OBITUARIES

Allie Frances Mcgraw Hardy

Allie Frances Mcgraw Hardy

Oct 30, 2018

Allie Frances McGraw Hardy was born at home to Sherman and Isabelle McGraw in Brewton, Alabama, on October 23, 1932. She passed Tuesday, October 30, 2018, after a lengthy struggle with cancer. Fran married and had three children, Sharon Pierce, Betty Harrell, and Samuel Hardy. Fran was a loving mother and grandmother who was loved dearly by her children,...

Urbicia Cobielles

Urbicia Cobielles

Oct 29, 2018

Lakeland - Urbicia Cobielles, 81, passed Monday, October 29th, 2018. Born on Thursday, April 1st, 1937 in Jatibonico, Cuba. She is survived by her three daughters, Nancy Cobielles, Nery Leach and Neicy McGrath, all of Lakeland, Florida. Grandchildren: Humberto Leach Jr., Jillian Lopez, Amanda Leach, Iliana Castro, Diana Legon, Kenia Rodriguez, Derek McGrath and Annie McGrath. Great-grandchildren: Humberto Leach...

Robert E. Daigle, Sr

Robert E. Daigle, Sr

Oct 24, 2018

Robert E. Daigle, Sr. 93 Citrus Sales Lakeland – Mr. Robert E. Daigle, Sr. died on October 24, 2018, at Grace Manor at Lakeland Morton. He was born on July 1, 1925, in Bangor, Maine. He served in the United States Air Force during World War II as a B17 Ball Turret Gunner. He was a high school teacher...

Audine Lucille Whitlock

Audine Lucille Whitlock

Oct 24, 2018

Audine Lucille Whitlock Lakeland - Audine Lucille Whitlock passed away Wednesday, October 24, 2018. She was born on September 24, 1924 in Wilmington, Illinois to John and Bernice Phelan. Audine grew up in Peotone, Illinois. She was married to Francis T. Whitlock and they enjoyed 71 wonderful years together…loving, caring, and honoring one another. They had two daughters -...

Juanita Feemster Black

Juanita Feemster Black

Oct 23, 2018

Lakeland - Juanita Feemster Black, 89, died of complications of Alzheimer’s disease at home on Tuesday, October 23, 2018. Mrs. Black was born in Rock Hill, South Carolina, to Rebecca Pratt Bryan and Erskine LeRoy Feemster. She moved to Bradenton, Florida in 1939 and graduated from Bradenton High School in 1946. She attended Huntington College in Montgomery, Alabama, where...

Vicki  L.  Little

Vicki L. Little

Oct 22, 2018

Clearwater - Vicki (Phillips) Little passed away peacefully in Clearwater, FL on October 22, 2018, surrounded by her loved ones. She is survived by her husband of 58 years, John Patrick Little, their children Bryan (Stefanie) Little of Elkton, MD, Brandon (Jennifer) Little and Nicole (Calvin) Townsend all of Lakeland, FL, grandchildren Bradley Little, Robert Boyd, Zane, Emma, Tess...

Doyle  Dwight  Rice

Doyle Dwight Rice

Oct 21, 2018

Doyle Dwight Rice Lakeland – Doyle Dwight Rice 69, passed away Sunday, October 21, 2018. He was born on January 27, 1949, to the late William and Mary Rice in Springfield, Tennessee. Doyle was a veteran of the United States Marine Corp and served during Vietnam. He is preceded in death by sister, Wanda Rhymes; his brother, Larry Rice...

Robert Leroy "Lee" Barfield

Robert Leroy "Lee" Barfield

Oct 20, 2018

Robert Leroy “Lee” Barfield Lakeland – Robert Leroy “Lee” Barfield died Saturday, October 20, 2018, of natural causes at home. He was 92. Born on December 22, 1925, in Vienna, Georgia to John and Blanche Barfield. After graduating from Georgia School of Technology in 1946, Lee completed his service in the U.S. Navy before moving here to Lakeland to...

