Gale Culpepper
Mar 29, 2009
Mr. Gale Culpepper, age 64, of Lakeland, died Sunday, March 29, 2009, at his residence of heart failure. Born June 18, 1944 in Norfolk, VA, Mr. Culpepper was a longtime area resident. He was retired from Publix Supermarkets where he worked as a printer. Mr. Culpepper was a member of the Highland Park Church of the Nazarene in Lakeland. He...
Della V. Herrington
Mar 22, 2009
Mrs. Della Herrington, age 78, passed away from heart failure Sunday, March 22, 2009 at her home in Bartow. Born September 14, 1930 in Lakeland, she was the daughter of the late Joseph Elmo and Ethel Mae Duren. Mrs. Herrrington was a former member of Westside Baptist Church in Lakeland. She has been a very active member of Lake Garfield...
Anne Lockwood Reigle
Mar 20, 2009
Anne Lockwood Reigle, 95, died Friday, March 20, 2009, at Oceanside Hospice Care in Ormond Beach. Born December 31, 1913 in Bartow, Mrs Reigle has been a lifelong resident of the area. She was employed in the accounting department with the Board of County Commissioners for many years. Mrs. Reigle attended both the Holy Trinty Episcopal Church in Bartow and...
Leonard Tim Roberts
Mar 20, 2009
Leonard "Tim" Roberts, age 92, died from natural causes Friday March 20, 2009 at his home in Bartow. Born October 3, 1916 in Tampa, he was a longtime area resident. Mr. Roberts a veteran of WWII serving in the Army Airborne Infantry in the European Theater. It was in Germany that he earned the Bronze Star for his courage and...
Jerry W. Jones
Mar 18, 2009
Jerry W. Jones, age 54, of Bartow died Wednesday, March 18, 2009, at Lakeland Regional Medical Center. Born November 24, 1954 in Bartow, Mr. Jones has been a longtime resident of the area. He was a heavy equipment operator in highway construction for many years. He was preceded in death by his father: Roy R. Jones. He is survived by...
Dorothy M. Lucius
Mar 16, 2009
Dorothy M. Lucius, 72, died Monday, March 16, 2009, at Good Shepherd Hospice in Auburndale. Born January 9, 1937 in Coffee Springs, AL, Mrs. Lucius has been a resident of Bartow since the early 1950's, moving from Alabama. Mrs. Lucius was a secretary for the Peace River Center in Bartow for several years. She was a member of the Blessed...
Winnie Mcduffie Griner
Mar 11, 2009
Mrs. Winnie McDuffie Griner, 83, of Bartow, FL, died Wednesday, March 11, 2009, at Life Care Center Of Winter Haven. Mrs. Griner was born July 28, 1925 in Avon Park. She ran a concession stand at the Alturas Packing Company and was a member of Blessed Assurance Temple in Bartow. She is survived by her sons, Tim Griner of Bartow...
Thomas Walters Allan
Mar 10, 2009
Thomas "TOM" W. Allan 85 died on March 10, 2009 at his residence. A native of Baltimore, Maryland Tom moved to the Bartow area in the late 70s. He retired as the General Manager of Ridge Pallets in Bartow with 30 plus years of service. He was also a WWII Navy veteran and a avid golfer. He is survived by...
Lester B. Thompson
Mar 9, 2009
Lester B. "Arkie" Thompson, age 84, died Mon., March 9, 2009 at home in Bartow from Parkinson's Disease. Born June 6, 1924 in Cantwell, MO, Mr. Thompson was a Bartow resident since 1970. He worked as an Electrician for the City of Bartow, along with other contract companies. He was an Army Veteran of WWII and attended the First Christian...
Ralph William Joppien
Mar 8, 2009
Ralph William Joppien, age 87, of Mulberry, died Sunday, March 8, 2009, at Savannah Court at Bartow. Mr. Joppien was born in Hamburg, Germany on August 27, 1921. He immigrated to the USA at the age of 5 with his parents. He served in the US Navy during World War II serving aboard the aircraft carrier, USS Independence. Petty Officer...
