaswamy of Jaffna, Sri Lanka. Sister of...

Oliver Lain Green, Jr

Oliver Lain Green, Jr

Aug 25, 2021

LAKELAND - Judge Oliver L. Green, Jr., 88, passed away peacefully at his home in Lakeland, FL, on Wednesday, August 25, 2021. Oliver was born November 19, 1932, at Fort Moultrie on Sullivan’s Island, South Carolina. Born into a military family, his call of duty was always strong as a young man. He enlisted in the U.S. Army three...

Bobby Rodney Mclean

Bobby Rodney Mclean

Aug 23, 2021

On August 23, 2021, Bobby Rodney McLean went to be with his loving Savior, Jesus Christ. Bobby loved his country and served in the United States Air Force for twenty years. He went on to work for the United States Postal Service for an additional twenty years. He is survived by his wife Martriess McLean of Lakeland, FL; his...

Annabelle F Fisackerly

Annabelle F Fisackerly

Aug 22, 2021

Beloved wife and mother Annabelle (Foster) Fisackerly, 92, entered her heavenly rest surrounded by her family on August 22, 2021. Born in Maple Heights, OH on March 7, 1929, she lived most of her life in Florida. A graduate of Stetson University, she married the Rev. William Alan Fisackerly III on November 20, 1955. She is survived by her...

Vilai Brandon Vongrasamy

Vilai Brandon Vongrasamy

Aug 22, 2021

Lakeland - Vilai Brandon Vongrasamy, 22, A beloved son, brother, nephew, cousin, grandson, and friend passed on August 22, 2021, at 7:56 pm from respiratory failure at LMRC. Vilai Brandon Vongrasamy was born May 30, 1999. A small bundle of joy who grew and grew and grew and grew into a wonderful man. Vilai’s life may not have been...

Tracy Robert Hilleshiem

Tracy Robert Hilleshiem

Aug 21, 2021

Lakeland: Tracy Robert Hilleshiem, 47, of Lakeland, was called home to Heaven on August 21, 2021. Tracy was born on May 22, 1974, in Lakeland. He worked for Florida Utility Trailers for 12 years as the service manager. Tracy loved to spend time with his family, was an avid outdoorsman, who loved fishing and hunting. He attended Southside Assembly...

Elmer Charles Smallwood, Sr

Elmer Charles Smallwood, Sr

Aug 21, 2021

Elmer Charles Smallwood Sr, 76, of Lakeland, Florida and formerly Dawsonville, Georgia passed away peacefully at home surrounded by his family on Saturday, August 21, 2021. Charles was born in Hall County, Georgia on August 1, 1945 to the late Jim Smallwood and Meluins Savage. He married his soul mate, Judith Carol Chamblee, on August 18, 1967. Charles lived...