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Jewell Harrell

Jewell Harrell

May 10, 2011

Jewell Harrell, age 65 of Bonifay, passed away Tuesday, May 10, 2011 at her home. Jewell was born May 9, 1946 in Geneva County, Alabama to the late John and Eva Mae (Cochran) Hatcher. She was a homemaker and had been a resident of Bonifay for the past two years, moving there from Chipley where she had lived most of...

Bernice Matuzas

Bernice Matuzas

May 5, 2011

Bernice F. Matuzas, age 94 of Sunny Hills, went home to be with our Lord on Thursday, May 5, 2011. Bernice was of Lithuanian descent and was born May 14, 1916 in Chicago. She, along with her late husband, Mecislaus were restaurant owners in Geneva N.Y., first of Clark's Diner and then the well-known Pumpernickel Restaurant. She was a dedicated...

David Kenneth Mitchell

David Kenneth Mitchell

May 1, 2011

Mr. David Kenneth Mitchell, age 69, of Vernon, went home to the Lord on May 1st, 2011 in his home in the presence of his loving wife Linda. He was born July 25th, 1941 in Wausau, FL to the late David J and Irene Jernigan Mitchell of the Hard Labor Creek Community. In addition to his parents, Mr. Mitchell is...

Curtis Edward Nelson

Curtis Edward Nelson

May 1, 2011

Curtis Edward Nelson, age 79 of Ozark, passed away Sunday, May 1, 2011 at his home. Mr. Nelson was born August 25, 1931 in Covington County, Alabama to the late Ora and Liddie Lee (Dunn) Nelson. He had retired from the U.S. Army and was a former investigator for the Federal Bureau of Investigation. He had been a resident of...

Brett Lee Brininger

Brett Lee Brininger

Apr 28, 2011

Brett Lee Brininger, age 50 of Chipley, passed away Thursday, April 28, 2011 at the Northwest Florida Community Hospital in Chipley. Brett was born December 24, 1960 in Painesville, Ohio to the late Wilbur and Jill (Younge) Brininger. He had retired as a First Class Petty Officer from the U.S. Navy and had moved to Chipley in 1993 from Hawaii....

Alvin (Al) Carl Reynolds

Alvin (Al) Carl Reynolds

Apr 27, 2011

Mr. Alvin Carl Reynolds, 73, of Chipley, Florida passed from this life on Wednesday, April 27, 2011 at his home. Mr. Reynolds was born on August 22, 1937 in Newark, New Jersey to Carl Harry and Winifred (McIntyre) Reynolds. He had resided in Chipley, Fl. since 1970 coming from Sarasota. He was of the Baptist Faith. Funeral services will be...

Pauline Davis

Pauline Davis

Apr 25, 2011

Mrs. Pauline McConnico Davis, 93, died Monday, April 25, 2011 at her home in Blackshear, Georgia. Born in 1917 in Chapman, Ala., she grew up in Atmore, Ala.. She met the love of her life, the late Johnnie E. (Red) Davis at the beginning of World War II. They were married for 67 years, until his death March 27, 2010....

Florence Marie Helton

Florence Marie Helton

Apr 25, 2011

Florence Marie Helton, age 53 of Chipley, passed away Monday, April 25, 2011 in the Northwest Florida Community Hospital surrounded by her loving family. Florence was born March 25, 1958 in Pensacola, Florida to Lewis and the late Inez (Day) Boyett. She had been a resident of Chipley for the past eleven years, coming from Pensacola. She was a homemaker...

Karen Marian Giordano

Karen Marian Giordano

Apr 23, 2011

Karen M. (Parsons) Giordano, age 69 of Chipley, passed away Saturday, April 23, 2011 in the Northwest Florida Community Hospital in Chipley. Karen was born October 11, 1941 in Newark, New Jersey, to the late Jean Sr. and Marian (Wood) Parsons. She was a former instructor at the College of Arkansas and had been a resident of Chipley for the...

Jerry Francis Hughen

Jerry Francis Hughen

Apr 15, 2011

Jerry Francis Hughen, age 62 of Chipley, passed away Friday, April 15, 2011 at his home. Jerry was born May 10, 1948 in Dothan to the late Walker H. and Salley (Spears) Hughen. He had been a resident of Chipley most of his life. He was a U.S. Air Force veteran and had been employed in commercial construction as well...

