OBITUARIES
Bobby Lee Eastham
Dec 21, 2013
Bobby Lee Eastham, 61 Publix Super Markets Lakeland- Bobby Lee Eastham, age 61, was surrounded by his family and friends when he peacefully passed away due to respiratory failure on Dec. 21st 2013. He was born to the late Willis and Pauline Eastham on March 18, 1952. He was preceded in death by his wife Deborah Eastham, sister Linda...
Shirley B. Maine
Dec 20, 2013
Shirley B. Maine, 93 Kraft Foods Shirley B. Maine passed away on December 20, 2013 due to natural causes. She was born on July 12, 1920 in Borodino, NY to Aylmer and Hazel Brown. Shirley was married to her husband, Russell, for 68 years and raised 4 children and 2 foster children. Her family moved to Lakeland in 1963...
Joseph F. Hayes, Sr.
Dec 15, 2013
Joseph F. Hayes, Sr. 74, of Lakeland, FL, and former longtime resident of Stoddard, NH, passed away peacefully at home after a long period of failing health surrounded by members of his family on Dec. 15, 2013. He was born Dec. 8, 1939, in Salem, MA, son of the late Francis and Dorothy (Therrio) Hayes. He grew up in...
Eugene L. Roberts
Dec 11, 2013
Eugene L. Roberts, 81 Educator-Business Man Lakeland " Eugene Roberts passed away on Wednesday, December 11, 2013 due to congestive heart failure. He was born in Key West, Florida on November 22, 1932. Mr. Roberts was extremely active in our community; he was truly a man that loved his city, state, and nation. He had served in and led...
James H. Hankins
Dec 10, 2013
Rev. Dr. James Herbert Hankins United Methodist Pastor Lakeland: James (Jim) Hankins, 82, left his earthly home to be with his Lord on December 10, 2013 due to lung cancer. He was born on March 10, 1931 to Rev. Leroy and Florence Hankins in Cedar Bluff, VA. Dr. Hankins was an active minister in the United Methodist Church for...
Phyllis Jean Jacobs
Dec 10, 2013
Phyllis Jean Jacobs, 75 Southeastern University Phyllis Jacobs passed away on December 10, 2013 due to respiratory failure at Lakeland Regional Medical Center. She was born on May 14, 1938 in Gary IN. to William and Naomi Maurer. Phyllis worked at Southeastern University as a financial aid counselor for 25 years. She was a long time member of Southside...
Edward E. Murphey
Dec 6, 2013
Edward E. Murphey, 87, passed away peacefully of heart failure on December 6, 2013. Born in Palmetto, FL, he moved to Tennessee at an early age where he lived until retirement from GMAC. He then moved to Lakeland in 1986 where he enjoyed travel and golf. He served in the US Marine Corps and attended The University of North...
William Thomas Parry
Dec 5, 2013
William Thomas Parry, died December 5, 2013. He was born in Bartow, Florida on September 28, 1942 to Lucile (Enwright) and Thomas Houghton Parry, Jr. Known as Bill Parry to most, he was graduated from Lake Wales High School where he played football and then attended the University of Florida. Bill served in the United States Marine Corps, training...
Jean Merle Hilton
Dec 2, 2013
Jean Merle Hilton, 83 Cafeteria Manager Lakeland - Jean M. Hilton, 83, was born in Orwell, NY on December 22, 1929. She passed away, December 2, 2013 at Lakeland Regional Medical Center due to heart failure. Jean was the cafeteria manager at Crystal Lake Elementary School. She worked for the school system for over 22 years. She was a...
Douglass Kellogg Harwell, Sr.
Nov 30, 2013
Douglass K. Harwell, Sr. (Feb. 16, 1917-Nov. 30, 2013) Douglass K. Harwell, Sr. of Lakeland, FL, patriot and part of Lakeland""s early history, died from natural causes at Lakeland Regional Medical Center, Saturday morning. Mr. D.K, as he would become known around town, was born in Inaha, GA, February 16, 1917. His family moved to Plant City in 1928...
Rudolph H. Brown, Jr
Nov 25, 2013
Rudolph H. Brown Jr. 84 Western Electric Lakeland - Rudolph H. Brown, Jr. passed away November 25 at Good Shepherd Hospice due to heart failure. Rudolph was a U.S. Army Veteran serving in the Korean War. He was an Office Manager for Western Electric. He was a member of the Knight of Columbus and the Church of the Resurrection....
