OBITUARIES

Doyle  Dwight  Rice

Doyle Dwight Rice

Oct 21, 2018

Doyle Dwight Rice Lakeland – Doyle Dwight Rice 69, passed away Sunday, October 21, 2018. He was born on January 27, 1949, to the late William and Mary Rice in Springfield, Tennessee. Doyle was a veteran of the United States Marine Corp and served during Vietnam. He is preceded in death by sister, Wanda Rhymes; his brother, Larry Rice...

Robert Leroy "Lee" Barfield

Robert Leroy "Lee" Barfield

Oct 20, 2018

Robert Leroy “Lee” Barfield Lakeland – Robert Leroy “Lee” Barfield died Saturday, October 20, 2018, of natural causes at home. He was 92. Born on December 22, 1925, in Vienna, Georgia to John and Blanche Barfield. After graduating from Georgia School of Technology in 1946, Lee completed his service in the U.S. Navy before moving here to Lakeland to...

Robert Martin Allen

Robert Martin Allen

Oct 17, 2018

Lakeland: Robert M. Allen died Oct. 17, 2018 at home. Service will be held Mon, 10/22/18 10 AM at Heath Funeral Chapel with burial at 12:30pm at Florida National

Roberta  Kay  Page

Roberta Kay Page

Oct 17, 2018

Roberta Kay Page, 70, of Lakeland, passed away Oct. 17, 2018. She is survived by her husband, James Henry Page. She was born Aug. 17, 1948, in Beverly, Massachusetts.

Pauline Walna Mann Brennan

Pauline Walna Mann Brennan

Oct 17, 2018

Pauline Walna Mann Brennan - obituary Pauline Mann Brennan, 85, died on October 17, 2018 from heart failure. Pauline was born June 4, 1933 in Madison, Florida on the family farm. Her parents were the late Tappin Coffee “TC” Mann and Annie Laurie Williams Mann Walker. Pauline grew up in Madison, Tallahassee, Bartow and finally moved to Lakeland in...

Rodger Bruce Coburn

Rodger Bruce Coburn

Oct 16, 2018

Rodger B. Coburn passed away October 16, 2018. He was born to Roswell and Carolyn Coburn in Elgin, Illinois in 1944. He was a graduate of Elgin High School, attended the American Conservatory of Music in Chicago, & held bachelor's & master's degrees from Grand Valley State University. After serving 6 years in the US Navy during the Vietnam...

Sebastian Thomas Volpe

Sebastian Thomas Volpe

Oct 15, 2018

LAKELAND, FL - Sebastian Thomas “Seb” Volpe, 76, of Lakeland, passed away Monday, October 15 with his family by his side at Good Shepherd Hospice House in Lakeland, FL. He was born September 25, 1942 in Brooklyn, NY, to the late Thomas and Phyllis (Sulitzky) Volpe. He spent most of his life as a resident of Middletown, NY, where...

Lois Thomas

Lois Thomas

Oct 14, 2018

LAKELAND – Mrs. Lois M. Thomas, 92, of Winter Haven, Florida, died October 14, 2018. She was born in Haines City, Florida, on April 13, 1926. Lois graduated from Lakeland High School and began her career the following week as a switchboard telephone operator Lois married Clinton C. Thomas in Lakeland and they had two children, Patricia and Clinton...

Frances Powers Kann

Frances Powers Kann

Oct 13, 2018

Frances Powers Kann Lakeland – Frances Powers Kann passed away Saturday, October 13, 2018. She was born on October 29, 1935, to Robert Powers and Bridgett Dilah Kearney in Manhattan, New York. She was a member of Resurrection Catholic Church for the past forty-five years where she was active in numerous ministries. She was a member of the 3rd...

Linda  Joyce  Hilleshiem

Linda Joyce Hilleshiem

Oct 12, 2018

Lakeland- Linda Joyce Hilleshiem, age 74, passed away on Friday, October 12, 2018 in Lakeland, Florida. She was born on March 13, 1944, to John and Myrtle Evans in Laurens County, Georgia. She had four brothers. She moved to Highland City, Florida as a child and attended Summerland Institute (Bartow High School) and graduated in 1962. She met and...

