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Samuel Paul Oakley

Samuel Paul Oakley

Jan 16, 2009

Samuel Paul Oakley, age 41, passed away Fri. January 16th from an accident at work. Born August 4, 1967. Paul was a lifelong area resident. He attended Vineyard Church of God in Bartow. Paul was previously a Financial Manager in the auto industry. More recently he had been working for Semco Construction Company. Mr. Oakley is preceded in death by...

Linda C. Adkison

Linda C. Adkison

Jan 14, 2009

Linda C. Adkison, 64, of Bartow, died Wednesday, January 14, 2009, at Bartow Regional Medical Center of respiratory failure. Born November 1, 1944 in Tulsa, OK, Mrs. Adkison has been a resident of Bartow for over 45 years. She was a accounting clerk for the Bartow Memorial Hospital for several years. She was of the Baptist faith. She was preceded...

Wendell D. Waters

Wendell D. Waters

Jan 13, 2009

Wendell D. Waters, age 90, died Tuesday, January 13, 2009, at his residence in Bartow of cancer. Born May 26, 1918 in Worchester, MA, Mr. Waters has been a resident of Bartow 57 years, moving from Stuart, FL. Mr. Waters was a graduate of Gulf High School in New Port Richey as valedictorian of his class of 1935. He earned...

Earl D. Hart

Earl D. Hart

Jan 12, 2009

Mr. Earl D. Hart, Sr. age 82, died Monday, January 12, 2009 from Parkinson's Disease at the Rohr Home in Bartow. Born September, 14, 1926 in Baltimore, MD, Mr. Hart was the son of the late Harry A. and Carry Hart. Mr. Hart was an accountant for Continental Can Company. He belonged to First Baptist Church of Alturas and also...

Earl D. Hart

Earl D. Hart

Jan 12, 2009

Mr. Earl D. Hart, Sr. age 82, died Monday, January 12, 2009 at the Rohr Home in Bartow. Born September, 14, 1926 in Baltimore, MD, Mr. Hart was the son of the late Harry A. and Carry Hart. Mr. Hart was an accountant for Continental Can Company. He attended First Baptist Church of Alturas and also served as a volunteer...

Frances M. Waters

Frances M. Waters

Jan 11, 2009

Frances Macnamara Waters, 90, died Sunday, January 11, 2009, at her residence in Bartow of respiratory failure. Born July 23, 1918 in Atlanta, Mrs. Waters has been a resident of Bartow 57 years, moving from Stuart, FL. Mrs. Waters was a graduate of Girls High School, class of 1935 of Atlanta; graduate of University of Tampa with a BS degree...

Jeanette Brantley Massey

Jeanette Brantley Massey

Jan 11, 2009

Mrs. Jeanette Brantley Massey 76 of Auburndale died Jan. 11, 2009 of Heart Failure at Palm Terrace Hospice of Lakeland. Born in Soperton, GA. she was a lifelong resident of Polk County. Jeanette was a Homemaker a member of the Innwood Baptist in Winter Haven. She is survived by 3 daughters; Elaine Bowman (Johnny) of Lakeland; Sherian Albritton (James) of...

James Dewitt Frady

James Dewitt Frady

Jan 8, 2009

Mr. James Dewitt "Dee" Frady, Jr., age 69, died Thursday, January 8, 2009 in Lakeland. Born July 28, 1939 in Rutherfordton, NC, he was the son of the James Dewitt Sr. and Helen (Williams) Frady. Mr. Frady was a former teacher and baseball coach and had worked for American University. Mr. Frady had been a resident of Bartow since 2002....

Wilton E. Colson

Wilton E. Colson

Jan 5, 2009

Mr. Wilton E. Colson, age 95, died Monday, January 5, 2009. Born November 22, 1913 in Folkston, GA, Mr. Colson was the son of the late John W. and Ernie (Altman) Colson. Mr. Colson worked for Seaboard Coastline for 30 years before retiring as a telegrapher. He was a longtime member of the First Baptist Church of Bartow. There he...

Margaret Douglas Cannon

Margaret Douglas Cannon

Jan 5, 2009

Mrs. Margaret Douglas Cannon of Fort Meade, FL passed away Jan. 5 2009 in Haines City, FL. Mrs. Cannon was a native of Ragland, AL who had moved her family to Ft. Meade in 1946 where she lived the remainder of her life. The last five years she lived at the Haines City Health Care Center near her son Jack...

