Luis Martinez
Sep 7, 2014
Luis Martinez was born in San Juan, Puerto Rico to Nicholas Martinez and Josefina Leon on September 19, 1918. Years later, Louis and his siblings were orphaned and sent to live at Saint Benedicts Home for Colored Children, in Rye New York. Luis was a World War II Veteran. Shortly after the war, Luis met Delia Nogueras in Spanish...
Lois George Manners
Sep 6, 2014
Lois George Manners, 91 School Teacher Lakeland- Mrs. Lois George Manners died on September 6, 2014 at the Lakeland Hospice House due to natural causes. She was born April 30, 1923 in New Bethlehem, PA. She was a lifelong member of The Church of God (Anderson, IN), most recently Spirit Lake Community Church, Winter Haven, FL. Lois is predeceased...
David Lee Martin
Sep 6, 2014
David L. Martin Founder " Mister Fish ""Every Nibble""A Good Bite!"" David Lee Martin, age 82, passed away September 6, 2015, at Haley""s Cove Community Living Center at James A. Haley Veterans"" Hospital in Tampa, where he resided for the past 22 years. He was born August 21, 1933, in Johnston City, Illinois, to David and Beulah Martin. David...
David Wayne Touchton
Sep 2, 2014
David Wayne Touchton, 45 Co-Owner of SERVPRO of Bartow/Lakeland Highlands Lakeland- Mr. David Wayne Touchton died on September 2, 2014 at Florida Hospital-Waterman in Taveres, Fl., due to heart failure. He was born July 16, 1969 in Lakeland, Florida. Wayne was a member of the First Baptist Church of Mulberry. He was a lifelong resident of Lakeland and received...
Naomi Norris Stuart
Sep 2, 2014
Naomi Norris Stuart, 90 Department of HRS Lakeland, Naomi Norris Stuart, age 90, died September 2, 2014 at Highlands Lake Center due to natural causes. Nomie, as she was known to family and friends, was born July 12, 1924 in Piedmont, South Carolina. She was valedictorian of her class at Duncan High School, and then attended Winthrop College in...
Daniel Caveney
Aug 31, 2014
Daniel K. Caveney, 57 Welder Mulberry " Daniel K. Caveney, Mulberry, FL, died August 31, 2014 due to an automobile accident. He was born on January 7, 1957 in Lakeland, FL. He was preceded in death by his son, Scotty and daughter, Samantha. Survived by his wife, Tanda, sons, Danny & Ronny, daughters, Diamond & Chasiti, brother Chuck, and...
Dr. Wade G. Gardner
Aug 31, 2014
Dr. Wade G. Gardner, 82 Veterinarian Dr. Wade G. Gardner, was born in Alliance, Ohio, on January 18, 1932. He died of respiratory failure on August 31, 2014 at his home in Lakeland. He married Joanne Hartman on July 20, 1952, in Edinburgh, Ohio. He was a member of Omega Tau Sigma Fraternity and graduated from The Ohio State...
Eugene C. Stevens
Aug 31, 2014
Eugene C. Stevens, 90 Lakeland: Eugene C. Stevens passed away on August 31, 2014 at the LRMC in Lakeland, FL at the age of 90 of natural causes. He was born in Louisville, KY and raised in Hazard, KY. He served in the US Navy during WWII aboard the USS New York. He graduated the University of Kentucky as...
Andrew Stoughton
Aug 31, 2014
Andrew Stoughton Fork Lift Operator, 25 Lakeland " Andrew Stoughton, Lakeland, died August 31, 2014. Born on December 19, 1988 in Lakeland, Fl. He is survived by his father, David Stoughton, mother, Mary Lou Stoughton, 2 brothers, Matthew & Mark, companion, Danielle Venables, aunt, Linda Stoll, and uncle, Thomas Stoll. A memorial service will be held on Thursday, Sept....
George Edward Varan
Aug 29, 2014
George Edward Varan, 90 Industrial Engineer Lakeland- Mr. George Edward Varan died on August 29, 2014 at his home due to congestive heart failure. He was born January 12, 1924 in Export, PA. George was high school valedictorian, a Carnegie Tech graduate in Pittsburgh, PA, Phi Kappa Theta fraternity member, avid golfer, horse race enthusiast, and also loved playing...
