Ella Creech Poole
Sep 14, 2011
Ella Barrow Creech Poole, 89, of Wauchula, passed away on Wednesday, September 14, 2011 in Sebring. She was born in Greene County, NC on Sept. 30, 1921. Mrs. Poole had been a resident of Wauchula for 16 years, coming from Kinston, NC where she had lived for 74 years. She was a Christian and member of Wheat Swamp Christian Church...
Herminio Aguilar
Sep 12, 2011
Herminio Aguilar, 57, of Wauchula, passed away in Lakeland on Sept. 12, 2011. He was born in Mexico on Dec. 28, 1953 and had been a resident of Hardee County most of his life. He was employed as a machinery escort. He is survived by four sons, Hermino Aguilar, Jr., Gabriel Aguilar, Nick Aguilar, and Abel Aguilar, all of Wauchula;...
Mary Grimes
Sep 11, 2011
Mary Kathryn Grimes, 77, of Wauchula, passed away on Sunday, September 11, 2011 at Hardee Manor. She was born in Daleville, Alabama on July 22, 1934 and had lived in Wauchula all of her life. She loved her family, and was of the Baptist faith. Mary Kathryn was preceded in death by her parents, O. B. and Julia Grimes, a...
Robert Revell
Sep 8, 2011
Robert Matthew Revell, 61, of Bowling Green died on Thursday, September 8, 2011 in Sebring. Mr. Revell was born on September 6, 1950 in Bowling Green and had been a lifelong resident. He was a farmer and attended the First Baptist Church of Bowling Green. He was a Vietnam War veteran serving in the U. S. Marine Corps. He was...
Melford Gilley
Sep 6, 2011
Melford Gilley, 83, of Wauchula, passed away on September 6, 2011 at his home. Pastor Gilley was born in Geneva, Alabama on December 14, 1927. He had been a resident of Hardee County for 38 years, moving from Tampa, Fla. He was pastor of Open Door Full Gospel Praise Center in Bowling Green, and served in the U. S. Army....
Harry Elyea
Aug 31, 2011
Harry Reagle Elyea, 94, was born at home January 29, 1917 to Charles F. and Cora Reagle Elyea in Marengo Township near Marshall, Michigan. He grew up on the family farm, graduating from high school in Marshall. He attended Moody Bible Institute three months after marrying Doretha Elaine Zerbel on June 23, 1940. After graduating from Moody Bible Institute, Harry...
Freda Douglas
Aug 30, 2011
Freda Brooks Douglas, 78, of Wauchula, passed away on Aug. 30, 2011 at Florida Hospital in Sebring. She was born on March 18, 1933 in Oil City, Penn., the daughter of H. Alfred (Dutch) Brooks and Helene Hastings Brooks. She and her husband John moved to Crystal Lake Village in 1984 from Penn. Freda was an avid writer her whole...
Sarah Messick Fehr
Aug 28, 2011
Sarah Davis Messick Fehr, 96, passed away on August 28, 2011 at Hardee Manor. She was born in Pittsville, Maryland on July 25, 1915. She had lived in Maryland for most of her life, moving to Hardee County in 1993. She was a homemaker and enjoyed attending Faith Assembly of God. She was preceded in death by her husbands, C....
Doris Winne
Aug 21, 2011
Doris M. Winne, 84, of Wauchula, passed away on Sunday, August 21, 2011 at Hardee Manor. She was born in Des Moines, Iowa on August 1, 1927, and came to Wauchula from Hadley, Michigan in 1995. Mrs. Winne was a homemaker, real estate agent, and part-time school teacher. She traveled the world estensively singing gospel music, and was a member...
Robert Hendley
Aug 20, 2011
Robert S. Hendley, 76, of Bowling Green, passed away in Sebring on Saturday, August 20, 2011. He was born in Abbeville, Alabama on June 10, 1935 and came to Hardee County in 1973 from Guam. Mr. Hendley was a veteran of the Korean and Vietnam Wars. He retired from the U. S. Navy in 1973 after twenty years service. He...
