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Patricia Wahl
Feb. 20, 2019
Patricia L. Wahl, 73, of Lake Placid passed away Wednesday, February 20, 2019. Mrs. Wahl was born August 17, 1945 in Caro, MI. She was a retired CNA and moved here in 2004 from Vassar, MI. Pat was a member of the American Legion, VFW, Elks, Moose, Eagles and loved to play cards. Survivors include...

Phyllis Davis
Feb. 17, 2019
Phyllis Ann Davis, 83, of Sebring passed away Sunday, February 17, 2019. Mrs. Davis was born September 9, 1935 in Miami, FL to Wilfred M and Cecilia T (Quinn) Steil. She was of the Catholic faith and had retired from accounting services. Phyllis was the treasurer for the Pine & Lake HOA for...

Samuel Flynn
Feb. 12, 2019
Samuel Flynn, age 90, passed away on Tuesday February 12, in Sebring, Florida. He was born in St. Ann, Jamaica to Roderick and Sarah Flynn. Samuel resided in Avon Park, Florida since 1996, when he and his wife Violet May Daley-Flynn (deceased since December 2014) retired to that...

James Bible
Feb. 12, 2019
James Mitchell Bible, age 71, of Sebring, FL, passed away Tuesday, February 12, 2019. He was born February 14, 1947 in Ft. Pierce, FL to James Homer and Helen (Montgomery) Bible. Jim grew up in Clewiston, FL, moved to Sebring in 1964 and graduated from Sebring High School in 1965. He then...

Maria Enriqueta Garcia
Feb. 07, 2019
Maria Enriqueta Garcia, age 71, passed away on Thursday, February 7, 2019 in Sebring, Florida. She was born July 28, 1947 to Alejandro Garcia and Rita Suarez. She had been a resident of Sebring for 30 years coming from Moore Haven, Florida. She attended St. Catherine Catholic Church, loved Bingo,...

Melvin Ferrell Williams
Feb. 05, 2019
Melvin Ferrell Williams, 84, of Avon Park, Florida went home to meet his Savior on Feb. 5, 2019. Ferrell was born in Hahira, Georgia to John and Lillian (Shaw) Williams on June 15, 1934. Ferrell was a 45-plus year Avon Park resident where most knew him from the Amoco station that he and his...

Huberta Carrier
Feb. 05, 2019
Huberta Horne Carrier Huberta Horne Carrier, 92, of Lake Placid, formally of Miami died February 5, 2019. She retired from Federal Battery and Cable in 1988. Survived by daughter; Becky Dye, sons; Tony and Kevin Carrier, six grandchildren and eleven great grandchildren. Services Saturday 10:00 AM...

Carl W. Rupert
Feb. 03, 2019
Carl W. Rupert In memory of Carl W. Rupert, 89, who passed away at his home in Sebring, Florida on Sunday, Feb. 3, 2019 with his loving family by his side. He was born Jan. 8,1930 in Ann Arbor, Michigan. He was the beloved husband of Nancy, married for 70 years. Carl was preceded in death by his...

Sylvester "Sonny" C. Heckard
Jan. 16, 2019
Sylvester “Sonny” C. Heckard, 87, went to be with the Lord on Wednesday, January 16, 2019 in Avon Park, Florida. Sonny was born on August 31, 1931 to the late Leroy and Hilda Mae (Richardson) Heckard in Remus, Michigan. After coming to Avon Park from Michigan in the early 1950’s, he met and...

Erin Renee Sowards
Jan. 16, 2019
ERIN'S OBITUARY Erin Renee Sowards Erin Renee Sowards, 46 of Sebring, FL passed away on Wednesday, January 16, 2019 in Sebring, FL. She was born on November 21, 1972 in Benton Harbor, Michigan to Robert and deLynne (Palmer) Pitts. She is survived by her husband; Jon Sowards of Sebring, two...