Randy E. Sloop
Mar 28, 2014
Randy E. Sloop 61 of Bartow passed away on Friday, March 28, 2014 at his home. Born in North Carolina he has been a resident of Bartow since 1985. Randy was a Long Distance Truck Driver and retired from the Western Star Transportation Company after many years of service. He was of the Assembly of God Faith. Randy was an...
Betty Mac Crum
Mar 27, 2014
Bartow - Elizabeth "Betty Mac" Crum, 87, passed away Thursday, March 27, 2014 at her residence in Bartow of cancer. Born January 10, 1927 in Birmingham, AL, Mrs. Crum was a resident of Bartow for Since 1949, moving from Auburn, AL. She was a loving wife, mother, grandmother and great grandmother. She was a member of the Bartow First United...
Kenneth "Ken" Wallace Beery
Mar 27, 2014
Kenneth "Ken" Wallace Beery 82 of Bartow passed away Thursday, March 27, 2014 from heart failure. Born in Arkansas, he moved to Florida at a young age, and to Bartow from Brandon in 1970. Ken worked in Retail Management for Belk-Lindsey in Bartow for numerous years and later retired after 14 years as the Supervisor of the Property Evidence Room...
Cora Jean King
Mar 26, 2014
Cora Jane King 87 of Lakeland passed away on Wednesday, March 26, 2014 at her residence. She was preceded in death by her husband Frank C. King; daughter Georgia Ellen King and granddaughter Kristine Hall. Cora is survived by daughter Betty Bastanzi; granddaughters Deana Hall and Samantha Bastanzi-Miglio. Eleven great grandchildren and Three great great grandchildren.
Donald L. Heckman
Mar 24, 2014
Lakeland - Donald L. "Don" Heckman, age 85, passed away Monday, March 24, 2014 at Consulate Health Care of Lakeland of heart failure. Born February 5, 1929 in Mishawaka, IN, Mr. Heckmam was a resident of Lakeland for 51 years, moving from Mishawaka. He was an equipment sales representive for Linder Machinery for many years. He was an accomplished woodworker...
Janet Lynn Ison
Mar 20, 2014
Janet Lynn Ison, age 60, passed away on Thursday, March 20, 2014 at her home in Bartow. A former resident of Marathon, FL she was born November 21, 1953 in Owosso, Michigan, she was the daughter of Arnold Kindred of Michigan and the late Lois (Taft) Kindred. Janet is survived by her husband, of 33 years, Amos Dean Ison of...
Wayne Hill
Mar 19, 2014
Wayne "Bunker" Hill, age 85, passed away from respiratory failure Wednesday, March 19, 2014 in Lakeland. Born February 18, 1929 in Fort Meade, he was the son of the late David Bennett Hill and Alice Hancock Hill. Mr. Hill attended the University of Florida and was a U.S. Navy veteran of the Korean War. He retired from IMC Phosphate in...
Bernard L. Howell
Mar 19, 2014
Bernard "Bernie" L. Howell, 74, passed away Wednesday, March 19, 2014, in Gainesville, FL of respiratory failure. He is remembered as a devoted husband, father and grandfather. Born April 30, 1939, in Indianapolis, IN, Mr. Howell was a resident of La Crosse, FL for several years but lived in Bartow for most of his life. Bernie graduated from Summerlin Institute...
Stevie Lou Powell
Mar 10, 2014
Stevie Lou Powell, age 87, passed away Monday, March 10, 2014. Born on June 28, 1926 in Winter Haven, she was the daughter of the late Montgomery and Hattie Gunter. Mrs. Powell retired from Polk County after serving as Polk County Historian and then as Admissions Supervisor for Polk General Hospital--all totaling 21 years. She was a Baptist. She is preceded...
Marian Pauline Walker
Mar 10, 2014
Marian Pauline Walker, 94, passed away Monday, March 10, 2014. She was born April 28, 1919 in Bradley, FL & was a lifetime resident of rural southwestern Polk County. She was a homemaker and a member of the Welcome Primitive Baptist Church. She was the great great granddaughter of James W. Whidden, one of the Founding Pioneers of Polk County....
