Obituaries
WALTRUDE MARIANNA 'VAL' NEWSOME
May 13, 2019
Waltrude (Val) M. Newsome, age 79, passed away Monday, May 13, 2019, in Chautauqua Health and Rehabilitation Center. She was born May 20, 1939 in Osnabruck, Germany, the daughter of Eugne Lothar and Sofie Geskes Florenz. Mrs. Newsome enjoyed working in the fashion industry and working beside her husband in their independently owned business, New-Tel Communications. Val had many...
WILLIAM THOMAS FOREMAN, JR
May 12, 2019
Mr. William (Willie) Thomas Foreman, Jr. of DeFuniak Springs, FL passed away peacefuly Sunday, May 12th, 2019 at hime home after a brief battle with cancer. He was surrounded by his family as he left this world to join our Heavenly Father. Willie was born May, 18th, 1959, he was a week shy of turning the big 6-0. He...
CHERYL ANN HARRIS
May 9, 2019
Mrs. Cheryl Ann Harris,age 74, passed away early Thursday morning, May 9, 2019 in a Crestview nursing facility. She was born November 11, 1944 in Albuquerque, New Mexico, the daughter of Eugene Ernest Dick and Agnes Louise Cleary Dick. Cheryl, while living in Fort Walton Beach met a local boy, from Fort Walton at a Square Dance in the...
JUDITH ANN RHOADS SMITH
Apr 20, 2019
Mrs. Judith Ann Rhoads Smith, age 79 passed away Saturday, April 20, 2019 in North Okaloosa Medical Center. She was born February 29, 1940 in Middletown, Ohio, the daughter of Paul Earl Rhoads and Lucille Fox Rhoads. She and her husband Herb moved to the Santa Rosa Beach area in 1984 after visiting a family friend “Elrod”. Herb worked...
ROBERT M COMANDER
Apr 17, 2019
Mr.Robert M. Comander, age 74 of Mary Ester, Florida died on Wednesday, April 17th in Fort Walton Beach. Mr. Comander was born in Pensacola, Florida to Henry Mercer Comander and Ada Lee Whitehead Comander on June 8, 1944. He graduated from Walton High School in 1962. He had a degree in music from Troy University and a degree in...
BETTY LEE ROBBINS DURRANCE
Apr 7, 2019
Betty Lee Robbins Durrance, age 90, of Santa Rosa Beach, FL, passed away at home on April 7, 2019. Born on November 18, 1928, in Tampa, Florida, she was the daughter of John Dee Robbins and Mildred Moore Robbins. For the past five years, Betty lived with her daughter in the South Walton beach area where they have enjoyed...
EFFIE BELLE STRICKLAND
Apr 7, 2019
Effie Belle Farmer Strickland, 94, passed away Sunday, April 7, 2019. Belle was born on September 9, 1924, in DeFuniak Springs, FL. She was a homemaker, and she worked beside her husband, F.A. Strickland, on their family farm, with Strickland’s Wrecker Service, and at Strickland’s Paint and Body until he passed away in 2007. She was a lifelong member...
SAMUEL NELSON
Apr 6, 2019
Mr. Samuel Nelson, age 59 passed away unexpectedly Saturday, April 6, 2019 in Sacred Heart on the Emerald Coast. He was born October 30, 1959 in Argyle, Florida, one of six children born to Davis Nelson and Melvainia Stuckey Nelson. Mr. Nelson was employed for a number of years in the hotel/resort industry in South Walton. He is predeceased...
GERALD D. SHOAF
Mar 29, 2019
Mr. Gerald Dean Shoaf, a member of the Greatest Generation, passed away on March 29, 2019 surrounded by his family. Gerald was born February 23, 1918 in Stanton, Tennessee the son of Walter Austin Shoaf and Electa Shoaf. He came from a large family of six brothers and two sisters all working on the family farm during his early...
STEVEN EDWARD RIVAL
Mar 22, 2019
Mr. Steven E. Rival, age 66 of Pensacola passed away Friday morning, March 22, 2019 in a Pensacola Healthcare Facility. He was born December 23, 1952 in Hartford, Connecticut the son of Frank Peter Rival, Sr. and Mary Beatrice McCarten Rival. Steven, because of his college studies in Engineering was able to live and travel over a great portion...
