Obituaries
ANN MARIE GRIGGS WATSON
Aug 27, 2021
Ann Marie Griggs Watson, age 65 passed away Friday, August 27, 2021 in Sacred Heart of the Emerald Coast. She was born May 27, 1956 in Florala, Alabama the daughter of James Jack Griggs and Milbra Ann Rushing Griggs. After attending New York public schools she met and married Dan Arndt and followed him to Texas where he was...
CHARLES SHELTON MERRILL
Aug 27, 2021
Mr. Charles Shelton Merrill, age 89 passed away in the early morning of Friday, August 27, 2021 in Stanley House Assisted Living in DeFuniak Springs. He was born July 26, 1932 the son of James Shelton Merrill and Martha Jane Mason Merrill. He is predeceased by his wife, Mae Jean Merrill who died in May of 2017. .
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CHARLIE B J NEWBORN
Aug 20, 2021
Mr. Charlie B J Newborn, age 89 passed away in the early morning hours of Friday, August 20, 2021 at the family residence. He was born August 27, 1931 in Heflin, Alabama (the Crossroads Community) the son of William Thomas and Mary Elizabeth Morris Newborn. At the outbreak of the Korean Conflict Charlie enlisted in the United States Army ...
ELIZABETH "LIZ' HOLMES RAY
Aug 15, 2021
Mrs. Elizabeth “Liz” Ray, age 97 of the Piney Grove Community of North Walton County passed away late Sunday night, August 15, 2021 in Chautauqua Health and Rehabilitation Center. She was born November 12, 1923 in Pensacola, the third daughter of Irvin Harry Holmes and Authetta Fay Buchanan Holmes. She served her country in the United States Navy during...
BISHOP HAROLD "Joe" SANDERS
Aug 10, 2021
Mr. Joe Sanders, age 98 passed away Tuesday, August 10, 2021 in Twin Cities Hospital in Niceville. He was born June 7, 1923 in Huntsville, Alabama the son of Jesse and Mabel Lee Ogletree Sanders. After graduation from high school Joe entered college but soon discovered he was ready to get out into the work force. World War II...
TEDDY WILCZEWSKI
Aug 7, 2021
Mr. Teddy Wilczewski, age 61, passed away Saturday, August 7, 2021 at the family residence. He was born March 18, 1960 in Kamien Pomorski, Poland the son of Stanislaw Wilczewski and Irena Miniszewska Wilczewski. Teddy came to the United States at age 3 with his parents and landed at JFK in New York. He grew up in New York...
MARYLN O'QUINN LOVETT
Aug 1, 2021
Mrs. Maryln Lovett, age 65 passed away Sunday, August 1, 2021. She was born October 29, 1955 in Nahunta, Georgia, the daughter of Clyde Alisha O’Quinn and Mary Elizabeth Allen O’Quinn. Maryln met her future husband while living in Deland, Florida and they eventually moved to Lakewood, California since Gordon is from California. In 2005 she convinced him to...
PATSY ANN FREEMAN WELLS
Jul 27, 2021
Mrs. Patsy Wells, age 79 passed away at the family residence early Tuesday morning, July 27, 2021 surrounded by her family. She was born January 6, 1942 in Atlanta, Georgia, the daughter of Ernest Erskin Freeman and Bessie Essie Hampton Freeman. After high school Patsy lived for a while in Orlando but wanted to move to a smaller town. ...
TOMMY RUSSELL MITCHEM, JR.
Jul 23, 2021
Mr. Tommy Mitchem, Jr. age 43, a lifelong resident of Walton County passed away at his residence late Friday night, July 23, 2021. He was born May 18, 1978 in Blytheville, Arkansas the son of Tommy Russell Mitchem, Sr. and Donna Marie Ivey Mitchem. Tommy was a graduate of Walton High School graduating with the Class of 1997. While...
PATRICIA LOUISE YELVINGTON
Jul 22, 2021
Mrs. Trish Yelvington, age 82 of DeFuniak Springs passed away Thursday morning. She was born April 22, 1939 in Cheboygan, Michigan the daughter of Millard Alfred Lamothe and Stelea Wanda Ostaszewshi Lamothe. Trish was employed by Redwing Carrier in South Florida for some thirty years. She and her husband of thirty eight years moved to DeFuniak eighteen years ago...
