Jesse Owen Mcknight
Feb 25, 2009
Jesse McKnight, 82, of Lake Wales, Florida, and Waynesville, Ohio, passed away of cardiac arrest at The Dove in Lake Wales on Wednesday, February 25, 2009. Jesse was born on November 13, 1926 in Dayton, Ohio and was a winter resident of Saddlebag Lake Resort for 19 years. He was a retired Boilermaker. He is survived by his wife,...
William Ledon "Bill" Lacher
Feb 21, 2009
William Bill Lacher, 78, of Lake Wales passed away Saturday, February 21, 2009 at the Lake Wales Medical Center. He was born March 18, 1930 in Tampa to the late Harry & Doris (Newton) Lacher; he came to Lake Wales in 1992 from Wildwood, FL. He was a retired line foreman for Florida Power Corp. and a member of...
Louise Danford
Feb 20, 2009
Louise Danford of Lake Wales passed away Friday, February 20, 2009 at the Life Care Center in Winter Haven. She was born September 5, 1926 in Coffee County, AL to the late Henry Matheny and Claudia M. (Banks) Salter; she came to Lake Wales 62 years ago from Coffee County, AL. She was retired from Mountain Lake and a...
Lillian Ruth Frazier Killen
Feb 17, 2009
Lillian Ruth Frazier Killen, 81, of Lake Wales passed away Tuesday, February 17, 2009 at Brandywyne Health Care in Winter Haven. She was born June 4, 1927 in DeFuniak Springs, FL to the late Claudie Lee & Margaret Jewell (Prater) Frazier; she came to the area in 1929. She was a homemaker and of the Baptist faith. Lillian was...
Edward Murray Mccollum
Feb 10, 2009
Edward Murray McCollum, 48, of Lake Wales passed away Tuesday, February 10, 2009 at the Lake Wales Medical Center. He was born July 26, 1960 in Greenville, SC to Edward E. & Jane Murray McCollum from Edisto Island, SC; he came here 9 years ago from Saint Marks, FL. He was a welder and of the Episcopalian faith. Survivors...
Rebecca "Becky" Lamb
Feb 10, 2009
Rebecca “Becky” Lamb passed away Tuesday, February 10, 2009 at her residence in Frostproof. She was born January 13, 1921 in Newton, AL to the late James Benjamin & Maggie Eudora (Snell) Smith; she came here 45 years ago from Alabama. She was a homemaker, a cashier for Scenic Suprex Grocery and a bookkeeper for the family business. She...
Gloria Wooten Richards
Feb 10, 2009
Gloria Wooten Richards, 84, of Lake Wales passed away Tuesday, February 10, 2009 at The Groves Center due to heart failure. She was born April 11, 1924 in Frostproof to the late Fred & Grace (Simmons) Wooten; she was a lifelong resident of the area. She was a homemaker and was a member of the First United Methodist Church...
Elizabeth "Betty" Williams
Feb 8, 2009
Elizabeth "Betty" Williams, 82, of Frostproof passed away Sunday, February 08, 2009 at The Groves Center in Lake Wales due to complications from Alzheimer’s. Betty was born September 19, 1926 in Jefferson County, FL to the late Dale Devere & Katy Morris. She graduated from Madison High School and Florida Southern College in Lakeland where she earned her teaching...
Rodney Keith Brimlow
Feb 8, 2009
Rodney Keith Brimlow, 54, of Haines City passed away Sunday, February 08, 2009 at the Lakeland Regional Medical Center due to an accident.
Born February 15, 1954 in Avon Park to the late Irby McKinley & Mable (Roberts) Brimlow; he moved to Haines City 6 years ago from Frostproof. He was a fork lift driver for Florida...
Agnes Whitlock
Feb 3, 2009
Agnes "Sweetie" Whitlock passed away February 2, 2009 at the Grove Center in Lake Wales, FL after a lengthy illness. She was born February 27, 1926 in Baltimore, MD and was one of nine children born to Lemuel and Alice Ayres. She was a real estate saleswoman, homemaker and loved to work in the yard. She is survived by...