WARREN NALL
Feb 23, 2019
Petty Officer First Class Donald Warren Nall, U.S. Navy Retired, age 71 passed away Saturday, February 23, 2019 in Palmdale Regional Medical Center in California. He was born, September 14, 1947 in Florala, Alabama, the son of Edward Cecil Nall and Mollie Lois Donaldson Nall. He attended Paxton High School where he played basketball and graduated with Paxton’s Class...
ANGEL MONTALVO
Feb 8, 2019
MSGT Angel Montalvo, USAF (Ret) passed away Friday night, February 8, 2019 at the family residence. He was born November 29, 1933 in Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico, the son of Juan Evaristo Montalvo and Gabina Seda Montalvo. Angel served his country for 26 years and 3 days in air transportation. He was then employed some 21 years with AAFES...
BOBBY KEITH ADKISON
Feb 7, 2019
Mr. Bobby Keith Adkison, age 78 passed away Thursday evening in West Florida Hospital Covenant Care. He was born October 29, 1940 in Quincy, Florida, the son of David Lee Adkison and Mattie Estelle Brown Adkison. He was a graudate of Walton High School, graduating with the Class of 1960. He served his country in the United States Air...
EDDIE FRAZIER
Feb 6, 2019
Mr. Eddie Frazier, age 57, a long time resident of Walton County passed away early Wednesday morning in Sacred Heart Hospital Covenant Hospice in Pensacola. He was born September 21, 1961 in Florala, Alabama the son of Oscar Alford Frazier and Martha Foye McKnight Frazier. Many will remember Eddie in his employment with Sonny Casey. He was a gifted...
JOANNE POTTS
Jan 22, 2019
Mrs. Joanne Potts, age 74, widow of the late Floyd A. Potts, Sr. passed away at the home of her son and daughter-in-law Tuesday night. She was born August 24, 1944 in Ivan, Florida near Crawfordville in Wakulla County, the daughter of Mose and Mollie Raker Strickland. After graduation from high school in the early sixties, Joanne got a...
MICHAEL HOTARIE, JR.
Jan 20, 2019
Mr. Michael Hotarie, age 89 passed away Sunday, January 20, 2019 in Stanley House Assisted Living in DeFuniak Springs, Florida. He was born February 10, 1929 in Brownsville, Pennsylvania the son of Michael Joseph Hotarie and Mary Kuhar Hotarie. He served his country in the United States Air Force and was an accomplished saxophone player and had his own...
WILLIAM EUGENE ELLIS
Jan 19, 2019
William E. “Bill” Ellis, age 93, passed away on Saturday, Jan 19, 2019, at the Stanley House Assisted Living facility in DeFuniak Springs, Florida. He was born in Mossy Head, Florida, and was a life-long resident of Walton County. He was preceded in death by his parents Joseph and Gertrude Meigs Ellis; his wife Ethellene Daughtry Ellis; and his...
MARGARET SANDERS
Dec 31, 2018
Mrs. Margaret Sanders, longtime resident of DeFuniak Springs, passed away on December 31st at her home, surrounded by family and friends. She was born Margaret Rose Welch on January 15, 1934 in Thomasville, Georgia, where she spent most of her young life. For reasons unknown, her grandfather gave her the nickname “Mutt” at an early age, and the name...
FAYE CLARK KINSEY
Dec 27, 2018
Mrs. Faye Kinsey, age 95, widow of the late Edgar Eugene Kinsey passed away Thursday night in Chautauqua Health and Rehabilitation Center. She was born February 18, 1923 in Mossy Head, Florida the daughter of James Edward Clark and Dora Ann Wilks Clark. Faye enjoyed many years of embroidery, some china painting and work in oils. After her husband’s...
ELAINE B. AVANT
Dec 26, 2018
Mrs. Elaine B. Avant, age 90 of DeFuniak Springs passed away Wednesday night, December 26, 2018 in the home of her daughter. She was born August 5, 1928 in Kinston, Alabama the daughter of James Cummings Bedsole and Linnie Maggie Whigham Bedsole. After graduation from Kinston schools she attended Troy State Teacher’s College where she earned her Master’s Degree...
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