Bobby Mccray
Sep 16, 2015
Bobby McCray, 71, of Wauchula, passed away at his home on Wednesday, September 16, 2015. He was born in Hardee County on January 14, 1944. Bobby had been a resident of Hardee County since 1991, moving from New Jersey. He was a Jehovah Witness and had been employed as a laborer in the citrus groves. Survivors include his mother, Sallie...
Johnie Robert "Robby" Tucker Iii
Sep 13, 2015
Johnie Robert Tucker, III "Robby", 55, of Wauchula, passed away on Sunday, September 13, 2015 at home. He was born in Lakeland, Florida on August 5, 1960 and had been a lifelong resident of Hardee County. Robby was employed by Nortel Communications as a systems installer. He is survived by companion, Gloria Csicsila of Wauchula; son, Jonathan Tucker of Wauchula;...
Albert Eugene Bergens "Gene"
Sep 13, 2015
Gene Bergens, 58, of Zolfo Springs, passed away in Tampa, Florida on Sunday, September 13, 2015. He was born in Winter Haven, Florida on July 2, 1957 and had been a resident of Hardee County since 2003, moving here from DeSoto County. Gene was employed by the Hardee County School Board as an electrician. Survivors include one son, Nicholas Bergens...
Mrs Rita Ann Brummett
Sep 11, 2015
Mrs. Rita Ann Brummett went home to be with her Lord on September 11, 2015 in Thomas county Georgia. She was 77 years old. She was born July 7, 1938 in Richmond Indiana. Mrs. Brummett came to Hardee County Florida 55 years ago. She spent her time as a homemaker. She was a member of First Baptist Church of Bowling...
John William Burton
Sep 2, 2015
John William Burton, 89, of Wauchula, died on Wednesday, September 2, 2015 at home. He was born in Arcadia, Florida on February 19, 1926 to L. Grady Burton and Bess Wood Burton. He was a lifelong resident of Wauchula. John attended the University of Florida where he was a member of Alpha Tau Omega social fraternity. His schooling was interrupted...
Charlotte Ann Kingdon
Sep 2, 2015
Charlotte Ann Kingdon of Wauchula passed away on Wednesday, September 2, 2015 at Somers Hospice House in Sebring at the age of 60. She was born on December 10, 1954 in Grant, Michigan and came to Hardee County from Michigan 36 years ago. Charlotte had been a social worker with Hope of Hardee and New Hope Elder Care Services. She...
Geraldine Dumas
Aug 24, 2015
Geraldine Dumas, 89, of Wauchula, passed away on Monday, August 24, 2015 at Lakeland Regional Medical Center. She was born in Chattanooga, Tennessee on February 4, 1926. In 1979 she moved to Hardee County from Polk County. She was a member of St. Michael Catholic Church and had been employed as an x-ray technician with Hardee Memorial Hospital. Geraldine is...
Louise Durrance
Aug 23, 2015
Louise Durrance, 91, of Bowling Green, passed away on Sunday, August 23, 2015 at Resthaven. She was born on January 8, 1924 to Walter and Dora Bryan and was raised in the Torrey community. Her parents farmed and Louise grew up picking strawberries and growing vegetables, along with her twin sister Lucille, sister Helen, and brothers Jack and Lemuel. After...
Rev. Jimmy Darrell Morse
Aug 17, 2015
Rev. Jimmy Morse, 63, of Bowling Green, passed away on August 17, 2015 at Somers Hospice House in Sebring. He was born in Moultrie, Georgia on December 2, 1951 and came to Hardee County from Tampa in October 1993. Jimmy was the founder and pastor and a member of Celebration Fellowship. He had been the pastor at Northside Baptist Church...
Patsy Jean Witt
Aug 16, 2015
Patsy Jean Witt, 72, of Wauchula, passed away on Sunday, August 16, 2015 at her home. She was born on April 8, 1943 in Lake Garfield, FL. Patsy moved back to Hardee County from Tennessee in 2009. She was a homemaker and a member of Mt. Pisgah Baptist Church. She was preceded in death by her husband William Ray Witt,...
