Victor Williams
Jan 26, 2011
Victor Lamar Williams, 65, of Spring Hill, died January 26, 2011 at his home. Born August 20, 1945 in Cottonwood, Alabama, he moved to Spring Hill from Wauchula three years ago. He had lived in Wauchula most of his life and had been employed at the Hardee County Civic Center as a maintenance worker. He was preceded in death by...
Sandra Tucker
Jan 24, 2011
Sandra B. Tucker, 73, of Holmes Beach, formerly of Hardee County, died January 24, 2011 in Bradenton. She was born August 7, 1937 to William Frank and Mildred Davis Bass. Sandra was a homemaker and attended the University of Georgia. She was a member of the First Baptist Church of Wauchula. Her husband, Johnnie Tucker, preceded her in death. She...
B. Moore
Jan 22, 2011
B. D. Moore, 74, of Wauchula, died Saturday, January 22, 2011. He was born on July 2, 1936 in Dewitt, Iowa. He came to Hardee County from Polk County in 1968. He was employed as a refrigeration boiler technician and was a member of the Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses in Wauchula. His hobby was faceting, which he taught at...
Clifford Welch
Jan 19, 2011
Clifford Welch, 94, of Wauchula, died January 19, 2011 at his home. He was born in Fort Green on April 6, 1916 and had been a lifelong resident of Hardee County. He was a member of Fort Green Baptist Church, served in the U. S. Army, and was a carpenter. He was preceded in death by his wife, Clyda Albritton...
Carrie Mcabee
Jan 17, 2011
Carrie Ruth "Ruthie" McAbee, 80, of Bowling Green, died January 17, 2011 in Sebring. She was born in Johnson County, Tennessee on April 6, 1930. In the 1980's she moved to Bowling Green from Fort Myers, Fla. She attended Fort Green Baptist Church and was a homemaker who enjoyed quilting, gardening, canning, and playing cards. Survivors include four sons, James...
Claudie Conley
Jan 15, 2011
Claudie M. Conley, 78, of Wauchula, died Saturday, Jan. 15, 2011 at Tampa General Hospital. She was born Sept. 4, 1932 in Frostproof, and lived most of her adult life in Hardee County. She worked in the groves with her husband years ago and also was a cook at Senterfitt's Restaurant. She was one of the most loving Christian mother...
Frances Lowe
Jan 14, 2011
Frances P. Lowe, 81, of Zolfo Springs, died Friday, January 14, 2011 at Royal Care of Avon Park. She was born in Ft. Myers, Fla. on November 16, 1929. She had been a resident of Hardee County since 1944, coming from Lake Wales. She was a nurses aide employed at Hardee Memorial Hospital. Survivors include her son, James Talley of...
John Talley,
Jan 11, 2011
John D. Talley, Jr., 60, of Wauchula, died Tuesday, January 11, 2011 at home. He was born in Avon Park and had been a resident of Hardee County all of his life. He was a member of Paynes Creek Primitive Baptist Church and was a pump and irrigation technician. Survivors include his wife, Rebecca Talley, of Wauchula; daughters, Mary Elizabeth...
Steve Terrell
Jan 9, 2011
Steve M. Terrell, age 89, passed away on January 9, 2011. He was born March 11, 1921 in Bowling Green, FL to Wes and Rosie Terrell. Steve was raised in Wauchula, FL. He was preceded in death by his parents, his loving wife Melba McKinney Terrell, brothers Corbit, John, Clayton, Grover, Gene and sisters Lena, Ressie, and Ada. Steve is...
Alberta Albritton
Jan 7, 2011
Alberta Carlton Albritton, 89, of Wauchula, died Friday, Jan. 7, 2011 at Resthaven. Born Nov. 1, 1921 to the late Ab and Louise E. Carlton, she was raised in the Oak Grove community. She was a 1939 graduate of Wauchula High School and an active member of the First Baptist Church of Wauchula for nearly 70 years. Always young at...
