Mayme Evelyn Read

Mayme Evelyn Read 88 passed away September 20, 2009 of heart failure at her residence in Lakeland. A native of Bartow she was a lifelong resident of the area and worked as a Bookkeeper locally for 30 years. She was preceded in death by her husband Fitzhugh T. Read; sister Rheta Lillian Olliphant; parents Horace King and Mayme Lillian Olliphant and step son Hugh Read. She is survived by daughter; Sandra Lanehart Logan and husband William of Charlotte, NC. Daughter; Rheta Evelyn Lanehart of Tampa, FL. Son; John Aubrey Lanehart Jr. and wife Tracy of San Francisco, CA. Step daughter; Georgie Gaye Read of Winter Haven, FL. and Step daughter Sarah Hilah Mercer and husband Bill of Merritt Island, FL. Grandchildren; Rheta Logan Whittington and husband Eric of Greensboro, NC; William Paine Logan and wife Laura of Darien, CT; Christopher Ewing Lanehart of San Francisco, CA; Jennifer Lanehart Ewing of San Francisco, CA and Nicholas Ewing Lanehart of San Francisco, CA. Great Grandchildren; Katie and Luke Whittington; Jack and Lucy Logan. A visitation will be at Whidden-McLean Funeral Home in Bartow on Saturday 09/26/2009 from 12-1pm with services starting at 1pm. Interment will follow at Oak Hill Burial Park in Lakeland. Donations may be made to Good Shepherd Hospice 105 Arneson Ave. Auburndale, FL 33823. To order memorial trees or send flowers to the family in memory of Mayme Evelyn Read, please visit our flower store.