Ramona Britton Guffey
Feb 24, 2022
Ramona Britton Guffey, age 100, passed away Thursday, February 24, 2022 in Lakeland, Fl. She was born July 15, 1921 in Sulphur Springs, TX to John & Jewell Britton. Ramona was a Secretary, where she worked in the phosphate industry and then for several different churches. She was a member of the First United Methodist Church in Lakeland. She was...
Ronnie Newton Warren
Feb 23, 2022
Ronnie N. Warren, age 66, passed away Wednesday, February 23, 2022. He was born May 18, 1955 in Bartow, FL to Roy & Katie Warren. He was the Owner/Operator of Warren Tile. Ronnie also worked for Lowes for 15 years. He was preceded in death by his wife Carol Warren. He is survived by his son Matt Warren & wife...
Julie Ann Kilbourne
Feb 22, 2022
Julie Ann Kilbourne, 60, passed away Tuesday, February 22, 2022. She was born April 3, 1961 in Flint, MI. She attended Bartow Church of God. She is survived by her mother Joyce Kilbourne of Bartow, caregiver Ashley Berrien and many loving friends. A Celebration of Julie's Life will be announced at a later date. Condolences to family at www.whiddenmcleanfuneralhome.com
Deborah Lynn Firment
Feb 21, 2022
Deborah Lynn Firment, age 50, passed away on Monday, February 21, 2022, in Lake Alfred. Born June 5, 1971, in Lakeland, she was the daughter of Ronald Eugene Drake and Betty Jean (Hughson) Drake of Bartow. She graduated from Bartow High School, where she was the Outstanding Student in the D.C.T. Program her senior year. Debbie was also a member...
Virginia Bilger
Feb 18, 2022
Winter Haven - Virginia Bilger, age 77, passed away February 18, 2022, at her residence in Winter Haven. She was born on January 30, 1945, in Haines City, FL. She was a Hairdresser. She enjoyed shopping and going to yard sales. She was survived by her husband Wilbur Bilger & son Robert Walker.
Richard Drew Hall
Feb 18, 2022
Alturas - Richard Drew Hall, age 30, passed away Friday, February 18, 2022, at The Bud and Donna Somers Hospice House in Sebring. Born Friday, May 10, 1991, in Winter Haven, Fl to Richard and Mary Lynn Taylor Hall, Drew was a lifelong resident of Alturas. He graduated from Traviss Tech and was a diesel mechanic in the area for...
Myriam Lopez Gonzalez
Feb 17, 2022
Myriam Lopez Gonzalez, age 71, passed away on Thursday, February 17, 2022, in Lakeland, FL, Born February 23,1950 in Vega Baja, Puerto Rico, she was the daughter of the late Gilberto Lopez and Gloria Lopez Gonzalez. Mrs. Lopez Gonzalez was a member of Casa De Adoracion Jabes in Lakeland. She worked for many years in the Head Start Program for...
Jacob E. "Buddy" Fletcher
Feb 17, 2022
Arcadia - Jacob E. "Buddy" Fletcher, age 93, passed away Thursday, February 17, 2022 at his residence in Arcadia. Born March 6, 1928 to Henry Jacob and Ruby Leitner Fletcher in Bartow. Buddy was a resident of Arcadia since 1986, moving from Bartow, He was a graduate of Summerlin Institute and attended the University of Florida. He was a Citrus...
Thelma Corinne O'Bryan
Feb 16, 2022
Thelma Corinne O'Bryan, age 96, peacefully passed away on February 16, 2022 at her home in Roy, Utah. She was born on September 10, 1925, in Ellenton, FL to Lorenzo and Lonnie McCleod Colson. She moved to Bartow from Wauchula in 1954 where she remained until 2017 when relocating to Utah. She worked as a Private Music Teacher starting in...
Hector Luis Albarran
Feb 15, 2022
Bartow - Hector Luis Albarran, age 45, passed away Tuesday, February 15, 2022 at Bartow Regional Medical Center. Born November 21, 1976 in Catano, Puerto Rico. Luis was a resident of Bartow for 6 years, moving from New Jersey. He was a Truck Driver for J.B. Hunt Transport Services for over a decade in Florida and New Jersey. He was...
