Abe Grace, Jr.
Oct 7, 2011
Bartow - Abe Grace, Jr. age 82, passed away Friday, October 7, 2011 at his Residence. He was born August 4, 1929 in Sampson, AL, Abe served his country in the US Army. He was a Heavy Equipment Mechanic for Florida Equipment & Service. Mr. Grace was a member of Victory Life & Praise Church. He was preceded in death...
Ernest "E.L." Hodges
Oct 6, 2011
Mr. Ernest "E.L." Hodges, age 88, passed away from respiratory failure Thursday, October 6, 2011 at home in Bartow. Born June 22, 1923 in Cedar Springs, GA, he was a longtime Bartow resident. Mr. Hodges was the owner and operator of Hodges Tree Service. He was a veteran of WWII, serving on the U.S.S. Beale in the U.S. Navy. Mr....
Pauline H. Cope
Oct 4, 2011
Mrs. Pauline (Polly) Hagler Cope entered into eternal rest on October 4, 2011 from complications of Alzheimer's. The daughter of a farmer and a homemaker, Pauline was born April 20, 1923 , in Geneva County, Alabama. As a teenager she moved to Florida, first to Hollywood then to the Bartow area. She was married to Gilbert Edward (Eddie) Cope who...
Carole Munro Franklin
Oct 3, 2011
Carole Munro Franklin 73 passed away Monday, October 3, 2011 in Bartow. Born in Chicago, Illinois on February 22, 1938 she moved to Florida in 1964. Carole was a homemaker and a member of the Christian Home Freewill Baptist Church in Bartow. She was preceded in death by her husband Rhett Franklin and a son Michael Franklin. Carole is survived...
Evelyn C. Clark
Sep 29, 2011
Evelyn Combee Clark, 91, passed away Thursday, September 29, 2011 at her residence. Born August 13, 1920 in Bartow, she was a lifelong resident. Mrs Clark attended the Bartow High School and Florida State College for Women. She was a member of the Bartow First United Methodist Church; the Bartow Garden Club & the Bartow Crickett Club. Mrs. Clark was...
Cleo Ogle
Sep 25, 2011
Raymond Cleo Ogle died Sunday September 25, 2011 at Southland Suites in Lakeland from complications with cancer. He is survived by two sons Dennis Ogle of Gainesville, and Ben Ogle of Palm Beach Gardens, and a sister Mary Louise Jones of Plant City. Cleo, a life-long resident of Bartow, retired after forty years with the Williams Company and was the...
Abran Mccumber
Sep 25, 2011
Abran McCumber, age 42, of Bowling Green , FL, died Sunday, September 25, 2011. He was born February 22, 1969 in San Antonio, TX. Abran worked in the construction industry. He is survived by his two daughters: Stephanie and Sierra McCumber. Two Sons: Abran and Joe McCumber. Parents: Joe & Lydia Acosta McCumber. Six Sisters; Lina Aguilar, Gracie, Mary, Isibel,...
Georgia Lorraine Mcginnis Card
Sep 23, 2011
Georgia Lorraine McGinnis Card 92 of Winter Haven passed away at the Good Shepherd Hospice House in Auburndale and went home to be with Jesus on Friday, September 23, 2011 . Born in Wallins, KY on March 8, 1919 she moved to the area in 1964 from Norton, VA. Georgia was a Elementary School Teacher and taught in KY, VA...
Nancy Pierce Lewis
Sep 23, 2011
Mrs. Nancy Pierce Lewis, age 67, passed away Friday, September 23, 2011 in Bartow. Born November 4, 1943 in Bartow, she was the daughter of the late Harry Taylor Pierce and Ruth (Robertson) Pierce. Mrs. Lewis was a lifelong resident of Bartow and worked for many years in the childcare industry. She is preceded in death by her husband Albert...
Nellie R. Guthrie
Sep 22, 2011
Nellie R. Guthrie 79 of Eagle Lake passed away Thursday, September 22,2011 at the Winter Haven Hospital. Born in Coffe County, AL on September 8, 1932 she was a lifelong resident of the area. She was a homemaker and a member of the First Assembly of God in Eagle Lake and also a Charter member of Christian Education Foundation at...