Sandra Talley
Aug 19, 2011
Sandra Carlton Talley, 69, of Zolfo Springs, passed away on Friday, August 19, 2011. She was born in Cut Bank, Montana on March 29, 1942 to James L. and Alberta Jessop Calder. Sandra came to Hardee County from Montana in 1952. A Christian, she was a member of Cowboy Up Ministry and was employed as office manager for JLC Farms,...
Edgar Wheeler
Aug 11, 2011
Edgar Forrest Wheeler, 63, of Wauchula, passed away on Thursday, August 11, 2011. Mr. Wheeler was born in Fayetteville, North Carolina on April 6, 1948. He had been a resident of Wauchula since 1983, moving from Whiting, New Jersey. He was employed by Mosaic as a washer operator and served his country in the U. S. Navy. Survivors include his...
Wilbur Vander Adams
Aug 7, 2011
Wilbur "Van" Vander Adams, 80, of Zolfo Springs, passed away on August 7, 2011 at his home. He was born in Bushnell, Fla. on August 23, 1930 and had been a Hardee County resident for 58 years, moving from Arcadia. Van served his country in the U. S. Army, was a rancher and citrus grower and a member of Crewsville...
Tomasa Flores
Aug 5, 2011
Tomasa R. Flores, 81, of Wauchula, passed away on August 5, 2011 in Auburndale. She was born in Weslaco, Texas on March 7, 1930 and moved to Hardee County from Texas in 1960. Mrs. Flores was a member of St. Michael Catholic Church and was a homemaker. She is survived by two brothers, Joe Ramirez of Punta Gorda and Paulo...
George Neel
Aug 2, 2011
George Neel, mayor of Zolfo Springs, passed away August 2, 2011. He is survived by his wife, Judy; sons, Jerry (Royce) of Henderson, KY, Rev. Steven (Nancy) of Jeffersontown, KY, Roger of Ottawa, Ohio, and Art of Zolfo Springs; 14 grandchildren and 2 great-grandchildren. He was a retired United Methodist minister; however, he had served the First United Methodist Church...
Catherine Smit
Aug 2, 2011
Catherine Sue Smit, 70, of Wauchula, passed away on Tuesday, August 2, 2011 in Sebring. She was born in Detroit, Michigan on July 19, 1941 and had been a resident of Wauchula since 1988, coming from Tampa. She was a member of the First Christian Church, and was active in God's Sassy Sowers, Vacation Bible School and the Story of...
Monteen Crews Jenkins
Aug 1, 2011
Monteen "Ethel" Crews Jenkins, 90, of Arcadia, passed away on Monday, August 1, 2011 at Hardee Manor Healthcare under the care of Hope Hospice. Ethel was born on January 21, 1921 in Pine Level, and had been a resident of DeSoto County since birth. She was preceded in death by her parents, several husbands, daughter, son-in-law, and a great-grandson. Ethel...
Harry Grice,
Aug 1, 2011
Harry L. Grice, Jr., of Wauchula, passed away at his home on Monday, August 1, 2011. He was born in Wauchula on March 15, 1949 and had been a lifelong resident of Hardee County. He was a member of New Hope Baptist Church and had been a supervisor at Mobil Mining. He is survived by his wife, Tina Grice of...
James Webb,
Jul 28, 2011
James D. Webb, Sr., 55, of Arcadia, Florida passed away July 28, 2011. He was born in Madison, Florida on July 29, 1955 and moved with his family, to Arcadia in 1960. James worked for Central Maloney, G. Pearce Wood and Cox Pest Control. He was a member of North Hillsboro Baptist Church. James is survived by his wife of...
Richard Anderson
Jul 23, 2011
Richard Nelson Anderson, 54, of Wauchula, died July 23, 2011 in Wauchula. He was born on May 20, 1957 in Niota, Tennessee and had been a 15 year resident of Hardee County, moving from Arcadia. He was a rancher. He is survived by his wife,Linda Anderson of Wauchula; father, Kenneth Anderson of Tennessee; son, Justin Anderson of Bowling Green; brothers,...
