Harold Griffin
Feb 5, 2013
Harold LeeRoy Griffin, 63, of Wauchula, passed away at Hardee Manor on February 5, 2013. LeeRoy was born in Barbados on March 25, 1949. He came to Hardee County from Arcadia four years ago. He had been employed as a security guard with G. Pierce Woods Hospital. Survivors include one son, Glenn Griffin of Barbados; and one sister, Patsy Griffin...
Martha Albritton
Feb 5, 2013
Martha Allen Albritton, 98, longtime resident of Jacksonville, passed away February 5, 2013. She was born in Meridian, Mississippi, daughter of Frank and Sallie (Lott) Allen. Martha attended John Gorrie Middle School and graduated from the Westminster School for Girls in Atlanta, formerly, Atlanta's North Avenue Presbyterian School (NAPS). She married Robert Hyman Albritton in 1935 and they lived in...
Merle Henderson
Jan 28, 2013
Merle "Red" Henderson, 73, lifelong resident of Wauchula, passed away on January 28, 2013 at Good Shepherd Hospice in Sebring. Red was born in Wauchula on September 13, 1939. He served in the U. S. Army, and was co-owner of Henderson Tire. He was preceded in death by his parents, Phillip and Myrtle Henderson, and brothers, Rev. Albert Bergens, James...
Floyd Abbey
Jan 27, 2013
Floyd Wayne Abbey, 73, of Wauchula, passed away on January 27, 2013 at his home. Floyd was born in Houston, Texas on November 30, 1939 and had been a resident of Hardee County for 45 years. He was a mechanic with Chapman Fruit Company for 43 years, and a member of My New Life In Christ Church. Survivors include his...
Moises Godinez
Jan 25, 2013
Moises Corona Godinez, 51, of Bowling Green, passed away at Florida Hospital in Sebring on January 25, 2013. Moises was born in Zapote de Parras, Michoacan, Mexico on October 22, 1961; he had been a Hardee County resident for ten years, coming from Pennsylvania. He was a member of St. Michael Catholic Church, and was employed in maintenance at McDonald's...
Robbye Platt
Jan 22, 2013
Robbye Hewitt Platt, 95, of Kingstree, South Carolina, passed away at Covenant Place in Sumter, South Carolina on Tuesday, January 22, 2013. Mrs. Platt was born July 23, 1917 in Jasper, Florida, a daughter of the late Stella Moody Hewitt and Omar Pasha Hewitt, Sr. She was a graduate of Jasper High School and attended Jackson Memorial Hospital School of...
Neva Eisner
Jan 19, 2013
Neva A. Eisner, 93, winter resident of Arcadia, passed away on January 19, 2013 at her home in Arcadia. She was born in Ovid, Michigan on September 28, 1919. Services and burial will be in Perry, Michigan. Arrangements are pending.
Douglas Hutson
Jan 19, 2013
Douglas William Hutson, 70, of Zolfo Springs, passed away at Sarasota Memorial Hospital on January 19, 2013. Mr. Hutson was born in Sparta, Wisconsin on April 1, 1942, and came to Hardee County from Michigan in 1992. He was a member of the First United Methodist Church of Wauchula had been employed as a facilities manager with Edward Lowe Industries....
Eugene Louis Beck,
Jan 19, 2013
Eugene "Gene" Louis Beck, Jr., 70, of Zolfo Springs, passed away on January 19, 2013 at Lakeland Regional Medical Center. Gene was born in Savannah, Georgia on September 27, 1942 and had been a resident of Hardee County most of his life. He was a member of New Hope Baptist Church. Gene had been employed as a firefighter and EMT...
Jessie Martinez
Jan 19, 2013
Jessie Martinez, 48, of Wauchula, passed away on January 19, 2013 at the Bartow Center. Jessie was born in Beeville, Texas on October 15, 1964 and had been a Hardee County resident most of his life. He was Catholic, and was employed by TNT Reclamation. Jessie is survived by his mother and step-father, Aurelia Martinez and Jose Torres of Wauchula;...
