OBITUARIES

Feb 9, 2020

Lakeland - Dawn M. Kearns was born in Brockton, Mass on October 2, 1966 and moved to Florida in 1988. Dawn resided in Tarpon Springs, Florida. She died of heart attack at Lakeland Regional Hospital Sunday morning February 9, 2020. Dawn graduated from St Petersburg Community College with a degree in Nursing. She was a registered nurse and worked...

Feb 7, 2020

Arthur O. Hellander WWII Navy Veteran and Equitable Life Vice President Lakeland – Arthur O. Hellander, 93, died February 7, 2020. Mr. Hellander was born February 10, 1926 in Fargo, North Dakota and graduated from North Dakota State University in Fargo. He enlisted in the Navy in January 1944 and served in the South Pacific. He was discharged in...

Feb 6, 2020

Carrollyn LyVond Thornton Carrollyn LyVond Thornton (83) of Lakeland, Florida died on Thursday, February 6, 2020. She was a native of Lakeland, an army wife, devoted mother, dental assistant and homemaker. Carroll volunteered her time at various nursing homes. She is predeceased by her husband, Donald D. Thornton, and sons, Shannon Carl and Lemuel Carroll Thornton. She is survived...

Feb 6, 2020

Feb 5, 2020

LAKELAND -Dorothy Jean Kay, 94, died peacefully on February 5, 2020. Dorothy was born in Davenport, IA on February 7, 1925, and lived most of her early life in and around St. Louis, MO. She met her future husband John Homer Kay in 1942, thanks to a blind date set-up by their mothers, and they were married on March...

Feb 3, 2020

Jan 31, 2020

Helen Day Jackson passed away peacefully on January 31, 2020, at age 92. She was born on Valentine’s Day, February 14, 1927, in Pensacola, Florida, and was the youngest of six children of the late Mary Aline de Rocheblave Day and Woodward Waldo Day. She graduated from Pensacola High School in 1944, attended Mary Baldwin College, and graduated from...

Jan 30, 2020

Jan 26, 2020

Jan 23, 2020

LAKELAND - Francis C. Bush went home to be with the Lord and to be reunited with his Chrissy on 1/23/2020. One month after her passing and on their 50th wedding anniversary. He was born on 10/6/1931 in East Dorset, VT to Charles F. Bush and Katie C. Crandall. Francis was a 20-year veteran, retiring from the U.S. Air...

Jan 22, 2020

Juanita Oxford, 85 Lakeland – Juanita Oxford passed away peacefully on Wednesday, January 22, 2020. She was born in Shawneetown, IL to Clarence and Hattie Porter. She graduated from Shawneetown High School and married the love of her life, Charles E. Oxford on June 28, 1952 and had 57 beautiful years together, until his death August 2, 2009. They...

Jan 22, 2020

DAVID GEORGE LANG - Publix LAKELAND - David George Lang, 81, died January 22, 2020. David was born in Buffalo, NY on June 5,1938 to Harry and Helen Lang. He moved to Lakeland in 1969. He was a printer at Fletcher Printing Company and Publix Super Markets Printing Services. David is survived by his wife of 57 years, Janice...

Jan 21, 2020

Richard Eugene Wright, III “Ricky” Lakeland – Richard Eugene Wright, III “Ricky” passed away Tuesday, January 21, 2020. He was born on March 10, 1994 in Tampa, Florida, to Shannon Ziegler and Richard Wright, Jr. Ricky was very outgoing, loved making people laugh and always had to be the life of the party, he loved rap music, tattoos, drawing...

Jan 20, 2020

Herman Winstead, age 90, passed away in his sleep in the early morning of January 20, 2020 at his home in Auburndale, Florida with his daughter Sue close by. This wonderful man will be deeply missed by so many. Herman was born on February 9, 1929 in Mexico, Kentucky, a tiny rural town. His father Herman Winstead managed a...

Jan 18, 2020

DR. SHERROD RANSOME CAMPBELL III, 82 LAKELAND - Dr. Sherrod Ransome Campbell III, 82, passed away, as a result of Pulmonary Fibrosis, on January 18th, 2020 in Lakeland, Florida surrounded by his family. Sherrod was born in Mansfield Georgia on May 16, 1937, to Dorothy Benton Campbell and Sherrod Ransome Campbell Junior. He graduated from Newton County High in...

Jan 17, 2020

Jan 17, 2020

Georgia Sharon Matthews Saraniti, 68 of Vero Beach, Florida, died January 17, 2020. Sharon was born in Florala, Alabama on November 30, 1951. She attended Samford University and graduated from the University of Tennessee – Chattanooga. Sharon was predeceased by her parents, Dr, C.N. Matthews and Georgia Belle Gross Matthews, and her brother Clifford Newell Matthews, Jr. She is...

Jan 16, 2020

Barbara Jane Gray, 90, of Lakeland, went home to be with the Lord on Thursday, January 16, 2020. Born in Montpelier, Vermont, to the late Charles and Ethel Provost, Barbara spent her childhood in nearby Northfield before moving to Baltimore, Maryland in her early teens. After graduating from Kenwood High School, she worked at the Glenn L. Martin Company...

Jan 12, 2020

Jan 12, 2020

MIANNE MARIE CHONTAS FELTS LAKELAND – Mianne Felts, 94, went to be with her Lord and Savior on January 12, 2020. Mianne was born on December 8, 1925, in Manhattan, NY to Maria Barbara Chontas and Thomas A. Cassara. Her early years were spent with her loving foster parents, James and Pauline Mattenlee. Mianne married Orman Felts on August...