Marjorie F. Ennis
Jan 3, 2015
Marjorie F. Ennis, 93, of St. Augustine, Florida, passed away on January 3, 2015 at Bailey Hospice Center in St. Augustine. She was born in Hardee County on August 3, 1921. Mrs. Ennis had been a resident of St. Augustine since 2004, being from Hardee County originally. She attended Pentecostal churches in Wauchula and St. Augustine. She was a retired...
Walter Wendell Spain
Jan 2, 2015
Walter Wendell Spain, 64, of Zolfo Springs, passed away at his home on Friday, January 2, 2015. He was born in Double Springs, Alabama on November 21, 1950. Walter had been a resident of Hardee County for most of his life and had been employed as a truck driver with C. Young. He was preceded in death by his parents,...
Mae Frank Himrod
Dec 29, 2014
Mae Frank Himrod, age 101, of Wauchula, passed away on Monday, December 29, 2014 at Hardee Manor. She was born in Dale County, Alabama on January 6, 1913 and had been a Hardee County resident since she was three years old. She was a member of Faith Presbyterian Church since 1979, and had been a former long-time member of Oak...
Kathy Wayne Gomez
Dec 28, 2014
Kathy Wayne Gomez, 49, of Ona, passed away on Sunday, December 28, 2014 at Lakeland Regional Medical Center. She was born in Troy, Alabama on November 16, 1965. Kathy moved to Hardee County from Highlands County seven years ago. She attended the Bowling Green Church of God, and was a homemaker. Survivors include her husband, Mariano Gomez of Ona; two...
George Wayne Mendoza Sr.
Dec 27, 2014
George Wayne Mendoza, Sr., of Zolfo Springs, passed away on Saturday, December 27, 2014 in Zolfo Springs at the age of 51. He was born in Avon Park, Florida on June 10, 1963 and had been a lifelong resident of Hardee County. George was a member of Florida's First Assembly of God and had worked for the National Pumps Company...
Julie Ann Cochran Archambeau
Dec 27, 2014
Julie Ann Cochran Archambeau, 71, of Port Charlotte, passed away on Saturday, December 27, 2014 at Bay Front-Port Charlotte. She was born in Georgetown, South Carolina on December 23, 1943. Julie moved to Charlotte County from Rindge, New Hampshire in 2002, having been raised in Wauchula. She was president of W. A. Archambeau Enterprises, Inc., executive secretary of Digital Equipment...
Hazel Carroll Spain
Dec 25, 2014
Hazel Carroll Spain, 93, of Zolfo Springs, entered into rest on Thursday, December 25, 2014. She was born in Jasper, Alabama on October 17, 1921 and moved to Zolfo Springs in 1954 from Alabama. She proudly served in the Women's Army Corps during World War II, and later became a homemaker after her marriage to Hudson "Hud" Spain. She was...
Eulalia Anna Sanchez
Dec 24, 2014
Eulalia Anna Sanchez, passed away on December 24, 2014 at Florida Hospital in Sebring at the age of 72. She was born in Minnesota on October 3, 1942. She had been a resident of Hardee County since 1970, moving here from Homestead, Florida. She was of the Catholic faith. Survivors include three sons, Uvaldo Sanchez of Wauchula, Lonnie Sanchez of...
Doretha Elaine Elyea
Dec 23, 2014
Doretha Elaine (Zerbel) Elyea, age 94, of Wauchula, formerly of Marshall, Michigan, was called home to be with her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ on December 23, 2014. She passed away peacefully at home with her loving family by her side. Doretha was born on March 15, 1920 to Henry and Avis Ruth (May) Zerbel in Schultz, Michigan. She graduated...
Anthony "Tony" Curtis Spoon
Dec 19, 2014
Anthony Curtis Spoon, of Fort Meade, passed away at his home on Friday, December 19, 2014 at the age of 57. He was born in Wauchula on December 28, 1956 and had been a resident of Fort Meade for 36 years. Tony was employed as a chief phosphoric acid operator for Mosaic-New Wales and attended Lake Buffum Baptist Church. Survivors...