Edna Myrl Pettis

Edna Myrl Pettis

Apr 12, 2011

Edna Myrl Pettis, age 76 of Chipley, passed away Tuesday, April 12, 2011 in the Northwest Florida Community Hospital, surrounded by her loving family. Edna was born December 20, 1934 in Chipley to the late Eddie and Ruth Elizabeth (Johnson) Usery. A former employee at the lunch room at Kate Smith Elementary School in Chipley, she was a member of...

Lois Lorene Kellum

Lois Lorene Kellum

Apr 11, 2011

Lois Lorene Kellum, age 93 of Marianna and formerly of Chipley, passed away Monday, April 11, 2011 in Marianna. Lois was born September 21, 1917 in Greenhead, Florida to the late John Hardy and Susie Caroline (Bradberry) Sellers. She had moved to Chipley in 1956, coming from Winter Haven, Florida where she had worked in a fruit factory. She was...

Joe Skip Strickland

Joe Skip Strickland

Mar 29, 2011

Joe Skip Strickland, age 32 of Pensacola, passed away Tuesday, March 29, 2011 in the Southeast Alabama Medical Center in Dothan. Joe was born July 20, 1978 in Pensacola to Roy H. and Faye (Ward) Strickland. He had been a resident of Pensacola for the past six years, moving there from Kansas. Joe loved fishing and hunting and activities at...

Troy Ted Murray

Troy Ted Murray

Mar 20, 2011

Troy Ted Murray, age 85 of Cottondale, passed away Sunday, March 20, 2011 in the Marianna Health and Rehabilitation Center. Mr. Murray was born April 16, 1925 in Cedar Grove North Carolina to the late John Phillip and Lavena (Gentry) Murray. He had been a resident here for over 30 years, coming from Miami, Florida. Mr. Murray was a U.S....

Arthur (Art) Aukema

Arthur (Art) Aukema

Mar 17, 2011

Arthur (Art) Aukema, age 89 of Chipley, passed away Thursday, March 17, 2011 at his home surrounded by his loving family. Art was born March 16, 1922 in St. Parrish County Ohio to the late Robert and Fannie (Osinga) Aukema and had moved to Chipley in 1951, coming from Sussex, New Jersey. He was a self-employed dairyman, a member of...

Robert Earl Kitchens Sr.

Robert Earl Kitchens Sr.

Mar 17, 2011

Robert Earl Kitchens, Sr., age 67 of Wausau, passed away Thursday, March 17, 2011 at his home. Robert was born November 29, 1943 in Columbus, Georgia to the late George Aaron Sr. and Julia Louise (Pate) Kitchens. A self-employed, home repairman, he had been a resident here since 2005, coming from Smith, Alabama. Survivors include; his wife, Christine C. Kitchens...

Jerry (Gene) Eugene Pleas

Jerry (Gene) Eugene Pleas

Mar 6, 2011

Jerry Eugene (Gene) Pleas, age 73 of Chipley, passed away Sunday, March 6, 2011 at his home, surrounded by his loving family. Gene was born February 19, 1938 in Chipley to the late Jerry Edgar and Glatus (Mitchell) Pleas. A life-long resident of Chipley, he was a former sales rep for Graceville Oil Company, a former member of the National...

Marion William King

Marion William King

Mar 2, 2011

Marion William King, age 73 of Chipley, passed away Wednesday, March 2, 2011 in Flowers Hospital in Dothan. Mr. King was born September 3, 1937 in Waco, Georgia to the late Olin Howard and Doris (Barrow) King. He moved to Chipley in 1981, coming from Panama City, Florida. Mr. King had been a pharmacist for 51 and a half years...

Jacob Austin Joyner

Jacob Austin Joyner

Mar 2, 2011

Jacob Austin Joyner, age 11 of Chipley, passed away Wednesday, March 2, 2011 in the Doctor's Hospital in Augusta, Georgia, as a result of injuries sustained in a fire accident. Jacob was born February 14, 2000 in Panama City to Daryl and Caroline (Kirkland) Joyner. A life-long resident of Washington County, Jacob was a fifth grade student at Vernon Middle...

Grace Louise Hall

Grace Louise Hall

Feb 25, 2011

Grace Louise Hall, age 86 of Crawfordville, passed away Friday, February 25, 2011, at her home in Crawfordville surrounded by her loving family. Grace was born January 2, 1925 in Bay County, Florida to the late Fred Tucker and Nancy (Griffin) Tucker. She had been a resident of Crawfordville for the past 26 years, coming from Chipley, Florida and was...

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