OBITUARIES

Jun 28, 2019

LAKELAND - Bill Phoa passed away on Friday, June 28th, 2019, surrounded by family at Lakeland Regional Medical Center. He is survived by his wife of 29 years, Sharon Phoa, his three children Teri Reuter, Cindy Phoa, and Joey Phoa, as well as seven grandchildren. As an entrepreneur, Bill and Thelma Williams first opened the House of Cheese Gourmet...

Jun 28, 2019

Adah F. Hood Lakeland- 94, Adah died June 28, 2019. She was born in West Point, IN, to the late Geneva and Edgar Bare. She graduated from Indiana Business College. She moved to Lakeland with her husband Gene Hood in 1956. Adah was a life-long homemaker but worked as a secretary in Indiana and at College Heights United Methodist...

Jun 25, 2019

Betty Stinson Dicks, 90 Lakeland Store Owner Died peacefully June 25, 2019. Born in Valrico, Florida to Joseph D. Stinson and Roxie Stinson the sixth of seven children. Betty was a wife, loving mother, grandmother and great grandmother. She married Carl Dicks on November 24, 1948. The mother of four daughters, five grandchildren and five great grandchildren. Betty and...

Jun 23, 2019

Connie Lynn Reiber, 63, passed away on June 23rd in the early morning, after a long battle with cancer. With her passing, and resting in the promises and faithfulness of God, we know that cancer is dead, and she is alive and well with our Savior, Jesus Christ. Born on November 21st, 1955, in Tampa, Florida, Connie was the...

Jun 23, 2019

Jun 20, 2019

Sandra Downer Whiteside Lakeland - Sandra Downer Whiteside passed away Thursday, June 20, 2019 in Lakeland FL, at the age of 78. She was born in Coral Gables, Florida to Robert and Marcia Minear. Sandra moved to Alaska with her then-husband, Frank, where she spent close to 40 years as a homemaker, a business owner, and raised four children...

Jun 19, 2019

Betty J. Bellotto Betty Jean Johnson Bellotto, 90, passed away peacefully at her home surrounded by her family on Wednesday, June 19, 2019. Betty was a loving wife to her husband, Al, for 70 years. She is survived by her husband Alfred Lee Bellotto, daughters Cheré Bellotto Campbell (Mike), Leah Bellotto Lauderdale (Ron), Chris Bellotto (Sheila) and son Al...

Jun 16, 2019

Janet “Janny” L. Vaughan Lakeland: Janet “Janny” L. Vaughan, 83, of Lakeland, died on June 16, 2019. Janny was born on April 28, 1936 in Jonesboro, Indiana. She was an author, writer, and poet. Janny gave love to everybody she met. She is survived by her husband Leonard Vaughan and her daughter Debra Whitacre both of Lakeland. A service...

Jun 15, 2019

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Jun 14, 2019

LAKELAND - On Friday, June 14, 2019, Mary Blount, loving wife and mother, passed away at the age of 74 from complications from Parkinson's Disease. Born in Columbus, Ohio, Mary received her bachelor's degree in Education from Jacksonville State University in Alabama. She lived in Lakeland for over 40 years. A former antiques dealer, in her retirement Mary was...

Jun 11, 2019

Lakeland, Florida – Martha Claire Dunleavy Pellegrini passed away on June 11, 2019 peacefully at home. Martha was the loving wife of 52 years to Richard L. Pellegrini. Martha was born and raised in Barre, Vermont, one of five children of the late Dr. Thomas and Claire Dunleavy. She was 75 years of age. Martha and Richard moved to...

Jun 9, 2019

Jun 9, 2019

Reverend Doctor Edward L. Dinkins Jr. Age 90 United Methodist Clergy, Children’s Home President Lakeland – Reverend Doctor Edward L. Dinkins, Jr., age 90, died June 9, 2019, after a brief illness. He was born August 9, 1928, in Melrose, FL. He entered the US Navy during the timeframe of World War II and his Navy ship, the USS...

Jun 9, 2019

Jun 8, 2019

Faustelle Kennedy “Bootie” Dukes died peacefully Saturday, June 8, 2019 after a long illness. Born on January 14, 1932, in Orlando, Florida, Bootie was the daughter of Mabry and Faustelle Kennedy. She is survived by her husband, the love of her life, Thomas Earle Dukes Jr., after a marriage of 66 years; her children, Thomas Earle Dukes III, (Susy);...

Jun 8, 2019

James Warren Slack, Jr. of Lakeland, Florida, passed away on June 8, 2019, at Florida Presbyterian Homes at the age of 97. Son of the late James Warren Slack, Sr. and Emily Knecht Slack, Warren Jr. was born in Louisville, KY, on April 12, 1922. Loving husband of Dorothy Ash Slack, father of the late Claudia Ann Hilbert (Steve),...

Jun 7, 2019

Donald Kenneth Hendrix / “D.K.” Sometime called “One Eyed Jack” Age: 82 Lakeland - Donald Kenneth Hendrix passed away Friday, June 7, 2019. He was born on April 29, 1937. Growing up in Pavo, Georgia with grandparents Grover and Ethel Mathews, cousin Dan Mathews, and other Mathews family members. D.K. graduated Pavo High School in 1955. Married his high...

Jun 2, 2019

Jerry Donald Ruthven Jerry D. Ruthven Tire Store Lakeland – Jerry Donald Ruthven, 80, died June 2, 2019 at Lakeland Regional Health in Lakeland. He had been ill for six months. Born in Florence, South Carolina, October 23, 1938, he was the son of Agnes Pender Ruthven and Josie Duncan Ruthven. He was the youngest of five children. He...

Jun 1, 2019

May 31, 2019

DONALD LEE HEISHMAN entered the gates of Heaven on the afternoon of May 31, 2019 after a brief illness. He was born December 19, 1932 to Ira Isaac Heishman and Damaris Peyton Long in Harrisonburg, Virginia. He was an amazing man of many talents, with a servant’s heart and a broad knowledge of many subjects. He loved his Lord...