Mary Clark Mcknight
Aug 27, 2014
MARY CLARK McKNIGHT Elementary Teacher/Homemaker Mary C. McKnight, 92, was welcomed to her heavenly Father's home on Wednesday, August 27, 2014 due to dementia. Mrs. McKnight was born April 9, 1922 in Carlisle, PA. She was the youngest of three sisters born to Charles H. and Florence N. Clark. She was a graduate of Dickinson College, a member of...
Jeanne B. Mason
Aug 25, 2014
Jeanne B. Mason, 94, of Sandwich, Illinois, previously of Lakeland, Florida, passed away peacefully at her home Monday, August 25, 2014. She was born December 5, 1919 in Camden, NJ to the late May (Wooters) Brulatour Wood and Jean Leonard Brulatour. She married W. Finley Mason on June 20, 1941. Jeanne was a member of St. Paul""s Catholic Church...
Fances Louise Hatchett
Aug 24, 2014
Frances L. Hatchett, 92 Registered Nurse Lakeland- Mrs. Frances L. Hatchett died on August 24, 2014 at LRMC due to natural causes. She was born April 6, 1922 in Lakeland, Florida. She was a member of Dixie Highway Baptist Church. Mrs. Hatchett and her husband loved singing and they sang at the local nursing homes. She was preceded in...
Walter Bielanski
Aug 6, 2014
Walter Bielanski May 15, 1922 to August 6, 2014 58-year Lakeland resident, passed away August 6th from respiratory failure. Born in Detroit, Michigan and raised on farm near Vasser, Michigan. Later at Michigan State University he met Phyllis Olin, ""the best part of his life"". During WWII served in the Army Air Corps as a B24 bombardier, based in...
Janice Gail Anglin
Aug 2, 2014
Jan "Janice Gail" Blanton Anglin, 69 of Lakeland, went to spend eternity with her Lord and Savior on Saturday, August 2, 2014. Cause of death was dementia. She was born in Thomasville, GA on May 19, 1945 to J. Lamar and Frances Woodward Blanton and moved to Lakeland in 1950. She was a founding member of Crossroads Baptist Church....
Amos "Tom" Monroe Mote
Aug 1, 2014
Amos (Tom) M. Mote, 94 Retired U.S. Air Force Colonel Lakeland " Tom M. Mote, 94, passed away on August 1, 2014 at Lakeland Regional Medical Center, due to natural causes. He was born in Dahlonega, Georgia, on October 29, 1919 and was raised in Kokoma, Indiana. At the beginning of WWII, Tom joined the Army Air Core Flying...
Charles Richard Kennedy
Jul 31, 2014
CHARLES RICHARD KENNEDY, 65 LAKELAND " Charles Richard ""Dick"" Kennedy, 65, of Lakeland, died July 31, 2014 after a lengthy battle with cancer. He was born November 22, 1948 in Washington, D.C., the son of the late Phillip F. and H. Dorothy (Simmons) Kennedy. He was a 1967 graduate of Assumption Preparatory School in Worcester, Mass. While there he...
Gerald Ray Stallings
Jul 28, 2014
Ray Stallings (Big Daddy) Stallings Crop Insurance Corp. Veteran Korea, 1st Lieutenant Lakeland " Gerald Ray Stallings, age 84, passed away July 28, 2014 of heart failure at his home in Bartow, FL. Ray, who was born in Valdosta, Ga on September 17th, 1929, was raised in the community of New Lois, between Nashville and Valdosta. He attended New...
Norma Rae Whitten
Jul 25, 2014
Norma Rae Whitten passed away on July 25, 2014. She was born on February 1, 1925, in Lakeland, Florida, to Edgar and Ollie Fearrand. Norma was a homemaker and married to Charles Whitten for 44 years raising 3 children. She was a native of Lakeland and lived there her entire life. She loved to garden and once won the...
Joanne R. Walker
Jul 24, 2014
Joanne R. Walker, 82 Lakeland " Joanne Walker, 82, passed away on July 24, 2014 after a brief struggle with cancer. She was born on October 23, 1931, in Bloomington, IN, the daughter of Frank and Marie Randall. Joanne""s family relocated to Florida when she was 2 and she spent the majority of her life living in Lakeland. After...