Norma Joyce Lebeau, age 80, passed away on Monday, July 20, 2015 in Sebring, Florida. She was born on July 22, 1934 in New Bedford, Massachusetts to the late Norman and Rose (Levasseur) Kobes. Norma moved to Avon Park in 1989 from Miami and she was a member of Our Lady of Grace Catholic Church....

Fisher, Dorothy Jean, age 95, passed away on Sunday, July 12, 2015, in Winter Haven, Fla. She was born on April 15, 1920, in Johnstown, Pa., to the late John and Erma (Weaver) Barron. She lived in Sebring for many years and was a founding member of Grace Church of Sebring. She moved to Winter...

Abel S. Ramos, age 77, passed away on Sunday, July 12, 2015 in Sebring, Florida. He was born on September 1, 1937 in Farr, Texas to the late Casimero and Simona (Soto) Ramos. Abel and his wife came to Sebring in 2005 from Naples, FL, and was a member of Bethel Baptist Church, Lake Placid, FL. He...

Rogers, Charles, age 90, passed away on Friday July 10, 2015. He was born on April 10, 1925.He will be laid to rest at Lakeview Memorial Gardens in Avon Park, FL on Monday July, 27, 2015.

Opal Maxine Bates (Maxine), age 99, was called home to be with her Lord on Thursday, July 9, 2015 in Sebring, Florida. She was born to Vernon and Gail Bates, the oldest of five children, in a rural community near Fairfield, Iowa. Maxine was always interested in teaching and started out practicing...

Jack Payne Comer, age 92, of Sebring, Florida passed away July 4, 2015. He was born December 22, 1922 in Indianapolis, Indiana to Sima and Alta (Payne) Comer. He was a chemist for Eli Lilly & Company in Indianapolis, Indiana. Jack was a member of the First Baptist Church of Avon Park, VFW,...

Jerry D. Chasteen, age 79, passed away on Monday, June 29, 2015 in Sarasota, Florida and went home to be with his Lord. He was born on May 31, 1936 in Lake City, Florida to the late John Fred and Olga (Hicks) Chasteen. Jerry came to Highlands County in 1978 from Orlando and spent his career in...

Carol J. Sanches, age 68, passed away on Thursday, June 18, 2015 in Lakeland, Florida. She was born on January 16, 1947 in Sebring, Florida to the late Carroll and Lertie (Barfield) Neal. Carol has been a lifelong resident of Highlands County and attended the Avon Park Lakes Baptist Church. She...

Burley, Dr. Lee, age 91, passed away on Thursday, June 18, 2015 in Sebring, Florida. He was born on July 5, 1912 in Youngstown, Ohio to the late Robert E. Lee and Helen Virginia (Tomlinson) Burley. They moved to Moundsville, West Virginia soon after. He lived in Wheeling, WV where he graduated...

Robert Lee Thompson, Sr., 85, of Sebring, passed away Sunday, June 14, 2015. Mr. Thompson was born May 16, 1930 in Portsmouth, OH to his parents, Frank James and Helen Isabela (O’Dell) Thompson. He moved to Sebring in 1979 from Portsmouth and retired from the Polk County School District in 1996....