Obituaries

Oct 14, 2017

Mr. Robert Lee Figgins, age 87, passed away Saturday, October 14, 2017, in a Crestview Healthcare Facility.  He was born June 28, 1930, in Lyons, Indiana, the son of Elihu Knox Figgins and Velma Ruby Robinson Figgins of Caruthersville, Missouri.    After completing high school, Robert joined the United States Air Force where he served his country twenty years including...

Oct 1, 2017

Mrs. Nadine Purvis Boykin, age 90 of Darlington passed away Sunday, October 1, 2017 in North Okaloosa Medical Center.  She was born August 23, 1927 in Darlington, the youngest daughter of  ten children born to Marcus Lion Purvis and Mary Jane West Purvis.   She married soon after finishing high school and lived in many areas where she worked in...

Sep 29, 2017

Mr. Don “Junior” Moores passed away at the family residence Friday, September 29, 2017.  He was born May 6, 1964 in Nuremberg, Germany, the son of Donald Charles Mooers, Sr. and Barbara Birdwell Mooers.  After graduating from high school, Junior worked in transport for a Mobile Home Company, a position he held for some twenty years.  He was always...

Sep 26, 2017

After a short illness, Zane O. Vaughan, age 89, of Crestview, Florida, passed away on September 26, 2017. He was born the youngest of eight children to Albert Columbus Vaughan and Jonnie Jewell Brown Vaughan on October 1, 1927 in Hacoda, Alabama. He spent his early life living between Florala, Alabama and Paxton, Florida and graduated from Paxton High...

Sep 25, 2017

Alan William Riehl, 62, Santa Rosa Beach, FL passed away September 25th, 2017. He was born in Royal Oak, Michigan on December 29, 1954 to Clyde and Helen (Burnett) Riehl. He attended Shrine High School in Royal Oak, Tallahassee Community College and Florida State University. After college, he lived in Miami, Jacksonville, and his favorite place of all, Charleston....

Aug 30, 2017

Mrs. Louise Byram, age 73 former resident of DeFuniak Springs, passed away Wednesday, August 30, 2017 at the home of her granddaughter in Troy, Alabama.  She was born July 14, 1944  in DeFuniak Springs, the daughter of  Walter Carl Cosson and Julia Marjorie Anderson Cosson.  Mrs. Byram is predeceased by her husband, Donald Wade Byram who passed away in...

Aug 18, 2017

Mildred Edith Lewis Beasley, of DeFuniak Springs, FL, died peacefully in her dreams at her final home at the Chautauqua Center, DeFuniak Springs, FL on August 18, 2017. She was born in Enterprise, AL on October 24, 1919. She was the youngest of six children born to Dora and Robert S. Lewis of Enterprise, AL and was married to...

Jul 28, 2017

Mrs. Connie Ashe Chandler, age 61 of DeFuniak Springs passed away July 28, 2017 in Fort Walton Beach, Florida.  She was born June 13, 1956 in Brevard, North Carolina, the daughter of Major and Shirley Holden Ashe.  She was a resident of DeFuniak Springs for forty-five years and most will remember her in her association as office manager for...

Jul 24, 2017

Retired Master Sergeant Jeffrey Ray Mitchell, age 54 of DeFuniak Springs, FL. passed away on July 24, 2017.  He was born on October 16, 1962 in Chicago, Illinois, the son of Willard Ray Mitchell Jr. and Ruth Anna Riley.  After graduation from High School, he joined the United States Air Force, a tour that spanned 23 yrs.  Over the...

Jul 15, 2017

Hugh Edward Marse died July 15, 2017 in Seagrove Beach, Florida.  He was born to Oscar Thomas “Buster” Marse and Lucy McBroom Marse on January 13, 1933 in DeFuniak Springs, Florida.  He was predeceased by both parents. He is survived by his loving wife Grace (nee Little) of 62 wonderful and exciting years, son Thomas C. Marse (Santa Rosa...

