Debra Ann Simmons
Dec 19, 2018
Debra Ann Simmons, 55, of Zolfo Springs, passed away in Lakeland on December 19, 2018. She was born on September 18, 1963 in Hardee County and had lived here for most of her life. She was Baptist by faith. Debra is survived by two sons, Jimmy Dwayne Simmons of Zolfo Springs and Casey James Simmons of Wauchula; two brothers, Tober...
Grace Myrtle Emmerton
Dec 14, 2018
Grace M. Emmerton passed away on December 14, 2018 after a long life of 90 years. She was born in Summerville, Mass. To Herbert J. and Florence Lockhart, their only child. She grew up in Stoneham, Massachusetts where she met, at the age of 16, her love for life, George M. Emmerton, with whom she was married from 1949 to...
Holly Ann Mckinney
Dec 14, 2018
Holly Ann McKinney 82, of Sarasota, Fl., passed away on Friday, December 14, 2018 at Lakewood Ranch Medical Center. She was born in Tampa, Florida on May 6, 1936. Holly was a lifelong resident of Sarasota, Fl. She worked as an assembly line worker for Marine Part Manufacturing. She was Church of God by faith. She was preceded in death...
Terecita Tovar
Dec 10, 2018
Terecita Tovar, 61, of Bowling Green, passed away on Monday, December 10, 2018 at Florida Hospital in Sebring. She was born in Weslaco, Texas on February 28, 1957. She moved from Texas to Hardee County in 1965. She was a Christian. Survivors include her husband, David Tovar of Bowling Green; one son, Christopher D. Prieto of Bowling Green; three daughters,...
Florence Mae Izzo
Dec 9, 2018
Florence Mae Izzo passed away at her home in Bowling Green, Florida on Sunday December 9, 2018. She was born January 15, 1932 in Plattsburgh, Clinton County, New York. She graduated in 1950 from Johnstown High School, Johnstown, New York. In school she ran track and played on the girls' volleyball team, served as a pitcher for the girls' baseball...
Cynthia Lee "Cyndee" Arnett
Dec 5, 2018
Cynthia Lee "Cyndee" Arnett, 56, of Lakeland, quietly departed this life with loved ones by her side into the peaceful silence, on Wednesday, December 5, 2018. Cyndee was born in Wauchula on March 22, 1962; she moved to Polk County from Wauchula in 1981. She was the daughter of the late Edwin AtLee and Myra Crews Long. She attended Hardee...
David Ronald Salyer
Dec 1, 2018
David Ronald Salyer passed away at his home in Zolfo Springs on Saturday, December 1, 2018 at the age of 70. He was born on June 18, 1948 in Renselaer, Indiana. David moved to Hardee County from Homestead, Florida in 1987. He was self employed in the manufacturing of mobile homes. He is survived by his wife, Sandra Salyer of...
Mary "Gertrude" Smith
Nov 27, 2018
Mary Gertrude Smith, 85, of Zolfo Springs, passed away at her home in Zolfo Springs on Tuesday, November 27, 2018. She was born in Borden Springs, Alabama on February 15, 1933, and had been a resident of Zolfo Springs since 1961. She worked in the medical field as a CNA for the State Hospital. Gertrude was a Member of Florida's...
Benita Soliz Valdez
Nov 25, 2018
Benita Valdez, 82, of Arcadia, passed away at Tidewell Hospice in Arcadia on Sunday, November 25, 2018. She was born in Texas on March 21, 1936, and ha been a resident of Hardee and DeSoto Counties most of her life. She was a homemaker and was a Catholic. Benita was preceded in death by a brother Narcisco Soliz and a...
Crystal Dawn Framer
Nov 23, 2018
Crystal Dawn Framer, 30, of Zolfo Springs, went to be with her Lord and Savior on Friday, Nov. 23, 2018, surrounded by her loving family. Crystal was born Aug., 4, 1988, in Arcadia, and lived in Hardee County her entire life. She was a member of Real Life Church in Bowling Green. She loved her family and friends, the outdoors,...
