Asela Georgina Calves
Aug 23, 2021
Asela Georgina Calves, affectionately know by many as Mrs. Chela or Momma Chela, joined her husband in the presence of their Lord and Savior on August 23, 2021. Chela was born in Matanazas, Cuba on March 23, 1956 to Daniel and Mercedes Rodriguez. In 1961, at the age of five, she came to the United States with her mom and...
Vonda Ray Thompson
Aug 23, 2021
Vonda Ray Thompson, 63, of Bowling Green, Florida, passed away at AdventHealth Sebring on August 23, 2021. He had lived in Bowling Green for nine years, coming from Wauchula. Vonda was sweet, kind, helpful and loving, willing to help anyone. He liked to party and fish and enjoyed the river. He was a Christian. He was preceded in death by...
Frank Medrano
Aug 22, 2021
Frank Medrano, 56, of Zolfo Springs, passed away at AdventHealth Sebring on August 22, 2021. He was born on January 3, 1965 in Homestead, Florida and had been a lifetime resident of Zolfo Springs. Frank was employed by Buford Long Grove Service as a grove caretaker. He was a loving father, grandfather, and brother. He was preceded in death by...
Mary Napier-White Griffin
Aug 20, 2021
Mary Napier White Griffin 76, of Wauchula, Florida passed away Friday, August 20, 2021, in Sebring, Florida. Mary was born September 12, 1944, in Coxton, Kentucky. Mary has been a resident of Wauchula since 1958 coming from Kentucky. She was a homemaker and a loving Christian who was always in the service of others, giving them her love and time...
Charles H Cook
Aug 17, 2021
Charles H. Cook 76, of Wauchula, Fl. passed away on Tuesday, August 17, 2021 at his home surrounded by family. He was born on May 19, 1945, in Fort Meade, Fl. He was a resident of Hardee County for 30 years coming from Fort Meade Fl. Charles was a member of Mount Pisgah Baptist Church in Fort Meade, Fl. He...
James Millege Brewer
Aug 12, 2021
James Brewer, 91, of Wauchula, passed away at his home on Thursday, August 12, 2021. He was born in Double Springs, Alabama on August 17, 1929 and had been a Wauchula resident since 1955, coming from Alabama. He was a member of the First United Methodist Church of Wauchula. James was a Wednesday night bowler, bowling until he was 90...
Flara Elizabeth Miller
Aug 4, 2021
Flara Elizabeth Miller, "Flora Mae", 79, of Wauchula, passed away at her home on Wednesday, August 4, 2021. She was born in Dunlap, Tennessee on August 13, 1941, and had lived in Wauchula most of her life. She was a member of New Zion Baptist Church and was an active contributor to the Florida Baptist Children's Home. She had been...
Mary Frances Warnock
Aug 4, 2021
Mary Frances Warnock Mary Frances Warnock, 74, of Zolfo Springs, Fl. passed away on Wednesday, August 4, 2021. At her home surrounded by her loving family. She was born at home on April 7, 1947, in Winter Haven, Fl. Frances was a resident of Hardee County since 1987 coming from Polk County. She was a homemaker. Frances enjoyed going to...
David Lee Spencer
Jul 31, 2021
David Lee Spencer 50, of Wauchula, Florida passed away Saturday, July 31, 2021, in Lakeland Regional Hospital Lakeland, Florida. David was born February 5, 1971, in Detroit, Michigan, and has been a resident of Hardee County for the past 46 years, he was a forklift operator by trade but his legacy lies in who he was, he was always cheerful,...
Marie Evelyn Vancil-Yax
Jul 27, 2021
Marie Evelyn Vancil-Yax passed away on Tuesday, July 27, 2021, in Arcadia, Florida. Marie was a proud military wife, Lutheran by faith attending Grace Lutheran Church. Marie is preceded in death by both husbands Alfred Elseworth Vancil Sr. and Bill Yax; son Alfred Elseworth Vancil Jr.; and twin sister Mary Ellen Mentor. She is survived by her son Philip Vancil...