Charles Foster Ammons
Dec 15, 2014
Charles Foster Ammons, known as Foster or Charlie, age 83, passed away at Doctors Hospital of Sarasota on Monday, December 15, 2014. He was born on April 10, 1931 in Wayne County, Georgia and moved to DeSoto County from Merritt Island, Florida in 1996. He was a United States Army veteran, serving in the 82nd Airborne. Foster was a Baptist...
Elidge J. Painter "E.J."
Dec 14, 2014
Elidge J. Painter (E.J.), 88, of Wauchula, passed away on December 14, 2014 in Sebring. Born on May 15, 1926 in Grubbs, Arkansas, E. J. came to Florida in 1980 from Arkansas and moved from Lake Wales to Hardee County in 2001. He was a forklift mechanic at Citrus World in Lake Wales, retiring in 1991 and was a World...
Roman Mancillas
Dec 11, 2014
Roman Mancillas, 84, of Wauchula, passed away at Florida Hospital in Sebring on Thursday, December 11, 2014. He was born in Brownsville, Texas on April 28, 1930. He came to Florida from Texas in 1964, and then to Hardee County 25 years ago. He was Catholic, and employed as a crew leader in farming. His employees enjoyed working with him;...
Frank Eugene Rockwell Iii
Dec 8, 2014
Frank Eugene Rockwell, III, 67, of Wauchula, passed away in Arcadia on Monday, December 8, 2014. He was born in Atlanta, Georgia on March 5, 1947 and had been a resident of Hardee County for ten years. Frank worked in the ironwork field as a welder, and is a 40+ year member of the International Association of Bridge, Structural, Ornamental,...
Curtis E. Wilson
Dec 8, 2014
Curtis E. Wilson, 75, lifelong resident of Wauchula, passed away at his home on Monday, December 8, 2014. He was born on August 9, 1939 in Wauchula. Mr. Wilson served in the Army National Guard and was the owner of a construction company. He is survived by his special friend, Judy Breckon of Wauchula; and a cousin, Betty Doris Walters...
Johnna Mae Himrod
Dec 3, 2014
Mrs. Johnna Mae Himrod 84, a fourth generation Hardee County pioneer and citrus farmer of Bowling Green, Florida passed away Wednesday, December 3, 2014 at Florida Hospital in Sebring. Her childhood sweetheart and loving husband Joe Himrod passed away 7 years ago. She leaves behind the following family members: The children include: Joe Bostick Himrod Jr. and wife Sherri of...
Patricia J. Driskell
Nov 30, 2014
Patricia J. Driskell, 71, of Wauchula, passed away on Sunday, November 30, 2014 at Venice Regional Bayfront in Venice. She was born in Wauchula on May 27, 1943 and had been a lifelong resident here. Patricia was a member of Lake Dale Baptist Church and was a homemaker. She was preceded in death by her parents, Jack and Eunice Jones,...
Paul Yawt Jr.
Nov 27, 2014
Paul Yawt, Jr., 81, of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, passed away on Thursday, November 27, 2014 at Florida Hospital in Wauchula. Mr. Yawt was born in Cleveland, Ohio on June 18, 1933, and had been a resident of Broward County for 69 years. He served in the United States Army and had been employed as a manager of Firestone and Goodyear...
David Hank Butler Sr.
Nov 24, 2014
David Hank Butler, Sr., 59, of Bartow, passed away on Monday, November 24, 2014 at Bartow Regional Medical Center. He was born in Bartow on September 20, 1955 and had been a lifelong resident of Polk County. Hank was employed with Mosaic as a superintendent, and had served as a sergeant in the United States Army. He was of the...
Earl L. Harriman Jr.
Nov 23, 2014
Earl Lyle Harriman, Jr., 66, of Sebring, passed away on Sunday, November 23, 2014 at Hardee Manor. He was born in Port Angeles, Washington on May 14, 1948 and had been a Highlands County resident for three years, coming from Ozark, Alabama. Mr. Harriman was of the Protestant faith, and was chief warrant officer, retired, serving with the United States...
