OBITUARIES

Aug 15, 2018

Lakeland - Ruth Biles Jenkins of Lakeland, FL, died peacefully in her sleep on Wednesday, August 15, 2018. She was born on July 17, 1925 in Milledgeville, GA, to the late Aubia Jefferson Biles and Inez Cooley Biles. She spent her youth in Decatur, GA, where she went to school with and married the love of her life, Gene...

Aug 15, 2018

Ann Edwards Carter was born on August 8, 1926; on August 15, 2018, she died in her home on Cambridge Avenue in Lakeland, Fla., one week after a gathering for her 92nd birthday. She was born in Tampa, Fla., to Katharine Tipton Edwards and LaMarcus Colquitt Edwards, who was a leading pioneer in the Florida citrus industry and co-founder...

Aug 15, 2018

Walter E. Faircloth, Sr. 89 Telephone Installer Lakeland- Walter E. Faircloth, Sr. died on August 15, 2018 at Lakeland Regional Health. He was born April 28, 1929 in Thomasville, GA. He was Baptist faith. Mr. Walter Faircloth served in the United States Army during the Korean Conflict, and was stationed in Germany. He was predeceased by his parents, his...

Aug 14, 2018

Marjory “Marge” Ward Sheppard, 80 Lakeland- Marjory “Marge” Ward Sheppard passed away Tuesday, August 14, 2018 at Lakeland Hospice House in Lakeland, FL. She was born in Auburn, NY on September 17, 1937 and graduated from Union Springs Central School in 1955. Her family moved to Lakeland, FL in 1957. She married Daniel Edson Dewell from Tampa, FL in...

Aug 12, 2018

Dorothy “Dot” Elizabeth Richardson, aged 85, passed away peacefully in her sleep in the early morning hours of Sunday, August 12, 2018, at the home of her daughter and son-in-law. Both daughters, Judy and Debi, were at her side as she departed this world to be in the presence of her Lord and Savior, fully restored and free from...

Aug 11, 2018

Edward Clarence Stewart, age 85, went to be with the Lord on Saturday, August 11, 2018. Edward was born on August 1, 1933 to Roxie Waldron in Brantley County, Georgia. He graduated from Andrew Jackson High School in Jacksonville, Florida, class of 1952. Mr. Stewart retired from the United States Army after serving our country for twenty years. His...

Aug 10, 2018

Weymon Preston Snuggs Jr. Lakeland – Weymon Preston Snuggs, Jr., passed away Friday, August 10, 2018, at Lakeland Regional Health. He was born on December 29, 1927, in Birmingham, Alabama to Weymon Preston Snuggs and Miriam Milner Snuggs. He was a graduate of the University of Alabama and received his master’s degree from Samford University. He also attended additional...

Aug 6, 2018

Winter Haven- Rhonda Darlene Blevins, 74, passed away August 6, 2018, in Winter Haven, Florida. Darlene came to the Polk County area in 1975 from Lexington, Kentucky. She was a homemaker and of the Baptist faith. She was a member of the Ladies Oriental Shrine for 25 years and was active as a volunteer for the Lakeland Regional Medical...

Aug 6, 2018

Lawrence F. Meyer, 81, passed away on Monday, August 6th, 2018, in Winter Haven, Fl. Born on April 9th, 1937, in Frostproof, Fl to the late Lionel F. Meyer and Lois Douglas Meyer, he was a retired construction worker specializing in stucco and plastering in Highlands and Collier Counties. He loved golf, where he succeeded in making two holes...

Aug 4, 2018

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Aug 3, 2018

Cicely Anne Laws Anderson April 30, 1924 to August 3, 2018 Cicely Anne Laws Anderson passed away Friday, August 3, 2018, in Tampa, Florida. Cis was born in North Wilkesboro, NC, on April 30, 1924 to the late Shafter Robert and Addie Humphries Laws. She was also preceded in death by her brother, S. Robert Laws, Jr.; her husband,...

Aug 2, 2018

Katherine Frost Bunch, 103, passed away peacefully on August 2, 2018, in her home surrounded by family, just eleven days after attending a family reunion in Flat Rock, NC. Katherine was born October 2, 1914 to Ernest Henry and Annie-Laurie Holton Frost in Mocksville, NC. In 1933, while at Davis Hospital Nursing School to become a registered nurse, she...

Aug 1, 2018

Frank Raymond Blake Lakeland – Frank Raymond Blake passed away Wednesday, August 1, 2018. He was born on July 4, 1945, to Donald E. Blake and Claire V. Henderson in Lynn, Massachusetts. Frank lived in Ipswich, Massachusetts, and Albany, Massachusetts, until 2000 and later moved to Lakeland, Florida. He worked as a Quality Control Specialist for Bright Bolt Electronics...

Jul 30, 2018

Lonnie C. (“Bud”) Simpson, born on November 14, 1935 in Billingsley, Alabama, passed away at age 82 on July 30, 2018 in Mulberry, Florida. He served in the United States Air Force from 1955 to 1974; the United States Civil Service from 1974 to 1994; and as an Internal Revenue Service Enrolled Agent from 1994 through 2017. Lonnie was...

Jul 27, 2018

Lakeland - Mr. Peter Allan Rust, 78, of Davenport, died Friday, July 27, 2018, at Florida Presbyterian Homes Rehab Center following a stay at Tampa General Hospital. Born in Philadelphia, Mr. Rust was the son of the late Gordon and Frieda Rust who moved to Davenport in 1953. He was a graduate of Haines City High School and attended...

Jul 25, 2018

Robert Lee Johnson, known to family and friends as “Rocky,” was called home to Heaven, July 25th, 2018, in Lakeland, Florida, at the age of 63. He was born September 24th,1954, to Thomas and Marie Johnson. He attended and graduated from Kathleen Senior High School in 1972. He married his loving wife on March 31st, 1979. He worked as...

Jul 24, 2018

Jul 23, 2018

Gloria Morgan died on July 23, 2018. She was born on January 25, 1938 in Tunja, Colombia. She graduated from Colégio Marymount in Bogotá, and worked for a travel agency in a hotel in downtown Bogotá, where she met her husband, Larry. Gloria and Larry raised their family in São Paulo, Brazil. In 1981, they moved to Lakeland. Gloria...

Jul 22, 2018

Mr. Richard George "Dick" Klusza, 83, of Lakeland, died Sunday, July 22, 2018, at home following an extended illness. A native of New Jersey, Mr. Klusza was the son of the late Michael and Sophie Klusza, both of whom were first-generation Americans of Hungarian descent. In 1950, his family moved to Florida, where they lived in Riviera Beach. Mr....

Jul 21, 2018

Harold L. Thomas, 94 Lakeland – Harold L. Thomas, 94 of Lakeland, FL, passed away Saturday, July 21, 2018, at Lakeland Regional Health Medical Center. He was a native of Montezuma, GA, born September 4, 1923. Harold moved to Lake Wales, FL, in 1940. In February 1943, Harold served in the Pacific Theater during WWII in the US Army...