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Faye Hicks Jones
Dec 21, 2016
Mrs. Faye Hicks Jones, age 77, passed away Wednesday, December 21, 2016 in Mid Pinellas Hospice in St. Petersburg, Florida. She was born October 26, 1939 in DeFuniak Springs. She was the youngest of five children and a member of the Presbyterian Church. Faye worked for the Department of Education in Tallahassee, New Port Media and Bankers Insurance Companies in...
Howard C. Newsome, Jr
Dec 16, 2016
Former City Councilman and longtime DeFuniak Springs businessman Howard C. Newsome, Jr. age 78 passed away in the early morning hours of Friday, December 16, 2016 in Chautauqua Health and Rehabilitation Center. He was born July 17. 1938 in Warrenton, Georgia, the son of Howard Cecil Newsome, Sr. and Katie Lou Usry Newsome. Mr. Newsome was employed as a...
Johnnie Rhea Wayne Thompson
Nov 29, 2016
Mrs. Johnnie Thompson, age 97 passed away Tuesday, November 29, 2016 in Chautauqua Health and Rehabilitation Center. She was born October 12, 1919 in Kinston, Alabama the daughter of William and Rosie Redmon Wayne. At age 9, her father passed away and at about age 18 her mother died. Johnnie lived from place to place, often working domestically with those...
C. Eugene Murphy
Nov 9, 2016
Mr. Clifton Eugene Murphy, beloved husband and father, age 83, passed away Wednesday, November 9, 2016 at Sacred Heart Hospital in Pensacola. He was born September 20, 1933 in Holmes County, the son of Thomas Clifton Murphy and Annie Ethel Ealum Murphy. Mr. Murphy was a farmer by trade and loved the outdoors. He was an avid fisherman and hunter....
Sabra Owen Martin
Oct 30, 2016
Sabra Owen Martin was born on March 29, 1931 in Oneonta, AL to William Ernest Owen, Sr. and Maxie Owen. She grew up here surrounded by the beautiful mountains of northeast Alabama. Her family later moved to Clanton, AL where she graduated from Chilton County High School. After graduation, she married the love of her life, Thomas E. Martin. She...
Monette Moseley Ward
Oct 16, 2016
Mrs. Monette Moseley Ward, age 89 of Darlington went home to be with the Lord in the early morning hours Sunday, October 16, 2016. She was born March 19, 1927 in Gaskin, the oldest of four children born to Lloyd Moseley and Alliemae Colllinsworth Moseley. She attended Gaskin School until tenth grade finishing her education in DeFuniak Springs. After graduating...
Mary Virginia Doster Stanley
Oct 10, 2016
Mrs. Mary Virginia “Ginger” Stanley, age 76, widow of the late Henry Avery Stanley, passed away Monday, October 10, 2016 at the family residence. She was born August 6, 1940 the daughter of Milton Sidney Doster and Zettie Edith Currington Doster. Most will remember Mrs. Stanley in her employment with Tom Thumb Food Stores and more recently with the HandyPak...
Margaret Ann Mantey Young
Oct 4, 2016
Mrs. Margaret Ann Mantey Young, age 92 passed away in the early morning hours of Tuesday, October 4, 2016 in Superior Residences of Niceville. She was born December 18, 1923 in Sandusky, Ohio the daughter of Sylvester Edward Mantey and Lucille Francis Smith Mantey. She moved frequently with her husband Norm during their life together. They started in Long Beach,...
Ernest Rit Price, Sr
Oct 3, 2016
Mr. Ernest Rit Price, Sr. passed away Monday, October 3, 2016 in Flower's Hospital in Dothan, Alabama just eighteen days after his sixty-ninth birthday. He was born September 15, 1947 in Avon Park, Florida, the son of Earnest Young Price and Pearla Marietta Lewis Price. He met Sandra Lee Warren in 1965 and they were married June 26, 1974. For...
Mitzie Briscoe Edwards
Sep 25, 2016
Mitzie Briscoe Edwards, age 81 of DeFuniak Springs passed gently into the night on Sunday, September 25, 2016. She was born in West Plains, Missouri October 23, 1934 to Whitelaw Briscoe and Mary Alice Thompson Briscoe. Mitzie grew up living an idyllic life on a small Missouri farm, save a brief move to San Diego, California during the war. Her...
