Milton Maxwell
Dec 23, 2012
Milton Curtis Maxwell, 90, of Wauchula, passed away on December 23, 2012 at Florida Hospital Wauchula. He was born in Marion, Ohio on June 1, 1922 and had been a resident of Hardee County for several years. He served in the U.S. Armed Forces and was a contractor in construction. Survivors include one sister, Thelma Mapes of North Charleston, South...
Thomas Watkins
Dec 20, 2012
Thomas Howard Watkins, 67, of Wauchula, passed away at Lakeland Regional Medical Center on December 20, 2012. He was born in Jefferson City, Missouri on February 25, 1945 and had been a resident of Hardee County most of his life. He was employed by the State of Florida as a surveyor, and was a member of the Apostolic Lighthouse in...
Caroline Lenart
Dec 20, 2012
Caroline Bryant Lenart, 84, of Bowling Green, passed away on December 20, 2012 at her home. She was born on July 29, 1928 in Bowling Green, and had lived there most of her life. Prior to her retirement, she was a bank officer. Survivors include one son and daughter-in-law, Steve and Lely Lenart of West Palm Beach; several cousins, including...
Richard Hancock
Dec 18, 2012
Richard D. Hancock, 53, of Wauchula, passed away at his home on December 18, 2012. Richard was born on December 18, 1959 in Arcadia, and had lived in Wauchula for most of his life. He was a Baptist. He was preceded in death by his father, Junior Felton Hancock. Survivors include his mother, Jewell Hancock of Wauchula; lifelong partner, Lucille...
Bridgette Fennell
Dec 15, 2012
Bridgette Hope Fennell, was born on and passed away on December 15, 2012 at Florida Hospital in Orlando. She is survived by her parents, David Fennell and Connie Minor, both of Bowling Green; grandmothers, Joyce Fennell and Irene Minor, both of Bowling Green; brother, Austin Fennell of Bowling Green; sister, Britney Fennell of Bowling Green; aunt, Samantha Hodges of Lakeland;...
Ermelinda Carranco
Dec 12, 2012
Ermelinda "Linda" Carranco, 46, of Zolfo Springs, passed away on December 12, 2012 in Wauchula. Linda was born on September 3, 1966 in Wauchula, and had been a lifelong resident of Zolfo Springs. She was a member of Oak Grove Baptist Church and was employed as a hair stylist. She is survived by her parents, Rogelio and Carol Carranco, Sr.;...
Mary Curry
Dec 11, 2012
Mary A. Curry, 88, of Wauchula, passed away at her home on December 11, 2012. She was born in Sellersville, Pennsylvania on November 6, 1924. Mary moved to Hardee County from Pennsylvania in 1988. She was a homemaker, and a bookkeeper earlier in her life. Her husband, Matthew W. Curry, preceded her in death on November 29, 2012. She is...
Dennis Fields
Dec 10, 2012
Dennis F. Fields, 61, of Wauchula, passed away at his home on December 10, 2012. Dennis was born in Worthington, Minnesota on September 13, 1951, and had been a resident of Hardee County for most of his life. He was employed by Mosaic as a dragline operator. He was preceded in death by a sister, Barbara Jean Fields. Survivors include...
Angela Davis
Dec 10, 2012
Angela M. Davis, 75, of Arcadia, passed away on December 10, 2012 at Young At Heart Adult Care Center in Punta Gorda. She was born in Kennebunk, Maine on December 21, 1936. She had been a resident of Arcadia since June 2010, moving from Key Largo where she had lived for 58 years. Angela was a teacher and guidance counselor...
William V Stephens
Dec 10, 2012
William V. (Dickie) Stephens, 87, of Lake Placid, formerly of Ona, died on Dec. 10, 2012 at Lake Placid Health Care Center. Born on June 21, 1925, he was a Navy WWII veteran serving as a tail gunner in a torpedo dive bomber. He was a farmer, rancher, and citrus buyer most of his life. He served on the Board...
