Myrtle Frances Matthews
Apr 25, 2013
Myrtle Frances Matthews, 92, of Fort Meade, FL, passed away, April 25, 2013. She was born on October 15, 1920 in Caruthersville, MO. She was member of the Fort Meade First Baptist Church. Frances was preceded in death by her husband; Norman Matthews Sr, son; Norman Matthews Jr, daughter; Norma Crews and grandson; Eugene Brown. She is survived by a...
Clyde G. Bembry
Apr 23, 2013
Clyde G. Bembry, Jr., age 67, passed away Tuesday, April 23, 2013 in Lakeland. Born April 25, 1945 in Hawkinsville, GA, he was the son of the late Clyde G. Sr., and Theora Bembry. Mr. Bembry was a veteran of the U.S. Army and member of the American Legion Post #4 in Lakeland. He was a Civil Engineer Foreman for...
Marian Baggett Myers
Apr 22, 2013
Marian Baggett Myers, 90, of Shiloh, NC died Monday, April 22, 2013 Elizabeth City, NC. She was born in Bowling Green, FL, she was the daughter of the late Lester and Leneta Hancock Baggett and was the wife of the late William J. Myers. Mrs. Myers was a member of the Order of the Eastern Star and the Florida State...
William B. Scarborough
Apr 21, 2013
William B. Scarborough, 88 of Bartow passed away April 21, 2013 of respiratory failure at Winter Haven Hospital. He came to Florida with his parents Gordon and Rebecca Scarborough and three brothers and two sisters in 1942 from Georgia. He worked in citrus for the first half of his life and retired as the Supervisor of the Maintenance Department for...
Duncan Hallock
Apr 20, 2013
Duncan Hallock Brigadier General USA Ret. 101 “Old soldiers never die, they just fade away.” On April 20, 2013, having lived a rich, full life and serving his country with a distinguished military career, Brigadier General Duncan Hallock, USA Ret. 101, went home to be with the Lord. He was born in Saint Louis, Missouri to Sybil & Ross C....
James E. Moore
Apr 17, 2013
James E. Moore, age 72, passed away Wednesday, April 17, 2013 at his residence in Winter Haven of multiple organ failure. Born January 12, 1941 in Vernon , FL, Mr. Moore was a resident of the area since 1962, moving from North Florida. He was a chemical plant operator & supervisor for IMC/Mosaic Phosphate for many years. He attended the...
Alverna M. Stenger
Apr 17, 2013
Alverna M. Stenger, 93, went home to be with her Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, from natural causes Wednesday, April 17, 2013 in Altamonte Springs, FL. Mrs. Stenger was born in Hartford, Connecticut and raised in Windsor, CT. Following her graduation from high school she was employed by Travelers Insurance in Hartford and later at Phillips Petroleum Co. in Windsor....
Thomas K. Henry
Apr 16, 2013
Thomas K. Henry, 74, passed away Tuesday, April 16, 2013 in Winter Haven. Mr. Henry was born on October 17, 1938 in Youngstown, OH. Tom was a retired salesman. He attended the Holy Trinity Episcopal Church in Bartow. Mr. Henry is survived by four sons; Thomas Scot Henry, Michael Robert Henry (Christine), Timothy Henry (Sallie), and Jeff Henry (Sharon). He...
Robert F. "Bob" Modrall
Apr 13, 2013
Lake Wales - Robert F. "Bob" Modrall, age 77, passed away Saturday, April 13, 2013 at Winter Haven Hospital of respiratory failure. Born December 11, 1935 in Scottsville , KY , Mr. Modrall was a resident of Polk County for over 65 years, moving from Kentucky . He was an associate and Vice President of Murphy Chevrolet of Bartow. He...
Robert E. Keeney
Apr 12, 2013
Robert E. Keeney, age 62, passed away Friday, April 12, 2013. Born February 16, 1951 in Nelsonville, OH, he was the son Donald and Bessie Keeney. Mr. Keeney worked for the Florida Department of Transportation. He is survived by this wife Mary Keeney of Bartow, two nieces; Sherry Vancuren, Pam Simms, and nephew Gary Siler and wife Laura.
