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Ola Mae Culpepper
Mar 30, 2013
We celebrate the life of Ola Mae Culpepper. Her love for life has been manifest in her love for Christ and His creation. She was born Nov. 20, 1920 to Arthur Bennett and Vera Mae Cook. She committed her life to Christ and was baptized at Cowford on Holmes Creek. She became a member of First Baptist Church, Chipley, March...
Linda Newsom
Mar 28, 2013
Linda Newsom, age 42 of Panama City, passed away Thursday, March 28, 2013 in Bay Medical Center in Panama City. Linda was born October 25, 1970 in Panama City to Samuel Newsom and the late Fannie (Moody) Newsom. She had been a resident of Panama City for the past 7 years, coming from Franklin, Louisiana and was employed at Edgewater...
Shirley Ann Flanagan
Mar 28, 2013
Shirley Ann Flanagan, age 84, passed from this life Thursday, March 28, 2013 at Northwest Florida Community Hospital. She was born in Barnesboro, Pennsylvania on February 16, 1929 to Earl and Ellen (Toth) Brown. Shirley was a registered nurse and was a member of St. Theresa Catholic Church. She has lived her for the past 25 years coming from Dale...
Mary Watford
Mar 27, 2013
Mary Watford, 83, of Little Rock, passed away Wednesday, March 27, 2013. She was born in Holmes County, Florida, to the late William and Lula Mae Tindell. Mary was a great wife, mother, grandmother and friend. She attended St. James United Methodist Church in Little Rock. She is survived by her son, Ed Watford (Patty) of Little Rock; two grandchildren,...
Pete Davis
Mar 22, 2013
Bennie Earl (Pete) Davis, age 87 of Graceville, Florida, passed away Friday, March 22, 2013 in the Campbellton- Graceville Hospital in Graceville. Mr. Davis was born December 16, 1925 in Graceville to the late Charlie and Bennie (Narramore) Davis. He was a retired mail carrier and farmer. In addition to his parents, he is predeceased by his wife of 56...
Alice B. Crutchfield
Mar 21, 2013
Alice B. Crutchfield, age 80, passed from this life Thursday morning, March 21, 2013 at her home in Chipley. She was born November 13, 1932 to the late Tom and Mary (Walters) Johns in Wausau, FL. Mrs. Alice is a lifelong resident of the Chipley area and she was a member of the Grace Assembly of God Church of Chipley,...
Jesse Andrew Dennis, Jr.
Mar 17, 2013
Jesse Andrew Dennis, Jr. age 73 of Vernon, Florida, passed away Sunday March 17, 2013 in the Covenant Hospice Unit of Bay Medical Center in Panama City, Florida. Mr. Dennis was born July 31, 1939 in Miami, Florida to the late Jesse Andrew, Sr. and Mattie (Houck) Dennis. He had been a resident of Vernon since 1974, coming from Hialeah,...
Richard Leo Bednar, Sr.
Mar 16, 2013
Richard Leo Bednar, Sr. age 73 of Sunny Hills, Florida, passed away Saturday, March 16, 2013 at his home, surrounded by his loving family. Richard was born November 12, 1939 in Meadville, Pennsylvania to the late Joseph Sr. and Vera (Bundy) Bednar. A former truck driver for moving and storage, he had been a resident of Sunny Hills for the...
Donald Ray Smith
Mar 13, 2013
Donald Ray Smith, age 71, passed from this life Wednesday night March 13, 2013 at the Washington County Nursing and Rehab Center. Donald was born March 27, 1941 at Hinson's Crossroads in Vernon, FL. to the late Sanford and Christian (Anderson) Smith. Mr. Smith is a Retired Untied States Air Force Master Sergeant and worked as a Transportation Coordinator for...
Ozie V. Pippin
Mar 12, 2013
Ozie V. Pippin, age 99 of Dothan , formerly of Chipley, passed away Tuesday, March 12, 2013 at her home. Mrs. Ozie was born May 21, 1913 in Chipley, Florida to the late Henry Cleveland and Daisy (Burch) Johnson. She had been a resident of Dothan since May of 1994, coming from Chipley and was a member of Blue Lake...
