Bob Fitzgerald
Feb 21, 2012
Bartow - Bob Fitzgerald, age 66, passed away Tuesday, February 21, 2012 at Kindred Hospital Central in Tampa of post operative complications. Born March 13, 1945 in Saint Louis, MO, Bob was a resident of Bartow for 49 years, moving from Cape Coral, FL, He was a Speech / Language Pathologist for Polk County Schools. He was a member of...
Bobby Lawson Kersey
Feb 20, 2012
Bobby Lawson Kersey, age 67, passed away Monday, February 20, 2012 at Valencia Hills Care Center in Lakeland of respiratory failure. Born February 5, 1945 in Crestview, FL, Mrs. Kersey was a resident of Lakeland for many years, moving from Bartow. Mrs. Kersey was survived by two sons: Alan "Neal" Lawson & wife Tina; Mike W. Lawson & wife Paula,...
Myra Hass
Feb 19, 2012
Loyal Myra Olive Hass, age 95, passed away February 19, 2012 at the Rohr Home in Bartow. Born on February 19, 1917 in Bartow, Mrs. Hass was the daughter of the late Loyd Clyde and Maxie (Stansell) Olive. Mrs. Hass was a loving homemaker and member of Holy Trinity Episcopal Church in Bartow. She was the owner and operator of...
Dorothy G. Hendrix
Feb 18, 2012
Dorothy G. Hendrix, age 74, passed away February 18, 2012 in Tampa. Mrs. Hendrix was born on February 16, 1938 in Bartow, and was the daughter of the late Floyd Duke and Grace Hebb Duke. She worked as a Registered Nurse in new born nurseries of Winter Haven Hospital, Regency Medical Center and Polk General Hospital of Bartow. She was...
Earnestine Creech Spivey
Feb 15, 2012
Earnestine Creech Spivey 71 of Bartow passed away Wednesday, February 15, 2012. Born in Kinston, Alabama on October 14, 1940 she was a lifelong resident of Bartow. Earnestine worked as a Nurses Aid for Polk General Hospital in Bartow before becoming a Math Tudor for the Polk County School System for a period. She then worked for the Ametek Gauge...
Elizabeth R. Chamale
Feb 14, 2012
Elizabeth R. Chamale, age 60, passed away Tuesday, February 14, 2012 from Diabetes. Mrs. Chamale was born on September 7, 1951 and was the daughter of the late Bill and Pearl Revell. Mrs. Chamale worked as an Administrative Assistant for the hospitals in Bartow and Wauchula for many years. She also was heavily involved with the Peace River Center, filling...
Walter L. Snyder
Feb 14, 2012
Bartow - Walter L Snyder, age 96, passed away Tuesday, February 14, 2012 at Florida Presbyterian Homes in Lakeland. Born September 24, 1915 in Danville, PA, Mr. Snyder moved to Bartow in 1994. He has been living at Florida Presbyterian Home in Lakeland for the last 5 years. He was a machinist for the Kennedy Van Saun Company in Danville...
William W. Paul
Feb 12, 2012
Bartow- William Whalen "Bill" Paul, 93, of Bartow, previously of Newton, MA, passed away peacefully on February 12, 2012. Beloved husband of Mary DeStefano Cahill Paul, father of Robert of Alexandria, VA, William (Jean) of Waltham, MA, and Marie Nader (Michael) of Shirley, MA, stepfather to James (Suzanne) Cahill, grandfather of six, step grandfather to one, and great grandfather to...
Linda "Ruthie Smith" Hall
Feb 11, 2012
Linda "Ruthie Smith" Hall, 68, of Lakeland, FL passed away Saturday, Feb. 11, 2012. She was born Nov. 21, 1943 in Fort Meade, FL. Linda was a nurse. She was preceded in death by her parents Mabry & Ophelia Smith. She is survived by her husband; Donald Hall of Lakeland, FL.Two Daughters: Rhonda Merritt of Lebanon, IN and Wendy Wert...
Doris Albritton Watson
Feb 10, 2012
Doris Albritton Watson, 87, of Fort Meade, FL, died Friday, February 10, 2012, She was born November 7, 1924 in Lily, FL. Doris worked as a Caregiver for the Rohr Home in Bartow, as well as private individuals. She was a member of Cornerstone Church of God in Fort Meade. She was preceded in death by her husband Floyd M....