Leslie Caldwell, Jr
Sep 16, 2016
Mr. Leslie Caldwell, Jr. age 80 of Niceville passed away Friday, September 16, 2016 in Shoal Creek Rehabilitation Center. He was born September 12, 1936 in Hazard, Kentucky, the son of Leslie and Lutie Ellen Rudd Caldwell. At a young age he joined the United States Marine Corps and later transferred into the Air Force. Upon completion of his military...
Walter Webb Jackson
Sep 14, 2016
Chief Master Sergeant Walter Webb Jackson Jr, age 89 years young passed away Wednesday, September 14, 2016 at his home in Defuniak Springs, Florida. He was born June 24, 1927 in Pensacola, Florida the son of Walter Webb Jackson Sr. and Mary Elizabeth Wentworth Jackson. He attended Walton County High School and graduated in 1944. He served in all branches...
Gordon Russell Michael Patrick Leopold
Sep 14, 2016
Gordon Leopold died peacefully at his home on September 14, 2016. He was born in Peterborough, Ontario on August 24, 1926 and grew up in Windsor, Ontario. Born to Helena Brett and George Leopold. He became a U.S. citizen in 1952. His place of worship was St. Margaret of Scotland Roman Catholic Church, where he was an active member for...
Jimmie Charles "Jim" Bartlett
Sep 10, 2016
Mr. Jimmie Charles “Jim” Bartlett, age 72 passed away Saturday, September 10, 2016 at the family residence in Grant, Alabama with his wife and family by his side. He was born December 21, 1943 in DeFuniak Springs, the son of William Charles Bartlett, Sr. and Louise Wood Bartlett. He attended Walton County Schools graduating with Walton’s Class of 1962. He...
Melanie Frederick
Aug 28, 2016
Mrs. Melanie Frederick, age 66, passed away at her home in DeFuniak Springs, Sunday, August 28, 2016. She was born August 20, 1950 in Longview, Texas, the daughter of Robert Earl Frederick and Ella Mae Morris Frederick. She attended Choctawhatchee High School but moved to Oklahoma where she graduated from high school. She and her husband raised their son, but...
Jeannette Garrett Lindsey
Aug 19, 2016
Mrs. Jeannette Garrett Lindsey, age 95, a lifelong resident of DeFuniak Springs passed away Friday evening in Chautauqua Rehabilitation and Nursing Center. She was born July 18, 1921 in DeFuniak Springs, the daughter of William Adolphus and Mary Frances Lewis Garrett. She attended Walton County Schools and graduated with Walton’s Senior Class of 1939. She was a member of the...
Elizabeth Marie "Bettie" Hussey
Aug 6, 2016
Elizabeth Marie (Bettie) Hussey, 86, was welcomed into Heaven on August 6, 2016. She was born in Pensacola, Florida on April 27, 1930. She attended primary schools in Pensacola & then the family relocated to DeFuniak Springs, FL. She graduated Walton High School and attended Huntingdon College earning a BA degree in Elementary Education. After teaching kindergarten, she then taught...
Anne Marie Marx
Jul 28, 2016
Anne Marie Marx, age 58 of Ponce deLeon passed away late Thursday night in Wiregrass Medical Center in Geneva, Alabama. She was born September 21, 1957 in Jenkinstown, Pennsylvania, the daughter of John Adam Marx and Anne Marie Collison Marx. Anne prided herself on being a good housekeeper, and mother and grandmother. According to the family, always on holidays she...
David Anthony Tatum, Sr
Jul 21, 2016
Mr. David Anthony Tatum, Sr. age 65 of DeFuniak Springs passed away unexpectedly at the family residence. He was born October 7, 1950 in Atlanta, Georgia the son of Willie Clyde Tatum and Margaret Evans Tatum. After completing his formal education David turned his love of automobiles, and engines and racing into his life long profession. For over forty-two years...
Arline (Lottie) Gavin
Jul 21, 2016
Arline D. Gavin (Lottie), age 90 of DeFuniak Springs, Florida passed away Thursday, July 21, 2016 in North Okaloosa Medical Center. She was born April 6, 1926 in Buffalo, North Dakota to Arthur S. and Meta D. Berg. Gavin. She attended school in Wheatland, Tower City, Fargo and Buffalo, North Dakota. She graduated in 1944 and moved to DeFuniak Springs...
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