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Robert Wayne Tomlinson
Dec. 09, 2011
Robert Wayne Tomlinson, age 65, of Tavares passed away on Friday, December 9, 2011. He was born July 3, 1946 and moved to the Tavares area in 1982 from Haines City. He is survived by his son, Jerry Myers; daughters, Detta Byars, Tessie Hart, Beverly K. Hart Coburn, April Jordan, Leslie Jerrett,...
Roland J. Bolduc
Dec. 08, 2011
Roland J. Bolduc, age 87, of Tavares, FL passed away on Thursday, December 8, 2011 after a long illness. He was born in Winslow, ME. He moved to FL in 1977 after operating Bolduc’s Superette in Oakland, ME for many years. After moving to FL he owned and operated the Vertical Blind Factory in...
Derald Lee Carles, Sr.
Dec. 07, 2011
Derald Lee Carles, age 67, of Leesburg, FL passed away on Wednesday, December 7, 2011. He was born May 22, 1944 in Findlay, OH and moved to Florida 14 years ago from North Baltimore, OH. He retired from Whirlpool, was an avid fisherman and loved motorcycles. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army,...
William W. Friedman
Dec. 07, 2011
William W. Friedman, 90, formerly of Tavares, Fl. went to be with his Lord on December 7, 2011 in Zephyrhills, Fl. He attended Jacksonville State University where he met his future wife Clemmie and Lettered in five sports and then graduated from Vanderbilt University with his Masters Degree. Mr....
Donnell Robert Sullivan
Nov. 25, 2011
Donnell Robert Sullivan was born in Detroit Michigan on June 16, 1930 and graduated to the kingdom of Christ on November 25, 2011.Raised with loving parents, two brothers (Larry and Tommy) and a sister (Patty), Donnell excelled in music and mechanics. He built his first car, a hot rod, by hand...
Lawna Scott Harrison
Nov. 22, 2011
Lawna Scott Harrison, 86, Tavares, Fl. went to be with the Lord on November 22, 2011 under the care of her loving family and staff of Cornerstone Hospice. Mrs. Harrison was born April 22, 1925 in Highland Park, Michigan to her parents Wallace and Florence Dyer. She was a Homemaker and was a...
Thomas (Tom) Mix Smith
Nov. 18, 2011
Thomas (Tom) Smith age 86, Mt. Dora, Florida passed away November 18, 2011 at the Cornerstone Hospice House, Tavares, Florida. Born in Deland, Florida on November 1, 1925 to Clarence M. and Anna T. (nee Ott) Smith.Tom was employed by the Lovett Chain Store, Deland, Florida from June, 1939 to...
William James Barr, Jr.
Nov. 17, 2011
William (Bud) Barr, age 84, of Tavares, FL passed away on Thursday, November 17, 2011. He was born July 4, 1927 in Clarksburg, WV and moved to Florida in 1996. He was a retired supervisor with PPG and Fourco. He was also very active in youth athletics for over 15 years. He was the founder and...
John W. Jeffries
Nov. 16, 2011
John W. Jeffries, 83, Tavares, Fl. passed away on November 16, 2011 at Florida Hospital Waterman in Tavares, Fl. Mr. Jeffries was a retired Pilot for Pan American Airlines and was a veteran who served as a Pilot in the U.S. Navy during the Korean Conflict. He moved to Tavares in 1993 from South...
Steven James Hedges
Nov. 09, 2011
Mr. Steven James Hedges of Leesburg, formerly of Tavares, passed away on Wednesday, November 09, 2011 at the age of 60 years. He was born in Toledo, Ohio and served his country on the US Army National Guard. A memorial gathering was held on Saturday, November 19, 2011 from 1:00 – 2:30 pm at the...
Richard Lee Black
Nov. 08, 2011
Mr. Richard Lee Black of Grand Island, FL, passed away on Tuesday, November 8, 2011 at the age of 72 years. He was born in Hammond, IN to Cecil Paul and Ethel (Brasker) Black on July 28, 1939. Richard served his country in the US Navy. In 1993, he retired as a Systems Analyst from Amoco Oil...
John Melville Tillman
Nov. 08, 2011
John Melville Tillman, 75, Tavares, Fl. passed away on November 8, 2011 in Tavares, Fl. Mr. Tillman was born on January 27, 1936in Brooklyn, New York. He was a former Stock Broker for the New York Stock Exchange and was of the Lutheran faith. He moved to Tavares five years ago from East Meadow,...