Jul 9, 2017

Mr. Daniel Owen Duke, age 80 passed away at the family residence Sunday,  July 9, 2017 surrounded by his family. Owen died at 5:30 A.M. on his only son’s birthday, who incidentally was born at exactl 5:30 A.M. Owen was born August 28, 1936 in Gaskin the son of Daniel Elisha and Ronie Gill Duke.  He worked in data...

Jul 6, 2017

Captain Kevin Allen Mueller, RN, age 34, of Destin, departed this life and entered his heavenly home on Thursday, July 6, 2017.  Kevin was born to Larry and Beverlee McGill on October 10, 1982, in Paxton, FL. He was adopted, nurtured and raised through childhood by Randall and Beverlee Mueller.  He graduated from Fort Walton Beach High School in...

Jul 2, 2017

Geraldine W. Henderson, age 85, a resident of Daphne, AL, passed away at home, Sunday, July 2, 2017.  Ms. Henderson worked for many years as a house director for the PHI KAPPA PSI Fraternity at Washington and Lee University in Lexington, VA until she retired in 2010.  She moved to Daphne, AL in 2014 to reside with her daughter.  ...

Jul 2, 2017

Merry Sue Withey, age 57, long time resident of DeFuniak Springs passed away Sunday, July 2, 2017 in Fort Walton Beach Medical Center.  She was born December 25, 1959, and was a wonderful and loving daughter of Robert and Edna Messer.  She was a member of Community Holiness Church of DeFuniak Springs.  Sue was a loving wife, a caring...

Jun 30, 2017

Francis H. Sanders, Jr.  went to his heavenly home June 30, 2017.  He was born March 16, 1929 in Selma, Alabama to Mary Lou Riley and Francis H. Sanders.  Having moved to DeFuniak Springs in 1957 he traveled for Schloss & Kahn, Montgomery, Alabama for many years.  After retirement he bought a farm and cattle which gave him much...

Jun 17, 2017

Francis “Carol” Day, age 52 of Defuniak Springs, FL passed away on Saturday, June 17, 2017. She was surrounded by friends and family and was comfortable medically at the time of her passing.  Francis was born to the late Dale William Day Sr. and Francis Marion Balderrama on July 15, 1964 in Defuniak Springs FL.

Francis was...

May 14, 2017

Mrs. Gertrude Wallace, of DeFuniak Springs passed away in the early morning hours of Mother’s Day just five days shy of her ninety fourth birthday. She was born May 19, 1923 in Brooklyn, New York, the daughter of Fredrick William Weerth and Adaline Mary Horl Weerth. Gertrude worked in the healthcare profession, in hospitals as a sanitation specialist. In October...

May 11, 2017

Mrs. Barbara Garrett Williams, age 78, widow of the late Charles H. “Chuck” Williams, Jr. of DeFuniak Springs passed away Thursday, May 11, 2017 in Sacred Heart Hospital in Pensacola. She was born August 2, 1938 in DeFuniak Springs, the daughter of Reverend Floyd and Edna Burgess Garrett. She attended Walton County public schools graduating with Walton ‘s Class of...

Apr 27, 2017

Mrs. Tina A. Brown, age 51 went to be with her Lord and Savior April 27, 2017 in Fort Walton Beach, Florida. She was born August 7, 1965 in Bonifay to Morgan Bill and Cleo Scott Harcus. She graduated from Vernon High School with the Class of 1983. Tina met Terre Lee Brown and they were married February 22, 1985....

Apr 26, 2017

Ms. Pam Turner, age 54 formerly of DeFuniak Springs passed away Wednesday, April 26, 2017 in a Miami Springs healthcare facility. She was born February 17, 1963 in DeFuniak Springs, the daughter of J C and Juliette Arnold Turner. She attended Walton Senior High School and worked as a foreman in landscaping in South Florida before ill health prevailed. According...