Jan 26, 2014

Brenda C. Payne 50, of Frostproof, Florida passed away Sunday, January 26, 2014 at the Lake Wales Medical Center. She was born September 22, 1963 in Lake Wales, Florida to the late Norman C. and Elizabeth L. (Henderson) and she has been a lifelong resident of the area. Brenda was a member of the First United Methodist Church of...

Jan 25, 2014

William C. “Bill” Jones, 78 of Lake Wales passed away Saturday, January 25, 2014 at his residence.

He was born April 30, 1935 in Spencer, West Virginia to the late Alva and Ada (Harper) Jones and has been a resident of the area for 13 years moving here from Lancaster, Ohio. He was retired from the US...

Jan 23, 2014

Foster, Mary Jean Monroe. Nov.1, 1933-Jan. 23, 2014 She passed away peacefully, receiving love and comfort from her children by her side. She was preceded in death by her parents, Arthur and Ethel (Dukes) Monroe, her brother, Edward Monroe, and her daughter Lisa Cole Spine. Survivors include her children, Dean Davis of Bonita Springs, Phil (Ellen) Davis of Opelika,...

Jan 23, 2014

Susie Reeb of Babson Park passed away Thursday, January 23, 2014 at her residence. She was born January 14, 1932 in Glasgow, KY; and she came to the Lake Wales area in 1965 from Fairborn, OH. She was a former resident of Kentucky, graduate of Ashbury College, and then entered a teaching career of 35 years in Ohio and...

Jan 19, 2014

David Tew of Lake Wales passed away Sunday, January 19, 2014 at the Lake Wales Medical Center. He was born January 10, 1955 in Bartow to the late Travis and Sarah Tew; and he was a lifelong resident of Polk County. He worked for Mountain Lake Corp and enjoyed the outdoors and hiking. David was preceded in death by...

Jan 19, 2014

Douglas Bibb Hickman, 87 of Lake Wales passed away Sunday, January 19, 2014 at the Lake Wales Medical Center.

He was born March 15, 1926 in Banks, Alabama to the late Grady and Alma (Sikes) Hickman and has been a resident of the area since 1929 moving here form Alabama. Douglas was retired from the Lake Wales...

Jan 17, 2014

Jeane Lane of Lake Wales passed away Friday, January 17, 2014 at the Winter Haven Health & Rehab Center. She was born August 8, 1912 in Pipestone, MN to the late Charles & Nellie Hotchkiss; and she came here from Mound, MN in 1951. She was the co-owner of Lane TV & Appliance and was a member of the...

Jan 15, 2014

Jackie McMullen 68, of Lakeland passed away Wednesday, January 15, 2014 at Lakeland Regional Medical Center.

She was born July 4, 1945 in Lake Wales to the late Leonard G. and Nellie (Allen) Fennell and has been a lifelong resident of Polk County. Jackie was a School Bus Attendant for Polk County School Board; she was an...

Jan 15, 2014

George R. Crawford of Sevierville, TN passed away Wednesday, January 15, 2014 at his winter residence in Lake Wales. He was born March 19, 1948 in Abbeville, SC to the late William & Annie Crawford; he has been coming to Lake Wales as a winter residence for four years. He was a retired heavy equipment operator for Local 150...

Jan 14, 2014

Shirley A. Johnson of Lake Wales passed away Tuesday, January 14, 2014 at her residence. She was born August 27, 1947 in Van Buren, AR to the late Robert L. & Mary Frances Stewart; she came here in 1957 from Arkansas. She was a homemaker and of the Baptist faith. She enjoyed fishing, cooking and helping/caring for others. Shirley...

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...