Rodolfo "Rudy" Cruz
Aug 14, 2015
Rodolfo "Rudy" Cruz, 61, of Wauchula, passed away on August 14, 2015 at Florida Hospital in Sebring. He was born on December 24, 1953 in Brownfield, Texas, and had been a Hardee County resident for 42 years, coming from Portales, New Mexico. Rudy had been employed by U.S. Agri-Chemical as a feed prep operator. He was a Jehovah Witness. Survivors...
Joseph (Joe) Martin Hegwood Sr.
Aug 13, 2015
Joe went to be with the Lord on Thursday, August 13, 2015. He moved to Hardee County with his family in 1970 as Engineer for Peace River Electric Cooperative where he retired and continued as a Consulting Engineer until his death. Prior to coming to Florida, he received his formal Electrical Engineering education at Mississippi State University in Starkville, MS....
Ruby Dupree
Aug 10, 2015
Ruby Dupree, 88, of Wauchula, passed away on Monday, August 10, 2015 at Royal Care in Avon Park. She was born in Quitman, Georgia on December 8, 1926 and had been a Hardee County resident for 45 years. Ruby was a member at New Zion Baptist Church, a homemaker and former pink lady at the hospital, and had been a...
Lucina Ontiveros-Calvillo
Aug 3, 2015
Lucina Ontiveros-Calvillo, 76, of Bowling Green, passed away at Florida Hospital in Wauchula on Monday, August 3, 2015. She was born in Las Trojes, Michoacan, Mexico on August 12, 1938 and had been a Hardee County resident since 1993. She was a homemaker and a member of St. Michael Catholic Church. She was preceded in death by three brothers, Delfino...
Concepcion V Garza
Jul 31, 2015
Born December 8 1924 in Villagran, Tamps., Mexico. Died July 31, 2015 in Sebring, Fl at Good Shepherd hospice surrounded by all of her children and grandchildren. She was a resident of Hardee County since 1960 when the family moved here from Arkansas. Concepcion Garza married Margarito Garza on March 25, 1942 together they had 12 children. She is preceded...
Louise S. Cooper
Jul 27, 2015
Louise Shirley Cooper, age 97, died at her home in Bowling Green on July 27, 2015. She was born into a large farming family in Daleville, Alabama on November 5, 1917. In 1933, her family moved to Bowling Green, where she married William Troy Cooper on July 8, 1935. From 1942, they lived in Tampa where Louise was active in...
James E. Morrow
Jul 19, 2015
James E. Morrow, 62, of Bowling Green, passed away at Florida Hospital in Wauchula on Sunday, July 19, 2015. He had been a resident of Hardee County for most of his life and was a commercial truck driver. He was born in Rogersville, Alabama on May 19, 1953. He was preceded in death by a brother-in-law, David Medrano. Survivors include...
Evelyn Missouri Cowart
Jul 16, 2015
Evelyn Missouri Cowart, 85, of Zolfo Springs, passed away at her home on Thursday, July 16, 2015. She was born in Myakka, Florida on July 4, 1930 and had been a Hardee County resident most of her life. Evelyn was a wife and mother, a nurse, and had worked in orange groves. She was a Baptist. She was preceded in...
Edward Gene Perry
Jul 15, 2015
Edward Gene Perry, 77, of Wauchula, passed away on Wednesday, July 15, 2015 at Lakeland Regional Medical Center. He was born in Gordo, Alabama on February 7, 1938, and had been a resident of Hardee County since the age of 16. He had been employed as a lineman supervisor with Peace River Electric Co-op for 41 years, and was a...
Betty Moore Avilez
Jul 15, 2015
Betty Sue Moore Avilez, 74, of Zolfo Springs, passed away at her home on Wednesday, July 15, 2015. Betty was a homemaker and had been a Hardee County resident for 55 years. She was preceded in death by her son, Joe Flores, Jr., and a brother, Carley Moore. Survivors include four daughters, Mary Evans and husband Les of Zolfo Springs,...
