Martha Bray

Martha Bray

Sep 25, 2017

Martha Faye Bray, 59 Martha F. Bray of Lake Wales, Florida passed away Monday, September 25, 2017 at her residence. She was born November 1, 1957 to the late John F. and Ruth (Jones) Howell. She has been a lifelong resident of the area. She was a Selector/Grater . She was a member of the Lighthouse Ministries. Martha loved...

Jerry Swinford

Jerry Swinford

Sep 24, 2017

Jerry Kenneth Swinford, 69 Jerry K. Swinford of Lake Wales, Florida passed away Sunday, September 24, 2017 at Lake Wales Medical Center. He was born November 6, 1947 in Sunflower County, Mississippi to the late William K. and Beatrice J. (Hall) Swinford. He has been a resident of the area for 6 months coming from Cadiz, Kentucky. He was...

Roberta Michelle Brown

Roberta Michelle Brown

Sep 22, 2017

Roberta Michelle Brown, 41 of Lake Wales passed away Friday, September 22, 2017 at her residence.

She was born on November 8, 1975 in Burlington, Iowa to the late Cliff and Mary  (Loggins) Wilson and she has been a resident of this area for 15...

John Hardcastle

John Hardcastle

Sep 21, 2017

John Paul Hardcastle, 77, departed this world for heaven Thursday September 21st 2017 at his residence in Lake Wales, Florida. John was born February 20th, 1940 in Little Rock, Arkansas to the late Rev. J.D. Hardcastle and Florence Thomas Hardcastle. He was raised in North Little Rock and graduated from North Little Rock High School in 1957. After high...

Daniel Burns

Daniel Burns

Sep 19, 2017

Daniel Robert Burns, 84 Daniel R. Burns of Lake Wales, Florida passed away Wednesday, September 19, 2017 at the Forsythe Hospice House in Auburndale. He was born November 1, 1932 in Hamilton, Ohio. He has been a resident of that area since 1988 coming from Temple Terrace, Florida. He was a General Manager for GTE. Daniel was a veteran...

Clarence Lefever

Clarence Lefever

Sep 18, 2017

Clarence M. LeFever, 76 Clarence M. LeFever of Frostproof, Florida passed away Monday, September 18, 2017 at his residence. He was born August 13, 1941 in Lancaster, Pennsylvania to the late Amos N. and Ruth C. (Snader) LeFever. He has been a resident of the area since 2002. He was self-employed Machine Shop Owner. He is survived by his...

Larry Gray

Larry Gray

Sep 18, 2017

LARRY GRAY, 70 Larry Gray of Winter Haven passed away Monday, September 18, 2017 at his residence. He was born September 24, 1946 in Portland, TN to the late Robert H. and Virginia Gray; he came here 11 years ago from Wilmington, DE. He was a retired communications technician, of the Methodist faith and a veteran of Vietnam, serving...

Charles Bacon Buhrman

Charles Bacon Buhrman

Sep 17, 2017

Charles Bacon Buhrman was born in Bradenton, Florida, on September 21, 1935, to Asbury Ronk and Doris Johnson Buhrman. His father was a Methodist minister, and Church appointments took the family to a succession of Florida cities, including Gainesville, Havana, Arcadia, St. Augustine, and DeLand. Mr. Buhrman began high school in St. Augustine, and subsequently graduated from DeLand High...

Royce K. Godwin, Sr.

Royce K. Godwin, Sr.

Sep 17, 2017

Royce K. Godwin, Sr. of Lake Wales and Frostproof passed away Sunday, September 17, 2017 at the Winter Haven Hospital.

He was born April 26, 1926 in Frostproof to the late Odie Guy and Denna F. Godwin; he was a lifelong resident of the Frostproof area. He was retired from Ben Hill Griffin as a vice president...

Myrtietta Carroll

Myrtietta Carroll

Sep 15, 2017

Myrtietta Q. Carroll, 76 Myrtietta Q. Carroll of Lake Wales, Florida passed away Friday, September 15, 2017 at Lake Wales Medical Center. She was born June 25, 1941 in Camden, New Jersey to the late John and Elizabeth (Passwater) Quigley. She has been a resident of the area since 1997 coming from Fredrica, Delaware. She is preceded in death...

