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Lounette Harrison Danley
Jul 18, 2016
Lounette Harrison Danley, age 82 passed away at the family residence Monday afternoon July 18, 2016 surrounded by family. She was born October 2, 1933 in Darlington, the daughter of Emmett Kelso Harrison and Vallie LakeErie Sharpe. Lounette was a lifelong resident of the area and worked for a quarter of a century at Franklin Ferguson in Florala. She...
Edward Lee Holden
Jun 30, 2016
Mr. Edward Lee Holden, age 65 of DeFuniak Springs passed away Thursday, June 30, 2016 at the family residence. He was born July 17, 1950 in Rosman, North Carolina and was the eldest son of Lee Roy and Vera Reyes Holden. Mr. Holden was the founder and owner of Holden Construction and recently worked with Tri County Community Council. He...
Derek Allen Hensley
Jun 24, 2016
Mr. Derek Allen Hensley, age 37 of DeFuniak Springs passed away Friday, June 24, 2016 at the family residence. He was born July 13, 1978 in Dearborn, Michigan, the son of David Lee Hensley and Karon Samuel Hensley. As a youth he moved with his family to Freeport where Derek attended Walton County Schools graduating with Freeport’s Class of 1996....
Lois Wilma Moss Brown
Jun 24, 2016
Mrs. Lois Wilma Moss Brown, age 85, passed away Friday, June 24, 2016. Wilma, as she was known, was born November 15, 1930 in Ponce de Leon, Florida to Mr. Henry Lymon Moss and Susie Annie Godwin Moss. She graduated from Ponce de Leon High School with the class of 1950. On October 28 she married her high school sweetheart,...
Howard Moore
Jun 21, 2016
Mr. Howard Moore, age 84 of DeFuniak Springs, passed away at the family residence Tuesday evening. He was born October 15, 1931 in Tennessee, the son of William Walter Moore and Mamie Lawson Moore. Howard, as a child moved to this area with his family, first to Jay then to DeFuniak Springs when his dad took a job with the...
Geraldine Shoaf
Jun 12, 2016
Mrs. Geraldine Ann Shoaf passed away on June 12, 2016 surrounded by her family. Gerry, as she was known by those who loved her, was born April 21, 1924 in Warren Ohio to Glenn Beach and Bessie Fenstermaker Beach. She was raised in DeFuniak by her father and step mother Cressie Mae Beach. In 1943 Gerry met Gerald Shoaf....
Edward Patrick Bradley, Sr
Jun 6, 2016
The Bradley family regretfully announces the passing of the patriarch of their family, Edward Patrick Bradley, Sr., who slipped away on June 6, 2016. He was born August 28, 1929 in Missouri Valley, Iowa to Elmer Dudley Bradley and Bridget Irene Ryan. He was the second of three children. At age 17 Ed joined the Marines. He married Reatha...
Dannie Burke Caudill
May 14, 2016
Mrs. Dannie Burke Caudill, age 87 of Freeport passed away late Saturday night in North Okaloosa Medical Center. She was born October 12, 1928 in Bruce Florida, the daughter of Daniel Jefferson Burke and Iva Mae Evans Burke. The last of seven siblings, her brothers Brady “Pete”, Bradley and her sister Dadie, and half brothers Hasen, Teague and Payford...
Vicy Belcher Kaftan
Apr 19, 2016
Mrs. Vicy Kaftan, age 97 of DeFuniak Springs passed away Tuesday, April 19, 2016 in North Okaloosa Medical Center. She was born August 2, 1918 in Big Rock, Virginia the daughter of John and Mary Jane Ramey Belcher. One of the duty stations her husband was assigned to during his twenty-one year career with the Air Force was Eglin...
Gennieve Redmon Nelson
Mar 23, 2016
Mrs. Gennieve Redmon Nelson, Age 88, widow of the late Sidney Nelson passed away late Wednesday afternoon in Healthmark Regional Medical Center surrounded by our family. She was born January 3, 1928, one of four children born to Dave Henry Redmon and Jennie Broxston Redmon. Most will remember “Granny” Nelson in her association with the Walton County School System...
