Obituaries

May 19, 2015

Mr. Warner Evans Seigler, age 55 died unexpectedly Tuesday, May 19, 2015 in the Emergency Room at Healthmark Regional Medical Center. He was born March 8, 1960 in DeFuniak Springs, the son of Lois Robinson Seigler and Edwin Leroy Seigler. Warner was a lifelong resident of DeFuniak Springs and North Walton County. He attended school at Walton High School and...

May 8, 2015

Shawn Kevin Smith, age 57 passed away at his home in DeFuniak Springs, Florida Friday, May 8, 2015. He was born February 18, 1958 in New Albany, Indiana, the son of Roy Neil Smith and Audrey Cunningham Smith. He is predeceased by his father, Roy Neil Smith. He graduated in 1976 from South Central High School in Elizabeth, IN, and...

Apr 30, 2015

Mrs. Inez Evans Holland, age 93 passed away April 30, 2015, at Twin Cities Hospital in Niceville, Florida, surrounded by her family. She was born October 9, 1921, in the Black Creek Community of Walton County, the daughter of James Bennett Evans, Sr. and Rhoda Jane Fannin Evans. Inez and her husband of 59 years, Jim Holland, lived in the...

Apr 23, 2015

Mrs. Ruby Manning Grantham, age 72 passed away Thursday, April 23, 2015 at the home of her sister in Cottondale, Florida. She was born May 16, 1942 in Ponce deLeon, the daughter of Hurdis Henry and Thelma Patery Horne Manning. Ruby worked many years in security where her realm of influence touched and helped many people. She always loved nature,...

Apr 19, 2015

Dr. B. J. Brown passed away Sunday, April 19, 2015 at home surrounded by family members. He was born November 23, 1924 in DeFuniak Springs and is preceded in death by his father, Dr. Benjamin Jerry Brown and his mother Leita Wesley Brown and his brother Wesley Brown and sister Dorothy Annis Brown. Dr. Brown graduated from Walton High School...

Apr 12, 2015

Dr. Donald L. Wennerberg went to be with his Lord and Savior on Sunday, April 12, 2015. He was an only child, born on January 29, 1925 to Giffert Caleb Wennerberg and Ella Carolyn Dahlgren Wennerberg in Cleveland, OH. He is predeceased by his parents and his wife of 48 years, Martha Leathers Wennerberg. Don attended what is now known...

Apr 6, 2015

Kathleen Crawford, 97, died on April 6, 2015, in DeFuniak Springs, Florida. She was born in Ponce de Leon, Florida, on November 14, 1917. A graduate of Florida State University, she was a classroom teacher in Holmes, Bay, and Walton Counties before serving as the Walton High Media Specialist until her retirement in 1992. Kathleen was an active member of...

Apr 1, 2015

Mrs. Bernice Boykin, age 84 passed away Wednesday, April 1, 2015 in Chautauqua Health and Rehabilitation Center. She was born October 5, 1930 in DeFuniak Springs, the daughter of Willis Monroe Griggs and Clara Odell Bedsole Griggs. Most will remember Bernice in her association with locally owned grocery stores where she worked most of her adult life. Most important to...

Mar 20, 2015

Mr. Jack Hicks, age 86 passed away March 20, 2015 in Chautauqua Health and Rehabilitation Center, just sixty days after his wife’s passing. He was born November 5, 1928 in Sneeds, Florida the son of John Walter Hicks and Mittie Stevens Hicks. Jack came to DeFuniak Springs on a six months assignment to rebuild the exchanges for Southeastern Telephone Company,...

Mar 11, 2015

Mrs. Eva Nell Parish went to be with her Lord on March 11, 2015. She was born In Hacoda, Alabama on September 8, 1922, the middle of three children of Hill Paul and Willie Adkinson Paul Bedsole. She was a lifelong Baptist and a member of First Baptist Church of DeFuniak Springs for sixty years. She is predeceased by her...

Mar 4, 2015

Miss Wanda Lei Flournoy, age 62 passed away Wednesday, March 4, 2015 in a Mobile, Alabama healthcare facility. She was born October 24, 1952 in Gainesville, Florida, the daughter of John Alfred Flournoy and Ovie Ann Driggers Flournoy Martin. Wanda graduated from Walton High School with the Class of 1971. She then received her AA Degree from Northwest Florida State...

Feb 6, 2015

Colonel Percy W. Miles, Jr. USAF, RET.. better known by his loved ones as P.W. age 84, passed away February 6, 2015 in Healthmark Regional Medical Center. He was born July 26, 1930 in DeFuniak Springs, the son of P.W. Miles, Sr. and Dora Pippin Miles. He was a graduate of Walton High School, graduating with the Class of 1948....

Feb 4, 2015

Mrs. Sarah Dickson Flow, age 94 a long time resident of DeFuniak Springs passed away Wednesday, February 4, 2015 in North Okaloosa Medical Center following a short illness. She was born May 9, 1920 in Mariana, Florida the daughter of John Milton Dickson and Louise Christine Bevis Dickson. She was employed with Green & Green, Attorneys At Law in DeFuniak...

Jan 30, 2015

Mrs. Viona White Frazier, age 84, widow of the late Richard Talmadge Frazier of Niceville passed away Friday, January 30, 2015 in Sterling House in Niceville. She was born August 10, 1930 in Laurel Hill, Florida, a twin to her sister Leona, the daughters of John and Archie Dale Burke White. A child of the depression, she was educated in...

Jan 28, 2015

Mr. Kevin Allan Hartman, age 57 passed away at the family residence, Wednesday, January 28, 2015 with Mary Carol Joule, her Mother Mary Lydia Bingham, James Robert Bingham and other family members by his side. Kevin and Mary had been together since 1997. He was born June 14, 1957 in Spokane, Washington, the son of Boyd Arthur and Betty Lee...

Jan 20, 2015

Mrs. Mary Alice Bosenberg Hicks, age 88 passed away late Tuesday evening, January 20, 2015 in Chautauqua Rehabilitation and Nursing Center. She was born October 23, 1926 in DeFuniak Springs, the daughter of Charles Fredrick and Ruby Quick Bosenberg. She attended Walton County Schools graduating with Walton’s Class of 1944. Interestingly enough, her sister was one of her teachers. After...

Jan 9, 2015

Retired U. S. Air Force Major Jack B. Harvey, age 83 passed away Friday, January 9, 2015 in Healthmark Regional Medical Center. He was born July 7, 1931 in Wabash, Indiana, the son of Jay B. and Virginia Delight Lindenmuth Harvey. After attending public schools in Wabash he joined the Air Force, for over twenty one years, serving his country...

Dec 26, 2014

Dec 21, 2014

Wilbur “Webb” Stanton of DeFuniak Springs, FL passed into eternal rest Sunday, December 21, 2014 at the age of 81. Born June 19, 1933 in Scranton, PA, Webb was one of six children born to Elizabeth and Vernon Stanton. Webb was always a hard worker, at one point owning a tropical fish store and studying for his Associates Degree even...

Dec 7, 2014

Mr. Leon Arthur Ward passed away December 7, 2014 in Smithville, Virginia. Of local interest, he was a member of the Model A Ford Club of America, A Memorial Service will be held Tuesday, January 27, 2015 at 11:00 A.M. In Center Ridge United Methodist Church, 1861 County Highway 1883, DeFuniak Springs, Florida with Reverend Rod Curry officiating.