Opal Murphy
Mar 9, 2012
Opal Pauline Murphy, 83, of Bowling Green, passed away at Good Shepherd Hospice on March 9, 2012. She was born in Arkansas on August 19, 1928; she came to Bowling Green from Ocala eight years ago. She was a homemaker. Mrs. Murphy is survived by four sons, Lowell Jr. Murphy of Santa Ana, California, Arthur Lavern Murphy of Bowling Green,...
Julia Davis
Mar 8, 2012
Julia W. Davis, 66, of Wauchula, passed away at Hope Hospice in Sebring on March 8, 2012. Julia was born in Shelby County, Alabama on April 19, 1945. She came to Wauchula from Wilsonville, Alabama 1-1/2 years ago. She had been employed as a middle school teacher at H. O. B. Middle School in Key West, Florida. Survivors include two...
Ivan Miskimen
Mar 5, 2012
Ivan B. Miskimen, 92, passed away at home on March 5, 2012 surrounded with family and loved ones. He was the 2nd child, born May 9, 1919 to Florence and Bruce Miskimen in Ostego, Ohio. He moved to Hardee County, Florida in 1972 from Summit Station, Ohio. He was a World War II veteran serving in the U.S. Army. Mr....
Charlotte Evans
Mar 2, 2012
Charlotte Bivens Evans, 43, lifelong resident of Zolfo Springs, passed away on March 2, 2012 at her home. She was ready for peace and is now resting. She was born in Plant City, Florida on December 26, 1968. Charlotte was a roofer with Hardee Roofing. She was preceded in death by her parents, Preston Bivens and Shirley Jean Rogers, and...
Delbert Deuberry,
Feb 23, 2012
Delbert O. Deuberry, Jr., 44, of Montverde, Florida, passed away on February 23, 2012. He was born on December 4, 1967 in Arcadia, and grew up in Arcadia. He moved to Montverde 2-1/2 years ago from Texas where he had lived 4 years; he lived in Maryland for over 10 years prior to that. He was retired from the U.S....
Sue Conner
Feb 23, 2012
Sue Conner, 61, of Wauchula, passed away on February 23, 2012. She was born in Wauchula on July 7, 1950 and had been a lifelong Hardee County resident. Sue was a member of First Baptist Church of Wauchula, and had been employed in home health care as an LPN. Survivors include her partner in life, Edward Stephens of Wauchula; two...
Larry Torres
Feb 23, 2012
Larry Torres, 39, of Zolfo Springs, passed away at his home on February 23, 2012. Larry was born in Geneva, Alabama and had lived in Zolfo Springs most of his life. He was a truck driver in the agriculture industry and a member of Faith Temple Ministries Church of God. Survivors include his father, Jesus Lorenzo Torres of Zolfo Springs;...
Clyde Fraser
Feb 18, 2012
Clyde M. Fraser, 73, of Avon Park, passed away in Sebring on February 18, 2012. Mr. Fraser was born on April 16, 1938 in a farmhouse on Terrell Rd. in Wauchula that was built by his grandfather, Gary Fraser. He moved to Avon Park four years ago from Bowling Green. Mr. Fraser joined the U.S. Air Force at age 17,...
Carolyn Gordon
Feb 10, 2012
Carolyn Jean Gordon, 70, a winter resident of Crystal Lake Village, passed away on February 10, 2012 at Florida Hospital in Wauchula. She was born in Hartford City, Indiana on January 2, 1942 and was a resident of Montpelier, Indiana. Services will be held in Montpelier, Indiana under the direction of Walker and Glancy Funeral Home.
Guadalupe Garcia
Feb 9, 2012
Guadalupe Garcia, 47, of Zolfo Springs, passed away on February 9, 2012 at Florida Hospital Orlando. Mr. Garcia was born on March 10, 1964 in Rio Bravo, Tamaulipas, Mexico and moved to Hardee County 25 years ago. He was Catholic, and a citrus grove laborer. Survivors include his wife, Sanjuanita Garcia of Zolfo Springs; parents, Guadalupe Garcia and Julia Lopez...