Janice Ruth Butts Hatten
Mar 16, 2016
Mrs. Janice Ruth Butts Hatten, age 78 of DeFuniak Springs, widow of the late Arthur Dallas Hatten, Jr. passed away at the family residence Wednesday morning, March 16, 2016. She was born November 20, 1937 in Bermuda, Alabama the daughter of Thomas Lane Butts, Sr. and Janie Pauline Owens Butts. Most in this area will remember Jan when she...
Dearon Thomas Carroll
Mar 11, 2016
Mr. Dearon Carroll, age 87 of DeFuniak Springs, passed away at his residence Friday, March 11, 2016. He was born December 12, 1928 in DeFuniak Springs, one of nine children of James Edward Carroll and Hattie Scott Carroll. After completing high school Dearon served his country in the United States Army, a veteran of both the Korean Conflict and the...
Jossie Nowling Miller
Mar 7, 2016
Mrs. Jossie Nowling Miller, age 93 of DeFuniak Springs passed away in the early morning hours of Monday, March 7, 2015 at the family residence. She was born November 14, 1922 in Samson, Alabama the daughter of Melvin Thomas Nowling and Sara Elizabeth Allridge Nowling. Many will remember “Miss Jossie” in her employment as a cook in some of DeFuniak...
Rocky Gainey
Mar 2, 2016
Mr. Rocky Gainey, age 62 passed away unexpectdly at his residence in Freeport Wednesday, March 2, 2016. He was born May 18, 1953 in DeFuniak Springs, the son of John William “J.W.” Gainey and Mary Inez Rushing Gainey. He worked in the family timber business as a youth, after graduation from high school he lived in Houston, Texas where he...
Charles Andrew "Chuck" Adams
Feb 9, 2016
Charles A. Adams went to be with the Lord on Tuesday morning, February 9, at Sacred Heart Hospital on the Emerald Coast. He was born in Baltimore, Maryland on August 6, 1930. He obtained his bachelor's degree in Engineering from Lehigh University where he also played varsity football, baseball and lacrosse and was a proud member of the Chi Psi...
Edgar Lee McKinney
Feb 8, 2016
Mr. Edgar Lee McKinney, age 91 a long time resident of the area passed away in the early morning hours of Monday, February 8, 2016 at the home of his daughter in Niceville. He was born October 23, 1924 in Sheridan, Indiana, the son of Wren and Freida Pruitt McKinney. In the mid fifties he moved with his family...
Vennie Lee Mitchell
Feb 4, 2016
Vennie Lee Mitchell, age 90 of Ponce de Leon passed away Thursday, February 4, 2016 in Healthmark Regional Medical Center. She was born November 6, 1925 in Westville, Florida the daughter of Marvin and Lillian Toonie Campbell Mitchell. A lifelong resident of the area, Vennie grew up in a period of American history where folks believed in hard work,...
Bebe Chesser Whitehead
Feb 2, 2016
Mrs. Bebe Chesser Whitehead passed away Tuesday, February 2, 2016 in Fort Walton Beach Medical Center. She was born January 19, 1935 in Freeport, the daughter of C.T. and Eva Jeanette Spence Chesser. Bebe attended Walton County Schools and received her degree from Berry College in Rome, Georgia. She was employed with the Walton County Board of Education in...
Charles Wayne "Chuck" Schultz
Feb 1, 2016
Mr. Charles Wayne “Chuck” Schultz age 40 passed away in the early morning hours Monday, February 1, 2016 at the family residence. He was born December 16, 1975 in Panama City, Florida the son of Robert Ray Schultz, Jr. and Anita Moody Schultz. He is predeceased by his aunt, Pat Hall and his grandparents, Ralph and Virginia Moody and...
Robert Wallace "Bob" Moore
Feb 1, 2016
Bob Moore, age 87 of DeFuniak Springs passed away Monday, February 1, 2016 in Sacred Heart of the Emerald Coast Hospital. He was born October 6, 1928 in Safety Harbor, Florida, the son of Michael Harrison Moore and Flossie Pipkin Moore. Bob attended Walton County Schools, graduating with the Class of 1947. After graduation he moved to New York...
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