Helen C Martin
Jul 25, 2021
Mrs. Helen Laverne Carter Martin, 93, a resident of Wauchula Florida, passed away peacefully at home in her sleep Sunday, July 25, 2021, surrounded by her family and loved ones. Born on June 27, 1928, in Gainesville, Georgia, she first moved to Wauchula in 1960 and returned to Wauchula in 1970. She was married on August 14, 1943, to J....
Cheryl Ann Galvin
Jul 25, 2021
Cheryl Ann Galvin 68, of Wauchula, Florida passed away on Sunday, July 25, 2021, in Wauchula, Florida. Cheryl was born July 9, 1953, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. She was catholic by faith and the beloved wife of Bill Galvin who preceded her death on July 8, 2015. Cheryl is survived by her grandchildren Mikaela and Hanna Galvin, who were her world,...
Ray Neal Gilmore
Jul 20, 2021
Ray Neal Gilmore 72, of Bowling Green, Florida passed away on Tuesday, July 20, 2021, at his home with his family. Ray was born March 4, 1949, in Black, Alabama, and moved to Bowling Green in 1975. He was Baptist by faith, a truck driver by trade, and an all-around good man. Ray stood up for what was right, he...
Barbara Jean Clancy
Jul 19, 2021
Barbara Jean Clancy 82, of Bowling Green, Florida passed away at home on Monday, July 19, 2021. Barbara was born in Elmira, New York on September 16, 1938, she was Methodist by faith attending Zolfo Springs Methodist Church. She was a member of the Moose Lodge and enjoyed bingo and crocheting. Barbara is preceded in death by parents Gerald Clancy...
Charles Edgar Perry
Jul 17, 2021
Charles Edgar Perry, 75, went to his heavenly home on Saturday, July 17, in Bartow, Florida. Charlie was born August 15, 1945, in Bartow, and was the son of the late Thomas Edgar and Eunice Minor Perry of Fort Meade and the brother of Winifred Perry Fort (Royal), who also predeceased him. He grew up and attended school in Jacksonville...
Angela Marina Newman
Jul 14, 2021
Angela Marina Newman, 35, of Avon Park, passed away on Wednesday, July 14, 2021 in Sebring. Angela was born on September 19, 1985 in Homestead, Florida. She had lived in Avon Park for one year, moving there from Hardee County. She was a loving mother. Survivors include her parents, Jose and Adelina Aguilar of Wauchula; three children, Ryan Anthony Newman...
Daniel G Lazo
Jul 11, 2021
Daniel G. Lazo 35, of Wauchula, Florida passed away on Sunday, July 11, 2021. Daniel was born November 15, 1985, in Shelby, Michigan his family came to Hardee County when he was young, and here is where he lived most of his life. Daniel was Catholic by faith attending St. Michael's Catholic Church and was a stay-at-home dad caring for...
James "Jim" Thomas Smith
Jul 10, 2021
James "Jim" Thomas Smith, 84, of Bowling Green, Florida passed away on Saturday, July 10, 2021. James was born in Frostproof on May 16, 1937, and had been a long-time resident of Hardee County. He proudly served his country in the United States Navy and later owned and operated Jim's Service Center in Bowling Green. He is preceded in death...
Roy Bernard Barnett Jr.
Jul 9, 2021
Roy Bernard Barnett, Jr."Catfish Man", 65, of Wauchula, Florida passed away at his home on Friday, July 9, 2021. Roy was born in Wauchula on April 24, 1956 and had been a lifelong resident of Hardee County. He was Protestant by faith, and worked with Irrigation and Grove Pumps as a foreman. Roy was preceded in death by his father,...
Leon "Oscar" Scott
Jul 7, 2021
Oscar Scott, 76, of Wauchula, passed away on Wednesday, July 7, 2021. He was a longtime resident of Wauchula. He was born in Bartow on November 8, 1944 and moved to Wauchula with his family in the mid-1950s. One of six children born to C.T. and Alma Scott, he was a meat cutter by trade. He worked in the family...
