Terry G. Cauthan
Aug 31, 2013
Terry G. Cauthan, age 56, passed away Saturday, August 31, 2013 at the Bartow Center of Heart Failure. Born November 30, 1956 in Bartow, Mr. Cauthan was a lifelong resident of the area. He was a pipe layer in the construction industry for several years. Mr. Cauthan is survived by his mother: Miriam "Mickey" Price of Bartow; two brothers: Ron...
Wofford Stidham
Aug 30, 2013
Wofford Hampton Stidham, 83, was born in Ocala to Wade Hampton Stidham and Dorris Simpson Stidham. Mr. Stidham passed away August 30, 2013 at his residence in Bartow of heart failure. They moved to Bartow in 1935, making him a fourth generation Bartowan. He graduated from Summerlin Institute in 1948 and the University of Florida in 1952. He entered the...
Martha Luckie Snell
Aug 29, 2013
Martha "Jo" Luckie Snell, age 89 passed away Thursday, August 29, 2013 at Good Shepherd Hospice of Auburndale from complications of Alzheimer's disease. Born March 27, 1924 in Homeland, where she was lifelong resident, she was a graduate of Summerlin Institute and a member of Alpha Chi Sorority at Florida Southern College in Lakeland. Mrs. Snell was the organist and...
James M. Woodard
Aug 27, 2013
James M. Woodard, age 83, passed away from heart failure on Tuesday, August 27, 2013 in Bartow. Mr. Woodard was born in Orlando. He was a longtime Bartow resident. Mr. Woodard was the Vice President of Barney's Pumps Inc. in Lakeland. He served in the U.S. Army in the Korean War. Mr. Woodard was preceded in death by his wife...
Robbie E. Hooks
Aug 26, 2013
Robert E. "Robbie" Hooks 57 of Bartow passed away on Monday, August 26, 2013 from cancer at Lakeland Regional Medical Center. He was a lifelong resident of Bartow and has worked as a Heavy Equipment Operator in the phosphate mining industry since he was eighteen years of age. Robbie loved the outdoors and was a avid hunter and fisherman. A...
Hugh Wright
Aug 25, 2013
Orrin Hughitt "Hugh" Wright, age 90, passed away Sunday, August 25, 2013 at Lakeland Regional Medical Center of natural causes. Born March 21, 1923 in Hinsdale, IL, Mr. Wright was a resident of Polk County since 1925. He was a graduate of Summerlin Institute and Michigan College of Mining & Technology. He proudly served as an officer on Navy submarines...
Deborah A. Ray
Aug 25, 2013
Deborah A. Ray, passed away from cancer Sunday, August 25, 2013 at home her home in Highland City. Debbie was born on May 11, 1954 in Bartow and remained a lifelong resident of the Bartow and Highland City area. She worked as an Administrative Assistant for Mosaic, formerly IMC and Cargill, for over 30 years. Debbie is preceded in death...
Harris Conner
Aug 22, 2013
Frederick Harris Conner, 69, passed away Thursday, August 22, 2013 at his residence in Bartow of heart failure. Born July 25, 1944 in Bartow, Mr. Conner was a resident of Atlanta, GA. for many years before moving back to Bartow. He was a graduate of Bartow High School and attended the Citadel in Charleston. He was U.S. Army Veteran. He...
Bill R. Delph
Aug 22, 2013
Bill R. Delph, age 83, passed away Thursday, August 22, 2013 at the Bartow Regional Medical Center of cancer . Born July 31, 1930 in Wallins Creek, KY, He was a graduate of Western Kentucky Unversity. Mr. Delph was a resident of Bartow for the past 61 years, moving from Kentucky. After moving to Bartow in 1952, Mr. Delph was...
Emmitt E. Adkison
Aug 19, 2013
Emmitt E. Adkison, 80, passed away Monday, August 19, 2013 at his residence of heart failure. Born October 17, 1932 in Hacoda, AL, Mr. Adkison was a resident of Bartow for 59 years, moving from Alabama. He was a dragline operator for U.S. Steel Phosphate for over 30 years. He was a U.S. Army Veteran. He enjoyed hunting & gardening....
