Mary Drake
Apr 16, 2010
Mary Letha Drake, 88, of Wauchula, passed away at her home on April 16, 2010. She was born in Bowling Green on Aug. 22, 1921 and had been a lifelong resident of Hardee County. She was a member of the First United Methodist Church of Bowling Green, and had been employed as a secretary in the Clerk of Courts office....
Zelda Crews Randall
Apr 16, 2010
Zelda June Crews Randall, 78, of Citra, Fla., died April 16, 2010 in Ocala. She was born in Hardee County, was a lifelong Floridian and moved to Marion County two years ago. She was a former Okeechobee resident. She was a Baptist and a homemaker. Survivors include sons, Jack Murphy (Sheila) of Citra, Ronnie Murphy (Vickie) of Labelle; daughters, Linda...
Olen Calvin Coker,
Apr 15, 2010
Olen Calvin "Junior" Coker, Jr., 90, went home to be with our Lord on April 15, 2010 in Wauchula due to heart failure. Born in Ona on Nov. 25, 1919, he was a farmer, rancher, deputy sheriff and rodeo cowboy. Later in life he enjoyed reading, Westerns, telling tales and visiting with family and friends. He was the last living...
Opal Rooney
Apr 14, 2010
Opal Athelene Rooney, 96, of Myakka City, died April 14, 2010 in Gaithersburg, Maryland. She was born August 28, 1913 in Mason, OK and had been a resident of Manatee County since 1972. She was a public school teacher, and a teacher with the Department of Defense in Puerto Rico. She was a member of New Zion Baptist Church. Survivors...
Henry Graham
Apr 7, 2010
Mayor Henry C. Graham, 94, of Wauchula, passed away on April 7, 2010 in Wauchula. He was born in Myakka City, Fla. on August 29, 1915. Mayor Graham had been a resident of Hardee County since 1937. He was a member of the First Baptist Church, and was the mayor of Wauchula for a number of terms. Survivors include his...
John Warnock
Apr 5, 2010
John Donald Warnock, 70, of Zolfo Springs, died April 5, 2010 at his home. He was born in Auburndale, Fla. on Feb. 17, 1940 and came to Hardee County from Polk County in 1986. He was a truck driver. Survivors include his wife, Mary Frances Warnock of Zolfo Springs; 3 daughters, Deanna Prince of Avon Park, Rhonda Schlipf of Zolfo...
Grace Steele
Apr 5, 2010
Grace Marie Steele, 83, of Wauchula, passed away on April 5, 2010 in Kissimmee. She was born in Lake Wales, Fla. on Jan. 5, 1927 and had been a resident of Hardee County for most of her life. She was a member of the Peace Valley Lutheran Church, a sales clerk for Bealls, medical records keeper for the Health Department,...
Aaron Boyette
Apr 4, 2010
Aaron Moses Boyette, 90, of Bowling Green, went to be with his Lord on Resurrection morning April 4, 2010. He was born August 14, 1919 in Jasper, Fla. He grew up in the Plant City area, coming to Hardee County in the early 1930's. He was a farmer, then a professional grove caretaker and grove owner. He was owner of...
Thomas Platt
Apr 2, 2010
Thomas "Tom" C. Platt, 80, of Ona, died April 2, 2010 in Bradenton. Tom was born in Melbourne, Fla. on Nov. 17, 1929, and had been a resident of Ona since 1937. He was a Baptist, a cattleman and a rancher. Survivors include his wife, Bessie; 2 sons and daughters-in-law, Jim and Melissa Platt of Lake Placid, Will and Linda...
Rosa Garcia
Mar 31, 2010
Rosa Garcia, 71, of Zolfo Springs, died March 31, 2010 at Sun City Center. Rosa was born in Loredo, TX on Aug. 29, 1938. She had been a resident of Zolfo Springs for 30 years, coming from Ohio. She was a homemaker and Pentecostal by faith. She loved caring for her grandchildren and cooking for her family, and was very...