H. George Burke

H. George Burke

Jan 1, 2009

Mr. H. George Burke, Jr., age 84, of Bartow, FL, died Thursday, January 1, 2009, at Memorial University Medical Center in Savannah, GA. Mr. Burke was born September 2, 1924 in Tampa, FL. Mr. Burke was a graduate of Georgia Tech. He served in the United States Navy for 3 years. He was a member and very active in the...

Samuel M. Clark Ii

Samuel M. Clark Ii

Dec 30, 2008

Samuel M. "Sam" Clark II, 54 died Dec. 30, 2008 at his residence. A native of Wauchula he was a lifelong resident of Bartow and a member of the First United Methodist Church. Sam worked in Law Enforcement for 15 years. Then he retired from the PCEMS as a Paramedic with 20 years of service. A long time HAM Radio...

Robert Sparks

Robert Sparks

Dec 28, 2008

Mr. Robert G. Sparks, age 64, of Bartow, died Sunday, December 28, 2008, at Lakeland Regional Medical Center. Born March 29, 1944 in Fort Collins, CO, Mr. Sparks has been a resident of Bartow for a few months, moving from Milford, NH. Mr. Sparks was a Computer Engineer for New Hampshire State Heath & Human Services. Mr. Sparks held a...

Glen E. Lewis

Glen E. Lewis

Dec 25, 2008

Mr. Glen E. Lewis, age 55, of Bartow, died Thursday, December 25, 2008. Mr. Lewis was born March 27, 1953 in Bartow. He was a graduate of Bartow High School class of 1971. He was a carpenter by trade. He is survived by his Three Sisters, Mrs. Joanne & Johnny Sanchez of Bartow, Laverne Marsh of Bartow, and Betty &...

Gladys L. Clark

Gladys L. Clark

Dec 23, 2008

Gladys Lucille Clark, 96, died Tuesday, December 23, 2008 at the Bartow Center of heart failure. Born August 4, 1912 in Columbus, OH, Mrs. Clark has been a resident of Bartow since 1982, moving from Lakeland. She was of the Lutheran faith. She is preceded in death by her husband, C.E. Clark & son Roger Clark. She is survived by...

Lallie R. Burke

Lallie R. Burke

Dec 21, 2008

Lallie Rogers "Mrs. H. George" Burke, 81, died Sunday, December 21, 2008, at Bartow Regional Medical Center. Born January 9, 1927 in Tampa, Mrs. Burke was a longtime resident of Bartow. She was a member and very active in the Bartow Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church. She was preceded in death by her daughter, Susan Duckett. She is survived by her...

Jack Jennings Osborne

Jack Jennings Osborne

Dec 18, 2008

Mr. Jack Jennings Osborne 82 of Bartow died Dec. 18, 2008. A native of Hardee County he moved to Bartow in 1943. Jack was a member of the First Christian Church of Bartow and a WWII Army veteran. Jack worked as a Foreman with Kuder Citrus Feed for 23 years before working with WR Grace in maintenance with an additional...

Joyce L. Fortner

Joyce L. Fortner

Dec 15, 2008

Bartow- Joyce L. Fortner, age 71, died Monday, December 15, 2008, at Lakeland Regional Medical Center of respiratory failure. Mrs. Fortner was born May 25, 1937 in Bartow and has been a lifelong resident. She was a telephone operator and receptionist for many years. She was a member of Peace Creek Baptist Church of Bartow and was active with the...

June Mary Shelton

June Mary Shelton

Dec 15, 2008

Mrs. June M. Shelton 51 of Bartow died December 15, 2008 at Bartow Regional Medical Center. A lifelong resident of the Bartow area June was a homemaker. A loving wife, mother and grandmother she will be missed. June is survived by her husband John Shelton of Bartow; 3 daughters Holly Edmondson, Heather Kraus and Jamie Harris all of Bartow. 8...

James C. Brown

James C. Brown

Dec 15, 2008

James Charles "J.C." Brown, age 86, of Bartow, died Monday, December 15, 2008, in Lafayette, GA. of heart failure. Born July 18, 1922 in Floral City, FL, to his parents Charles James Brown & Bertha Klapp Brown. A graduate of Crystal River High School in 1942, Mr. Brown entered the United States Army, serving with the Army Air Force Operations...

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