Betty F. Fackender
Aug 17, 2013
Betty F. Fackender, age 54, passed away from cancer Saturday August 17, 2013 in Lake Wales. Mrs. Fackender was born on April 15, 1959 in Washington D.C. Betty worked for Florida Truck and Trailer Company in Bartow for 34 years as an Office Manager and Bookkeeper. She is survived by her husband of 26 years, Ron Fackender of Babson Park,...
John R. Forsyth
Aug 14, 2013
John R. Forsyth, 88, of Fort Meade, FL, passed away Wednesday, August 14, 2013 at Good Shepherd Hospice in Sebring, FL. He was born August 13, 1925 in Chicago, IL. John was a veteran serving in the US Navy during WWII, He worked as a Insurance underwriter & salesman. He enjoyed the game of golf. He was preceded in death...
Georgia P. Eastman
Aug 9, 2013
Bartow - Georgia P. Eastman, 98, passed away Friday, August 9, 2013 at her residence in Bartow of natural causes. Born September 17, 1914 in Taylor County, FL, Mrs. Eastman was a resident of Bartow for 13 years moving from Mulberry where she had been a resident for over 48 years. She was a longtime member of the First Baptist...
Nancy A. Davis
Aug 9, 2013
Lakeland - Nancy A. Davis, 53, passed away Friday, August 9, 2013 at her residence in Lakeland of complications of diabetes. Born June 20, 1960 in Lakeland, Ms. Davis was a resident of Lakeland for seven years, moving from Bartow. She was a Relocation Coordinator for E-Systems, Inc of Dallas, TX for several years. She was of the Baptist faith....
Larry C. Hall
Aug 8, 2013
Lakeland - Larry C. Hall, age 63, passed away Thursday, August 8, 2013 at Lakeland Regional Medical Center of respiratory failure. Born December 12, 1949 in Bartow, FL, Mr. Hall was a resident of Lakeland for 36 years, moving from Bartow. He was a commerical truck driver for many years. Mr. Hall was survived by his loving wife, Jackie K....
Berniece L. Whitt
Aug 7, 2013
Berniece L. Whitt, of Fort Meade, Florida and Fairborn, passed away Wednesday August 7, 2013 in Florida. She was born on May 25, 1949 in Greenup, KY, the daughter of the late Orville and Vernice (Harper) Yates. Bernice is preceded in death by a son, Shawn Johnson; three sisters and two brothers. She is survived by her husband, Tom; daughter,...
Floyd H Moore
Jul 28, 2013
Floyd H. Moore 70 of Fort Meade passed away Sunday, July 28, 2013 at Tampa General Hospital. Born in Selma, CA he has been a resident of the area for fifty years. He worked as a Electrician in the Phosphate industry locally for 49 years and retired from Mosaic. Floyd was a Army veteran with the 82nd Airborne unit and...
Jesse L. Chestnut
Jul 25, 2013
Jesse L. Chestnut, 77, passed away Thursday, July 25, 2013. She was born July 11, 1936 in Wauchula, FL. Ms. Chestnut was a Homemaker and a lifelong resident of this area. Jesse was of the Pentecostal faith. She was a loving mother & grandmother. She is survived by two daughters:Linda A. Chestnut of Bartow, FL and Georgina L. "Ena" Blumer...
Georgina Fontanez Cruz
Jul 22, 2013
Georgina Fontanez Cruz, 92 of Dundee, FL passed away on Monday, July 22, 2013. Georgina was born February 15, 1921 in Corozal, Puerto Rico, She moved to Florida 62 years ago from Puerto Rico. She was a member of the Church of Christ. Georgina enjoyed collecting dolls and enjoyed growing flowers. Georgina was preceded in death by her daughter Juana...
Marion P. Hochschild
Jul 21, 2013
Marion P. Hochschild, 91, passed away Sunday, July 21, 2013 at Bon Secours Maria Manor in Saint Petersburg of natural causes. Born July 24, 1921 in Winnepeg, Manitoba, Canada, Mrs. Hochschild was a resident of Bartow since 1995, moving from Cleveland, OH. She was a former school bus driver for the Willoughby & East Lake School System in Ohio for...
