Leedell Elbert Yarbrough
Jan 13, 2011
Leedell Elbert Yarbrough, age 95, of Fort Meade, FL, died Thursday, January 13, 2011, at his Residence in Fort Meade. Mr. Yarbrough was born March 13, 1915 in Chicora, FL. He Served in the Coast Guard during World War II. He was a General Foreman for 45 years for Swift & Company. Before Swift & Company, he was a carpenter...
Donna Louise Webster
Jan 12, 2011
Donna Louise Webster 80 of Largo formerly of Bartow passed away Wednesday January 12, 2011 of complications from Dementia. Born in Williamsport, PA she moved to the area in 1982 from Morgantown, WV. Donna was a Phlebotomist and retired from Polk General Hospital in Bartow. She was a member of the Asbury United Methodist Church and the Floral Lakes Bowling...
Donald R. Wood
Jan 9, 2011
Donald "Don" R. Wood of Lakeland passed away January 9, 2011 from heart failure at his residence. Born in Baxley, Georgia he moved to the area twenty years ago from Georgia. Don was a Heavy Equipment Operator for McDonald Construction Co. with twenty years of service and was also of the Baptist Faith. He is survived by one daughter Donna...
Bert "B.W." Moore, Jr.
Jan 8, 2011
Bert B.W. Moore, Jr. 96, of Auburndale, died Saturday, January 8, 2011. B.W. was born December 19, 1914 in Fort Meade, FL. He was a Dragline operator for IMC. He later started his own Heavy Equipment & Land Development Company. He was a member of K-Ville Assembly of God in Auburndale and attended Mulberry Assembly of God. He was preceded...
Sylvia H. Howarth
Jan 5, 2011
Sylvia H. Howarth, age 94, of Bartow, passed away Wednesday, January 5, 2011, at Bartow Regional Medical Center of natural causes. Born June 20, 1916 in Fairport Harbor, OH, Mrs Howarth has been a resident of Bartow 42 years, moving from Taneytown, MD. Mrs. Howarth was an Elementary School Teacher for the Polk County School Board for many years. She...
Delores Nuttle
Jan 5, 2011
Delores Nuttle, 88, of Bartow, FL, died Wednesday, January 5, 2011, at Bartow Regional Medical Center. She was born July 30, 1922 in Upland, IN. She was preceded in death by her husband Gerald Nuttle. She is survived by her three sons: Charles "Gene" & wife Wilma Penrod of Bartow, Dick & wife Debbie Huffman of Mountpier, IN and Tom...
Bill Altman
Jan 4, 2011
Bartow- Bill Altman, 79, died Tuesday, January 4, 2011, at Bartow Regional Medical Center of respiratory failure. Born September 11, 1931 in Bartow, Mr. Altman has been a lifelong resident of Bartow & Fort Meade. Mr. Altman was an automotive parts manager for Bartow Motor Parts for over 20 yrs. He was formerly with Altman's Amoco Service Station and Henry's...
Bessie Juanita Hiers
Dec 30, 2010
Bessie Juanita Hiers, 81, of Lake City, FL died Thursday, December 30, 2010, at Still Waters West in Lake City, FL. Bessie was born December 1, 1929 in Moultrie, GA. She was a Hair Dresser at the House of Beauty in Bartow. She was preceded in death by her husband George W. Hiers, Sr. and son George W. Hiers, Jr....
James Bradley Sellers
Dec 30, 2010
Mr. James Bradley "J.B." Sellers was born in Baskin, Louisiana on June 27, 1921. He passed away on December 30, 2010 at Good Shepherd's Forsythe Hospice House in Auburndale. He was 89. A World War II Veteran, he enlisted in the U.S. Coast Guard immediately after graduating high school. He served his country as a border guard and aboard the...
Karen Lynn Blowers
Dec 29, 2010
Karen Lynn Blowers went home to be with her Lord on December 29th, 2010 due to a sudden heart attack. She was loved by all and will be deeply missed by all her family and friends. She was born on May 24, 1955 to Charles and Lajacquelyn Seawater. She graduated from Springfield High School in Springfield, MI where she met...
