OBITUARIES

May 3, 2017

Tommy Allen Jones, Sr., 66 Retired from the City of Lakeland Lakeland- Mr. Tommy Allen Jones, Sr. died on May 3, 2017 at Lakeland Regional Health. He was born on October 28, 1950 in Lakeland, Florida. Tommy attended Ignited Church in Lakeland and was involved in the Jail Ministry and feeding the homeless. Survivors include his wife of 25...

May 1, 2017

Nalcrest - Theresa Lee Jackson passed away on May 1, 2017. She was 67 years old. Theresa was born on April 6, 1950 in Auburn, New York to Richard James Morgan and Joanne Marie Morgan. Theresa was a retired nurse and was deeply involved in her community. She is preceded by her mother, Joanne Morgan and her daughter, Connie...

May 1, 2017

Lakeland – Ida Reynolds Mitchell passed away Monday, May 1, 2017. She is survived by her family. Burial in Kentucky.

Apr 28, 2017

Jeanette Lee Burt Lakeland - Jeanette Lee Burt, born Barbara Jeanette Lee, who was a teacher, guidance counselor, assistant principal and mother, died Friday, April 28. She was 71. Jeanette moved from Louisiana to Lakeland after marrying her husband of 40 years, Roy Allen Burt, Jr., who died in 2009. She was born August 19, 1945, the first of...

Apr 22, 2017

Mary Elizabeth Harlan, known to friends and family as “Beth”, passed away on April 22, 2017. She was 58 years old. Beth was born on June 1, 1958 in Winter Haven, Florida to Carla and William H. Harlan III. She was the oldest of three, sister to Ann Foster (husband: John Foster) and William A. Harlan (wife: Barbra Harlan)....

Apr 18, 2017

Sophia Bosko, 94 Lakeland- Sophia went to be with the Lord on April 18, 2017 at her Morton Plaza home, Lakeland, Florida, in the company of her loving husband, Andrew. Andy woke Sophia and gave her a cup of coffee as he had done every morning since they were married and she drank some of the coffee before she...

Apr 18, 2017

Our beloved John Rowland Anderson, known to most as J.R., passed away peacefully surrounded by family and friends on Tuesday, April 18th, 2017. J.R. was born in Tampa, Florida in 1943 to Harold and Ruth Anderson (Altree), now deceased. He moved to Lakeland, Florida at the age of eight where he developed many lifelong friendships. J.R. graduated from Lakeland...

Apr 17, 2017

Father Domingo Gonzalez December 19, 1938 – April 17, 2017 Please pray for the repose of the soul of Father Domingo Gonzalez. Father Gonzalez was born Dec. 19, 1938, in Santa Clara Province at Camaguani, Cuba. Father Gonzalez was adjunct professor of languages at St. Francis de Sales College Seminary in Oklahoma City from 1963 to 1964. He was...

Apr 16, 2017

A. Glenn Brown Lakeland – From a Florida pioneer family, A. Glenn Brown was born and reared in the rural Lakeland, Socrum/Providence area. Born on December 4, 1923, to Audubon G. and Lela M. Brown. He died on April 16, 2017 at Grace Manor Suites. He was preceded in death by his wife of 66 years, Lorelei Stanley, sister,...

Apr 14, 2017

Pending

Apr 13, 2017

Barbara May Schaeffer Bartow – Barbara May Schaeffer passed away Thursday, April 13, 2017. She was born on May 31, 1935, to Russell and Martha (Mattie) Parks Stevens in Crawfordsville, Indiana. She was first married to Don Hampton and last married to Gordon Schaeffer. He proceeds her in death. Barb was a people person and loved working. She was...

Apr 13, 2017

Lakeland - Antonio”Tony” Hipolito Barrientes (“Paul” to family), passed away on April 13, 2017 in Orlando, Florida. He was 42 years old. Tony was born in Frankfurt, Germany to Antonio and Beatrice Barrientes on January 6, 1975. He graduated from Eastside High School in Gainesville, Florida in 1993. He then enlisted in the U.S. Army and served 12 years...

Apr 12, 2017

Apr 10, 2017

Michael Edward Stroh, 59 of Lakeland, Florida passed away Monday night, April 10, 2017 at Lakeland Regional Hospital. Mike was born on June 27, 1957 in Chicago, Illinois to the late Chester and Dolores Stroh. He lived in the Chicago area until 2004, when he moved to Lakeland where he resided until his passing. After high school, Mike joined...

Apr 8, 2017

Apr 7, 2017

Apr 6, 2017

Lakeland - Jewel Kilgore Barnett, 86, passed away on April 6, 2017. She was born in Hazard, Kentucky on July 7, 1930 to the late John and Clementine Kilgore. Jewel is preceded in death by her husband, Ray Earl Barnett, Sr. and three brothers. She is survived by her three sons, Kenneth Kilgore (Lynn) of Ider Alabama, Ray Barnett,...

Apr 4, 2017

Laura Platt Towne passed away peacefully at home on April 4, 2017 at age 91. She was born August 15, 1925 in Dade City, Florida, the oldest of three children of the late Marie and Reuel Platt. She graduated from Pasco High School and Florida State College for Women, now FSU, where she was a member of Chi Omega...

Apr 3, 2017

Apr 1, 2017

Auburndale - Dr. Larry K Jackson, 77, passed away after a long struggle with dementia on April 1, 2017. Larry was born in Indianapolis, Indiana on April 16, 1939 to Katalee and Lowell Jackson. Larry and his family moved to Lakeland where he attended Lakeland High School and Florida Southern College, earning a Bachelor of Science degree. He then...