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...
Kenneth Lee Harper
Feb 7, 2022
Kenneth Lee Harper January 4, 1949 – February 7, 2022 Bartow, FL 33830 Kenneth passed away peacefully after a long 23-year health battle due to Agent Orange exposure and the many complications that follow. He was the son of Harvey “Buck” Harper and Norma Simms and grew up on the family farm in Monticello, Maine. He is survived by his...
Denilea "Jody" Grauer
Feb 4, 2022
Denilea "Jody" Grauer, age 75, passed away Friday, February 4, 2022. She was born August 8, 1946 in Augusta, AR to William Thomas Sullivan and Amy Ellen Brent of Augusta, AR. In 1966 she moved to Newport R.I. and met and married her husband, Robert Murphy Grauer and married in 1968. Denilea is predeceased in death by her parents, her...
Richard Plemmons
Feb 3, 2022
Bartow - Richard Plemmons, age 69, passed away February 3, 2022, at Bartow Regional Medical Center. He was born on October 8, 1952, in Bartow, FL. He worked as a Truck Driver. He enjoyed going out to eat, spending time at River Ranch and working in his shop. He enjoyed spending time with his family the most, he adored each...
Deborah Lee Schrang
Feb 3, 2022
Deborah Lee Schrang 73, passed away Thursday, February 3, 2022. She was born November 19, 1948 in Freeport, NY to Howard & Mildred Hults. She was a cashier at Fulton's Crab House. She was a member of the Strawberry Rug Hookers and the Citrus Bells. She was preceded in death by her husband Francis "Frank" James Schrang. She is survived...
Mayme Burdin Clark
Feb 2, 2022
Mayme Burdin Clark, Civic Leader. Mayme Burdin Clark, 90, died February 2, 2022 at her Bartow home. During her last days, she was surrounded by family and close friends. She was born January 8, 1932, in Elkton, Kentucky, the youngest of five siblings of Wilburn and Lois Shanklin. As a civic leader, Mayme gave her time and talent to make...
Joyce Swallows
Feb 2, 2022
Bartow - Joyce Swallows, age 81, passed away February 2, 2022, at Lakeland Regional Health. She was born on January 18, 1941, in Colquitt County, GA. She was a Sectionizer in the Citrus Industry and then worked in the school lunchroom. She volunteered her time at Floral Avenue Elementary School. She was a member of Community Christian Church in Bartow....
William Gustav Weyand
Feb 1, 2022
William Gustav Weyand, Age 84, passed on February 1, 2022. He was born in Homeland to Gus and Lula Weyand on June 3, 1937. He graduated from Summerlin Institute in 1955, where he was the president of the FFA. He served in the Army Reserve for a number of years. He was the owner of Agrisales, Inc., from which he...
Nelle Kennedy Stuart Terry
Jan 29, 2022
Nelle Kennedy Stuart Terry, 80, died peacefully Saturday, January 29, 2022, with loving family by her side. She was born June 13, 1941 in Lakeland, FL to Margrette Moore Stuart and William Hood Stuart, Sr. Nelle Kennedy was a loyal alumna of both Summerlin Institute (1959) and Erskine College (1963), where she received a bachelor’s degree in science. At Summerlin,...
