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Pearl N. Branch
Nov. 09, 2018
Pearl N. Branch of Tavares, Florida, passed away on Friday, November 9, 2018 at the age of 75 years. She was born in Huntington, West Virginia. Pearl previously lived in Umatilla, Florida. She was a retired sales associate from Walmart in Mount Dora. She worked there for 24 years. Pearl is...
Beverly G. Cox
Nov. 08, 2018
Beverly G. Cox, age 98, of Apopka passed away on Thursday, November 8, 2018. She was born September 13, 1920 in Windsor, CT and moved to Astatula in 1969 from Hollywood, FL. She worked for many years as a fruit grader and loved to crochet in her spare time. She was a member of Astatula Baptist...
Arlene H. Williams
Nov. 07, 2018
Arlene H. Williams, age 80, of Tavares passed away on Wednesday, November 7, 2018. She was born February 23, 1938 in Atlanta, GA. She was a retired payroll clerk for the school board. She was a member of the Elks and the Moose. She is survived by her sons, Gary Whiting of Deltona, FL, Kevin...
Richard Lee Newman
Nov. 06, 2018
Richard Lee Newman, age 57, of Leesburg passed away on Tuesday, November 6, 2018. He was born April 15, 1961 in Pontiac, MI and moved to Lake County in 1984 from Virginia. He was a retired mechanic. He is survived by his wife, Donna Newman of Leesburg, FL; mother, Barbara Newman of Sterling...
James Edward Cook
Nov. 03, 2018
James Edward Cook, age 70, of Tavares passed away on Saturday, November 3, 2018. He was born in Toledo, Ohio January 19, 1948. He graduated from Otsego High School and Penta Career Center in 1967. Jim was a proud member of the Future Farmers of America, the Otsego High School Chapter and also...
Billie C. Hedrick
Nov. 02, 2018
Billie Caramel (Myers) Hedrick, 77, passed away Friday, November 2, 2018, at Ocala Regional Medical Center in Ocala, Florida, where she was being treated for injuries sustained in an automobile accident. Born June 27, 1941, in Martin County, Indiana, she was the daughter of William C. and Dorothy...
Anton William Hengst
Nov. 02, 2018
He never said " I love you" in words I can recall. He felt it not the manly thing to do. Yet deep within my heart, I know that love was really there. His eyes, his touch, the things he did all told me that it's true. And now it's time to say " Goodbye" my father and my friend. Sweet memories...
Ronald Eugene Grodkiewicz
Nov. 02, 2018
Ronald Eugene Grodkiewicz, 74 of Tavares, FL. Went to be with the Lord on Friday, November 02, 2018. Ronald was born on December 05, 1943 in Jersey City, New Jersey to the late Walter and Victoria Grodkiewicz. Ronald retired from his career as an electrician at Saint Peters, University Hospital,...
Carson B. Edwards
Oct. 31, 2018
Carson Bayard Edwards, age 74, passed away at his home in Leesburg, Florida, October 31, 2018. Carson, a native Virginian, was born May 8, 1944, in Lynchburg, Virginia and raised in Lexington. As a teenager he left home and went to live with relatives in Culpeper and ended up working on a...
Lois Jean Watkins
Oct. 28, 2018
Lois Jean Watkins 92, of Tavares, passed away on October 28, 2018. She was born in Johnstown, Pennsylvania and moved here in 2012 from Alexandria, Virginia. She was affiliated with Grace Brethren Church of Alexandria and attended the Revolution Church of Leesburg. Lois was predeceased by her...