Linda Ford
Dec 8, 2012
Linda Lee Ford, 68, of Zolfo Springs, passed away on December 8, 2012 at Florida Hospital in Sebring. She was born in Hardee County on November 16, 1944 and had been a lifelong resident. She was a member of Oak Grove Baptist Church and had been employed as a secretary with the Hardee County School Board. Survivors include one daughter,...
Irene Garappolo
Dec 7, 2012
Irene Garappolo, 78, of Sebring, passed away at Good Shepherd Hospice on December 7, 2012. She was born on July 21, 1934 in Manhattan, New York. Irene is remembered as a devoted wife, loving mother, grandmother and great-grandmother and as someone with a great sense of humor that could make everyone in the room laugh. She had a long career...
Haline Carlton
Dec 7, 2012
Haline McCracken Carlton, 97, of Arcadia, was born in Wayne County, Illinois on August 7, 1915 and departed this life on December 7, 2012 at DeSoto Care ALF. Mrs. Carlton graduated from Fairfield, Illinois High School and continued her education at Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, Illinois, where she graduated in 1938 with a B. ED. degree with a major in...
Atkinson (Ed) Pooser,
Dec 6, 2012
Atkinson Edwin (Ed) Pooser III passed away peacefully at home in Winter Garden on December 6, 2012 at the age of 96. He was born in Wauchula, FL on November 24, 1916 to Atkinson Edwin Pooser II and Adelaide McEwen. Both parents came from pioneer Florida families. His paternal grandfather was a Captain in the Confederate Army, serving in the...
Dorothy Roberts
Dec 3, 2012
Dorothy L. Roberts, 78, of Wauchula, passed away at Florida Hospital in Sebring on December 3, 2012. She was born on April 19, 1934 in Wauchula, and had been a lifelong resident of Hardee County. Dorothy was a homemaker and a member of Florida's First Assembly of God. She will be fondly remembered for her creativity, humor, boundless energy, love...
Matthew Curry
Nov 29, 2012
Matthew W. Curry, 88, of Wauchula, passed away at his home on November 29, 2012. Mr. Curry had been a resident of Hardee County since 1988, coming from Pennsylvania. He was born on February 18, 1924 in Perkiomen, Pennsylvania. He had been employed as a contractor in the residential building industry, and served in the U. S. Army. Survivors include...
Mary Carter
Nov 25, 2012
Mary O. Carter, 62, of Wauchula, passed away on November 25, 2012 at Kindred Hospital in St. Petersburg. Mary was born in Ocala on December 11, 1949. She moved to Hardee County from Alabama. Survivors include her mother, Dora Bozeman of Wauchula; step-father, John Ray Bozeman of Ft. Meade; husband, Lloyd Carter of Alabama; daughter, Crystal McCollum of Wauchula; brother,...
Julia Davis
Nov 23, 2012
Julia Faye Davis, 74, of Wauchula, passed away at Lakeland Regional Medical Center on November 23, 2012. Mrs. Davis was born in Fort Green on November 30, 1937 and had been a lifelong resident of Hardee County. She was a member of Fort Green Baptist Church and had been employed at the Palmetto Clinic for 21 years; she also worked...
Morris Manley
Nov 19, 2012
Morris C. Manley, 77, of Thonotosassa, passed away on November 19, 2012 at Kindred Hospital in Tampa. Mr. Manley was born in Frostproof on November 5, 1935 and had been a resident of Thonotosassa for 2-1/2 years, moving from Tampa. He was a member of West Hillsborough Baptist Church. He was an engineer with GTE Telephone, retiring after forty years,...
Annie Perry
Nov 13, 2012
Annie Mae Perry, 89, of Wauchula, passed away November 13, 2012 at Hardee Manor. Mrs. Perry was born on January 31, 1923 in Sevier County, Tennessee and had been a resident of Hardee County for most of her life. She was a homemaker and a member of Oak Grove Baptist Church. She was preceded in death by her husband, Charles...