Robert Martin Allen

Robert Martin Allen

Oct 17, 2018

Lakeland: Robert M. Allen died Oct. 17, 2018 at home. Service will be held Mon, 10/22/18 10 AM at Heath Funeral Chapel with burial at 12:30pm at Florida National

Roberta  Kay  Page

Roberta Kay Page

Oct 17, 2018

Roberta Kay Page, 70, of Lakeland, passed away Oct. 17, 2018. She is survived by her husband, James Henry Page. She was born Aug. 17, 1948, in Beverly, Massachusetts.

Pauline Walna Mann Brennan

Pauline Walna Mann Brennan

Oct 17, 2018

Pauline Walna Mann Brennan - obituary Pauline Mann Brennan, 85, died on October 17, 2018 from heart failure. Pauline was born June 4, 1933 in Madison, Florida on the family farm. Her parents were the late Tappin Coffee “TC” Mann and Annie Laurie Williams Mann Walker. Pauline grew up in Madison, Tallahassee, Bartow and finally moved to Lakeland in...

Rodger Bruce Coburn

Rodger Bruce Coburn

Oct 16, 2018

Rodger B. Coburn passed away October 16, 2018. He was born to Roswell and Carolyn Coburn in Elgin, Illinois in 1944. He was a graduate of Elgin High School, attended the American Conservatory of Music in Chicago, & held bachelor's & master's degrees from Grand Valley State University. After serving 6 years in the US Navy during the Vietnam...

Sebastian Thomas Volpe

Sebastian Thomas Volpe

Oct 15, 2018

LAKELAND, FL - Sebastian Thomas “Seb” Volpe, 76, of Lakeland, passed away Monday, October 15 with his family by his side at Good Shepherd Hospice House in Lakeland, FL. He was born September 25, 1942 in Brooklyn, NY, to the late Thomas and Phyllis (Sulitzky) Volpe. He spent most of his life as a resident of Middletown, NY, where...

Lois Thomas

Lois Thomas

Oct 14, 2018

LAKELAND – Mrs. Lois M. Thomas, 92, of Winter Haven, Florida, died October 14, 2018. She was born in Haines City, Florida, on April 13, 1926. Lois graduated from Lakeland High School and began her career the following week as a switchboard telephone operator Lois married Clinton C. Thomas in Lakeland and they had two children, Patricia and Clinton...

Frances Powers Kann

Frances Powers Kann

Oct 13, 2018

Frances Powers Kann Lakeland – Frances Powers Kann passed away Saturday, October 13, 2018. She was born on October 29, 1935, to Robert Powers and Bridgett Dilah Kearney in Manhattan, New York. She was a member of Resurrection Catholic Church for the past forty-five years where she was active in numerous ministries. She was a member of the 3rd...

Linda  Joyce  Hilleshiem

Linda Joyce Hilleshiem

Oct 12, 2018

Lakeland- Linda Joyce Hilleshiem, age 74, passed away on Friday, October 12, 2018 in Lakeland, Florida. She was born on March 13, 1944, to John and Myrtle Evans in Laurens County, Georgia. She had four brothers. She moved to Highland City, Florida as a child and attended Summerland Institute (Bartow High School) and graduated in 1962. She met and...

Richard Lyman Chandler

Richard Lyman Chandler

Oct 11, 2018

Richard Lyman Chandler 1/22/47 – 10/11/18 On Thursday, October 11, 2018 Richard passed away peacefully at Good Shephard Hospice in Lakeland, Florida with his wife Susan Pounds Chandler and family by his side. Rich was 71 years old, born in Atlanta, Ga and grew up in South Florida. Rich joined the US Navy in 1968 and served on the...

Harvey Lee Barton

Harvey Lee Barton

Oct 11, 2018

Harvey Lee Barton of Lakeland, Florida passed away on Thursday, October 11, 2018. He was born on January 6, 1929, in Ocala, Florida, to Rufus Alcus and Nancy Emma Barton. He served in the United States Army during the Korean War and then the Army Reserve. He worked in sales in Moultrie, Georgia, and moved to Lakeland, Florida in...