Kathy E. Hall
Apr 11, 2013
Katherene E. "Kathy" Hall, 50, from Riverview, FL, passed away April 11, 2013 from multiple organ failure. She was born July 12, 1962 in New Kensington, PA. Kathy earned her Masters in Accounting and practiced as a CPA in Pinellas County for a good part of her life. Anyone that met or knew Kathy was uplifted by the positive spirit...
Rita C. Lopez
Apr 10, 2013
Lake Wales - Rita C. Lopez, age 83, passed away Wednesday, April 10, 2013 at Tampa General Hospital in Tampa of a stoke. Born May 22, 1929 in San Antonio, TX, Mrs. Lopez was a resident of Lake Wales for 20 yrs, moving from Alturas. She was a homemaker. Mrs. Lopez was preceded in death by her husband: Ysidoro Lopez...
Robert T. Ryan
Apr 9, 2013
Robert T. "Bob" Ryan passed away April 9, 2013 at his home in Bartow surrounded by his family. Bob was born July 15, 1941 in Buffalo, NY. He was a U.S. Army Veteran. Bob’s love of planes brought him to Florida in 1978. He served the aviation community as an aircraft mechanic, pilot, flight instructor and teacher. He later became...
Helen L. Quinn
Apr 8, 2013
Helen L. Quinn, 94, of Lake Wales, Florida, passed away Monday, April 8, 2013 at the Groves Center of Lake Wales. Born January 4, 1919 in Xenia, Ohio to Earl & Helen Brenan Allen, Mrs. Quinn was a resident of the Lake Wales area for several years, moving from Orlando. She was preceded in death by her husband, George W....
John Deron Spigner
Apr 2, 2013
John "Deron" Spigner, age 41, passed away from respiratory failure, Tuesday, April 2, 2013 in Ocala. Mr. Spigner was born on December 24, 1971 in Lakeland. Deron was a graduate of Bartow High School and was formerly a Firefighter for the Polk County Fire Department. He is survived by a loving family that includes his parents; John and Judy Spigner...
Miley Toole Young
Mar 31, 2013
Miley Toole Young, age 92, passed away from natural causes on Easter Sunday, March 31, in Auburndale. She was Born October 16, 1920 as the third of five children to Thomas Alfred and Laura Alice (Courtney) Toole. She and her family moved from her birthplace in Jackson County to Hardee County during the late 1920s. During World War II, she...
Iris S. Sheridan
Mar 30, 2013
Mulberry - Iris S. Sheridan, 82, passed away Saturday, March 30, 2013 at Lakeland Regional Medical Center of heart failure. Born January 5, 1931 in Autaugaville, AL, Mrs. Sheridan was a resident of Mulberry since 1956, moving from Alabama. She was a secretary for the Kingsford Elementary School in Mulberry for 27 years. She was a member of the Mulberry...
John Stephen Mcnaughton
Mar 26, 2013
John Stephen McNaughton 66 of Orlando passed away Tuesday, March 26, 2013 from respiratory failure at the Florida Hospital. A native of Pensacola, FL he moved to Orlando in 1966. He worked for Walt Disney World in Orlando and retired after 39 years of service. John was a Viet Nam Air Force veteran. He was a 32nd Degree Mason and...
Carolyn Williams
Mar 25, 2013
Lakeland - Carolyn "Grandmama" Williams, age 69, passed away Monday, March 25, 2013 at Lakeland Regional Medical Center in Lakeland of cancer. Born July 24, 1943 in Arcadia, FL, Mrs. Williams attended school in Highlands County and was a graduate of Avon Park High School, Class of 1961. Mrs. Williams was a longtime resident of the Bartow and Lakeland area....
Raymond Joseph Stenger
Mar 23, 2013
Bartow - Raymond Joseph Stenger, 96 passed away Saturday, March 23, 2013. Mr. Stenger was born December 8, 1916 in Lake Garfield (Bartow), FL, He retired from the FBI in 1975 and returned to Bartow, residing at the family homestead, where his father (John Stenger, Sr.) settled in 1910 growing citrus. He was a member of the Florida National Guard...