William W. Lasseter
Jan 30, 2009
William W. “Bill” Lasseter passed away Friday, January 30, 2009 at his residence in Lake Wales. He was born October 31, 1943 in Lake Wales to the late L.T. & Evie (Knowles) Lasseter. He retired in 1995 from G.T.E. as a cable splicer/facility maintainer and was of the Protestant faith. He was a veteran of Viet Nam, serving in...
Mary Brown
Jan 29, 2009
Mary Brown of Frostproof passed away Thursday, January 29, 2009 at The Groves Center in Lake Wales.
She was born April 25, 1920 in Lobelville, Tennessee to the late Lloyd & Birdie (Forrester) Wheat; she came here from Sylvania, Ohio in 1981. She was a retired school bus driver from the Ohio School Board and a member...
Sandra D. Beza
Jan 28, 2009
Sandra D. “Meme” Beza of Frostproof passed away Wednesday, January 28, 2009 at the Lake Wales Medical Center. She was born September 18, 1944 in Ashville, North Carolina to the late Chester C. & Robbie (Davis) Gross; she came here 30 years ago from Tampa. She attended God’s Family Assembly Church. She was a giving person and enjoyed talking...
Maria J. Ortiz Rosado
Jan 28, 2009
Maria J. Ortiz Rosado of Fedhaven passed away Wednesday, January 28, 2009 at the Lake Wales Medical Center. She was born July 19, 1926 in Caguas, Puerto Rico to the late Antonio & Catalina Ortiz Ortiz; she came here from Windsor, CT in 2004. She was a member of the Iglesia de Dios Pentecostal MI in Lake Wales. Survivors...
Kathleen P. Branch
Jan 27, 2009
Kathleen P. “Kathy” Branch, 65, died Tuesday, January 27, 2009 at Lake Wales Medical Center. She was born November 3, 1943 in Colebrook, New Hampshire to the late Jesse & Josephine (Young) Phillips. She came here 44 years ago following her husband’s military service. She was an inspector for the USDA and of the Methodist faith. She enjoyed riding...
Anderson Monroe Smith
Jan 26, 2009
ANDERSON MONROE SMITH, 88 PLUMBING/CITRUS FROSTPROOF-Mr. Anderson Monroe Smith, 88, died Monday, January 26, 2009 at his home at South Lake Reedy Blvd. with his family at his side. Born October 11, 1920 to Jefferson T. Smith and Juanita Smith in Okeechobee, Florida, he was named after his grandfather who was a pioneer itinerant Baptist preacher in the South-Central...
Forrest Abraham Leverette
Jan 26, 2009
Forrest Abraham Leverette of Winter Haven passed away Monday, January 26, 2009 at the Winter Haven Hospital.
He was born September 21, 1935 in Crenshaw County, AL to the late Coleman Horace & Linnie Lydia (Schofield) Leverette. He was of the Baptist faith and served in the U.S. Army. He loved to play golf and do home...
Frederica G. Currie
Jan 26, 2009
Frederica G. Currie of Lake Wales passed away Monday, January 26, 2009 at the Winter Haven Hospital. She was born October 15, 1930 in Kearny, NJ to the late Stephen & Dorothy (Kinsey) Gillick. She attended the Montclair State College in New Jersey and graduated from FDU in 1975 with a master’s degree in English Literature. Frederica previously lived...
Lewis K. Gassett
Jan 24, 2009
Lake Wales – Lewis K. Gassett, 34, passed away at Lake Wales Medical Center. He is survived by his wife Tammy Gassett of Alabama.
Jerry H. Jones
Jan 23, 2009
Frostproof: Jerry H. Jones, 69, passed away of heart failure on Friday, January 23, 2009 at Lake Wales Medical Center.
He was born August 5, 1939 in Birmingham, Alabama. He came to Frostproof in 1975 from Homestead.
He was the retired owner/operator of Jones Auto Service in Frostproof, and was a member of the Christian...