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Brooklyn Grace Bosco
Dec 23, 2011
Infant Brooklyn Grace Bosco passed away Friday, December 23, 2011 at the Florida Hospital in Sebring and is now at rest with the Lord. Born in Sebring, Florida on Friday, December 23, 2011, at 4:54 p.m., to parents John and Delana Bosco of Fort Meade. She weighed 5 lbs, 3 ½ oz and was 20 inches long. Brooklyn Grace is...
Sondra Jan O'Guin
Dec 18, 2011
Sondra Jan O'Guin 52 of Bartow passed away Sunday, December 18, 2011 at her residence. Born in Little Rock, Arkansas she was a lifelong resident of Bartow and was a Caregiver in the Home Health Care Industry. She is survived by her daughter Haley Ricks of Winter Haven. Two sisters Susan Whisman and Sherri Strickland both of Bartow. One brother...
Derwood Brent Wiggins
Dec 16, 2011
WINTER HAVEN - Mr. Derwood Brent Wiggins, 72, a child of our God, went to be with The Lord, Friday, December 16, 2011 due to heart failure. Brent was born November 1, 1939, he was a lifelong resident of Polk County. He was a four year veteran of the Navy. Brent's extended family consisted of his fellow friends and coworkers...
Nettie R. Clark
Dec 11, 2011
Nettie R. Clark, 90, passed away at her home surrounded by her loving family on Sunday, December 11, 2011 of natural causes. Born in Lowery Alabama on August 25, 1921, Mrs. Clark moved with her family at the age of 14 to the Lake Garfield area in 1935. She is the eldest daughter of the late Melvin and Sabina Harrison....
Willie Lois Geohagan
Dec 10, 2011
Bartow - Willie Lois Geohagan, age 87, passed away Saturday, December 10, 2011 at her residence in Bartow of respiratory failure. Born October 27, 1924 in Florala, AL, Mrs. Geohagan was a resident of Bartow since 1946, moving from Samson, Alabama . She was a member of Main Street Baptist Church in Bartow. She was preceded in death by her...

Erwin F. Jones
Dec 8, 2011
Erwin F. Jones, 60 of Bartow passed away December 8, 2011 at Bartow Regional Medical Center from Pneumonia. Born in Ilion, NY he moved to Bartow from Anderson, SC this year. Erwin was a Meat Cutter and worked for Publix for the last three years. He was of the Protestant faith and enjoyed sports, especially NASCAR and football. He is...
Karen King Hall
Dec 5, 2011
Karen King Hall 60 of Bartow passed away Monday, December 5, 2011 at Tampa General Hospital due to complications from a stroke. Born May 14, 1951 in Bartow she was a lifelong resident of the area and of the Southern Baptist Faith. Karen retired in 2010 as a Detention Deputy Sheriff Officer with fifteen great years of service with the...
James "Jim" Neil Braunbeck
Dec 3, 2011
Bartow - James "Jim" Braunbeck, age 74, passed away 12/3/2011 from complications from diabetes. He was born Sept 30, 1937 in Geneva, OH. Jim started working in the L.P. Gas industry in Sept 1965 as bulk delivery driver with Green's Fuel of FL Corp. He continued to progress in the industry including; LP Gas delivery, Service Manager, Carburetor mechanic, Branch...
Sue Sellers
Dec 3, 2011
Sue Sellers, age 59, passed away Saturday, December 3, 2011 at Winter Haven Hospital of heart failure. Born June 8, 1952 in Panama City, FL, Mrs. Sellers was a resident of Wahneta since 1980, moving from Orlando. She was a florist for many years. Mrs. Sellers was survived by a daughter: Tammy Hinks & husband Gary of Bartow; son: Thomas...