Estella Redden
Jan 15, 2013
Estella Joyce Redden, 61, lifelong resident of Wauchula, passed away at Lakeland Regional Medical Center on January 15, 2013. She was a member of the Fist Baptist Church, and a caregiver with Hardee Home Care. She is survived by her three sons, Adrian L. Frazier of St. Paul, Minnesota, Arthur Willis Frazier, Jr. of Bushnell, and Rushin Ellison of Akron,...
Vetres Justiss
Jan 15, 2013
Vetres V. Justiss, 91, of Wauchula, passed away at Good Shepherd Hospice in Sebring on January 15, 2013. She was born in Suwannee County, Florida on July 23, 1921 and had been a resident of Hardee County since 1949, coming from Live Oak, Florida. She was a homemaker and a member of Bowling Green Church of God. A son, Gene...
Jeffrey Surrency
Jan 14, 2013
Jeffery S. Surrency, 62, of Bowling Green, passed away at Florida Hospital Wauchula on January 14, 2013. Jeff was born in Bartow on October 27, 1950. He was a machine operator with Southern Salvage. Survivors include his mother, Ann Surrency of Bowling Green; a brother and sister-in-law, Gary and Melissa Surrency of Chandler, Arizona; son, Matt Surrency of Bowling Green;...
Curtis Culver
Jan 13, 2013
Curtis E. Culver, 69, of Arcadia, passed away on January 13, 2013 at Tidewell Hospice. He was born in Arcadia on November 2, 1943 and had been a lifelong resident of DeSoto County. Mr. Culver attended New Day Baptist Church and had been employed with the County as a welder. He was preceded in death by a sister, Shirley Gay....
Nettie Criswell
Jan 11, 2013
Nettie L. Criswell, 68, of Wauchula, passed away at her home on January 11, 2013. She was born in Moultrie, Georgia on October 5, 1944, and had been a Hardee County resident most of her life. She was a homemaker and a member of Spirit Wind Tabernacle. Her son, Billy Woods, preceded her in death. Survivors include husband, Deloney Criswell...
Robert Clark
Jan 10, 2013
Robert Earl Clark, 76, of Wauchula, passed away at Florida Hospital Wauchula on January 10, 2013. Mr. Clark was born in Kinston, North Carolina on April 1, 1936. He moved to Hardee County forty years ago from Kinston. He was employed as a farm laborer.
Jack Hayman
Jan 5, 2013
Jack Carlton Hayman, 86, of Wauchula, passed away on January 5, 2013 at Kindred Hospital Tampa. He was born in Bartow on August 4, 1926. He moved to Hardee County from Highlands County in 1958. Mr. Hayman was a member of Faith Presbyterian Church and had been employed by Hardee County as the County Agriculture Extension Director. He served in...
Ray Grimes
Jan 4, 2013
Ray V. Grimes, 86, of Wauchula, passed away on January 4, 2013 at Florida Hospital Tampa. Ray was born in New Brockton, Alabama on June 3, 1926 and had been a resident of Hardee County most of his life. He was a member of the First Baptist Church of Wauchula, Wauchula Lodge #17 F & A M, American Legion Post...
Dominic Ferraro
Jan 2, 2013
Dominic Phillip Ferraro, 95, of Wauchula, passed away on January 2, 2013 at Good Shepherd Hospice in Sebring. Born in Wickliffe, Ohio on February 4, 1917, he moved to Hardee County in 1974 from Ohio. He served in the U.S. Marine Corps, and prior to retiring, he was employed as a machinist with a rubber manufacturing company. Mr. Ferraro attended...
Ralph King
Jan 1, 2013
Ralph George King, 79, of Wauchula, passed away on January 1, 2013 at Good Shepherd Hospice in Sebring. He was born in Tuscola County, Michigan on July 28, 1933. He had been a resident of Hardee County since 1998, moving from Michigan. Mr. King was employed as an electrical inspector with county government, and served in the U. S. Army....
