Andrea Louise Notar
Jul 4, 2013
Andrea Louie Notar, 71, of Wauchula, passed away at her home on July 4, 2013. Mrs. Notar was born in Schenectady, New York on June 14, 1942 and moved to Hardee County from New York sixteen years ago. She had been employed by the State of New York as a tax examiner. Survivors include her son, Frank Notar of Wauchula;...
Murray Albritton
Jul 4, 2013
Murray Albritton, 88, of Bartow, passed away at Hardee Manor on July 4, 2013. Murray was born in Lily on August 29, 1924 and had been a lifelong resident of Bartow and Hardee and DeSoto Counties. He was a member of Union Baptist Church in Lily and was a retired ranch manager for Doyle Carlton, Jr. He was preceded in...
Beatrice Phillips Albritton
Jul 4, 2013
Beatrice Phillips Albritton, 77, of Wauchula, passed away at her home on July 4, 2013. She was born in Meshan, Georgia on February 27, 1936. A resident of Hardee County most of her life, she was known as "Aunt Bea". She had been a bus driver for the Hardee County public schools prior to retirement. Mrs. Albritton was preceded in...
Joanne Kay Fugate
Jun 30, 2013
Joann Kay Fugate, 75, of Wauchula, passed away at her home on June 30, 2013. Mrs. Fugate was born in Quincy, Illinois on January 11, 1938. She was a resident of Hardee County for 30 years, coming from Missouri, and had been employed as a department manager for Wal-Mart in Wauchula. Survivors include her mother, Edla Hummel of Quincy, Illinois;...
Velma Louise Trussell
Jun 29, 2013
Velma Louise Trussell, 77, of Wauchula, passed away at Lakeland Regional Medical Center on June 29, 2013. Mrs. Trussell was born in Zolfo Springs on December 29, 1935 and was a lifelong resident of Wauchula. She was a member of the First Baptist Church of Wauchula and had been employed as an administrative secretary with the Florida Department of Health....
Kathryn W. Burnett
Jun 23, 2013
Kathryn W. Burnett, 86, of Fort Meade, passed away on June 23, 2013 at Royal Care of Avon Park. She was born in Wauchula on December 6, 1926 and was a lifelong resident of this area. Kathryn was a member of the 7th Day Adventist Church in Avon Park and was a retired cosmetologist. She was preceded in death by...
Leila Revell Prince
Jun 15, 2013
Leila Revell Prince, 92, of Lake Mary, Florida, passed away on Saturday, June 15, 2013 in Winter Springs, Florida. Mrs. Prince was born in Wauchula on December 16, 1920, and had been a Wauchula resident until 2006. She was a member of the First Baptist Church of Wauchula since 1942 and a former church secretary. She was active in many...
Herlinda Diaz
Jun 13, 2013
Herlinda Diaz, 52, of Wauchula, passed away at her home on June 13, 2013. She was born in San Leuis, Mexico on March 23, 1961 and had been a resident of Wauchula since 1990. She was a member of St. Michael Catholic Church and was employed as an agricultural harvesting laborer. Survivors include her husband, Adalberto Lopez of Wauchula; three...
Robert William Douglass
Jun 9, 2013
Robert William Douglass, 75, of Errol, New Hampshire, passed away at Florida Hospital Wauchula on June 9, 2013. Mr. Douglass was a winter resident of Zolfo Springs. He was born in Berlin, New Hampshire on September 7, 1937 and had been employed as a working foreman with the New Hampshire Department of Transportation. He is survived by his wife, Mona...
Mary Ann Speciale
Jun 2, 2013
Mary Ann Speciale, 51, of Wauchula, passed away on June 2, 2013. She was born in Lowell, Massachusetts on February 17, 1962 and had been a resident of Hardee County for seven years, coming from Auburndale, Florida. She was a member of Real Life Church. Survivors include two sons, Nathaniel Speciale of Dallas, Georgia, and Christopher Speciale of Douglasville, Georgia;...
