Gloria Jane Adams
Apr 20, 2016
Gloria Jane Adams, 79, of Bowling Green, passed away on Wednesday, April 20, 2016 at Winter Haven Hospital. She was born in Reading, Pennsylvania on January 21, 1937 and moved to Hardee County 27 years ago from Pennsylvania. Gloria was a homemaker and Catholic by faith. Survivors include her companion, Antonio Torez of Zolfo Springs; two sons, Dennis Skean of...
Jewel Juanita Allen
Apr 18, 2016
Jewel Juanita Allen, 86, passed away in her home April 18,2016. She was born on June 22,1929, in Miami, Fl. She spent her days as a homemaker. Jewel is survived by her Son Alton Larry Allen and his wife Yvonne of Fort Myers, Fl. Two Daughters: Beverly Allen of Zolfo Springs, Fl. and Melanie Smith and her husband Bobby of...
Collins Mauldin
Apr 16, 2016
Collins Mauldin of Bowling Green Florida passed away April 16, 2016 at the age of 79. Collins was born October 28, 1936 in Brundidge, Alabama moving to Hardee county in 1959. Mr. Collins was a sharecropper, worked groves and was a cattleman. He is survived by his companion Anna Westergom. Three daughters, one nephew Billy and wife Carmen Hood and...
Harrison Edward Krom
Apr 2, 2016
Harrison Edward Krom, 92, of Wauchula, passed away on Saturday, April 2, 2016 at Good Shepherd Hospice in Sebring. He was born in Ellenville, New York on January 7, 1924. Harrison came to Hardee County eight years ago from upstate New York. He was an engineer with Bell Telephone for 30 years and proudly served in the United States Navy...
Joseph "Marty" Martin Hegwood, Jr.
Apr 1, 2016
Marty went to be with the Lord on Friday, April 1, 2016. He was a Professor, Commercial Driving and CDL Tester at South Florida State College in Avon Park for over 15 years. He lived in Babson Park, Florida. He was born in Clarksdale, MS, but moved to Florida with his family and started his education at Mrs. Stancil's Little...
Linda Kay Young
Mar 17, 2016
Linda Kay Young of Sorrento, Florida, passed away at her home on Thursday, March 17, 2016 at the age of 76. Linda was born in Modesto, California on January 6, 1940. She had been a resident of Lake County, Florida for 30 years, coming from Longwood, Florida. Linda was a Baptist, and had been an office manager employed in the...
Verna Louise Toole Whitfield Crews
Mar 16, 2016
Verna Whitfield Crews of Bowling Green, passed away at her home on Wednesday, March 16, 2016 at the age of 101. She was born in Jackson County, Florida on July 4, 1914, and had been a Hardee County resident since 1957, coming from Indiantown, Florida. Verna was a member of the First Baptist Church of Bowling Green and had been...
Mark Nicholas Timmerman
Mar 12, 2016
Mark Nicholas Timmerman, 31, of Wauchula, died on Saturday, March 12, 2016 in Pompano Beach. He was born on June 4, 1984 in Winter Haven and had been a lifelong resident of Hardee County. Mark attended First Baptist Church and was employed as a laborer with TRIO Environmental. He was preceded in death by his mother, Marsha Beeson Timmerman. Mark...
Glen Donald Babbs
Feb 29, 2016
Glen Donald Babbs, 75, of Wauchula, passed away on Monday, February 29, 2016 in Lakeland. He was born in Newton, Illinois on August 13, 1940. Mr. Babbs moved to Hardee County from Kansas 45 years ago. He attended Florida's First Assembly of God Church and had been employed as a prison guard. Survivors include his wife, Betty Babbs of Wauchula;...
Merle Edward Adams
Feb 29, 2016
Merle Edward Adams, 76, of Port Charlotte, passed away on Monday, February 29, 2016. He was born in Wauchula on September 8, 1939 and moved to Charlotte County from Hardee County in 1976. Mr. Adams had been employed as a heavy equipment operator. Survivors include his dear friend, Jean Adams of Port Charlotte; one son, Daniel Adams and his wife...