Lydia Ochoa
Mar 30, 2010
Lydia Ochoa, 72, of Wauchula, died March 30, 2010 at her daughter's home in Wauchula. She was born in Beeville, TX on Sept. 8, 1937. She came to Hardee County from Beeville in 1965. She was a homemaker and a member of Dios Es Amor church. She was preceded in death by a sister, Alma Moreno. Survivors include her husband,...
Arlene Eubanks
Mar 19, 2010
Arlene Eubanks, 47, passed away on March 19, 2010 at her home in Sebring. She was born in Sebring on Dec. 6, 1962, and had lived in Sebring for one year, moving from Wauchula where she had lived for most of her life. She had been employed for the City of Wauchula as a truck driver. Survivors include two sons,...
Nancy King
Mar 16, 2010
Nancy L. King, 73, of Wauchula, passed away on Tuesday, March 16, 2010 at her home. She was born in Wyandotte, Michigan on May 14, 1936 and had been a Hardee County resident for seven years, coming from Michigan. She was a Protestant and a homemaker. Survivors include her husband, Ralph George King of Wauchula; sons, Timothy John King of...
Barney Franklin
Mar 12, 2010
Barney Franklin, 68, of Wauchula, passed away Friday, March 12, 2010 at his home. Born in Boaz, Alabama on November 29, 1941, he came to Wauchula from Bartow two years ago. Barney liked to fish, worked for Kaplan Industries as a meat cutter, and was a handyman who painted houses and picked oranges. Survivors include his girlfriend, Dorothy Cheraz of...
Margaret Maxwell
Mar 9, 2010
Margaret L. Maxwell, 81, passed away on March 9, 2010 in Avon Park. She was born on Jan. 8, 1929 in Gallia County, Ohio. She moved to Hardee County from Chester, Ohio 13 years ago. She was a salesperson. Survivors include her husband, Milton Maxwell of Wauchula; brother, John Thompson of Gallipalis, Ohio; and sister, Dorothy Wentcel of Letart, W....
Vera Stone
Mar 4, 2010
Vera Mae Stone, 77, died March 4, 2010 in Sebring. She was born in Newport, Arkansas on Oct. 13, 1932 to Parker and Ruth Stover. She had been a resident of Hardee County since 1969 coming from Marked Tree, Ark. She was a housewife, mother, and friend to all who knew her. She attended the Church of God and loved...
Jody Fisher-Clark
Mar 1, 2010
Jody Sue Fisher-Clark, 54, of Zolfo Springs, died March 1, 2010 in Bradenton. She was born on Nov. 21, 1955 in Peoria, Ill. and moved to Hardee County five years ago from Bradenton. Jody was employed as a phlebotomist at Manatee Memorial Hospital. She was a Christian, humanitarian and environmentalist, and a member of the Moose Lodge. Survivors include her...
Weita Boney Davis
Feb 24, 2010
Weita Louise Boney Davis, 85, Wife, Mom, Christian, of Wauchula, died Feb. 24, 2010 at Spring Lake Nursing Home in Winter Haven. She was born in Avon Park on Oct. 3, 1924 to Bessie Grace Boney and Peter Clane Boney. Weita was a member of Faith Presbyterian Church and had been employed as a bookkeeper with Answer Phone Call Service....
Scott Lane
Feb 17, 2010
Scott L. Lane, 35, of Avon Park, passed away at his home on Feb. 17, 2010. Scott was born in Wauchula on March 16, 1974 and moved to Avon Park ten years ago. He was a Baptist and an avid fisherman. He was employed as a heavy equipment operator at Krause Grove Service for 16 years. He was preceded in...
Gary Wyatt
Feb 16, 2010
Gary Leon Wyatt, 66, of Wauchula, passed away on February 16, 2010 at Sebring. Gary was born in Forest Hill, Maryland on Feb. 28, 1943 and came to Hardee County from Lakeland in 1981. He was a Railroad conductor, served in the U. S. Army, and was a Freewill Baptist. Survivors include his wife, Barbara; 2 sons, Ricky Wyatt (Renee)...