Betty Ruth Lynch
Dec 28, 2010
Betty Ruth Lynch 69 of Bartow passed away Tuesday December 28, 2010 at Palm Terrace in Lakeland. Born in Hazzard, Kentucky she moved to Bartow 33 years ago from Belle Glades, FL. She was a homemaker and of the Pentecostal Faith. Betty enjoyed puzzles and reading and especially loved spending time with her grandchildren. Betty Ruth was preceded in death...
Magdalene Greear Stroud
Dec 28, 2010
Magdalene Greear Stroud, 87, of Bartow, FL, died Tuesday, December 28, 2010, at Lakeland Regional Medical Center. Maggie was born April 27, 1923, in Fort Blackmore, VA. She moved to Bartow 51 years ago from Virginia. A loving Mother, Grandmother, and Great Grandmother, Maggie was a musician, songwriter, poet, artist, and wonderful southern Applachian cook. She was a member of...
Robert E. Stovall, Jr.
Dec 28, 2010
Mr. Robert E. Stovall, Jr., age 85, passed away from cancer Tuesday, December 28, 2010 at home in Bartow. Mr. Stovall was born November 23, 1925 in Stella, Tennessee. He was a longtime resident of Polk County. He retired from Swift in Company in Bartow where he worked as a Chemist. Mr. Stovall was a veteran of WWII serving in...
Gerald W. "Gerry" Davis
Dec 26, 2010
Bartow- Gerald W. Gerry" Davis, age 82, died Sunday, December 26, 2010, at Rohr Nursing Home, Bartow of cancer. Born June 22, 1928 in Minneapolis, MN, Mr. Davis has been a resident of Bartow since 1985, moving from Tampa. Mr. Davis was a retired Chief Warrant Officer with the U.S. Army with 23 years of service in Korea & Vietnam....
Barbara Lucile Mcelroy Nelson
Dec 24, 2010
Mrs. Barbara Lucile McElroy Nelson, age 86, passed away from respiratory failure Friday December 24, 2010. Mrs. Nelson was born on June 27, 1924 in Wheatland, Indiana. She was the Co-Owner of Nelson's Jewel Box in Bartow for 45 years. Mrs. Nelson was charter and life member of Bartow Lioness Club, and a member of the Bartow Pilot Club. She...
Violet J. Sumner
Dec 20, 2010
Violet J. Sumner, 87, of Lake Wales, FL died Monday, December 20, 2010, at Lake Wales Medical Center. Violet was born May 5, 1923 in Mt. Washington, PA. She lived in Homestead, FL for 35 years where she was employed by Homestead Air Force Base as a Child Care Manager. She moved to Bartow in the summer of 2001 and...
William P. Staudenbaur
Dec 20, 2010
William P. Staudenbaur, age 80, of Chagrin Falls, Ohio, died Monday, December 20, 2010, at Lake Wales Medical Center. Mr. Staudenbaur was born July 16, 1930 in Flint, MI. William was a High School Physics Teacher at different schools. He taught most of his career at South High School in Cleveland, OH for 25 years. He was a member of...
Virginia "Ginger" Strickland
Dec 20, 2010
Virginia "Ginger" Strickland, age 67, passed away from heart failure Monday Dec. 20, 2010. Mrs. Strickland was born in Valdosta, GA on November 18, 1943. She had worked for Ametek U.S. Gauge in Bartow and was and member of Highland City First Baptist Church. Mrs Strickland was preceded in death by her husband Ross J. Strickland. She is survived by...
Shirley I. Perkins
Dec 18, 2010
Shirley I. Perkins, age 77, of Bartow, died Saturday, December 18, 2010, at Lakeland Regional Medical Center. Born February 9, 1933 in Clinton, IL, Mrs. Perkins has been a resident of Bartow for many years, moving from Lakeland. She was a Licensed Practical Nurse. She was a Baptist. She is survived by her son: Roger D. Perkins of Lakeland; daughter:...
Louise B. Yost
Dec 17, 2010
Mrs. Louise B. Yost, age 97, of Bartow passed away Friday, December 17, 2010, at Good Shepherd Hospice, Auburndale of natural causes. Born November 1, 1913 in Indianapolas, IN. to Oliver Badger & Flossie Page Bymaster. Mrs Yost was raised in North Salem, IN. before moving to St. Petersburg, FL. She moved to Bartow in 1954 with her husband, John...
