Obituaries
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...
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...
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,...
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....
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...
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