ROBERT DALE "BOB" PARKS
Jul 17, 2021
Mr. Bob Parks, United States Marine Corps (Ret) passed away at the family residence Saturday morning, July 17, 2021. He was born November 28, 1930 in Shelby, Indiana the son of Wilson L. and Nina Pearl Lappa Parks. Bob served his country in the United States Marines. Many people in the Panama City and Panama City Beach area will...
JOSEPH MURRAY McCALL
Jul 16, 2021
Mr. Joe McCall, age 82 of DeFuniak Springs passed away Friday evening, July 16, 2021 in Fort Walton Beach Medical Center. He was born January 11, 1939 in DeFuniak Springs, the son of Burton McCall, Sr. and Grace Murray McCall. After finishing school in Walton County in the mid fifties, Joe served his country in the United States Army...
MARILYN CHARVES DERKAZ
Jul 2, 2021
Mrs. Marilyn Derkaz age 88 passed away Friday, July 2, 2021 in Healthmark Regional Medical Center. She was born December 7, 1932 in Providence, Rhode Island the daughter of Manuel Charves and Louise Mildred Cornel Charvez. At age 16 she graduated from high school in East Providence. Later after marrying her husband, Alfred Cornelius Derkaz, they built Cowesett Shipyard...
KENNETH WESTON WARREN
Jun 20, 2021
Mr. Kenneth Weston Warren, age 70 passed away Sunday night in Fort Walton Beach Medical Center after a long illness. He was born September 23, 1950 in Ogden, Utah the son of Weston Melvin Warren and Afton Lafon Gilson Warren. He graduated with Great Falls High School's Class of 1968 in Great Falls, Montana and graduated South Dakota State...
LILLIAN NELSON MITCHEM
May 21, 2021
Mrs. Lillian Nelson Mitchen, age 94 of DeFuniak Springs passed away Friday at the family residence. She was born September 8, 1926 in the Alaqua Community, the daughter of Joe and Mary Grace Infinger Nelson. She married James Edward “Pete” Mitchem on July 9, 1947, a marriage that spanned some seventy one years until his death in November of...
JANICE JONES PENTZ
May 19, 2021
Mrs. Janice Jones Pentz, age 81 of DeFuniak Springs passed away Wednesday morning, May 19, 2021 at the family residence. She was born November 5, 1939 in Louisville, Kentucky the daughter of Henry Havelock Jones, Jr. and Virginia Marie Hubbard Jones. She graduated high school at Miami Edison with the Class of 1956. She lived for a time with...
MARTHA MCKNIGHT COLLINSWORTH
Apr 21, 2021
Martha McKnight Collinsworth, age 85 of DeFuniak Springs passed away Wednesday night in Sacred Heart on the Emerald Coast. She was born December 22, 1935 in Opp, Alabama the daughter of Henry Ellis McKnight and Eva Estelle Wyatt McKnight. She is predeceased by her son, Eddie Frazier, her grandson, Blake Palmer and her brothers, Aaron and David and her...
BOB WINDSOR
Apr 14, 2021
Bobby Joe “Bob” Windsor was born June 18th (or 19th), 1940 in Dothan, Alabama to Robert Radford Windsor and Mabel Milner Windsor and passed away in DeFuniak Springs on April 14, 2021. Bobby Joe (he grew into being “Bob”) graduated from Dothan High School in the Class of 1958 and attended Auburn University, Troy State, and later the Woodrow...
ANN M. BARNES
Apr 10, 2021
Ann Barnes, age 86 passed away in the early morning hours of Saturday, April10, 2021 in a Pensacola Healthcare facility. She was born December 14, 1934 in Coffee County, Alabama the daughter of Daniel Jefferson Barnes and Lillie Mae Ezell Barnes. Ann was a 1953 graduate of Walton High School. She took an active role in planning their class...
BECKY SKIPPER
Apr 9, 2021
Becky Lavern Skipper, age 77 passed away near midnight Friday, April 9, 2021 surrounded by her family. She was born September 6, 1943 in DeFuniak Springs the daughter of James Edward "Pete" Mitchem and Lillian Nelson Mitchem. After graduation from Walton High School (1960) at age 16, she began a 42-year career with Civil Service. In 1999, she retired...
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