Jan 14, 2014

George Edwin Albritton passed away peacefully of heart failure on Jan 14. He was born May 31, 1921, in Bradley, Florida, and moved with his family to West Lake Wales in September, 1921, where they lived on a 28 acre orange grove. He graduated from Lake Wales High School in 1938, and worked for Johnson Tillman Insurance Company until...

Jan 12, 2014

Nova Jean Herndon of Dover, FL passed away Sunday, January 12, 2014 at her residence. She was born July 11, 1928 in Clanton, AL to the late Fonza Elijah & Ettie Vera Jones; and she moved from Frostproof to Dover 42 years ago. She was a homemaker and was a member of the Clair Mel First Assembly of God...

Jan 10, 2014

Roy Gene Joiner of Lake Wales passed away Friday, January 10, 2014 at the Good Shepherd Hospice in Auburndale. He was born June 13, 1932 in Moultrie, GA to the late Joe B. & Evelyn I. Joiner; and he was a lifelong resident of the area. He was a retired fire fighter for the City of Lake Wales, was...

Jan 10, 2014

Robert B. “Rick” Nelson, Jr. 77 of Lake Wales passed away Friday, January 10, 2014 at Lakeland Regional Medical Center. He was born May 30, 1936 in Beech Grove, Indiana to the late Robert B. and Mildred (Condra) Nelson and has been a resident of the area for over 40 years moving here from Greenwood, Indiana. He was a...

Jan 9, 2014

Doris E. Gutierrez, 58 of Lake Wales, passed away Thursday, January 9, 2014 at Heart of Florida Hospital.

She was born September 14, 1955 in Lake Wales, Florida to the late Nathan B. and Sarah G. (McLain) Hall and has been a lifelong resident of the area. She was a Registered Nurse for Heart of Florida Hospital....

Jan 9, 2014

Ralph Dean Smith of Lake Wales passed away Thursday, January 09, 2014 at the Good Shepherd Hospice in Auburndale. He was born November 12, 1943 in Prestonsburg, KY to the late Clyde W. & Naomi Marie Smith; and he came here from Warsaw, IN in 1999. He was a retired boiler operator for R. R. Donnelly & Sons and...

Jan 9, 2014

Margaret L. Smith of Frostproof passed away Thursday, January 09, 2014 at the Lake Wales Medical Center.

She was born June 19, 1921 in Fort Meade, FL to the late Charley & Sally Bone; and she came here from Haines City in 1937. She was retired from Ben Hill Griffin and was a member of the First...

Jan 8, 2014

Effie Jane Craddock of Lakeland, Florida passed away Wednesday, January 8, 2014 at Lakeland Regional Medical Center. She was born March 2, 1949 in Anne More, West Virginia to the late Homer and Sadie (Lewis) Lake and has been a resident of this area since 1988. Effie was a retired lunch room worker and was of the Assembly of...

Jan 8, 2014

Randy Edward Holliday, 45 of Davenport, Florida passed away Wednesday, January 8, 2014 at Heart of Florida Hospital in Davenport. He was born February 4, 1968 in Chicago, Illinois to Ralph Edward and Wanda (Perdue) Holliday and he has been a resident of the area since 1988 moving here from West Virginia. He was a Fork Lift Operator for...

Jan 7, 2014

Anita Whitehurst, 87 of Lake Wales passed away Tuesday, January 7, 2014 at Waters Edge of Lake Wales. She was born March 1, 1926 in Valdosta, Georgia to the late Donald and Maude (Jenkins) Hodges and has been a resident of the area since 1936 moving here from Valdosta, GA. She was a retired School Teacher with Spook Hill...

Jan 6, 2014

Robert “Bob” Robinson of Lake Wales passed away Monday, January 6, 2014 at the Lake Wales Medical Center after a long battle with heart disease.He was born April 8, 1942 in Lake Wales to the late George Anderson & Lou Willie Robinson; and he was a lifelong resident of the area. He graduated from Lake Wales High School in...

Jan 4, 2014

Joyce Brinkworth of Lake Wales passed away Saturday, January 04, 2014 at the Good Shepherd Hospice in Auburndale. She was born August 15, 1931 in Lake Wales to the late Ernest O. & Mabel H. Brinkworth; and she has been a lifelong resident of the area. She was a graduate of Lake Wales Senior High School in 1949 and...

Jan 4, 2014

Josephine McCart Cox of Lake Wales passed away Saturday, January 4, 2014 at the Lake Wales Medical Center. She was born May 15, 1934 in Lake Wales, Florida to the late Victor and Lois (Fowler) Hutchinson and she has been a lifelong resident of the area. She was a retired Cashier for Family Dollar Store. Josephine was a former...

Jan 3, 2014

Frank Bagwell, Sr. of Frostproof passed away Friday, January 03, 2014 at the Lakeland Regional Medical Center. He was born August 16, 1931 in Buncombe County, NC to the late William Clay & Leona Bagwell; and came to Frostproof in 1954 from Fletcher, NC. He was a retired owner of Bagwell Lumber, of the Baptist faith and a veteran...

Dec 31, 2013

Ezekiel Jordan Drasdo of Lake Wales passed away Thursday, July 31, 2014. He was 7 months old. He was born December 31, 2013 in Winter Haven to William Kenneth Drasdo and Jessica Lynn Holliday. Additional survivors include his sisters, Alana Holliday and Zaylen Drasdo; maternal grandparents, Shawn and Kimberly Holliday; paternal grandparents, Bill and Mary Ann Drasdo; and many...

Dec 30, 2013

Dorothy M. “Dot” Walker of Lake Wales passed away Monday, December 30, 2013 at her residence.

She was born January 11, 1929 in Brooklyn, NY to the late Frank & Agnes Russo; and she came here from Westbury, Long Island, NY in 1982. She was retired from Long Island Trust Co and of the Catholic faith. She...

Dec 28, 2013

Edward Sheffield, Sr. “Doodlebug” “Saw” of Perry, FL passed away Saturday, December 28, 2013 at the Tallahassee Memorial Healthcare. He was born December 4, 1947 in Frostproof to the late Charles Edmond & Willie Lou Sheffield; and he was a lifelong resident of Lake Wales. He was a retired security guard for Ridge Fertilizer; and he also worked at...

Dec 25, 2013

Barbara Kincaid, 83, of Barco, NC, formerly of Lake Wales, FL, passed away from cancer Wednesday, December 25, 2013, at Chesapeake Regional Medical Center, Chesapeake, VA. Barbara was born April 14, 1930, in Shanghai, China, to the late Alan Ian and Kathleen Rosa (Tamkin) McOwan. She had been a resident of Lake Wales from 1947 until 2011 at which...

Dec 25, 2013

Julia Ellis Livingston, 87 of Frostproof passed away Wednesday, December 25, 2013 at her residence. She was born June 5, 1926 in Frostproof, Florida to the late Aaron B. and Eva R. (McRae) Ellis and has been a lifelong resident of the area. Julia was a Self Employed Citrus Grower. She was a Founding member of the First United...

Dec 23, 2013

Wallace Tervin passed away on December 23, 2013. Preceded by his wife Roberta" Bobbie" Tervin. Wallace is survived by 5 sons and 3 daughter in-laws. Wallace R. Tervin and wife Betsey of Bradenton Fl., Roger W. Tervin and wife Kaprecia of Pocola Ok., David L. Tervin and wife Leslie of Lakeland Fl., Jimmy Hurst of Clearwater Fl. and Tim...