Hubert D. Holcomb
Sep 20, 2011
Hubert D. Holcomb, 81 of Fort Meade, FL died on Tuesday, September 20, 2011, at Highlands Regional Medical Center in Sebring, Florida. Hubert was born September 6, 1930 in Birmingham, AL. He served in the Navy from 1948 until 1952 during n the Korean conflict. Hubert moved to Fort Meade full time in 1999 from Windber, PA. He was an...
Iva Haggins
Sep 19, 2011
Iva Haggins 98 of Bartow passed away Monday, September 19, 2011 at Valencia Hills Health Center in Lakeland. Born in Alabama she moved to Bartow from Oneonta, AL in 1955. She was a homemaker and of the Christian faith. Iva was preceded in death by her husband Clyde Haggins and a son James "Alfred" Haggins. She is survived by a...
Barbara Ann Langenfeld Zimmerman
Sep 14, 2011
Mrs. Barbara Ann (Langenfeld) Zimmerman, age 74, passed away Wednesday, September 14, 2011 at home in Bartow, FL. Mrs. Zimmerman was born on April 13, 1937 in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin. Mrs. Zimmerman was a Real Estate Broker in Addison, IL. She is survived by a loving family that includes a daughter Debbie Joedicker (Russell) of Mesa, AZ, two sons;...
James Keith Flournoy
Sep 13, 2011
Winter Haven - James Keith Flournoy, age 49, passed away Tuesday, September 13, 2011 at his residence in Winter Haven. Born January 16, 1962 in Bartow, Mr. Flournoy was a resident of Winter Haven since 1998, moving from Bartow . He was a graduate of Bartow High School (Summerlin Institute). He was a appraiser for the Polk Property Appraiser's office...
Patricia A. Minor
Sep 12, 2011
Mrs. Patricia Ann Minor, age 67, passed away Monday, September 12, 2011 in Bartow. Born June 26, 1944 in Harrison, Ohio, she was the daughter of the late Milfred James and Gladys (Roever) Taylor. Mrs. Minor was a member of the Word of Life Christian Center in Bartow. She most recently worked as a School Crossing Guard for the Polk...
Rebeca H. Perez
Sep 10, 2011
Rebeca H. Perez, 78, passed away Saturday, September 10, 2011 at Bartow Regional Medical Center of heart failure. Born December 3, 1932 in Havana, Cuba, Mrs. Perez had been a resident of Bartow since 1968, moving from Havana. She was a Laboratory Technician for Polk General Hospital and Bartow Regional Medical Center for over thirty years. She was a member...
Natalie B. Bergquist
Sep 8, 2011
Natalie Becker Bergquist,, age 82, passed away Friday, September 9, 2011 at Bartow Regional Medical Center of heart failure. Born November 27, 1928 in Ridgewood, FL, Mrs. Bergquist was a lifelong resident of Bartow. "Miss Natalie" as her students called her taught at Hunter's Kindergarden and Oaks School for over thirty years. She was a member of the Bartow Associate...
Julia C. Tice
Sep 6, 2011
Julia C. Tice 72 of Bartow passed away Tuesday, September 6, 2011 at the Gainesville Healthcare Center. Born on May 28, 1939 in Fort Meade she was a lifelong resident of Bartow. She was part owner of the family business Alpha Materials in Bartow and owned and operated Tice Ranch with her late husband David H. Tice. She was also...
Tom L. Rowland
Sep 6, 2011
Thomas L. Rowland, age 85, passed away Tuesday, September 6, 2011. Born June 28, 1926 in Lakeland, Mr. Rowland was lifelong resident of Bartow. He was a Crane Operator for the International Union of Operating Engineers. He was a member of the Bartow Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church. He was a WW II Navy Veteran. He was a Worshipful Master of...
Shirley Ann West
Sep 6, 2011
Shirley Ann West 70 of Mulberry passed away Tuesday, September 6, 2011 at her residence. Born in Columbus, GA on December 1, 1940 she moved to the area in 1984. She worked for the Krystals Hamburger chain for many years in GA and as a fabricator for Ametek Gauge Company for five years in Bartow. Shirley was a member of...
