Linda Peek
Nov 22, 2014
Linda Peek, 73, of Fort Meade, FL, passed away Saturday, November 22, 2014, at Lakeland Regional Medical Center. She was born September 3, 1941 in Hanna, IN. Linda did secretarial work for Valparaiso Community Schools in Indiana & here in the Polk County School System. She was a member of the Redeemer Lutheran Church. Linda was preceded in death by...
Eleanor Virginia "Tot" Hall
Nov 20, 2014
Eleanor Virginia "Tot" Hall, age 91, passed away Thursday, November 20, 2014 at Savannah Court in Bartow of respiratory failure. Born September 26, 1923 in Lakeland, Mrs. Hall was a lifelong resident of Bartow. She was a telephone operator for GTE in Bartow for over 40 years. She was a member of the Bartow Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church where she...
Iris M. Russell
Nov 19, 2014
Bartow - Iris M. Russell, age 86, passed away Wednesday, November 19, 2014 at Good Shepherd Hospice in Auburndale of respiratory failure. Born October 23, 1928 in Punta Gorda, FL, Mrs. Russell was a lifelong resident of Bartow. She was a customer service representative for Southeast Bank for over 30 years. She was a member of the First Christian Church...
Durant "Randy" Hart
Nov 17, 2014
Durant "Randy" Hart, age 84, passed away from respiratory failure on Monday, November 17, 2014 in Winter Haven. Born April 13, 1930 in Baker, FL, he was the son of the late Daniel and Maggie Hart. Mr. Hart was a veteran of the U.S. Army. Randy worked for many years in the automobile industry as an auto and diesel mechanic....
Charles W. "Mac" Mccall
Nov 14, 2014
Charles W. "Mac" McCall, age 89, passed away Friday, November 14, 2014 at his residence in Bartow of lung cancer. Born October 4, 1925 in Arcadia, FL, Mr. McCall was a resident of Bartow for since 1947, moving from Arcadia, FL., He was a Maintenance Engineer for the Florida Department of Transportation for forty years. He was a member the...
Ollie Myrtle "O.M." White
Nov 12, 2014
Bartow - Odessa Myrtle "O .M." White, age 86, passed away Wednesday, November 12, 2014 at Brighton Gardens of Tampa. Born December 31, 1927 to Osgood M. & Eva Powell White in Bartow, FL, Ms White was a resident of Tampa since 2003, moving from Bartow, She was employed with the State of Florida Department of Social Services for 35...
Sarah "Betty" Elizabeth Toney
Nov 10, 2014
Sarah Elizabeth 'Betty' Toney, 73, passed away Monday, November 10, 2014, due to heart failure. Betty was a Pharmacist Assistant at Varn's Pharmacy in Fort Meade. She was active in the American Legion Auxiliary and served as President of Fort Meade Unit #23 for 20 years. She was also active in PTA where she served as President and in the...
Mattie J. Vieth
Nov 9, 2014
Bartow - Mattie J. Vieth, age 89, passed away Sunday, November 9, 2014 at the Rohr Nursing Home in Bartow. Born Saturday, August 1, 1925 in Wakulla, Florida, Mrs. Vieth was a resident of Polk County for many years, She was a member of the McLeod Memorial Presbyterian Church where she was very active in the church nursery and women's...
Jo Ann Rhynehart
Nov 2, 2014
Jo Ann Rhynehart, 73, of Fort Meade, FL, passed away Sunday, November 2, 2014, at Somers Hospice House in Sebring, FL. Jo Ann was born November 23, 1940 in Varick, NY. She was employed by Polk County School System and was a member of Church of God. Jo Ann volunteered many years for the Help of Fort Meade and the...
Rhea L. Edwards
Nov 2, 2014
Bartow - Rhea L. Edwards, age 71, passed away Sunday, November 2, 2014 at Palm Terrace Nursing Home in Lakeland of cancer. Born August 3, 1943 in Columbia County, FL, Mrs. Edwards was a resident of Bartow for 37 years. She was an Assistant Jury Manager for the Polk County Clerk of the Circuit Court for several years. Mrs. Edwards...