Armetta J. Creel
Mar 7, 2013
Armetta J. Creel, age 92, of Cottondale, Florida, passed away Thursday, March 7, 2013 at her home. Armetta was born July 30, 1920 in Cottondale to the late William Thomas and Mary Magdalene (Davis) Justice. She was a homemaker, a member of the Lovewood Freewill Baptist Church and a member of the Order of The Eastern Star #129 and Amrant...
Margaret Lee Strickland
Mar 4, 2013
Margaret Lee Strickland, age 66 of Ebro, passed away Monday, March 4, 2013 in the Bay Medical Center in Panama City, Florida. A native of Hartford, Connecticut, she had been a resident of Washington County most of her life and was a loving wife, mother, grandmother and great grandmother. She is predeceased by her mother, Theresa Cassarino and a daughter,...
Alice Ray Laster
Feb 27, 2013
Alice Ray Laster of Chipley, 82, passed away Wednesday, February 27, 2013 at her residence. Mrs Alice was born September 1, 1930 in Chipley, Florida to the late Hazard Reed Ross and Ruby Ruth (King) Ross. She was a lunch room worker at Roulac Middle school and was a homemaker. Mrs. Alice was of the Baptist faith and a member...
Norma S. Teel
Feb 26, 2013
Norma S. Teel, May 26, 1930 – February 26, 2013. Norma, the only child of the late Charles Sherrer and Betha (Johns) Sherrer, passed away February 26, 2013 in Flowers Hospital in Dothan, Alabama, surrounded by loving family. She loved all creatures, art and most music, especially Sweet Adelines. She is survived by her loving husband of 63 years, Edward...
Margaret Kent
Feb 19, 2013
Margaret Kent, age 73 of Chipley, went to be with her Lord on Tuesday, February 19, 2013, at her home, with her loving family at her side. Margaret was born May 19, 1939 in Brewton, Alabama to the late, legendary country and western singer, Hank and Willa J. (Murphy) Locklin. She had been a resident of Chipley since 1972, coming...
Peggy Clohan
Feb 18, 2013
Peggy Clohan, age 72, passed from this life Monday, February 18, 2013 at Flowers Hospital in Dothan, AL. surrounded by her family. She was born November 10, 1940 to the late Cadwalader and Ruth Brock in Milton, FL. Mrs. Peggy has been a resident of Vernon since 1973 coming from Oregon. She worked as a substitute teacher for the Washington...
Shirley Mae Pearce
Feb 17, 2013
Shirley May Pearce, 88, of Marianna, Fla., formerly of Bureau, passed away Sunday, Feb. 17, 2013, at Washington Rehab and Nursing Center in Chipley, Fla. She was born May 10, 1924, in Hennepin, IL to Alfred and Julia (Henning) Morine. She grew up in Hennepin and graduated from Hennepin High School. She also graduated from Brown Business College. Shirley worked...
Drexel Mae Bateman
Feb 17, 2013
Drexel Mae Bateman, age 69 of Marianna, Florida, passed away Sunday, February 17, 2013 in the Southeast Alabama Medical Center in Dothan. Drexel was born November 16, 1943 in Blountstown, Florida to the late Conner and Nettie (Brown) Fant. She had been a resident of Marianna since 1985, moving there from Chipley and was a former convenient store cashier. Survivors...
Katherine Anne Sullivan
Feb 13, 2013
Katherine Anne Sullivan, age 63 of Southport, Florida, passed away Wednesday, February 13, 2013 in the Bay Medical Center in Panama City. Katherine was born May 9, 1949 in Ft. Bragg, North Carolina, to the late B.J. and Katherine Louise (Jackson) Blanton. She had been a resident of Southport for the past four years, coming from Colorado. Katherine was a...
Colleen "Boots" Roberts
Feb 9, 2013
Colleen C. (Boots) Roberts, age 84 of Chipley, passed away Saturday February 9, 2012 in the Sea Breeze Health Care Facility in Panama City, Florida. Colleen was born November 22, 1928 in Bruce, Florida to the late Noah and Inez Cook. A homemaker, she had been a resident of Chipley for the past 10 years. Coleen enjoyed the outdoors but...
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