Joe Underwood
Feb 5, 2012
Alturas- Joe Underwoood, age 90, of Alturas, died Sunday evening February 5, 2012 at his home from complications of Leukemia. Mr. Underwood was the youngest of nine children born into the tight knit farming family of Leslie and Missie Underwood in Coffee County Georgia. Throughout his life he enjoyed entertaining family and friends with stories of growing up with his...
Berry Mitchell
Feb 2, 2012
W. Berry Mitchell, Jr, age 61, passed away Thursday, February 02, 2012 at Good Shepherd Hospice in Auburndale of Cancer. Born November 11, 1950 in Lakeland, Mr. Mitchell was a lifelong resident of Polk County. He was a U.S. Army veteran. He was a Citrus Grower. He attended the Babson Park Community Church. He is preceded in death by his...
Elvira P. Martinez
Feb 1, 2012
Elvira P. Martinez, age 70, passed away Wednesday, February 1, 2012 from cancer. Born on June 14, 1941 in Austin, TX, Mrs. Martinez was a resident of Zolfo Springs, moving from Sundown, TX. She was a member of St. Michael's Catholic Church in Wauchula. She is survived by a loving family that includes her husband Pablo H. Martinez of Zolfo...
Charlotte Austin Stansel
Jan 31, 2012
BARTOW, FL - Charlotte McBryde Austin Stansel, 92, of Bartow died at Good Shepherd Hospice in Auburndale Jan. 31, 2012. She was the daughter of the late Hector Bethune Austin and Charlotte Porcher Blood. She was preceded in death by her husband, John Prentiss Stansel, Jr., and her stepfather, Wallace W. Johnson. Born in New Brunswick, NJ on Sept. 3,...
Thomas W. Sharp,Sr.
Jan 28, 2012
Thomas W. Sharp, Sr. 88, of Fort Meade, FL, went to be with the Lord Saturday, January 28, 2012. Tommy was a Native of Fort Meade, he was born October 2, 1923. He was a Merchant Marine during WWII. Tommy retired from Swift & Co./ Estech and was a member of First Baptist Church of Fort Meade. Tommy coached Fort...
Eugene Grose
Jan 27, 2012
Mr. Eugene Grose, age 84, passed away Friday, January 27, 2012 in Bartow. Born July 4, 1927 in Milan, Ohio, Mr. Grose had been a resident of Bartow since 1986. He was an U.S. Navy Veteran of WWII, serving in the Sea Bees and worked as a Diesel Mechanic for many years in the trucking industry. Mr. Grose was a...
Elizabeth J. Hillstead
Jan 26, 2012
Elizabeth J. Hillstead, age 84, passed away Thursday, January 26, 2012. Born September 26, 1927 in Jamestown, North Dakota, Mrs. Hillstead was the daughter of the late Jacob and Minnie (Rosenau) Yeager. She worked for Select Machine Sales as an Administative Assistant for many years. Mrs. Hillstead had been a resident of Bartow since 1990. She is survived by a...
Effie K. "Tommie" Bronson
Jan 25, 2012
Lenox, GA- Effie Kinard "Tommie" Bronson, age 80, of Lenox, GA, died Wednesday, January 25, 2012, at Winter Haven Hospital of cancer. The daughter of John Arthur & Magdalene Kinard, Mrs. Bronson was born April 17, 1931, in Lenox , GA, Mrs. Bronson was a resident of Fort Meade from 1950, before returning to Lenox in 1980. She attended the...
Virginia Russ Mckereghan
Jan 24, 2012
Virginia Russ McKereghan, 84, passed away January 24, 2012 from complications due to Alzheimer's. A native of Bartow, she was born April 13, 1927. She was an accountant and a member of First Christian Church in Bartow. Virginia was preceded in death by her parents, Robert Sr. and A.D. Russ, husband George McKereghan, and two sisters, Myrtle Stewart and Robbie...
John H. Bragg
Jan 19, 2012
John H. Bragg, Sr. age 60, passed January 19, 2012 at the Good Shepherd Hospice in Auburndale, FL from lung cancer. He is survived by his children; John H. Bragg, Jr. (Mandy) of Bartow, Braxton Bragg of Bartow, Christopher Bragg (Brandy) of Lakeland, four grandchildren, and siblings; Kae Mercer, Kathryn Bragg, Tim Bragg and Mike Bragg all of Bartow. John...