Shirley "Faye" Crumbly Belcher
Nov 2, 2014
Shirley "Faye" Crumbly Belcher, 75 of Fort Meade, FL passed away on Sunday, November 2, 2014, at Kindred Hospital Central in Tampa, FL. Faye was born July 26, 1939 in Frostproof, FL. She was a Homemaker and a member of First Church of God of Fort Meade. She is survived by her husband of 58 years Lehman "Adolph" Belcher of...
Daniel Roscoe Griner
Oct 31, 2014
Daniel "Roscoe" Griner 72 of Bartow passed away on Friday, October 31, 2014 at his residence. Born in Georgia he was a lifelong resident of the area and worked as a Mechanic in the Citrus Industry. He is survived by his former wife Margaret Carmichael. Children Christian Valentin, Axel Mascorro, Anthony Taylor, Briana Taylor, Haylee Hinks, Kayla Hinks and Lea...
Fannie Lorrayene Fiocchi
Oct 24, 2014
Fannie Lorrayene Fiocchi, age 88, passed away on October 24, 2014 at her daughter's home in Bartow, Florida due to heart failure. She was born on December 21, 1925 in Hacker Valley, West Virginia to Hollie and General Nicholas. She resided in Vineland, NJ for the past 66 years and moved to Bartow with her husband and son Andrew 2...
Marguerite Glasscock
Oct 22, 2014
Mary Marguerite Burgess Glasscock, 88, went home to heaven on Wednesday, October 22, 2014. She died of respiratory failure at her daughter's home in Ocala, Florida, where she had been under Hospice care. Marguerite Burgess was born on May 5, 1926 in Florence, Alabama, to a wonderful family. Raised in Florence, she graduated from Coffee High School in 1944 and...
Robert Byrous Kelley
Oct 20, 2014
Robert Byrous Kelley, 75, of Fort Meade, FL, passed away Monday, October 20, 2014, at Astoria Health and Rehabilitation Center in Winter Haven, FL. Mr.Kelley was born September 10, 1939 in Covington County, Alabama. He was a truck driver for Trans-Phos Inc. Robert was a member of New Life Baptist Church of Fort Meade. He was preceded in death by...
Shirley Hagen Bragg
Oct 19, 2014
Shirley Hagen Bragg, age 74, passed away Sunday, October 19, 2014 in Winter Haven. Born May 17, 1940 in Minneapolis, MN, she was the daughter of the late Alfred E. and Elaine Miller Hagen. Shirley was a homemaker and a Baptist. She is survived by a loving family that includes her husband of 53 years, Alan E. Bragg, Sr. of...
Joyce Ann Hopkins
Oct 18, 2014
Joyce Ann Hopkins, 77, of Fort Meade, FL, passed away Saturday, October 18, 2014. Mrs. Hopkins was born March 29, 1937 in Indianapolis, IN. She was an Senior Accounting Clerk for the Polk County School Board. She was preceded in death by her husband Robert "Bob" Hopkins and three step-sons, Bobby Hopkins, Danny Hopkins & Eddie Hopkins. She is survived...
Samuel "S.T." Glisson
Oct 17, 2014
Samuel T. "S.T." Glisson, 88, passed away Friday, October 17, 2014 at his residence of cancer. Born July 21, 1926 in Seminole County, GA, Mr. Glisson was a resident of Bartow since 1954, moving from Donalsonville, GA. He was a heavy equipment operator for Armour & U.S. Steel Phosphate for many years. He was a U.S. Army Veteran, serving with...
Richard Fedder
Oct 16, 2014
Fort Meade, FL- Richard Fedder, 84 passed away on October 16, 2014 from natural causes. He was born on August 7, 1930 in Michigan City, IN to Edwin and Alvina Fedder. He married Ann Hycner on October 24th 1953 and is survived by her (his wife of 61 years) and his four sons, Terry & Brenda, Jeff & Annamarie, Greg...
Margery Chapman Haymon
Oct 15, 2014
Margery Chapman Haymon, age 93, passed away Wednesday, October 15, 2014 in Bartow, FL. Born April 14, 1921 in Baton Rouge, LA, she moved to Lakeland, FL in 1997. Margery worked as an accountant for the City Parrish of Baton Rouge, LA. She was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. She is preceded in...