Myrtle Pugh
Dec 3, 2011
Myrtle Pugh, age 84, passed away Saturday, December 3, 2011 at Lakeland Regional Medical Center in Lakeland, Florida. Born March 16, 1927 in Lansing, NC, Mrs. Pugh was a resident of Bartow 3 1/2 years, moving from Maryland, . She was an assembly worker for RMR Corp of Elkton, MD for many years. Mrs. Pugh was survived by her husband...
Mary Houghton Conner
Dec 2, 2011
Mrs. Mary Houghton Conner, age 85, passed away Friday, December 2, 2011 in North Carolina. Mrs. Conner was known best to her family and friends as "Mimi". She was born on December 24, 1925 in Fort Meade, FL. She was a homemaker. Mrs. Conner was preceded in death by her husband, Henry Clay "Ted" Conner. She is survived by a...
Clemon J. Browne
Dec 1, 2011
Clemon J. "Clem" Browne, age 67, of Alturas, passed away Thursday, December 1, 2011. Born December 5, 1943 in Haines City, Mr. Browne was the son on the late Amos and Mary Agnes (Green) Brown. Mr. Browne worked as a Sales Representative in the citrus and melon industry for many years. He is survived by his wife of 44 years,...

Margaret Jean Greer
Nov 25, 2011
Margaret Jean Greer, 82, of Fort Meade, Florida passed peacefully surrounded by her family on November 25, 2011 following a hard fought 5 year battle with dementia. Mrs. Greer was born on April 25, 1929 and was the daughter of the late Virgil (retired Deputy Sheriff) and Iona (Van Dusen) Morgan of Sycamore, IL. She is preceded in death by...
Leslie Billie Fogle
Nov 24, 2011
Leslie "Billie" Fogle 86 of Bartow passed away Thursday, November 24, 2011 at Palm Terrace Hospice in Lakeland. Born in Hayes, North Carolina she moved to Bartow in 1989 from Baltimore, MD where she owned and operated the Check Cab Company for numerous years. She was a member of the Lake Garfield Baptist Church and the Motor Maids of America,...
Sara M. Lacy
Nov 23, 2011
Sara M. Lacy, age 78, passed away Wednesday, November 23, 2011 at Lakeland Regional Medical Center of respiratory failure. Born August 14, 1933 in Bartow, Mrs. Lacy was a resident lifelong resident. She was a home maker. She was a member of Lake Ruth Baptist Church. Mrs. Lacy was survived by her husband: James L. Lacy, Sr; two sons: James...
Frances L. Teeters
Nov 21, 2011
Alturas - Frances L. Teeters , age 75, passed away Monday, November 21, 2011 at Lakeland Regional Medical Center of heart failure. Born November 23, 1935 in Oxford, AL. Mrs. Teeters was a resident of Alturas for 11 years, moving from Mulberry . She was a retail clerk for Lakeland Walmart for 10 years. She was a member of First...
Grace Benton Thompson
Nov 18, 2011
Grace Benton Thompson age 90, formerly of Haines City and Lakeland, passed away from natural causes, November 18, 2011 in Sioux Falls, South Dakota where she had been living with her daughter. Grace was born in Pavo, Georgia to William Garney Benton and Birdie Lena (Spears) Benton on April 8, 1921. She moved with her family to Florida as a...
Dewey Nettles
Nov 15, 2011
William "Dewey" Nettles, age 88, passed away with his family by his side Tuesday, November 15, 2011 at Bartow Regional Medical Center due to heart failure. Born January 11, 1923 in Brewster, FL, Mr. Nettles was a lifelong resident of the area. He was a welder & mechanic for Semco Construction for 34 years. He formerly worked with Gardinier Phosphate....
Thelma Harley
Nov 13, 2011
Thelma L Harley, age 99 , of Lakeland, FL, died Sunday, November 13, 2011. Thelma was born in Arcadia ,Florida. In childhood and youth she participated in the activities provided in her local church-First Baptist Church of Arcadia. She served on the staff of the following churches in Florida: First Baptist ofFort Myers, Riverside,Tampa (twice), Lakeland, Allapattah and Miami. While...
Stephen R. Carpenter
Nov 11, 2011
Stephen R. Carpenter 54 of Lakeland passed away on November 11, 2011 at his residence. Born January 13, 1957 in Lakeland he was a lifelong residence of the area. Stephen graduated from the University of Florida with a Degree in Chemistry and was of the Baptist Faith. He was preceded in death by his father Ronald W. Carpenter and is...

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