Annie M. Sulfridge
Jun 14, 2012
Annie M. Sulfridge, 75, passed away Thursday, June 14, 2012 at her residence in Winter Haven, FL. Annie was born September 20, 1936 in Defiance, OH, She was a longtime Polk County resident, moving from Ohio. Annie was preceded in death by her husband; Dewey Sulfridge and her granddaughter; Amy Burchett. She is survived by three sons; Eddie Sulfridge &...
Lila Lee Peters
Jun 14, 2012
Bartow - Lila Peters, 82, passed away Thursday, June 14, 2012. She was born January 9, 1930 in Tampa, FL. Lila was a resident of Bartow since 1951 moving from Tampa. She was preceded in death by her husband; Lloyd Peters. She is survived her two daughters; Pamela Hope & husband Charles Edward and Gloria Greer both of Bartow. Sister;...
Rogelio M. Lopez
Jun 9, 2012
Rogelio M. Lopez, age 59, passed away Saturday, June 9, 2012 at Good Shepherd Hospice in Auburndale. Born September 20, 1952 in Brownsville, TX, Lopez was a resident of Winter Haven for over 30 yrs, moving from Texas, He was a farm crew leader, working in the citrus industry for many years. He is survived by his companion: Inez Fernandez,...
Sam Huddleston
Jun 9, 2012
Fort Meade - Authur Samuel Huddleston, age 59, passed away Saturday, June 9, 2012 at his residence in Fort Meade of cancer. Born March 18, 1953 in La Follette, TN, Mr. Huddleston was a resident of Fort Meade & Bartow area since 1975, moving from La Follette TN, . He was a heavy equipment operator for IMC & Mosaic Phosphate...
Opal R. Bryan
Jun 8, 2012
Opal Rowland Bryan, age 85, passed away from renal failure Friday, June 8, 2012 in Bartow. Born on August 5, 1926 in Denton, GA, she was the daughter of the late Willie H. and Minnie Rowland. Mrs. Bryan was a homemaker and a longtime member of the First Baptist Church of Bartow. She also volunteered with the hospital auxiliary in...
Viola Colvin
Jun 7, 2012
Viola Colvin, 88, of Fort Meade, FL, passed away June 7, 2012. Viola was born in Laurel Hill, FL. She was a Homemaker. Then after she raised her children she worked for Ben Hill Griffin. Viola loved her church & was a charter member of First Asembly of God of Fort Meade. Where she taught sunday school for 33 years....
Karry Ann White
Jun 5, 2012
Karry Ann White 41 of Bartow died on Tuesday, June 5, 2012 at Good Shepherd Hospice in Auburndale. Karry was a homemaker and of the Christian faith. She is survived by her parents Robert and Opal Dee Thomas; son Robert D. White with wife Samantha and brother Robby W. Thomas all of Bartow. A visitation will be held on Monday,...
Anges Marie Willis
May 31, 2012
Agnes Marie Willis, age 90, passed away Thursday, May 31, 2012 at Lake Wales Medical Center in Lake Wales. She was born April 8, 1922. Mrs. Willis was a resident of Bartow for 57 yrs, moving from Lake Wales, She was a homemaker. She was a member of Calvary Temple in Lake Wales. Mrs. Willis is preceded in death by...
Theresa Tyson Walker
May 28, 2012
Theresa Tyson Walker, age 45, passed away from cancer Monday, May 28, 2012 at her home in Winter Haven. Ms. Walker was born in Frostproof on June 11, 1966. She was a lifelong Polk county resident. Ms. Walker had worked as a Certified Nursing Assistant at Bartow Regional Medical Center. She is preceded in death by her mother Joy (Hicks)...
Alice Elizabeth "Lib" Alexander
May 26, 2012
Alice Elizabeth Alexander, 85, passed away May 29 , 2012 in Bartow. Born October 8, 1926, in Tampa, Florida, “Lib” was the second child of James F. and Lucille L. Alexander. During the early 1930’s, Lib and her family moved from Tampa to Bartow to take up residence at the ancestral home of her mother, Lucille Lightsey Alexander. Upon graduation...
