Joann Grantham
Apr 18, 2013
Joann Grantham, 58, of Bowling Green, passed away on April 18, 2013 at her home. Joann was born in Columbus, Georgia on August 28, 1954 and had been a lifelong resident of Hardee County. She was a member of Real Life Church, and was employed by Cooper's Wayside Flowers. She was preceded in death by her mother, Frances Davis, and...
William H. Oldfield Jr.
Apr 17, 2013
William H. Oldfield, Jr., 87, of Zolfo Springs, passed away on April 17, 2013 at Kenilworth Care and Rehab in Sebring. Mr. Oldfield was born in Nanticoke, Pennsylvania on June 13, 1925, and had been a resident of Zolfo Springs for 37 years, coming from Miami. He attended the First United Methodist Church in Zolfo Springs and was a retired...
Roy L. Murphy
Apr 15, 2013
Roy L. Murphy, 68, of Wauchula, passed away at his home on April 15, 2013. Mr. Murphy was born in St. Louis, Missouri on October 23, 1944. He had been a Hardee County resident for most of his life, moving here from Michigan. He was a member of the Victory Praise and Worship Center, and was a roofer. His brothers,...
Virginia Ann Carlton
Apr 13, 2013
Virginia Ann Carlton, 73, of Zolfo Springs, passed away at home on April 13, 2013. She was born in Montezuma, Georgia on February 9, 1940, and moved to Hardee County 53 years ago. She was a member of Crewsville Bethel Baptist Church and had been employed by Hardee Memorial Hospital as a licensed practical nurse. Survivors include her husband James...
Alma Dickey Peters
Apr 11, 2013
Alma Dickey Peters, 87, a resident of Wauchula, Florida, died April 11th, 2013, at Good Shepherd Hospice of Sebring. Born April 12th, 1926, Mount Pleasant Tennessee, she was a she was a resident of Hardee County for 44 years. She was a cook for Senterfitt Restaurant and was a Baptist. She is preceded in death by; Two Daughters, Charlotte Dickey,...
Mr Ivy Buell Knight
Apr 5, 2013
Ivy Buell Knight, 91, of Sebring, died Friday, April 5th, 2013 in Sarasota. Born July 9, 1921 in Glenville, Georgia, he was a resident of Hardee County most of his life. Mr. Knight owned and operated several used car dealerships, including Lincoln, Mercury, and Ford dealerships. After retiring he became active in real estate. He was a veteran of the...
Mr Courtney "Buck" E. Toole
Apr 4, 2013
Courtney "Buck" E. Toole, 87, of Bowling Green, passed away on April 4th, 2013 at Hardee Manor Healthcare Center in Wauchula, Florida. He was born on July 23rd, 1925 in Perry, Florida to parents Thomas Alfred and Laura Alice Toole. He proudly served with the United States Merchant Marines. He moved to Bowling Green from Perry, Florida at the age...
James Murray
Mar 18, 2013
James Floyd Murray, 91, of Bowling Green, passed away peacefully on March 18, 2013 at the Good Shepherd Hospice House in Sebring. He was born on November 13, 1921 in Egan, Tennessee, to parents Henry Waterson and Emma Sharp Murray. He was a World War II Veteran and proudly served his Country in the U. S. Army, where he received...
Juan Martinez
Mar 17, 2013
Juan Martinez, 67, of Bowling Green, passed away on March 17, 2013 at Florida Hospital in Wauchula. Mr. Martinez was born in Edcouch, Texas on July 21, 1945. He came to Hardee County from Texas in 1963. He was the pastor of the Church of the Living God The Good Shepherd in Zolfo Springs and was also a maintenance worker...
Beverly Moseley
Mar 17, 2013
Beverly Ann Moseley, 63, of Wauchula, passed away at Moffitt Cancer Center on March 17, 2013. Mrs. Moseley was born in Fort Meade on November 9, 1949 and had been a resident of Hardee County for most of her life. She was a member of Mount Pisgah Baptist Church and had been employed by the Hardee County School Board as...