Irene Ford
Feb 15, 2022
Bowling Green - Irene Ford, age 97, passed away February 15, 2022, at her residence in Bowling Green. She was born on December 8, 1924, in Homeland, FL. She worked as a bookkeeper. She enjoyed cooking, crocheting, and reading her bible. She was preceded in death by her husband William Ford. She is survived by a loving family. Family will...
Sally Beth Brewer
Feb 14, 2022
Sally Beth Brewer, age 78, passed away Monday, February 14, 2022. She was born September 14, 1943 in South Haven, MI to Harold & Bonnie Norman, She was a Homemaker. She was preceded in death by her parents, brother Chuck Norman, sisters Sue and Diane Norman, and son Charles James Brewer. Sally is survived by her husband of 58 years...
Donald W. Slocum
Feb 12, 2022
Donald W. Slocum, age 83, passed away on Saturday, February 12, 2022, at his home in Bartow, FL. Born March 1, 1938, in Groton, NY, he was the son of the late Willard and Winifred (Searles) Slocum. After moving to Florida from Groton, NY, Don was the owner and operator of A & D Cleaning and Laundry in Lakeland and...
Ronald E. Sammons
Feb 9, 2022
Ronald Eugene Sammons, age 74, passed away on Wednesday, February 9, 2022 in Lake Wales. Born February 16. 1947 in Bartow, he was the son of the late Ralph Eugene Sammons and Eva Florence (Prine) Sammons. He was a U.S. Army Veteran and served in the Vietnam War. Mr. Sammons was a lifelong resident of Bartow and worked as a...
Michael "Mikey" Lewis Harmon-Almeida
Feb 9, 2022
Michael "Mikey" Lewis Harmon-Almeida, age 6, passed away February 9, 2022. He was born February 26, 2015 in Raleigh, NC. Mikey was in the first grade at Stephens Elementary in Bartow. He attended Grace Pointe Church in Lakeland. He loved Minecraft, playing Dixie Youth Baseball and loved giving everyone Hugs!!! He was preceded in death by his great grandparents and...
Marion Allen Hain
Feb 9, 2022
Marion Allen Hain, Jr., age 95, of Bartow died Wednesday, February 9, 2022, at Lakeland Hospice House. Born in Lakeland, FL, to Marion and Mytle Myers Hain, he was a lifelong resident of Bartow. A graduate of Summerlin Institute, now Bartow High School, with the class of 1943, he was a member of the Junior Civil Air Patrol through which...
Linda Miller
Feb 8, 2022
Bartow - Linda Miller, age 63, passed away February 8, 2022, at Bartow Regional Medical Center. She was born on October 23, 1958, in St. Petersburg, FL. She enjoyed making flower bouquets, puzzles, arts & craft and sitting on the front porch. In her younger years she enjoyed going fishing. She was preceded in death by her sister Carol Warren....
Doris Jean Hall
Feb 8, 2022
Doris Jean Hall, age 78, passed away Tuesday, February 8, 2022. She was born August 12, 1943 in Dunn, NC to Connor Hillary "Red" Salmon & Mary Ethel Sills Salmon. Doris worked in retail sales. She was a member of Turning Point Worship Center in Bartow. She loved cooking, serving as an active member of her faith community and spending...
Freddy G. Kirk
Feb 8, 2022
Freddy Gene Kirk, age 81 of Rural Retreat, VA, passed away February 8, 2022. He was born on February 26, 1940 in Alcott, WV. Mr. Kirk was the son of the late Quincy Cody Kirk, Sr. and Julia Ann (Dunlap) Kirk. Freddy was a long distance truck driver for Indian River Transport for many years. Along with his parents, Mr....
Teodora Benitez Osorio
Feb 8, 2022
Teodora Benitez Osorio, age 83, passed away Tuesday, February 8, 2022. She was born January 25, 1939 in Cutzamala, Guerrero, Mexico. She was a resident of Wauchula for 20 years, moving from Mexico, She was Catholic. She is survived her daughters Lucia Hernandez, Catalina Hernandez, Gudelia Hernandez, Maria F. Hernandez, sons Rodolfo Hernandez, Jairo Hernandez and brother Jose Benitez. Family...
