Adrian Rodriguez,
Nov 6, 2011
Adrian S. Rodriguez, Jr., 13, of Wauchula, passed away on Nov. 6, 2011 in Bartow. Adrian was born in Arcadia on Oct. 1, 1998 and was a lifelong Hardee County resident. He was a member of St. Michael's Catholic Church and a student at Hardee Jr. High. He is survived by his parents, Adrian Rodriguez of Michigan and Brenda Garcia...
Gene Kuyrkendall
Nov 6, 2011
Gene Dale Kuyrkendall, 71, of Bowling Green, passed away in Sarasota on Nov. 6, 2011. Gene was born in St. Louis, Missouri on Dec. 21, 1939 and came to Hardee County from Indiana 64 years ago. He was of the Baptist and Nazarene faiths, served in the U.S. Air Force and was a self-employed truck driver. Survivors include his wife,...
Bernice Johnston
Oct 31, 2011
Bernice Johnston, 83, of Wauchula, passed away in Winter Haven on October 31, 2011. She was born in Lansing, Tennessee on October 1, 1928. Mrs. Johnston was a homemaker and had been a Bowling Green resident most of her life. She was preceded in death by a son, Dallas. Survivors include five sons, Johnny Johnston of Bowling Green, Jack Johnston...
Erasmo Trevino,
Oct 30, 2011
Erasmo Trevino, Jr., of Wauchula, passed away on October 30, 2011 at his home. He was born in Raymondville, Texas on February 26, 1944 and moved to Wauchula in 1972 from Washington. He was a Catholic and worked as an agricultural laborer. Survivors include three brothers, Hector Trevino of Lehigh Acres, Isidro Trevino of Alabama, and Gregorio Trevino of Michigan;...
Leta Roberts
Oct 28, 2011
Leta Jean Roberts, 56, of Zolfo Springs, passed away in Sebring on October 28, 2011. Mrs. Roberts moved to Hardee County from Louisiana seven years ago. She was a Baptist and a pipe fitter foreman. She was preceded in death by her father, Samuel Isaac Chambers and a sister, Diane Webb. Survivors include her husband, Marcus Roberts of Zolfo Springs;...
Felipa Alvarado
Oct 19, 2011
Felipa Alvarado, 76, of Wauchula, passed away in Sebring on October 19, 2011. She was born in Mercedes, Texas on February 5, 1935 and came to Wauchula from Texas in 1969. Mrs. Alvarado was homemaker and a member of St. Michael Catholic Church. Her daughter, Maria Gloria Chaves, preceded her in death. Survivors include her husband, Maximo Alvarado of Wauchula;...
Julius Merchant,
Oct 18, 2011
Julius Robert Merchant, Sr., 72, of Wauchula, passed away on October 18, 2011 in Avon Park. He was born in Hazelhurst, Georgia on April 30, 1939, and had lived in Wauchula most of his life. He was a roofer and a member of Victory Praise Center. Mr. Merchant served in the U. S. Army during the Korean War. He was...
Claude Harris,
Oct 17, 2011
Claude Wayland Harris, Sr., 80, of Wauchula, passed away October 17, 2011 in Lakeland. He was born in Greenville, NC on May 26, 1931 and had been a resident of Wauchula since 1953. Mr. Harris was the owner/auto mechanic of Claude Harris Garage and a former Assistant Fire Chief with the Wauchula Fire Dept. He was a member of Northside...
Cassie Brown
Oct 16, 2011
Cassie Bell Brown, 91, of Bowling Green, passed awy on October 16, 2011 in Lakeland. Mrs. Brown was born on February 16, 1920 in Colquit County, Georgia and had been a resident of Hardee County most of her life. She attended First Baptist Church of Zolfo Springs and had retired from G. Pierce Woods Hospital in Arcadia where she was...
Joseph Knight
Oct 16, 2011
Joseph Lamar Knight, 73, of Avon Park, passed away on October 16, 2011. He was born in Wauchula on September 5, 1938 and had been a Hardee County resident most of his life. Lamar was the owner of Knight's Drive-In Restaurant, the Hardee House, and also farmed. A 1956 graduate of Hardee High School, he was active in baseball and...
