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Rosemary Armbruster, 75, died peacefully with her family by her side. She lived a wonderful and rewarding life. She was born in St Clair, Pennsylvania to Frank W. Sincoskie and Mary Herchak Sincoskie. She graduated Valedictorian of her graduating class. Rosemary married Edward D. Armbruster who was in the US Air Force. Their three oldest children were born...
Mary B. Pinckard Gregory passed away Saturday, November 5, 2011. She was born May 19, 1924 in DeFuniak Springs. She was a member of First Presbyterian Church of DeFuniak Springs. She graduated from Walton High School and Florida State College for Women (FSU). Mary worked at Warner-Robbins Air Force Base during WWII where she met her future husband, Dr....
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Mrs. Marjorie Jean Ralston Holden died Thursday, October 27, 2011 in UAB Hospital in Birmingham, Alabama after a five year battle with leukemia. She was born November 12, 1951 in Kingsville, Texas. She grew up and spent most of her life in DeFuniak Springs. Marjorie was a member of Pleasant Ridge Baptist Church. She worked for many years...
Mr. James Morris Ingle, Sr, age 68, area businessman, passed away late Thursday afternoon ,October 20, 2011 in Sacred Heart Hospital in Pensacola. He was born April 10, 1943 in Walton County the son of J.H. and Icie Lunsford Ingle. Living in Walton County most of his life, “Jim” as he was known my most of his friends, attended...
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Ruth Marie Bjorkman, age 80, passed away Wednesday, October 19, 2011 at the family residence. She was born November 13, 1930 in DeWitt, Arkansas, the daughter of Vernon Wesley and Clara Jaunita Spears. Ruth worked in the MWR division of the Administration Department on the Yorktown, Virginia Naval Weapons Station. She began there in 1968 as a Stock...
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Mrs. Annie Maude Collinsworth Sunday age 86 passed away Monday evening in Chautauqua Rehabilitation and Nursing Center. She was born January 27, 1925 in Gaskin, Florida the daughter of William Manuel and Georgie Irene Harper Collinsworth. Annie attended Walton County Schools graduating from Walton High School with the Class of 1945. She and her late husband Lloyd “Ted”...
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Mr. Lee Roy Holden, age 84 of DeFuniak Springs passed away Sunday evening, October 9, 2011 in Healthmark Regional Medical Center. He was born November 28, 1926 in Central, South Carolina the son of Isaac J. and Lillie Mable Head Holden. As a boy of 7 or 8 years old his first job was carrying in wood for...
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Mrs. Ophelia Thelma Burkett Alford passed away early Friday morning, October 7, 2011 just one day shy of her 86TH birthday in Wiregrass Hospital in Geneva. She was born October 8, 1925 in Westville, Florida the daughter of Burtie and Alice Spann Burkett. She attended school in Samson, Alabama. At age 15 she went with her mother to...
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Mrs. Faye Alford, age 67 of DeFuniak Springs passed away at the family residence Thursday, September 29, 2011 surrounded by her family and friends. She was born March 30, 1944 in Pensacola, Florida the daughter of Leslie Roland and Mae Lilly Kelley Blanchard. After graduation from high school Faye graduated from Mississippi College in Jackson, Mississippi with a...
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Mr. Thomas Cecil Whatley, age 89 of DeFuniak Springs passed away at the family residence. He was born December 18, 1921 in Dale County, Alabama the son of Henry Clayton Whatley and Bessie Ellen Woodham Whatley. He moved to Walton County in February of 1965 from Orlando. He served his country with the United States Marine Corps. Mr....
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Mrs. Rosa Beatrice Bundrick Locke, age 92 passed away Friday, September 9, 2011 in Liberty Regional Medical Center. She was born March 31, 1919 the daughter of S.B. and Ella McPherson Bundrick. The Florala, Alabama native had lived in DeFuniak Springs and Glennville, Georgia most of her life. She was a homemaker and loving mother, grandmother and great...
Willard Stanley "Spanky" Jordan, age 48 passed away Thursday, August 11, 2011. He was born April 22, 1963 in Florala, Alabama the son of Albert Franklin Jordan and Lottie Mae Sunday Jordan. Mr. Jordan worked for many years at Showell Farms in DeFuniak Springs. Among survivors are his brothers George, James and wife Susan, Bill and wife Sara, Lonnie and...
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Mrs. Jewell Rachels Wesley, age 93 of DeFuniak Springs passed away in Chautauqua Rehabilitation and Nursing Center Thursday night , August 11, 2011, after a lingering illness. She was born in New Brockton, Alabama and moved to the Glendale Community of Walton County in 1936. She finished her senior year at Walton High School graduating with the Class...
James Buford Rachels November 22, 1922 - July 26, 2011
James Buford Rachels—Butch—Dad—Papa—88 of the Glendale Community of north Walton County passed away Tuesday, July 26, 2011 at the family residence. He was born November 22, 1922 in New Brockton, Alabama the son of James Wiley Rachels and Maude Ray Drinkard Rachels. Buford was a long time farmer in...
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Mr. Robert Paul "Bobby" Knowles, BMCM, Retired, age 72 of DeFuniak Springs passed away Tuesday, July 12, 2011 at his home. He was born May 13, 1939 in Buffalo, New York, the son of Harford and Gertrude Plass Knowles. Upon graduation from high school, Bobby joined the United States Navy, serving his country as a Navy Seal during...
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Shirley Beacham Anderson, age 65 of DeFuniak Springs passed away Monday, July 11, 2011 in Chautauqua Health and Rehabilitation Center. She was born April 9, 1946 in DeFuniak Springs the daughter of Leroy and Willie Belle Lawson Caldwell. Shirley Jean, as she was known by her family, graduated from Tivoly with the Class of 1964. Most will remember...
Mr. Terry Lynn Nelson, age 55 passed away Tuesday, June 28, 2011 at his residence. He was born March, 15, 1956 in DeFuniak Springs the son of Sidney and Gennieve Redmon Nelson. Terry was a graduate of Walton Senior High School’s Class of 1974. He worked in many professions, locally, Triple A Truss Company, Florida Transformers, Americana Electronics and...
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Kay Ward, age 66 of Westville passed away Thursday, June 23, 2011 in a Crestview Hospital. She was born August 5, 1944 in Tampa, Florida the daughter of Alfred Bernett Carter and Norma Lucile Davis. She is predeceased by her son Bernie Rickett. Among survivors are her partner in life, Huey Thompson. Her daughters. Teresa Adkison and fiance’...
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Mrs. Shirley Mae Adams Davis, age 74 of Ponce deLeon passed away Wednesday, June 22, 2011 in Miramar Beach, Florida. She was born June 5, 1937 in Tallahassee, Florida the daughter of Noah Adams and Ellis Wade Adams. She is predeceased by her mother and father and her daughter, JoAnn Jennings. Among survivors are her husband, Farrel Davis,...
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A lifelong native of Walton County, Lucile Flow Wise was born December 4, 1918 to Charles McDonald Flow and Alice Corbett Flow. She passed away Tuesday, June 14, 2011 in Chautauqua Rehabilitation and Nursing Center. She was a 1936 graduate of Walton High School and a 1940 graduate of Florida State College for Women where she majored in...