Floyd Fields
Feb 8, 2012
Floyd F. Fields, 91, of Wauchula, passed away at Florida Hospital in Sebring on Wednesday, February 8, 2012. Mr. Fields was born in Nobles County, Minnesota on August 24, 1920; he moved to Hardee County in 1952. He was a member of the Peace Valley Lutheran Church and the American Legion Post #2. He served in the U.S. Army Air...
Santos Valdez
Feb 4, 2012
Santos Villareal Valdez, 75, of Wauchula, passed away at Lakeland Regional Medical Center on February 4, 2012. Mr. Valdez was born in San Antonio, Texas on January 27, 1937; he moved to Hardee County 45 years ago. He was a citrus grove laborer and member of St. Michael Catholic Church. Survivors include his wife, Benita Valdez of Wauchula; five sons,...
Juel Roberts Gill
Feb 2, 2012
Juel Maude Roberts Gill, 91, of Myakka City, passsed away on February 2, 2012 at Blake Memorial Hospital. She was born on August 9, 1920 in Hardee County and was a member of Manatee Baptist Church. Mrs. Gill graduated from Hardee High School and had been a real estate broker. Her husband, Alfred Murray Gill, two sisters, and a brother...
Maria Gutierrez
Jan 31, 2012
Maria DeAnda Gutierrez, 86, of Wauchula, passed away at her home on January 31, 2012. She was born in Arandas, Jalisco, Mexico on December 7, 1925 and came to Hardee County from Texas in 1956. She was a farming laborer and member of St. Michael Catholic Church, and was preceded in death by a son, Pedro DeAnda. Survivors include 3...
Leo Grills
Jan 26, 2012
Leo D. Grills, 73, of Wauchula, passed away at home on January 26, 2012. He was born in Wardell, Missouri on May 7, 1938 and moved to Hardee County 47 years ago. He was a member of Oak Grove Baptist Church and had been employed by Chapman Fruit Company. Mr. Grills was preceded in death by his parents, Alice and...
Sandra Hendry
Jan 23, 2012
Sandra Kay Hendry, 56, of Ona, passed away on Monday, January 23, 2012 at Fawcett Memorial Hospital. She was born in Arcadia on February 14, 1955 and had been a lifelong Hardee County resident. She was a member of Crewsville Bethel Baptist Church and was employed by the DeSoto County Sheriff's Office as a custodian. Survivors include her husband, James...
Billy Sorrels
Jan 21, 2012
Billy Ray Sorrels, 65, of Bowling Green, passed away at his home on January 21, 2012. He was born in Holland, Missouri on November 12, 1946 and moved to Hardee County over fifty years ago from Holland, Missouri. He was employed as a truck driver. He is survived by one son, Tray Davis of Colorado; three daughters, Becky Seaborn and...
Guadalupe Lazo
Jan 18, 2012
Guadalupe Estrada Lazo, 86, of Wauchula, passed away on Wednesday, January 18, 2012 at Good Shepherd Hospice in Sebring. Mrs. Lazo was born in San Benito, Texas on August 21, 1925. She had lived in Hardee County for forty years, coming from Michigan. She was a Catholic and a homemaker. Survivors include five sons and daughters-in-law, John and Gloria Lazo...
Michael Johnson,
Jan 17, 2012
Michael Wayne Johnson, Sr., 56, of Wauchula, passed away on January 17, 2012 at Florida Hospital Wauchula. He was born in Wauchula on March 15, 1955 and was a lifelong Hardee County resident. He was a member of Faith Assembly of God in Bowling Green, and self-employed as a plasterer, truck driver, and in construction. Survivors include his mother, Gladys...
Dan Davis
Jan 15, 2012
Dannie Eugene Davis "Pop", 75, of Wauchula, passed away on January 15, 2012 at his daughter's home in Wauchula. Dan was born in Tutor Key, Kentucky on March 31, 1936 and moved to Hardee County from Louisiana in 1985. He was a mechanic. He is survived by three daughters, Debbie Johnson of Wauchula, Gina Townsend and Sheila Lawrence, both of...