Charles Robarts

Charles Robarts

Sep 12, 2017

Charles Robarts passed away at home peacefully with his family September 12, 2017 after a lengthy illness. He was born January 1, 1934 in Stuart, Florida. He was preceded in death by his parents, C. Frank and Beatrice Lee Robarts; his brothers, Jimmy and Eddie Robarts; sisters, Dorothy Plair and Nancy Smith; step-father, W.Q. Dawes; step-brothers, Doyle, Orville and...

Rebecca Johnson

Rebecca Johnson

Sep 12, 2017

Rebecca L. Johnson of Babson Park passed away Tuesday, September 12, 2017 at the Lake Wales Medical Center. She was born January 11, 1971 in Arcadia; she moved to Lake Wales 29 years ago from Clermont. She was a homemaker and raised in the Church of God faith. She enjoyed air boating, camping and fishing. Rebecca was preceded in...

Treassa Cook

Treassa Cook

Sep 11, 2017

Treassa L. Cook, a 37-year resident of Lake Wales passed away Monday, September 11, 2017 at the Good Shepherd Hospice in Auburndale. She was born June 12, 1919 in Beaver Falls, PA to the late Peter and Mary Sydlik. She retired here from Indiana University of PA in 1980. She was a member of the Holy Spirit Catholic Church....

Ray Williams

Ray Williams

Sep 9, 2017

Ray Williams, 58 Ray Williams of Lake Wales, Florida passed away Saturday, September 9, 2017 at Lake Wales Medical Center. He was born May 9, 1959 in Bartow, Florida to the late James R. and Mary (Crews) Williams. He has been a lifelong resident of the area. He was a Mason for Bobby Owens and of the Baptist faith....

Ronald Goodwin Day

Ronald Goodwin Day

Sep 8, 2017

Ronald Goodwin Day of Lake Wales, FL passed away peacefully Friday, September 8, 2017 at the Winter Haven Hospital.

He was born October 20, 1932 in Freeport, IL to the late Elvin W. and Doris M. Day and was raised in Detroit, MI. Ron graduated from the Wayne State University in Electrical Engineering and was employed at...

Billy Jackson

Billy Jackson

Sep 7, 2017

Billy Charles Jackson of Lake Wales, Florida passed away Thursday, September 7, 2017 at the Ellenton Hospice House in Palmetto, Florida. He was born November 15, 1942 in Columbia, Alabama to the late Charlie B. and Hilda M. Jackson; he came to Florida as a young adult from Dothan, Alabama. He was a roofing machinist, member of The Pentecostals...

Mark Noble

Mark Noble

Sep 3, 2017

Daniel Marcus Noble, 45 Mark Noble of Lake Wales, Florida passed away Sunday, September 3, 2017 at Blake Medical Center in Bradenton. He was born March 22, 1972 in Bartow, Florida. He has been a lifelong resident of the area. He was a Truck driver and of the Baptist faith. Mark loved fishing, enjoyed his dog “Blu” and was...

Marilyn Louise Huddleston

Marilyn Louise Huddleston

Sep 3, 2017

Marilyn Louise Huddleston, 77 of Lake Wales, Florida passed away Sunday, September 3, 2017 at Somers Hospice House in Sebring.

She was born on September 5, 1939 in Denver, Colorado to the late Loran and Dorothy  (Keif) Huddleston and she has been a resident of this area since 1982...

Jerry Stone

Jerry Stone

Sep 2, 2017

Jerry W. Stone of Lake Wales passed away Saturday, September 2, 2017 at Lake Wales Medical Center.

He was born September 7, 1965 in North Kingston, Rhode Island; and was a resident of the local area for 6 months but a Florida resident for the past seven years. He was a dispatcher for Oakley Transportation and of...

David Neth

David Neth

Aug 31, 2017

David L. Neth of Lake Wales, Florida passed away Thursday, August 31, 2017 at his residence. He was born November 25, 1928 in Lima, Ohio to the late Louis and Alice (Wood) Neth; and has been a resident of the area since 2004, coming from Bonita Springs, Florida. He was a veteran in the United States Marines and was...