James Froehlich
Jan 6, 2011
James "Jimmy" Froehlich, 45, of Wauchula, died Jan. 6, 2011 in Orlando. He was born on Nov. 22, 1965 in Wauchula and was a lifetime resident here. He was a Baptist, and employed as a cook for Wauchula Family Restaurant. He loved his grandchildren. Survivors include his wife, Brenda Froehlich of Wauchula; son, Chris Froehlich of Wauchula; daughters, Destiny, Misty,...
Jessie Aquilar,
Jan 6, 2011
Jessie Aguilar, Jr., 30, of Bowling Green, died January 6, 2011. He was born in Sonora, Texas on Sept. 24, 1980 and came to Hardee County from Texas in 1999. He was employed as a laborer for McDonald Construction and was a Catholic. He is survived by his parents, Linda and Lee Arrendondo of Wauchula; daughters, Erica and Natali Aguilar...
Haford Shiver
Jan 5, 2011
Haford Harley Shiver went to be with the Lord on Wednesday, January 5, 2011 at Sarasota. He lived in Bowling Green and had lived in Hardee County all of his adult life coming from Bay County, FL, where he was born. He served in the U. S. Army during World War II and retired from Swift Mining Company after 37...
Carl Henson,
Dec 31, 2010
Carl C. Henson, Jr., 87, of Wauchula, died Dec. 31, 2010 in Sarasota. He was born in Vilas, NC and had been a resident of Hardee County since 2003, coming from Panama City, FL. He was a member of First Baptist Church of Wauchula, served in the U. S. Army and was owner of Alexandria Lithograph Company. Survivors include his...
Mary Cowart
Dec 30, 2010
Mary Jean Cowart, of Wauchula, passed away December 30, 2010 at her home. She was born September 13, 1936 in Bowling Green, Fla. to Hugh and Edna Griffin and had been a lifelong resident of Hardee County. She graduated from Hardee High School in 1955 and received her nursing degree from Polk Community College. She was a member of New...
William Bishop
Dec 30, 2010
William C. Bishop, 90, of Ona, died December 30, 2010 at DeSoto Memorial Hospital. He was born June 5, 1920 in Benham, Kentucky, and came to Hardee County from Virginia forty years ago. He was a member of Limestone Baptist Church. He was E-7 retired, U.S. Navy, and had been employed by Peace River Electric Coop. as a meter reader....
James Richardson
Dec 30, 2010
James Arie Richardson "Coon", 83, of Wauchula, passed away at his home on December 30, 2010. He was born in Nashville, Georgia on May 5, 1927 and had been a resident of Wauchula for 30 years, coming from Englewood. He was a crane operator. Coon was an "old school" Floridian, enjoying hunting and fishing and spending time with his grandchildren....
Sylvia Campbell
Dec 26, 2010
Sylvia Knight Campbell, 71, of Rome, New York, died December 26, 2010 at her winter residence in Lake Placid, Florida. She was born in Wauchula on December 25, 1939. Sylvia was a homemaker, involved with United Way, and The Twigs at Rome Hospital, and a Baptist. She was the 1957 Miss Hardee High, a graduate of Hardee High School, a...
Cleota Simmons
Dec 21, 2010
Cleota Simmons, 94, of Sarasota, formerly of Arcadia, died Dec. 21, 2010 at Manor Care in Sarasota. She was a member of Limestone Baptist Church and served with her husband, Rev. Emmett Simmons, in ministry for 55 years. He preceded her in death. Survivors include two sons, Arthur Simmons (Marti) of Orlando and Jimmie Simmons (Trudy) of Palm Beach Gardens;...
June Fitzpatrick
Dec 19, 2010
June A. Fitzpatrick, 82, died Dec. 19, 2010 at her home in Wauchula. She was born Sept. 30, 1928 in Abingdon, Ill., the only child of Souvie and Bessie Bryan Harland. She graduated with a Bachelor Degree in Physical Education in 1949 from Western Illinois University in MaComb, Ill. On July 24, 1954 she married Clayton James Fitzpatrick, and got...
