Obituaries

Sep 12, 2013

Virgil Calvin Bunkley was born September 1, 1955 in DeFuniak Springs to the late Earl Thomas Bunkley, Sr. and Esther Ruth Harris Bunkley. As a young man Virgil began life by attending school in Walton County. After completing school his new adventure would be joining the U. S. Navy in 1973 as an aircraft mechanic. After he received an honorable...

Sep 8, 2013

Andrew “Andy” Frederick Drotleff, Jr., went to be with the Lord on Sunday, September 8, 2013. His loss was felt by family and friends, who will remember the DeFuniak Springs resident for his humor and charm as well as a man deeply connected to the waters he so avidly fished. Born July 18, 1936, to Andrew “Andy” Frederick Drotleff, Sr....

Aug 28, 2013

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Mattie Juanita (Teen) Laird, age 85 entered into eternal peace on Wednesday, August 28, 2013 at her home in DeFuniak Springs, Florida. Teen was born March 29, 1928 in Glendale, the daughter of Charlie and Irene Redmon Sunday, She married Wilburn Tew Laird and lived in DeFuniak Springs all fifty one years of their married life. She was...

Aug 26, 2013

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Mrs. Eulene Ward Norris, age 84 formerly of DeFuniak Springs passed away Monday, August 26, 2013 in a Lake City Healthcare facility. She was born January 19, 1929 in DeFuniak Springs, the daughter of Eugene and Annie Beatrice McLean Ward. Mrs. Norris was employed for a number of years with the County government in Lake City, Florida. She...

Aug 12, 2013

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Mr. John H. Cecil, age 74 passed away Monday, August 12, 2013 in a Niceville Healthcare Facility. He was born February 12, 1939 in Paintsville, Kentucky, the son of John Oscar Cecil, Jr. and Athelene Rebecca Hagan Cecil. After graduation from Glasgow, Kentucky High School in 1957 he attended Western Kentucky University in Bowling Green. He and his...

Jul 6, 2013

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Nancy Collinsworth, age 69, a lifelong resident of DeFuniak Springs passed away Saturday, July 6, 2013 in Chautauqua Health and Rehabilitation Center. She was born March 5, 1944 in Lakeside Hospital in DeFuniak Springs, the daughter of Olin and Minnie Johnson Miller. Nancy attended Darlington School and was a housewife until the children got old enough for her...

Jun 19, 2013

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Mrs. Madeline Bishop Douglass, long time DeFuniak Springs resident died on her 88th Birthday in Healthmark Regional Medical Center Wednesday, June 19, 2013. She was born June 19, 1925 in Argyle, Florida the daughter of Carlton and Beulah Day Bishop. Many will remember Madeline in her early employment with the DeFuniak Springs Police Department where she served as...

May 31, 2013

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Mrs. Irene Rushing Bozeman Garner, age 82, a lifelong resident of the area, passed away Saturday, May 31, 2013 in Healthmark Regional Medical Center. She was born July 20, 1930 in Walton County, the daughter of Noah Marion Rushing and Rosey Lee Kirvy Rushing. After high school, she married and began raising her children. She was a caregiver...

May 25, 2013

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Mr. Rayfield Patrick Penzo, age 64 went home to his Lord and Savior May 25, 2013 in Fort Walton Beach Medical Center. Beloved son of Pansy and Ray Penzo, Ray was born in Miami, Florida. He joined the Navy at the age of 17. During the Viet Nam conflict he served on the USS Forrestal and was aboard...

May 25, 2013

Sophie Martin, age 67, long time resident of DeFuniak Springs, passed away late Saturday evening, May 25, 2013 in North Okaloosa Medical Center. She was born November 18, 1945 in Bialystok, Poland, the daughter of Stanislaw and Irena Miniczewski Wilczewski. She moved from Poland at the age of eighteen to the United States with five dollars in her pocket and...

May 18, 2013

Mr. Warren W. Baylet, age 91 of DeFuniak Springs passed away Saturday night, May 18, 2013 at his residence surrounded by his family. He was born December 7, 1921 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania the son of John Samuel Baylet and Esther Griess Baylet. On Warren’s 20th birthday, December 7, 1941, he was stationed in Pearl Harbor with the Army Air Corps...

May 16, 2013

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Mrs. Darlene Mallory Pugh, age 78, widow of the late Danny Martin Pugh passed away Thursday morning, May 16, 2013 in Joyce Goldenberg Covenant Hospice in Pensacola. She and her twin sister were born February 13, 1935, in Parma, Missouri, the daughters of Henry Glen Mallory and Frances Viola Brazier Mallory. When her husband, Air Force Major Dan...

May 10, 2013

Reverend Hubert McCrary, age 96 passed into life eternal in the early morning hours of Friday, May 10, 2013 in Stanley House Assisted Living. He was born January 23, 1917 in Holmes County, Florida the son of Ralph Frazier McCrary and Annie Lee Nelson Frazier. Hubert worked in many jobs as a young man, in a time very different from...

May 8, 2013

Mrs. Mary Lee Spears Miller, age 78 passed away Wednesday, May 8, 2013 in Wiregrass Hospital in Geneva. She was born February 27, 1935 in Darlington, the daughter of John W, and Dovie O. Gainey Spears. After attending Darlington School she and her husband were married in the late 1950”s. She worked for many years at Franklin Ferguson Company in...

May 7, 2013

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Mrs. Sarah Ann Dews Sheets, age 59 passed away late Tuesday night at the home of her son, surrounded by her loving family. She was born October 17, 1953 in Sweet Water, Alabama the daughter of Grady Guy Dews and Eunice Clyde Cassidy Dews. Sarah moved with her husband and family to DeFuniak Springs in 1982. She not...

Apr 28, 2013

Ms. Vivey Johnson Collinsworth, age 80 of Gaskin, passed away in the early morning hours Sunday, April 28, 2013 in North Okaloosa Medical Center. She was born July 9, 1932 in Gaskin the daughter of Abraham and Elsie Ruthie Wilkerson Johnson. Vivey worked most of her working life in local shirt factories. Her family says she was a devoted mother,...

Apr 20, 2013

Mr. John Geiger, Jr. age 50 of DeFuniak Springs passed away late Saturday night at the family residence. He was born August 3, 1962 in Rome, New York the son of Anton John Geiger, Sr. and Marion Patricia Wheelihan Geiger. John attended Walton Senior High School where he was a member of the Braves Marching Band. After high school he...

Mar 30, 2013

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Mrs. Loretta Spears Mooney, age 77, a life long resident of Walton County, passed away Saturday, March 30, 2013, in Chautauqua Health and Rehabilitation Center. She was born February 25, 1936 in Leonia as one of eight children of Hiram and Naomi Helms Spears. Loretta’s life as a child growing up during the depression was typical of depression...

Mar 22, 2013

Mrs. Jane Vest Campbell age 88 of DeFuniak Springs went to be with the Lord, Friday, March 22, 2013 after a brief battle with cancer. She was born August 5, 1924 in Nashville, Tennessee the daughter of Luther and Mary Thomas Vest. She was a graduate of Brenau College in Gainesville, Georgia with a double major in French and English....

Mar 20, 2013

Mr. Ira Earl West, age 88 formerly of DeFuniak Springs, passed away Wednesday, March 20, 2013 in Eufaula, Alabama. He was born October 14, 1924 in Montgomery, Alabama the son of Ira Mann West and Flossie Belle Baird West. After graduating from Electrical Engineer Camp in Perry, Virginia in 1945 and being Honorably discharged from serving his country with the...