OBITUARIES

Aug 10, 2018

Weymon Preston Snuggs Jr. Lakeland – Weymon Preston Snuggs, Jr., passed away Friday, August 10, 2018, at Lakeland Regional Health. He was born on December 29, 1927, in Birmingham, Alabama to Weymon Preston Snuggs and Miriam Milner Snuggs. He was a graduate of the University of Alabama and received his master’s degree from Samford University. He also attended additional...

Aug 6, 2018

Winter Haven- Rhonda Darlene Blevins, 74, passed away August 6, 2018, in Winter Haven, Florida. Darlene came to the Polk County area in 1975 from Lexington, Kentucky. She was a homemaker and of the Baptist faith. She was a member of the Ladies Oriental Shrine for 25 years and was active as a volunteer for the Lakeland Regional Medical...

Aug 6, 2018

Lawrence F. Meyer, 81, passed away on Monday, August 6th, 2018, in Winter Haven, Fl. Born on April 9th, 1937, in Frostproof, Fl to the late Lionel F. Meyer and Lois Douglas Meyer, he was a retired construction worker specializing in stucco and plastering in Highlands and Collier Counties. He loved golf, where he succeeded in making two holes...

Aug 4, 2018

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Aug 3, 2018

Cicely Anne Laws Anderson April 30, 1924 to August 3, 2018 Cicely Anne Laws Anderson passed away Friday, August 3, 2018, in Tampa, Florida. Cis was born in North Wilkesboro, NC, on April 30, 1924 to the late Shafter Robert and Addie Humphries Laws. She was also preceded in death by her brother, S. Robert Laws, Jr.; her husband,...

Aug 2, 2018

Katherine Frost Bunch, 103, passed away peacefully on August 2, 2018, in her home surrounded by family, just eleven days after attending a family reunion in Flat Rock, NC. Katherine was born October 2, 1914 to Ernest Henry and Annie-Laurie Holton Frost in Mocksville, NC. In 1933, while at Davis Hospital Nursing School to become a registered nurse, she...

Aug 1, 2018

Frank Raymond Blake Lakeland – Frank Raymond Blake passed away Wednesday, August 1, 2018. He was born on July 4, 1945, to Donald E. Blake and Claire V. Henderson in Lynn, Massachusetts. Frank lived in Ipswich, Massachusetts, and Albany, Massachusetts, until 2000 and later moved to Lakeland, Florida. He worked as a Quality Control Specialist for Bright Bolt Electronics...

Jul 30, 2018

Lonnie C. (“Bud”) Simpson, born on November 14, 1935 in Billingsley, Alabama, passed away at age 82 on July 30, 2018 in Mulberry, Florida. He served in the United States Air Force from 1955 to 1974; the United States Civil Service from 1974 to 1994; and as an Internal Revenue Service Enrolled Agent from 1994 through 2017. Lonnie was...

Jul 27, 2018

Lakeland - Mr. Peter Allan Rust, 78, of Davenport, died Friday, July 27, 2018, at Florida Presbyterian Homes Rehab Center following a stay at Tampa General Hospital. Born in Philadelphia, Mr. Rust was the son of the late Gordon and Frieda Rust who moved to Davenport in 1953. He was a graduate of Haines City High School and attended...

Jul 25, 2018

Robert Lee Johnson, known to family and friends as “Rocky,” was called home to Heaven, July 25th, 2018, in Lakeland, Florida, at the age of 63. He was born September 24th,1954, to Thomas and Marie Johnson. He attended and graduated from Kathleen Senior High School in 1972. He married his loving wife on March 31st, 1979. He worked as...

Jul 24, 2018

Jul 23, 2018

Gloria Morgan died on July 23, 2018. She was born on January 25, 1938 in Tunja, Colombia. She graduated from Colégio Marymount in Bogotá, and worked for a travel agency in a hotel in downtown Bogotá, where she met her husband, Larry. Gloria and Larry raised their family in São Paulo, Brazil. In 1981, they moved to Lakeland. Gloria...

Jul 22, 2018

Mr. Richard George "Dick" Klusza, 83, of Lakeland, died Sunday, July 22, 2018, at home following an extended illness. A native of New Jersey, Mr. Klusza was the son of the late Michael and Sophie Klusza, both of whom were first-generation Americans of Hungarian descent. In 1950, his family moved to Florida, where they lived in Riviera Beach. Mr....

Jul 21, 2018

Harold L. Thomas, 94 Lakeland – Harold L. Thomas, 94 of Lakeland, FL, passed away Saturday, July 21, 2018, at Lakeland Regional Health Medical Center. He was a native of Montezuma, GA, born September 4, 1923. Harold moved to Lake Wales, FL, in 1940. In February 1943, Harold served in the Pacific Theater during WWII in the US Army...

Jul 21, 2018

Roy was born in River Springs, Maryland, on August 4, 1925. His mother, Laura Marie Banagan, died when he was 2 years old. He was raised by his grandparents until he moved back to Washington, D.C., at age 9 where he grew up with his best friend Ronald Warren’s family. Roy passed away peacefully at home with family by...

Jul 21, 2018

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Jul 20, 2018

Jul 19, 2018

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Jul 19, 2018

Mrs. Peggy Joyce (Downing) Gillock, born on October 15, 1944, in Holland, Kentucky, to the late Ruby Kathleen Gibbs Downing and the late John Clemons Downing, passed away at age 73 on July 19, 2018, in Lakeland, Florida. She graduated from Western Kentucky University with her Master's Degree in Music Education in 1967. She was at Combee Elementary School...

Jul 19, 2018