Wilma Carrillo
Nov 20, 2013
WILMA CARRILLO, 73 Wilma Carrillo, surrounded by her husband and four children, passed away on Wednesday, November 20, 2013, at the age of 73, from complications suffered from a stroke in Lakeland, Florida. Wilma, the daughter of Wilson Tavares and Maria Cruz Correia, was born on July 2, 1940, in Penedo, Estado de Lagoas and raised in Rio de...
Jeremiah Grady Simpson
Nov 17, 2013
Jeremiah ""Joe"" Grady Simpson, 28, died unexpectedly in a motor vehicle accident on Sunday, November 17, 2013. A Lakeland, Florida native, Jeremiah graduated with honors from George Jenkins High School. An avid Florida Gator, he attended the University of Florida to study mathematics and to indulge in Gator football. As his academic work came to a close, Jeremiah enlisted...
Jerry Lee Crutcher
Nov 15, 2013
Jerry Lee Crutcher, Lakeland " Jerry Lee Crutcher passed away on November 15, 2013 due to heart failure. He was born on June 4, 1944 in Shelby Township, Michigan to Otis and Floy Crutcher. Jerry was a resident of Lakeland since 1983. Jerry is survived by his wife, Marilyn; children, Patti (Stephen) Kerstein, Terilynn Lobdell, William Crutcher, Barbara (Brian)...
Shirelle Elizabeth Williams Baldwin
Nov 14, 2013
Lakeland " Shirelle Elizabeth Williams Baldwin, 44, passed away November 14, 2013 due to an auto accident. A viewing will be held on November 21, 2013 from 4-6pm at Heath Tribute Center. A celebration of Life will be held on November 22, 2013 from 5-7pm at Family Worship Center. Service: 11/22/2013 Family Worship Center 1350 East Main Street, Lakeland,...
Donald Edward Estabrook
Nov 13, 2013
DONALD E.ESTABROOK, 68 LAKELAND - Donald E. Estabrook, 68, of Lakeland, Florida, born on January, 23, 1945, was called home on November 13, 2013 after a long bout with pulmonary fibrosis, surrounded by family. Survived by wife, Darlene, daughters Lynn, Donna and Katie, step-daughters Laura and Angela, grandchildren Alic-ia, Christopher, Andrew, Kaylee, Hannah, Addy, Josie, Alyssa, Lucy, Juliet and...
Reverend Jethro Robert Mann, Sr.
Nov 11, 2013
Reverend Jethro Robert Mann, Sr., 96 Lakeland: Reverend Jethro Robert Mann, Sr., died November 11, 2013 at Oakbridge at the age of 96. He was born on January 1, 1917 in Curryville, GA. He is survived by a son and 2 daughters. Services will be held in Gastonia, N.C.
Barbara Jeanette Florence Mosley Mitchell
Nov 6, 2013
Barbara Mitchell, 81 Christian Educator Lakeland - Barbara Jeannette Florence Mosley Mitchell was born on May 23, 1926 in Bridgewater, Nova Scotia, Canada and passed away on November 6, 2013. She was the youngest child born to Rev. Dr. Thomas Arthur Mosley and Ethel Huggons-""-Brown Mosley joining her brother, Rev. Dr. Ronald Arthur Mosley and sister, Elizabeth Ann Mosley...
Monsignor John Peter Caulfield
Nov 3, 2013
Monsignor John P. Caulfield, 78 Lakeland - Monsignor John P. Caulfield, Pastor Emeirtus of St. Joseph Catholic Church, died peacefully on Sunday, November 3, 2013 in Lakeland, Florida after a battle with cancer. Monsignor Caulfield, the son of Thomas and Margaret Sheridan Caulfield, was born in Kiltrogue Claregalway, County Galway, Ireland on January 28, 1935. He is predeceased by...
Patricia Foster
Nov 2, 2013
Lakeland; Patricia Foster, 78, of Lakeland died on November 2, 2013 from kidney failure. She was born on June 24, 1935 in Pine Castle, FL. Patricia was a RN and CDDN at the Foster Group Home for 35 years. She was also a co-founder for the Wheelhouse home for the handicapped and she was a volunteer for the Guardian...
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