Marion Kiella
Oct 13, 2011
Marion M. Kiella, 89, of Wauchula, passed away on October 13, 2011 in Lakeland. She was born on December 16, 1921 in Wauchula, and had been a lifelong resident of Wauchula. Mrs. Kiella was a a beautician and a member of First Christian Church. Memberships include Woman Alive, the Woman's Club, Go Ye Circle, United Daughters of the Confederacy, and...
Robert Ratliff
Oct 10, 2011
Robert K. Ratliff, 86, of Wauchula, passed away Octoaber 10, 2011 in Bay Pines. He was born August 3, 1925 in Bowling Green and was a lifelong resident of Hardee County. He was co-owner of Ratliff's Grocery in Bowling Green, and had worked in outside sales for Lawton Brothers in Orlando. He was a World War II veteran serving in...
Christopher Owens
Oct 9, 2011
Christopher Matthew Owens, 32, of Zolfo Springs, passed away at his home on Sunday, October 9, 2011. He was born in Plant City, Fla. on April 12, 1979. Christopher had been employed as a machine operator with Mosaic and was a member of Faith Temple Ministries Church of God. He is survived by his daughters, Kaydance Owens and Mercedes Owens,...
David Barrington
Oct 8, 2011
David Gene Barrington, went to be with the Lord on October 8, 2011 at the age of 67. He was born on July 13, 1944 in Omaha, Nebraska, and had been a resident of Hardee County since 1971, coming from El Paso, Texas. He was a member of Riverview Heights Missionary Baptist Church and was a retired heavy equipment operator...
Lonnie Welch
Oct 6, 2011
Lonnie Carl Welch, 66, of Zolfo Springs, passed away at his home on October 6, 2011. Lonnie was a lifelong Hardee County resident. He was born in Fort Green on December 25, 1944, and was a grove mechanic. Survivors include his companion, Barbara Richardson; daughter, Brenda Keeton (Saul Sonanez) of Wauchula; 4 step-daughters, Patricia Cisneros of Tampa, Tammy Fulton of...
Michael Sleeper
Oct 3, 2011
Michael John Sleeper, 26, of Wauchula, passed away on Monday, October 3, 2011 at Tampa General Hospital. He was born on March 12, 1985 in Brooksville, Fla. and came to Hardee County in 1987. Michael was a member of St. Michael's Catholic Church and taught 7th grade math at Hardee Jr. High. He was a dedicated teacher, an avid photographer,...
Mark Phillips
Sep 30, 2011
Mark Steven Phillips, 57, of Wauchula, passed away on September 30, 2011 at Hardee Manor. He was born in Muskegon, Michigan on September 21, 1954 and had been a Wauchula resident for 22 years. Mark had been employed as a laborer in the fruit packing house. He was preceded in death by a daughter, Melissa Phillips. Survivors include one daughter,...
Ronald Mccoy
Sep 28, 2011
Ronald L. McCoy, 82, of Wauchula, passed away on September 28, 2011 at his home. Ron was born in Saugas, California on May 7, 1929 and moved to Florida in 1966. He was a Baptist and a World War II veteran serving in the U. S. Army. Ron was employed in the NASA Shuttle Program as a shuttle manager with...
Charles Morehead
Sep 17, 2011
Charles M. Morehead, 52, of DeSoto County, passed away on September 17, 2011. He was born in Dumfries, Virginia on October 15, 1952 and was raised by the late Vernon T. and Opal Lantz. Charles has resided in DeSoto County for the past seven years and attended Pine Level Methodist Church. He worked as an auto mechanic after graduating from...
Spessard Stone
Sep 15, 2011
Spessard Munselle Stone, 67, of Wauchula, died Sept. 15, 2011 at Florida Hospital in Sebring. Born at Clewiston on Sept. 2, 1944, he was a genealogist and historian and the author of "John and William, Sons of Robert Hendry" and "Hardee County: Its Heritage and People". He was a member of the First United Methodist Church of Wauchula where he...