Dixie Veleria Ward
May 22, 2012
Haines City - Dixie Veleria Ward, age 94, passed away Wednesday, May 23, 2012 at Palm Garden of Winter Haven of natural causes. Born Thursday, August 2, 1917 in Bonifay, FL, Mrs. Ward was a resident of Lake Wales for 30 years, moving from Bonifay. She was a fruit sectionizer for the Citrus World & Florida's Natural Growers in Lake...
Carol Hunt
May 21, 2012
DECATUR, GA. - Long time Bartow resident, Carol Hunt, 94, died of natural causes May 21, 2012 with family at her side in Decatur, Georgia. Mrs. Hunt was born May 12, 1918, in Philema, Georgia to Mr. and Mrs. B. J. Harris. Her father was a railroad depot master and her mother was a devoted homemaker. Carol attended Florida Southern...
Cecil Behnke
May 12, 2012
Cecil Behnke, 94 former resident of Fort Meade, Florida died on Saturday, May 12, 2012, at Florida Hospital in Ormond Beach. Mrs. Behnke was born in Gladwin, Michigan. She moved to Fort Meade from Michigan in 1979. Cecil was formally a Bookkeeper in Michigan and a member of Cornerstone Church of God. She was preceded in death by her husband...
Gregory R. Crum
May 9, 2012
Bartow- Gregory R. Crum, 61, of Bartow, passed away Wednesday, May 9, 2012 of cancer. A lifelong resident of Bartow, he spent most of his career in the financial industry, as a banker and later a stockbroker. He enjoyed serving the community and was past president of the Bartow Breakfast Rotary Club; member of the May Bluff Hunt Club, the...
Marion B. Holbert, Sr.
Apr 30, 2012
Marion B Holbert, 65 of Fort Meade, Florida passed away Monday, April 30, 2012 in Bartow, Florida. Marion was born September 7, 1946 in Hazard, Kentucky. He worked in the citrus industry. He is survived by his wife Barbara Holbert of Fort Meade. Son; Marion "Blaine" Holbert, Jr. of Middletown, OH. Daughter; Patricia "Lynn" Napier & Billy of Middletown, OH....
Manuel & Felicitas Valdez
Apr 27, 2012
Manuel Valdez Garcia 56 & Felicitas Valdez Muro 50 of Frostproof, FL both passed away on Friday, April 27, 2012 from a auto accident. Both worked in the Citrus industry. Manuel & Felicitas are survived by three sons; Ricardo Valdez & Myra of Bartow, Manuel Valdez, Jr. & Laura of Frostproof and Oscar Valdez & Nazaria of Frostproof, two daughters;...
Linda L. Vieth
Apr 27, 2012
Linda L. Vieth, age 64, passed away Friday, April 27, 2012 in Bartow. Ms. Vieth was born on June 23, 1947 in Norwalk, Wisconsin. She was a longtime Polk County resident and graduate of Bartow High School. Ms. Vieth was a member of McLeod Memorial Presbyterian Church in Bartow. She worked as a Real Estate Appraiser for Hunt's Appraisal Service....
Paul H. Bissonnette
Apr 25, 2012
Bartow - Paul H. Bissonnette, age 86, passed away Wednesday, April 25, 2012 at James A. Haley Veterans Hospital in Tampa of heart failure. Born June 16, 1925 in Millinocket, ME, Mr. Bissonnette was a resident of Bartow for 10 years, moving from Millenockett, ME, . He was a Carpenter. He was a WWII Army Veteran. He was a member...
Thelma Ruth Benton Mathis
Apr 24, 2012
Thelma Ruth Benton Mathis 99 of Lakeland passed away Tuesday, April 24, 2012 from natural causes at the Valencia Hills Care Center in Lakeland. Thelma was born on November 22, 1912 in Coffee County, Alabama. She moved with her family to Bartow in the 1920s. Thelma married Daniel Monroe Mathis on April 12, 1930. She was preceded in death by...
Marion M. Murrah
Apr 24, 2012
Mrs. Marion M. Murrah, age 82, passed away Tuesday, April 24, 2012. Mrs. Murrah was born on February 28, 1930 in Charleston, WV. She retired from the State Attorney's office where she worked as an administrative assistant. She is survived by her children; Anita Farmer, Bonita Cathrall, and Robert Bloodworth all of Lakeland. She also leaves behind a sister, Dorothea...