Wade Cline
May 30, 2013
Wade Cline, 86, of Wauchula, passed away at his home on May 30, 2013. Mr. Cline had been a resident of Wauchula since 1970, coming from Madison Heights, Michigan. He had been employed as a foreman with the Dodge Truck Company and was a World War II veteran serving in the U. S. Army. He had been a member of...
Mary Ada Richey
May 27, 2013
Mary Ada Richey, 80, of Bowling Green, passed away at her home on Monday, May 27, 2013. Mrs. Richey was born in Bibb County, Alabama on September 25, 1932. She moved to Hardee County from West Palm Beach 37 years ago, being a Bowling Green resident for six years. She was a homemaker and a member of Faith Evangelistic Academy....
Lorene S. Gilley
May 20, 2013
Lorene Gilley, 83, of Lorida, passed away on May 20, 2013 at Crisp Regional Hospital in Cordele, Georgia. She was born in Brooks County, Georgia on July 20, 1929 and had been a resident of Highlands County for four years, moving from Wauchula. Mrs. Gilley was a member of the Fort Basinger Church of God and had been employed by...
Montine Tyson
May 20, 2013
Montine Tyson, 84, of Bowling Green, passed away on May 20, 2013 at Good Shepherd Hospice in Sebring. Mrs. Tyson was born in Cairo, Georgia on May 13, 1929 and resided in Hardee County most of her life. She was a Baptist and a homemaker. Survivors include two sons, Royce Tyson, Jr. and wife Martha of Crewsville, and Gary Tyson...
Juanita Sandoval
May 7, 2013
Juanita Sandoval, 71, of Bowling Green, passed away at her home on May 7, 2013. She was born in Mejia, Texas on April 5, 1942 and had been a Bowling Green resident for most of her life. She was a homemaker and a member of St. Michael Catholic Church. She was preceded in death by her husband, Jose Sandoval, Jr.,...
John Michael Hand
May 7, 2013
John Michael "Mike" Hand, 64, of Wauchula, passed away on May 7, 2013 at his home. Mike was born in Sarasota on August 13, 1948. He was a member of Union Baptist Church in Lily and managed an auto mechanic shop. Mike was a Vietnam veteran serving in the United States Marine Corps. Survivors include his wife, Jodene Hand of...
Theresa Margaret Myers
May 1, 2013
Theresa Margaret Myers, 74, of Wauchula, passed away in Winter Park on May 1, 2013. Mrs. Myers was born in Chicago, Illinois on February 17, 1939. She moved from Sebring to Hardee County in 1972 and was a member of St. Michael Catholic Church. She had been employed by the Hardee County School Board, was a nursery worker at the...
Gladys N Philips
Apr 29, 2013
Gladys N. Philips, 76, of Bowling Green, passed away at Hardee Manor on April 29, 2013. Mrs. Philips was born in Branford, Florida on January 9, 1937 and had been a resident of Hardee County most of her life. She was a Baptist and worked in the packing houses in Bowling Green and Wauchula as a laborer. She enjoyed fishing...
Gloria June Chapman
Apr 27, 2013
Gloria June Chapman, 81, of Wauchula, passed away at her home on April 27, 2013. Mrs. Chapman was born in Fort Myers, Florida on July 30, 1931 and had been a resident of Hardee County most of her life. She was a member of New Vision Worship Center in Zolfo Springs. She was an officer at Chapman Fruit Company, and...
Mary Elizabeth Boyette
Apr 20, 2013
Mary Elizabeth Boyette, 68, of Wauchula, passed away at Tampa General Hospital on Saturday, April 20, 2013 while surrounded by family and friends. Mary was born to the late Lacy and Lillian Blanton in Plant City on September 15, 1944. She moved to Wauchula from Plant City 35 years ago. Mary was a homemaker and enjoyed spending time with her...