Richard Lyman Chandler

Richard Lyman Chandler

Oct 11, 2018

Richard Lyman Chandler 1/22/47 – 10/11/18 On Thursday, October 11, 2018 Richard passed away peacefully at Good Shephard Hospice in Lakeland, Florida with his wife Susan Pounds Chandler and family by his side. Rich was 71 years old, born in Atlanta, Ga and grew up in South Florida. Rich joined the US Navy in 1968 and served on the...

Harvey Lee Barton

Harvey Lee Barton

Oct 11, 2018

Harvey Lee Barton of Lakeland, Florida passed away on Thursday, October 11, 2018. He was born on January 6, 1929, in Ocala, Florida, to Rufus Alcus and Nancy Emma Barton. He served in the United States Army during the Korean War and then the Army Reserve. He worked in sales in Moultrie, Georgia, and moved to Lakeland, Florida in...

Elisa      Masten Carr

Elisa Masten Carr

Oct 10, 2018

Elisa Masten Carr Plant City - Elisa Masten Carr, 86, peacefully passed away on October 10, 2018 surrounded in love by her family. Born on March 25, 1932 in Union, SC to Irwin Masten and Mary Elizabeth McNeel, and she graduated from Union High School in 1950 and attended Winthrop College in Rock Hill, SC. In 1953, Elisa married...

William Curtis Mcgraw

William Curtis Mcgraw

Oct 9, 2018

William C. McGraw, Jr. Regional Manager McGraw-Hill, Inc. William C. McGraw, Jr, 82, of Lakeland, FL, died peacefully on October 9, 2018. Bill enjoyed life to the very fullest until his death. He was the devoted husband of Carolyn Warner McGraw for 53 marvelous years. Bill was born August 8,1936 in Forest City, North Carolina to William Curtis and...

Bettie Jeanne  Case Duncan

Bettie Jeanne Case Duncan

Oct 6, 2018

BETTIE C. DUNCAN, 92 LAKELAND - Mrs. Bettie Jeanne Case Duncan of Lakeland died Saturday, October 6, 2018, following a short illness. Bettie was born in Lakeland on November 17, 1925, to the late George and Ada Jane (Sanderson) Case. She attended John Cox Elementary School, Lakeland Junior High and Lakeland Senior High. She married Buford W. Duncan in...

Alma  Jane  Brown

Alma Jane Brown

Oct 5, 2018

Alma Jane Brown, Secretary – Davy McKee Corp. Lakeland - Alma Jane Brown, 82 years old, passed away on October 5, 2018. Alma Jane was born and raised in Lakeland, FL. She attended Webster Avenue Elementary School and graduated from Lakeland Sr. High School in the class of 1954. If Jane was your friend, she was a true and...

Susan Ruth Hough

Susan Ruth Hough

Oct 3, 2018

Lakeland – Susan Hough died 10/3/2018. Went to Jesus at 62. She was a homemaker. She enjoyed poetry. As well as cooking. Family was her joy. We will miss her love.

Elizabeth (Betty) Delong Huber

Elizabeth (Betty) Delong Huber

Sep 23, 2018

Elizabeth (Betty) Delong Huber Registered Nurse Lakeland – Elizabeth (Betty) Huber passed away on September 23, 2018. She was born in Peasleeville, New York on December 26, 1919. She graduated from Peru High School in 1937, and Champlain Valley Hospital School of Nursing in 1941, and received her R.N. degree. She moved with her family to Lakeland, Florida in...

Jamie  Leahann Weston

Jamie Leahann Weston

Sep 20, 2018

Lakeland – Jamie Leahann Weston passed away Thursday, September 20, 2018. She was born on March 25, 1997, in Lakeland, Florida to Jack Shofner and Tammy Ahlborn. Jamie received her bachelor’s degree in English from Southeastern University. She is survived by her husband, Wade Dennis Weston, parents, Jack (Debi) Shofner, Tammy (Mitch) Greene, siblings, Jacquelyn Tello, Jessie Tello, grandparents,...

Barbara Claire  Skeen

Barbara Claire Skeen

Sep 16, 2018

Barbara Claire Skeen Lakeland – Barbara Claire Skeen, age 86, passed away at home in Highland City, FL, on Sunday, September 16, 2018. Barbara was born on November 11, 1931, to parents Frances and Ross Gunning in Lakeland, FL. A graduate of Florida Southern College, she was a school teacher for many years at Highland City Elementary. Though retired...