PAULINE GILLIARD HALL, 78 Homemaker Pauline Gilliard Hall, 78, of Haines City passed away Wednesday, December 12, 2007 at Heart of Florida Regional Medical Center in Davenport. Born January 5, 1929 in Adel, GA; she lived in Avon Park for 72 years, before moving to Haines City 1 ½ years ago. She was a homemaker and was of the...
MAXINE K. SANGSTER, 83 Citrus Grower FROSTPROOF--Maxine K. Sangster, 83, of Frostproof passed away Sunday, December 9, 2007 due to heart failure at Palm Terrace of Lakeland. Born September 24, 1924 in Frostproof, FL; she was a lifelong resident of the area. She was a citrus grower and was a member of the First Baptist Church. She was a...
BARBARA MARIE CURRIE FRENCH Barbara Marie Currie French went to be with her Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ on Saturday, December 8, 2007. Barbara was born December 20, 1923 in Shrewsbury Township, New Jersey to Locke Shaw Currie and Gladys Blanch Fuller Currie. Barbara had two brothers, Paul an Leslie, and one sister, Irene. Barbara graduated fro high school...
BYRON WELCH, 56 Truck Driver LAKE WALES--Byron Welch, 56, of Lake Wales passed away Saturday, December 8, 2007 due to respiratory failure at Lake Wales Medical Center. Born December 15, 1950 in Miami, FL; he came to Lake Wales from Stuart, FL. He was a retired truck driver for Indian River Transport and was of the Baptist faith. He...
NATASHA RENEE DESROCHES, 20 LAKE WALES--Natasha Renee DesRoches, 20, of Lake Wales passed away Thursday, December 6, 2007 due to at Arnold Palmer Hospital in Orlando. Born February 9, 1987 in Winter Haven, FL; she was a lifelong resident of Lake Wales. She was a homemaker and was a member of the Holy Spirit Catholic Church. She was a...
GENE MCLEAN, 79 Pastor FROSTPROOF--Gene McLean, 79, passed away December 6, 2007 due to heart failure at Winter Haven Hospital. Born November 20, 1928, son of Carlie & Clera Myrtle McLean; he came to Frostproof from Avon Park in 1993. He was the pastor for Lighthouse Baptist Church and was a veteran of Korea, serving in the U.S. Air...
GARY THOMAS TRADOR, 57 Citrus World LAKE WALES--Gary Thomas Trador, 57, of Lake Wales passed away Wednesday, December 5, 2007 at Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute in Tampa. Born July 3, 1950 in Williamson, WV; he came to Lake Wales from Williamson in 1960. He was a warehouse manager for Citrus World and was of the Protestant faith....
CAROL CONANT, 93 Kelloggs Cereal WINTER HAVEN--Carol Conant, 93, of Winter Haven passed away Wednesday, December 5, 2007 at The Groves Center in Lake Wales. Born October 4, 1914 in Battle Creek, MI; she was a winter resident of Lakeland since 1978 and made it her permanent home in 1999 coming from East Leroy, MI. She was retired from...
MERRILL E. DAVIS, 89 Butcher FEDHAVEN--Merrill E. Davis, 89, of Fedhaven passed away Tuesday, December 4, 2007 at Lake Wales Medical Center. Born November 17, 1918 in Taunton, MA; he moved to New Port Richie in 1972 from Nashua, NH; and came to Fedhaven in 1986. He was a retired butcher for Swift Corp. and of the Baptist faith....
WALTER M. LANE, 84 General Motors FROSTPROOF--Walter M. Lane, 84, of Frostproof died of heart failure Monday, December 03, 2007 at Good Shepherd Hospice in Auburndale. Born March 22, 1923 in Clay, WV to Franklin Archie and Sarah Lane; he came here from Columbus, OH in 1985. He was a retired factory worker for General Motors. He was a...
Rev. Donald E. Bailor Sr. went to be with his Lord at approximately 8am on 2 December 2007. Rev. Bailor had resided at Parakeet Park in Lake Wales for over 12 years. Rev. Bailor will be known for his love of the Lord, his joyful nature, his wonderful way of interacting with people of all ages, and his gift...
LOTTIE SMITH WILKINSON, 92 Banking BABSON PARK--Lottie Smith Wilkinson, 92, of Babson Park passed away Wednesday, November 28, 2007 at The Groves Center in Lake Wales. Born October 8, 1915 in Person Co, NC, the daughter of Thomas Fletcher Blackard and Nannie Elizabeth Wilson. She came to Lake Wales from Mebane, NC in 1959. She was a retired customer...
JOANNA W. UNDERWOOD, 85 Lake Wales Hospital LAKE WALES--Joanna W. Underwood, 85, of Lake Wales died Tuesday, November 27, 2007 at The Meadows of Cypress Gardens. Born March 12, 1922 in Navarino, WI; she came here from Wisconsin in 1945. She was a retired nurse from the Lake Wales Hospital, attended the Winter Haven Church of the Nazarene, and...
JOAN E. CASSIDY, 73 Homemaker FROSTPROOF--Joan E. Cassidy, 73, of Frostproof passed away Tuesday, November 27, 2007 at the Lake Wales Medical Center. Born February 21, 1934 in Jersey City, NJ; she came to Lake Wales about 7 years ago before moving to Frostproof 6 years ago. She was a homemaker; and was an artist and enjoyed painting. Joan...
ANTOINETTE M. “TONI” AUGER, 93 Homemaker FROSTPROOF--Antoinette M. “Toni” Auger, 93, of Frostproof passed away Sunday, November 25, 2007 at the Dove Health Care. Born March 17, 1914 in Manchester, NH; she came here in 1985 from Manchester, NH. She was a homemaker and of the Catholic faith. She enjoyed playing Bingo. Toni was preceded in death by her...
JERRY EDWARD GOOLSBY, 64 Pit Shop Lounge LAKE WALES--Jerry Edward Goolsby, 64, of St. Petersburg passed away Sunday, November 25, 2007 at his home. Born November 15, 1943 in Lake Wales, FL; he lived in Lake Wales until 5 years ago when he moved to St. Petersburg. He was the owner of a Pit Stop lounge and a member...
EARL HUGGINS, 73 Citrus World FORT MEADE--Earl Huggins, 73, of Fort Meade passed away Friday, November 23, 2007 at Lake Wales Medical Center. Born October 16, 1934 in Lake Wales, FL; he was a lifelong resident of the area. He was a retired stock room clerk for Citrus World and was of the Protestant faith. He served in the...
JOAN W. “JOANIE” FUTRILL, 52 Polk Community College LAKE WALES--Joan W. “Joanie” Futrill, 52, of Lake Wales passed away Thursday, November 22, 2007 at Lake Wales Medical Center. Born July 4, 1955 in Lake Wales; she was a lifelong resident of the area. She was retired from the human resourses department at Polk Community College and was of the...
VERNON LAMBETH, 60 Electrician Vernon Lambeth, 60, of Frostproof passed away Tuesday, November 20, 2007 in Bartow. Born August 11, 1947 in Flomaton, AL; he came to Frostproof as a child. He was an electrician for Rotonics Manufacturing Inc. and attended the First Baptist Church. He loved the outdoors, and enjoyed camping, fishing, boating and tending to his citrus...
REV. ROBERT HARE, 77 Revival Tabernacle LAKE WALES--Rev. Robert Hare, 77, of Lake Wales passed away Friday, November 16, 2007 at his home. Born April 12, 1930 in Lake Wales; he has been a lifelong resident of the area. He has been a minister for over 50 years ministering many surrounding churches, before settling at the Revival Tabernacle 37...