Obituaries

Loyce Brown Phillips

Nov 12, 2013

Loyce Brown Phillips age 81 a lifelong resident of Gaskin passed away unexpectedly Tuesday, November 12, 2013 in Wiregrass Hospital in Geneva, Alabama. She was born May 11, 1932 in Gaskin, Florida the daughter of Mack and Ella Victoria Wilkerson Brown. After graduation from high school she worked for Monsanto in Pensacola for about five years. She and her...

Ruth Sutcliffe

Nov 5, 2013

Mrs. Ruth Sutcliffe, age 81 passed away Tuesday, November 5, 2013 in Andalusia Regional Medical Center. She was born December 2, 1931 in Mossy Head, Florida, the daughter of Mayfield Henderson and Emma Marshall Henderson. For the past few years Ruth and her husband Hal have split their time living half the year in Andalusia and the other half at...

Edgar Lee Earles

Nov 4, 2013

Biography

Retired Air Force Staff Sergeant Edgar Lee Earles, age 78 of Crestview, formerly of DeFuniak Springs passed away in the early morning hours of Monday, November 4, 2013 in North Okaloosa Medical Center. He was born February 22, 1935 in Gretna, Virginia, the son of Guy Lindsey Earles and Docie Bolling Earles. After graduation from Chatham High School,...

Tommie Lee Nolin

Oct 24, 2013

Mrs. Tommie Lee Nolin, age 95 of DeFuniak Springs passed away suddenly Thursday, October 24, 2013. She was born July 8, 1918, in Geneva, Alabama the daughter of Thomas Ray Cotton and Oma Lee Padgett Cotton. After attending school in Leonia, when the school burned down she transferred to Ponce deLeon where she played basketball. Graduating from Ponce deLeon...

Jewell Richardson

Oct 22, 2013

Biography

Jewell Dean Richardson, age 61 of DeFuniak Springs passed away in the early morning hours of Tuesday, October 22, 2013 in Sacred Heart Hospital in Pensacola, Florida. She was born June 5, 1952 in Florala, Alabama the daughter of James Preston Thompson and Virginia Louise Scott Thompson. She is predeceased by her son, Edward Oneal McCraw. Among survivors...

Reacy Morgan Little

Sep 28, 2013

Mrs. Reacy Morgan Little, age 84 passed away at the family residence Saturday, September 28, 2013. She was born May 29, 1929 in Vero Beach, Florida the daughter of George Hartford Morgan and Violet Carmichael Mundy Morgan. Reacy’s life was a busy one from the start. As a six year old child she had a newspaper route in the then...

Arthur Dallas Hatten, Jr

Sep 18, 2013

Commander Arthur Dallas Hatten, Jr. USN (Ret.) completed his final tour of duty on September 18, 2013. After battling cancer and other health issues for 26 years, Art accepted orders to the ultimate Safe Harbor where he is guaranteed a Fair Wind and Following Sea (as all sailors wish

Virgil Calvin Bunkley

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...

Andrew Frederick "Andy" Drotleff, Jr

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....

Juanita Sunday Laird

Aug 28, 2013

Biography

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...

Eulene Ward Norris

Aug 26, 2013

Biography

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...

John H. Cecil

Aug 12, 2013

Biography

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...

Nancy Collinsworth

Jul 6, 2013

Biography

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...

Madeline Bishop Douglass

Jun 19, 2013

Biography

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...

Irene Rushing Bozeman Garner

May 31, 2013

Biography

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...

Zofia Martin

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...

Rayfield Patrick Penzo

May 25, 2013

Biography

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...

Warren W. Baylet

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...

Darlene Mallory Pugh

May 16, 2013

Biography

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...

Hubert Earl McCrary

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...