Anna Sue Hill
Nov 22, 2018
Anna Sue Hill, 70, of Zolfo Springs, passed away on Thursday, November 22, 2018 at Florida Hospital Wauchula. She was born in Statesboro, Georgia on August 24, 1948. She moved to Hardee County from Lakeland in 1984. Anna worked in a resale shop as a clerk. She was preceded in death by a son, Richard Bryant and a granddaughter, Audrey...
Irene Yvonne Dorsey
Nov 6, 2018
Irene Yvonne Dorsey, 51, of Wauchula, passed away on Tuesday, November 6, 2018 at Florida Hospital Wauchula. She was born in Okeechobee, Florida on November 29, 1966 and had lived in Hardee County most of her life. She was a homemaker and attended Ona Baptist Church. She was preceded in death by her parents, Charles W. and Lona Yates Eubanks....
Carl Wayne Skinner
Nov 2, 2018
Carl Wayne Skinner, Sr. age 68 passed away on Friday, November 2, 2018 at his home with his wife and children by his side. He was born October 3, 1950 in Mulberry, FL to the late James Leroy Skinner and Maxie Madeline Barwick. He was the sixth child of a Baptist minister, and a member of Brownville Baptist Church but...
Lydia Borjas
Oct 30, 2018
Lydia Borjas, 70, of Wauchula, passed away on Tuesday, October 30, 2018 at Heart of Florida Medical Center. She was born on August 20, 1948 in San Antonio, Texas and had been a resident of Hardee County for most of her life, coming from West palm Beach. Lydia was a homemaker and a member of St. Michaels Cathloic Church in...
Kenneth Wayne Bell
Oct 27, 2018
Kenneth Wayne Bell, 59, of Crossville, Tennessee, passed away on October 27, 2018. Kenneth was born on January 11, 1959 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. He was a member of the First Baptist Church of Wauchula. He served in the United States Army Reserves and was employed as a boat motor mechanic. Kenneth was preceded in death by his father, Thurmon...
Antonio Perez-Estrada
Oct 20, 2018
Antonio Perez-Estrada, 72, of Wauchula, passed away at his home on Saturday, October 20, 2018. He was born on August 10, 1946 in Teocaltiche, Jalisco, Mexico and came to Hardee County in 1978. He was a member of St. Michael Catholic Church and worked as a laborer in agriculture. Survivors include his wife, Hortencia Estrada of Wauchula; four sons, Antonio...
Juanita Ann Christian
Oct 17, 2018
Juanita Ann Christian, 67, of Zolfo Springs, passed away on Wednesday, October 17, 2018 at Lakeland Regional Health Medical Center. She was born on December 31, 1950 in Haralson County, Georgia and had been a resident of Hardee County for 61 years, coming from Georgia. Juanita was employed at an Assisted Living Facility as a CNA. Survivors include her companion,...
Norman Ellis Nickerson
Oct 16, 2018
Norman Nickerson, 79, of Wauchula, passed away at his home on Tuesday, October 16, 2018. Norm was born in Maple Springs, New York and had been a resident of Hardee County since 1954, coming from New York. He was a member of the First United Methodist Church of Wauchula. Norm served in the United States Army and was a self-employed...
Betty Joyce Roberts
Oct 13, 2018
Mrs. Betty Joyce Roberts, 77, of Wauchula, Florida, died Saturday, Oct. 13, 2018, at Hardee Manor Health Care Facility. She was a member of North Side Baptist Church, Wauchula, FL. Betty Joyce was born February 7, 1941, in Columbia, North Carolina, daughter of James Barry Deason and Myrtle Lee Westbrook Deason (deceased) and married to Bobby Roberts 28 May 1981,...
Fredrick Alton Thompson
Oct 13, 2018
Fredrick A. Thompson, 74, of Wauchula, passed away on Saturday, October 13, 2018 at home. He was born in St. Mary, Jamaica on January 23, 1944 and had resided in Hardee County most of his life. Fredrick was employed in construction as a laborer. He was preceded in death by his companion, Mattie Jordan; and stepchildren, Gregory Perry and Margaret...