Mary Thornton Vernon Copeland
Feb 20, 2016
Mary Thornton Vernon Copeland, age 96, peacefully passed away on February 20, 2016, at the Village Place Assisted Living Facility in Pt. Charlotte, Florida. Mary was born in Tampa, Florida, on July 6, 1919, to the late Frank Willard and Lila Tanner Vernon. She and her husband, the late Allan Fleming Copeland, made their home in Arcadia, Florida, where Mary...
Jimmy L. Cranford
Feb 15, 2016
Jimmy L. Cranford, 80, of Wauchula, passed away on Monday, February 15, 2016 at Hardee Manor. Mr. Cranford was born in Georgia and moved to Hardee County in 1950. He was a truck driver in the farming and citrus industries. He is survived by his sister, Ethelene King of Wauchula; and nieces and nephews. No services are scheduled at this...
Gladys Laverne Johnson
Feb 8, 2016
Gladys Laverne Johnson, 79, of Wauchula, passed away at Somers Hospice House in Sebring on Monday, February 8, 2016. She was born in Nauvoo, Alabama on April 12, 1936 and had been a resident of Hardee County for the past 68 years. She had been a member of Faith Assembly of God in Bowling Green, and was a teacher at...
Pete Villareal Valdez
Feb 1, 2016
Pete Valdez, 71, of Wauchula, passed away on Monday, February 1, 2016. He was born in Texas on May 31, 1944 and had been a resident of Hardee County for 49 years. Mr. Valdez was Catholic, and employed in the citrus industry as a fruit harvester. He is survived by two sons, Anthony Valdez and wife Stephanie of Babson Park,...
James Edward Gilliard Jr.
Jan 24, 2016
Eddie Gilliard, 72, of Wauchula, passed away on Sunday, January 24, 2016 in Sebring. He was born in Zolfo Springs, Florida on October 26, 1943. Mr. Gilliard had been a lifelong resident of Hardee County and was a member of the Bayside Community Church. He was co-owner of Gilliard Bros. Auto Salvage. He was preceded in death by a brother,...
Richard Earl Taylor
Jan 22, 2016
Richard Earl Taylor, 86, of Wauchula, passed away on Friday, January 22, 2016 at his home. Born in Duquoin, Illinois on March 18, 1929, he was a resident of Hardee County for the past 26 years, coming from Tamaroa, Illinois. Mr. Taylor was a member of First Christ Church. He had been employed as a coal miner and was also...
Mary Jane Albritton
Jan 20, 2016
Mary Jane Albritton, 85, a lifelong resident of Wauchula, passed away at her home on Wednesday, January 20, 2016. She was born in Wauchula on February 25, 1930. Mrs. Albritton was a member of New Hope Baptist Church. She had been an executive housekeeper for Clermont Hospital, a Daytona Nursing Home, FINR, and was also a private care giver. She...
"Suzie" Denise Dainton Himelright
Jan 16, 2016
"Suzie" Denise Dainton Himelright, of Arcadia, passed away on Saturday, January 16, 2016 at DeSoto Memorial Hospital. She was born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada and has been a DeSoto County resident for the past 33 years. She was employed as a cosmetologist. Suzie was a member of the Church of God of Prophecy in Arcadia and was a loving wife...
Larry David Mcgowen Sr.
Jan 16, 2016
Larry David McGowen, Sr., 65, of Lakeland passed away at his home on Saturday, January 16, 2016. He was born on September 11, 1950. Mr. McGowen had been a resident of Hardee County prior to moving to Lakeland in 2006. He had been employed by Mancini Packing House for many years. Survivors include two sons, Larry David McGowen, Jr. of...
Gerald Richard Henry
Jan 15, 2016
Gerald Richard Henry, 81, of Wauchula, passed away on Friday, January 15, 2016 at Florida Hospital in Sebring. He was born in Tipton, Indiana on April 2, 1934 and had been a Hardee County resident since 2004, coming from Ocala, Florida. Mr. Henry was a plastic mold injector in the tool-and-dye industry and was a Catholic by faith. He served...
