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Mary Leavie Minchin

Mary Leavie Minchin

Oct 16, 2011

Mary Leavie Catherine Brownlee Minchin went home to be with Jesus on Sunday, October 16, 2011. She passed away at North Florida Regional Medical Center in Gainesville, Florida. She was 93 years of age. Leavie was born in Lawrenceville, Georgia to Guy and Essie Brownlee, the second of eleven siblings. Determination was one of her strong points, and she exhibited...

Ronald (Ronnie) L. Odom

Ronald (Ronnie) L. Odom

Oct 10, 2011

Ronald L. (Ronnie) Odom, age 59 of Chipley, passed away Monday, October 10, 2011 in the Bay Medical Center. Ronnie was born September 24, 1952 to James Autis and Joyce Odom. He had lived most of his life in Jonesboro, Georgia and Chipley, Florida. He was a retired painter (The Flag Pole Man) and a member of the Holmes Creek...

Russell Shirley Griffin

Russell Shirley Griffin

Oct 10, 2011

Russell Shirley Griffin, age 79 of Powder Springs, Georgia, passed away Monday, October 10, 2011 following a brief illness. Russell was born May 7, 1932 in Chipley, Florida to late Theo and Cora Lee Griffin. Russell attended Chipley High School where he was a member of the football and basketball teams. He graduated in 1951. Following graduation, Russell served in...

Cathey Sue Bode

Cathey Sue Bode

Oct 8, 2011

Cathey S. Bode, age 60 of Bonifay, passed away Saturday, October 8, 2011 at her home. Cathey was born July 21, 1951 in Great Bend, Kansas to the late, Jake and June (Ewalt) Brumley and was very proud of her Native American heritage. A resident of Washington County for the past eleven years, she was a Licensed Practical Nurse and...

Carie Coursey

Carie Coursey

Oct 5, 2011

Carie Coursey, age 73 of Westville, Florida, passed away Wednesday, October 5, 2011 in Wiregrass Hospital, Geneva, Ala. Carie was born August 19, 1938 in Westville to the late Nita (Bass) and Anglin Coursey, Sr. He was a former truck driver, heavy equipment operator and was plant manager for L.D. Plante Company in Orlando for 32 years while living in...

Susan Elaine Gibson

Susan Elaine Gibson

Oct 4, 2011

Susan Elaine Gibson, age 45 of Chipley, passed away Tuesday, October 4, 2011 in the Northwest Florida Community Hospital in Chipley. Susan was born, February 22, 1966 in Clarksville, Arkansas to the late David and Charlotte (Cheney) Thompson and had been a resident here for the past 10 years. She was a secretary for the Washington County Building Department. In...

Richard Thomas Everett

Richard Thomas Everett

Sep 29, 2011

Richard T. Rick Everett, age 53 of Fountain, Fl., passed from this life on September 29, 2011 in Augusta, Georgia. Rick was born August 23, 1958 in Bay County to Bob and Daisy Morris Everett. Rick was a avid fisherman and hunter and retired from the Civil Service as a draftsman. He is preceded in death by his brother James...

Billy Joe Pettis

Billy Joe Pettis

Sep 24, 2011

Billy Joe Pettis (Msg. U.S Army Ret.), age 72 of Bonifay, passed away Saturday, September 24, 2011 at his home. Mr. Pettis was born April 26, 1939 in Bonifay to the late, George W. and Illa (Thompson) Pettis. He was a Vietnam veteran and had retired from the U. S. Army as a Master Sergeant after 22 years of service....

Hazel Virginia Summers

Hazel Virginia Summers

Sep 20, 2011

Hazel Virginia Stewart Wilkes Summers, age 84 of Chipley, FL passed away Tuesday, September 20, 2011 in the Henry County Rehab and Nursing Home in Abbeville, AL. Mrs. Wilkes-Summers was born February 18, 1927 in Troy, AL to the late Robert Wesley and Elma Ruth Stewart. She was married to the late Elson Wilkes in 1945 and together they had...

Rose Mary Hurd

Rose Mary Hurd

Sep 10, 2011

Rose Mary Hurd, age 82 of Chipley, passed away Saturday, September 10, 2011 in the Gulf Coast Medical Center in Panama City. Rose was born March 31, 1929 in Charlestown, New Hampshire to the late Leslie and Rose (Marcotte) Swain. She had been a resident here since 1995, coming from Drewsville, New Hampshire. Rose was kept active by two of...