Raul Martinez-Salinas
Mar 16, 2013
Raul Martinez-Salinas, 20, of Bowling Green, passed away on March 16, 2013 at Tampa General Hospital. Raul was born in West Palm Beach on December 8, 1992 and had been a resident of Hardee County most of his life. He was Catholic, and was employed as a citrus grove laborer. He is survived by his parents, Raul Martinez and Alejandrina...
Ricardo Castillo
Mar 16, 2013
Ricardo Castillo, 19, of Bowling Green, passed away on March 16, 2013 in Hardee County. Ricardo was born on November 25, 1993 in Avon Park, and had been a lifelong Bowling Green resident. He loved life and was a member of the Apostolic Lighthouse; he was employed as a harvester in agriculture. He is survived by his parents, Jose and...
Maria Garza
Mar 4, 2013
Maria Cristina Garza, 34, of Arcadia, passed away on March 4, 2013 in Manatee County. She was born in Bartow, Florida on June 24, 1978 and had been a lifelong resident of Hardee County. Cristina was employed by DeSoto Health & Rehab as a nursing assistant. She was preceded in death by her mother, Maria Cruz Garza, father, Servando Garza,...
Elena Mendoza
Feb 26, 2013
Elena C. Mendoza, 86, of Zolfo Springs, passed away at Hardee Manor on February 26, 2013. Mrs. Mendoza was born in Robertsdale, Texas on August 17, 1926. She came to Hardee County from Immokalee, Florida in 1956. She was a homemaker and a member of Florida's First Assembly of God. Survivors include four sons, Nicholas Mendoza, Jr. and wife Mary...
Cindrea Wingate
Feb 24, 2013
Cindrea Camilia Wingate, 61, of Bowling Green, passed away at Florida Hospital in Wauchula on February 24, 2013. She was born in Sebring on September 9, 1951 and had been a lifelong resident of Hardee County. She was a member of Grace Fellowship. Survivors include her former husband, Billy Wingate of Wauchula; one son, Michael Wingate and wife Linshaw of...
Eugene Johnson
Feb 24, 2013
Eugene Johnson, 63, of Wauchula, passed away at Florida Hospital in Orlando on February 24, 2013. Mr. Johnson was born in Wauchula on November 16, 1949 and had been a lifelong Hardee County resident. He attended Faith Temple Ministries Church of God and had been employed by IMC as a security guard. He was preceded in death by his parents,...
John Fuston,
Feb 17, 2013
John S. Fuston, Jr., 50, of Bowling Green, passed away at Tampa General Hospital on February 17, 2013. John was born in Cincinnati, Ohio on January 17, 1963. He moved to Bowling Green from Lebanon, Indiana in 1982. He was a Baptist and liked to fish and camp. He was employed by Johnny Parrish as a laborer and mechanic, and...
Cecilio Hernandez
Feb 14, 2013
Cecilio Martinez Hernandez, 71, of Bowling Green, passed away on February 14, 2013 at Florida Hospital Wauchula. He was born in San Antonio, Texas on November 22, 1941 and came to Hardee County in 1972. He was a member of St. Michael Catholic Church, and had been employed by Mosaic as a washer operator. He was preceded in death by...
James Eaton
Feb 9, 2013
James Paul Eaton, 68, of Wauchula, passed away at his home on February 9, 2013. Born June 19, 1944 in Lurora, Arkansas, he moved to Hollywood, Florida in 1964, where he met and married his beloved wife, Candy in 1965. After retiring from the City of Hollywood in 1994, he and his wife moved to Wauchula. He was preceded in...
Herbert Shuman
Feb 6, 2013
Herbert Darius Shuman, 86, of Bowling Green, passed away at his home on February 6, 2013. Mr. Shuman was born in Wauchula on July 30, 1926 and had been a lifelong resident of Hardee County. He served in the United States Navy and had been employed as a grove caretaker. Survivors include one daughter, Bonnie Shuman of Florida; seven sons,...