Cecil Moore
Mar 9, 2014
Bartow- Henry “Cecil” Moore of Bartow passed away on March 9, 2014 at the age of 97 from natural causes. He was born on August 23, 1916 in Swainsboro, Georgia. He received his early education from schools in Polk County, FL and graduated from Summerlin Institute, Class of 1934. He joined the Army Air Corp during World War II and...
Edna Furtah
Mar 8, 2014
Edna Furtah, age 80, passed away from cancer Saturday, March 8, 2014 at her home in Bartow. Born February 4, 1934 in Jamestown, TN, she was the daughter of the late John and Sarah Wright. Mrs. Furtah had been a resident of Bartow since 2004, moving from Wauchula where her and her husband were longtime residents. She was also the...
Ruby E. Harrison
Mar 4, 2014
Ruby E. Harrison, age 70, passed away on Tuesday, March 4, 2014 at her home in Lakeland. Born June 23, 1943 in Williston, she was the daughter of the late Eston and Maggie Smith. Mrs. Harrison was a longtime member of the First Baptist Church of Bartow. Ruby worked as a payroll clerk for Publix and was also a realestate...
Martha Underwood
Mar 3, 2014
Martha I Underwood , age 95, passed away Monday, March 3, 2014 at Life Care Center in Winter Haven of natural causes. Born March 6, 1918 in New Castle, PA, Mrs. Underwood was a longtime resident of Alturas. She was a member of the Alturas United Methodist Church and the Alturas Women's Club. Mrs. Underwood was preceded in death by...
Joe P. Riley
Mar 2, 2014
Joe P. Riley, age 54, passed away from respiratory failure at home in Eagle Lake on Sunday, March 2, 2014. Joe was born in Lake Village, Arkansas on August 5, 1959. He was a veteran of the U.S. Air Force. Mr. Riley was a U.S. History teacher at Lake Region High School where he formerly coached football. He is survived...
Shawn M. Montgomery
Feb 27, 2014
Lake Wales - Shawn M. Montgomery, age 24, passed away Thursday, February 27, 2014 as result of an auto accident in east Hillsborough county. Born February 2, 1990 in Bartow, FL, Shawn was a resident of Lake Wales, he was also a longtime resident of Frostproof. He was a freight conductor for CSX Railroad. Shawn was a U.S. Army Veteran...
Jean Sikes Couey
Feb 26, 2014
Jean Sikes Couey, age 87, passed away from heart failure Wednesday, February 26, 2014 in Bartow. Born January 23, 1927 in Bartow, she was the daughter of the late Raleigh O. and Pearl (Horne) Sikes. Jean was a longtime member of the First Baptist Church of Bartow. She retired from the Polk County School Board after 25 years of service...
Ernestine A. Sandh
Feb 25, 2014
Ernestine A. Sandh, age 80, passed away Tuesday, February 25, 2014 at her residence in Bartow. Born June 28, 1933 in Lakeland, Mrs. Sandh was a lifelong resident of the Bartow area. She is survived by her husband: Lloyd H. Sandh of Bartow; three brothers: William Hall & Steve Hall, both of Bartow & Glenn Hall of Lakeland; 2 sisters:...
James Claude Walker
Feb 24, 2014
James Claude Walker, age 91, passed away Monday, February 24, 2014 at Springwood Center in Sarasota of natural causes. Born April 29, 1922 in Roanoke, AL, Mr. Walker was a resident of Bartow for Since 1997, moving from Alabama. He was a electrician in the phosphate industry for several years. He was a WWII Army Veteran. He was survived by...
Roland H. Ervin
Feb 23, 2014
Roland H. Ervin, age 82, passed away from heart failure on Sunday, February 23, 2014 at home in Bartow. Born July 25, 1931 in Florala, AL, he was the son of the late William H. and Ethel Ervin. A veteran of the U.S. Navy, Mr. Ervin moved to Bartow in the 1960's and worked for many years as a Reclamation...
