Chasten Fennell Dobson, Jr.
Mar 12, 2010
Chasten Fennell Dobson, Jr., age 77, of Fort Meade, FL, died Friday, March 12, 2010, at his Residence in Fort Meade. He was born November 14, 1932 in Richmond, Virginia. He served in the US Navy during the Korean Conflict. Mr. Dobson was a millwright for LTV Steel/Republic Steel. He was a Baptist, an avid NASCAR Fan and Buffalo Bills...
Henry Barnhill
Mar 9, 2010
Homeland - Henry C. "Buddy" Barnhill III, 55, died Tuesday, March 9, 2010 at Bartow Regional Medical Center. Born December 1, 1954 in Winter Haven, Mr. Barnhill has been a lifelong resident of the area. He was an Utility Operator for U.S. Agri-Chem for 32 years. He was of the Pentecostal faith. He is survived by his wife of 37...
Lynn Carnley Capps
Mar 9, 2010
Lynn Carnley Capps, 50, of Bartow, FL, died Tuesday, March 9, 2010, at Lakeland Regional Medical Center. She was Born December 4, 1959 in Bartow, FL. Lynn was a Registered Nurse. She was preceded in death by her father Lewis Carnley. She is survived by her Daughter; Jessie John & husband James of Bartow. Two Sons; Jonathan Capps of Tampa...
Wesley C. Chadwick
Mar 9, 2010
Wesley C. Chadwick, 84, died March 9, 2010 of heart failure. Born March 18, 1925 in Nashville, GA., Mr. Chadwick has been a resident of the area since 1953, moving from Georgia. He was a US Marine veteran where he fought at Iwo Jima during WWII. He was a heavy equipment operator for US Steel & Mobil Chemical Co. for...
Andrew Mclaulin
Mar 8, 2010
Mr. Andrew McLaulin, age 25, passed away Monday, March 8, 2009. Mr. McLaulin was born on October 3, 1984 in Bartow. He worked as a Computer Repair Technician for Network Management Solutions in Bartow. Andrew is survived by his parents; Tom and Linda McLaulin of Fort Meade, his sister Melissa Marshall and husband Jerry of Lakeland, his three brothers; David...
Charles Richard Losh
Mar 6, 2010
Charles Richard Losh, age 86, lost his battle with cancer at home surrounded by a loving family on Sat. March 6, 2010. Born January 31, 1924 in Erbacon, WV, he was the son of the late Odie A. and Mary Jane Losh. Mr. Losh moved to Bartow in 1941. It was there that Mr. Losh, a high school quarterback, married...
Floyd A. Albritton
Mar 6, 2010
Floyd Allen Albritton 62 of Bartow passed away March 6, 2010 from heart failure at Bartow Regional Medical Center. Born in Brewster, FL he was a lifelong resident of the area. He worked as a Pit Gunner for Agrico Phosphate Co. and was a Army veteran of the Viet Nam War. He also was a member of the First Assembly...
Connie Sue Stith
Mar 6, 2010
Connie Sue Stith 63 of Lake Alfred passed away March 6, 2010 at Winter Haven Hospital from respiratory failure. A native of Welch, West Virginia Connie moved to the area in 1985 from Steator, Illinois where she worked as a Seamstress for the Sealy Matress Co. for 12 years. Connie continued to work for the Sealy Matress Co. locally in...
Jerry A. Bankos
Mar 3, 2010
Bartow- Jerry A. Bankos, 75, died Wednesday, March 3, 2010, at his residence. Born January 16, 1935 in Cementon, PA, Mr. Bankos has been a resident of Bartow since 2003, moving from Northampton, PA. Mr. Bankos was a supervisor for Ingersoll Rand Pump Manufactoring of Allentown, PA for over thirty years. He was a member of the Saint Thomas Catholic...
Edith E. Spence
Mar 2, 2010
Edith E. Spence, 70, of Wauchula, FL, died Tuesday, March 2, 2010. Edith was born July 20, 1939 in Tasville, TN. She worked for Peace River Packing in Fort Meade many years ago and was a Baptist. She is survived by her husband, John R. Spence of Fort Meade, FL. Sister, Kathy Tate and Husband Otis of Lakeland, FL. Brother,...