Mary Janie Lamb Steinbach

Mary Janie Lamb Steinbach

Sep 10, 2011

Mary Janie Lamb Steinbach, age 69, passed from this life September 10, 2011 at her home in Chipley. Ms. Steinbach was born in Columbus, Ga. on January 7, 1942 to the late Benjamin Joseph and Myrtle (Alverson) Lamb. She worked as a homemaker and moved to Chipley in 1977 coming from Kenesaw, Georgia. Ms. Steinbach has worked for the last...

Benjamin Waxmanski

Benjamin Waxmanski

Sep 7, 2011

Benjamin Waxmanski, age 44, passed from this life September 7, 2011 at his residence. He was born in Alexandia, Va. on September 12, 1966 to Andrew and Melba Jane (Tenney) Waxmanski. Mr. Waxmanski was a truck driver and served in the U.S. Army. He has lived here for the past 25 years coming from New Port Richy, Fl. and was...

James Frederick Hunnell Sr.

James Frederick Hunnell Sr.

Sep 6, 2011

James F. Hunnell Jr., 53, passed from this life Tuesday, September 6, 2011 at his residence. He was born in Columbus, Ohio on December 31, 1957 to James F. and Joan G. (Ironside) Hunnell Sr. Mr. Hunnell was a truck driver. He is survived by one daughter Shannon Lynn Nardi, one grandson Giovanni Nardi, one granddaughter Sienna Nardi all from...

Lewis Farrell Boyett

Lewis Farrell Boyett

Sep 5, 2011

On Monday, September 5, 2011, Lewis Farrell Boyett, one of the greatest men to walk this earth went to be with our beloved mother Inez Day Boyett. He was a honest peaceful man that would help anyone. He will be truly missed. He left 2 daughters Michelle Boyett and Mary Whitehead : 2 sons Daniel Boyett and Anthony Boyett. His...

Dorothy Jean Clemmons

Dorothy Jean Clemmons

Aug 25, 2011

Lifelong local educator, Dorothy Jean Tobias Clemmons passed from this life at the age of 88 on August 25, 2011 following a lengthy illness. She is survived by her husband of 62 years, James Alton Clemmons of Chipley, Florida, a son, James Allen Clemmons, M.D. of Chipley, a daughter Edith Marie Clemmons Prescott of St. Simon's Island, Georgia, and four...

Richard Layton Kent

Richard Layton Kent

Aug 20, 2011

Richard Layton Kent Sr., age 74, went home to be with the Lord Saturday, August 20, 2011. Richard was born on July 15, 1937 in Munson, Florida to the late Sherman E. Kent and Lunia F. Cooley. He was a resident of Milton, Florida until moving to Chipley in 1972. Richard served as an engineer for the Department of Transportation...

Meroe Camp

Meroe Camp

Aug 20, 2011

Meroe Camp, age 90, passed away at her home Saturday, August 20, 2011. Mrs. Camp was born March 15, 1921 to the late Edwin Stanton and Meroe Andrews Stanton in DeFuniak Springs, Florida. She has been a lifelong resident of Chipley and a member of First Baptist Church where she served many years as a secretary. She is predeceased by...

Geraldine Boyett

Geraldine Boyett

Aug 17, 2011

Geraldine Boyett, age 76 of Chipley, passed away Wednesday, August 17, 2011 in the Northwest Florida Community Hospital. Mrs. Boyett was born May 15, 1935 in Chipley to the late Alton and Jessie (Grantham) Hutchins. She was a former examiner for quality control with Vanity Fair Corp. and a member of the Rock Hill Church. In addition to her parents,...

Coltyn Blaiyne Mcclendon

Coltyn Blaiyne Mcclendon

Aug 15, 2011

Coltyn Blaiyne McClendon, 19 day old son of Christopher Keith McClendon and Sabrina Marie Langford, passed away Monday, August 15, 2011 in the Northwest Florida Community Hospital. In addition to his parents, survivors include; a sister, Selyna Shyanne McClendon of Chipley; Maternal Grandparents, Ricky and Tina Clark of Chipley; Paternal Grandparents, Keith and Theresa McClendon of Chipley; Maternal Great Grandparents,...

Raymond C. Sublett

Raymond C. Sublett

Aug 9, 2011

Raymond C. Sublett, age 66, passed from this life Tuesday, August 9, 2011 at Northwest Florida Community Hospital. Mr. Sublett was born in Selma, Virginia on August 23, 1944 to the late Rev. Herbert Eugene and Margaret Kathleen ( Crawford) Sublett. He was a veteran of the U. S. Air Force, a self-employed carpenter, a member of the Chipley Community...

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