A. V. Coker
Mar 5, 2009
A. V. Coker, Sr, 89, died Sunday, April 5, 2009, at Lakeland Regional Medical Center of respiratory failure. Born March 27, 1920 in Gardner, FL, Mr. Coker was a lifelong resident of the area. Mr. Coker was a general field supervisor for Lake Garfield Citrus Co-op. & a citrus grower. He was a member of the Bartow First Baptist Church;...
Elsie M. White
Mar 5, 2009
Elsie M. White, 88, died Thursday, March 5, 2009, at the Bartow Hospital of respiratory failure. Born May 1, 1920 in London, England, Mrs. White has been a resident of Bartow since 1949, moving from Apalachicola, FL. She was a homemaker and member of Turning Point Worship Center Center in Bartow. She was preceded in death by her husband: Willie...
Sharon C. Wood
Mar 5, 2009
Mrs. Sharon C. Wood, age 62, returned home to her Heavenly Father Thursday, March 5, 2009 in Lakeland. Born September 25, 1946 in Cleveland, Ohio, she was the daughter of the late Carl Donald and Avis Marie Carlone. Mrs. Wood was a homemaker and a beloved wife, mother, grandmother, sister, aunt, and friend – the cornerstone of her family. A...
Alice Mildred Dehond
Mar 4, 2009
Mrs. Alice Mildred DeHond, 79, of Winter Haven, died, March 4, 2009 of respiratory failure. Mrs. DeHond was born January 23, 1930 in Albany, NY. She was a Homemaker. She was a member of Heartland Community Church in Winter Haven. She was a past member of First Baptist Church of Fort Meade, the Joy Club, and the Joy Givers. She...
Diana Suset Bonilla
Mar 2, 2009
Diana Suset Bonilla, age 13, of Fort Meade, FL, died Monday, March 2, 2009, at All Children's Hospital in St Petersburg, FL. Diana was born August 6, 1995 in Bartow, FL. She was a Catholic. She was the daughter of Pedro and Irene Sanchez Bonilla of Fort Meade. She is also survived by her sister, Adilene Bonilla of Fort Meade...
James Benton "Bud" Mcpherson
Mar 2, 2009
Mr. James Benton "Bud" McPherson, 89, of Tampa, FL, died Monday, March 2, 2009. Mr. McPherson was born June 15, 1919 in Frostproof, FL. He moved from Fort Meade to Tampa in 1944 where he was a Carpenter. Bud was an avid fisherman and hunter. He is survived by his two Sons, Lamar McPherson of Zephyrhills, FL and Norman McPherson...
Elisabeth R. Lowe
Feb 26, 2009
Elisabeth “Bess” Ratering Lowe, 83, of Lakeland, died Feb. 26, 2009, in Lakeland. Born Feb. 20, 1926, in Ulft, Holland, The Netherlands, Bess emigrated with her family through Ellis Island to Patterson, N.J., in 1927. A war bride, she married Roy Lowe, Sr., in Miami in 1945. They lived on Bahia Honda Key for several years before building a house...
Gertrude Moore Wells
Feb 23, 2009
Mrs. Gertrude Moore Wells, age 93, of Fort Meade, FL, died Monday, February 23, 2009, at Bartow Regional Medical Center. Mrs. Wells was born in Dunmore, Kentucky. Mrs. Wells and her late husband Carlos Wells moved to Fort Meade in 1974 from Kentucky. She worked for Kroger Grocery where she specialized in meat merchandising. She was a member of First...
Allen E. Forsberg
Feb 22, 2009
Mr. Allen E. Forsberg, age 75, of Fort Meade, died Thursday, February 19, 2009, at Lakeland Regional Medical Center. He was born May 20 1933 in Midland, Michigan. Mr. Forsberg was a Multi-Craftsman for Dow Chemical. He was a member of Church of Daniel's Band in Coleman, MI and attended The First Church of God in Fort Meade. He is...
Myrle Crews Aycock
Feb 22, 2009
Mrs. Myrle Crews Aycock, age 78, of Fort Meade, FL, passed away Sunday, February 22, 2009, at her home, due to cancer. She was born January 30, 1931 in Gainesville, FL to the late Jackson & Emma Crews. She graduated from Fort Meade High School in 1949 and married Charles W. Aycock soon after; a marriage that lasted nearly 52...