Alton J. Shiver
Mar 2, 2010
Alton J. Shiver 84 of Lake Wales died March 2, 2010 at the Groves Center in Lake Wales. A native of Miller County, GA. Alton was a lifelong resident of the area and a retired Equipment Mechanic for the Florida Department of Transportation with 30 plus years of service. He was also a Navy veteran and of the Baptist Faith....
Thelma Fort Lyle
Feb 26, 2010
Commerce, GA- Thelma Elizabeth Fort Lyle, 97, died Friday, Feb 26, 2010, of a brain tumor at her residence in Commerce. Born July 29, 1912 in Agricola, FL, raised in Fort Meade, then moving to Bartow in 1939 after the marriage to her husband Grantham J. Lyle. She moved to Commerce in 2000 at the death of her husband. A...
Dalis P. Robinson
Feb 22, 2010
Dalis P. Robinson, 81, of Bartow, died Monday, February 22, 2010, at Life Care Center Of Winter Haven. Born October 4, 1928 in Burnsville, NC, Mr. Robinson has been a resident of the Bartow area over 55 years, moving from North Carolina. Mr. Robinson was a grove caretaker and attended the Bethany Freewill Baptist Church of Eaton Park. He is...
Ida Mae Starling Bacon
Feb 21, 2010
Ida Mae Starling Bacon, 96, of Fort Meade, FL, died Sunday, Feb 21, 2010, at her Residence. Born Jan 18, 1914 in Newton, AL. Mrs. Bacon was a lifelong resident of the area and a member of the Cornerstone Church of God. She was a nurse for 20 years, after retiring she was a school crossing guard in Fort Meade...
Colon F. Tyson
Feb 19, 2010
Colon F. Tyson, Sr., 81, died Friday, Feb. 19, 2010 of respiratory failure, at his residence. Born December 30, 1928 in Bartow, Mr. Tyson was a lifelong resident of Bartow. Mr. Tyson was a diesel mechanic for USS Agrico Phosphate for most of his life prior to owning and operating Tyson's Vehicle Escort Service. He attended Gandy Baptist Church and...
Annie W. Chumney
Feb 18, 2010
Annie W. Chumney, 81, died Thursday, February 18, 2010, at Dove Health Care in Lake Wales of cancer. Born February 17, 1929 in Madrid, AL, Mrs. Chumney has been a resident of Bartow since 1949, moving from Alabama. She was a registered nurse for Bartow Memorial Hospital for many years. She was a Baptist. She is preceded in death by...
Linda Sue Allgood Wadsworth
Feb 17, 2010
Linda Sue Allgood Wadsworth, age 53, died Wednesday, February 17, 2010 at her residence in Bartow. She was born on November 24, 1956 in Miami. She worked for a longtime as a waitress for Two Little Brothers and the Townhouse in Fort Meade. She is preceded in death by her parents Alton and Gloria Mae Allgood and sister Nancy Joan...
Elzieleen Meeks Pitman
Feb 17, 2010
Bartow- Elzieleen Meeks "Ezzie" Pitman, 72, passed away Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2010 of heart failure. Born December 17, 1937 in Soperton, GA, Mrs. Pitman has been a resident of Bartow since 1943, moving from Georgia. She was a member of Main Street Baptist Church of Bartow. She was preceded in death by her parents: Ralph & Bonnie Meeks; & sister:...
Gary A. Braswell Sr.
Feb 16, 2010
Brooksville- Gary A. Braswell, Sr, 56, of Brooksville, died Tuesday, February 16, 2010, at H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center in Tampa from complications of Leukemia. Born September 23, 1953 in Bartow, FL, Mr. Braswell was a lifelong resident of central Florida, moving to Brooksville ten years ago.. He was a sales representive in the truss industry. He was of the...
David Lamar Sammons
Feb 15, 2010
Mr. David L. Sammons, age 52, died Monday, February 15, 2010 at his residence in Bartow. Mr. Sammons was a lifelong resident of Bartow, born on September 5, 1957 and is a direct descendant of the Gandy family of Connersville. He worked as a technician for Sonny's Air Conditioning in Bartow. He was also a member of Lake Garfield Baptist...
