Obituaries

Royce M. "Poochie" Griffith

Dec 24, 2013

Mr. Royce M. “Poochie” Griffith, age 78 passed away suddenly in the late afternoon of December 24, 2013 at his family residence in Gaskin. He was born August 31, 1935 in Samson, Alabama, the son of Malcolm and Alice Ray Griffith. He is predeceasded by his parents and his daughter, Deborah Griffith Alford; his sisters, Bertha Mitchell, Eunice Conwill and...

Betty Davis Burney

Dec 22, 2013

Biography

Mrs. Betty Davis Burney, age 86, a resident of DeFuniak Springs since 1996 passed away at the family residence Sunday, December 22, 2013. She was born March 24, 1927 in Fredericktown, Ohio the daughter of Orly Lee Davis and Anna Myrtle Walker Davis. Betty graduated from Fredericktown High School with the Class of 1945. In 1948 she met...

Scott Stewart Chaney

Dec 16, 2013

Scott Chaney, 65, passed away peacefully on Monday, December 16th, 2013. Scott’s infectious personality garnered him many friends. He was loved by all who knew him. He was a devoted, loving husband and sustained by his Christian faith in God. Scott was also a passionate patriot, his service in the Navy showed his devotion and his love for America. Services...

Inez Johnson Bracewell

Nov 30, 2013

Biography

Mrs. Inez Johnson Bracewell, age 84 passed away Saturday evening, November 30, 2013 in Chautauqua Rehabilitation and Nursing Center. She was born August 27, 1929 in Hacoda, Alabama the youngest of eight children born to J. W. “Jim” Johnson and Mattie Lou Alford Johnson. She met and married Clifford Lamar Bracewell on April 7, 1951, a marriage that...

Empress Carter Dawson

Nov 26, 2013

Mrs. Empress Carter Dawson, age 94 went to be with her Lord and Savior Tuesday, November 26, 2013 at her home in Crestview. She was born December 5, 1918 in Danville, Virginia to the late Robert Oscar Carter and Sallie Waddell Carter. She graduated from Bartlett Yancy High School in May of 1937. She married William McSween Dawson from Niceville,...

George Bernard "G. B." Bracewell

Nov 24, 2013

Mr. G. B. Bracewell, age 75 passed away in the early morning hours of Sunday, November 24, 2013 in Fort Walton Beach Medical Center. He was born October 23, 1938 in Westville, the son of Curtis Gillis Bracewell and Annie Elizabeth Burdick Bracewell. G.B. attended school in Liberty and Valleyview. He worked in lawncare and landscaping and those who knew...

Elaine Catherine Flores Faulkner

Nov 22, 2013

Biography

Elaine Faulkner, age 94 of DeFuniak Springs, formerly of Jacksonville, passed away Friday, November 22, 2013 in Healthmark Regional Medical Center. She was born December 29, 1918 in Brooklyn, New York, the daughter of Earl George Flores and Kathryn Lukeman Flores. At age 5, she moved with her family from Albany, New York to Jacksonville where she lived...

Isobel Orella "Rella" Bower Bierbower

Nov 15, 2013

Isoble Orella “Rella" Bower Bierbower, age 84 of DeFuniak Springs passed away late Friday afternoon, November 15, 2013 in Stanley House Assisted Living. She was born in Hopewood, Pennsylvania the daughter of Andrew “Andy” George Bower and Isobel Orella Graham Dixon Bower. After graduating in 1950 from Uniontown Hospital School of Nursing she worked at various hospitals and finished...

Loyce Brown Phillips

Nov 12, 2013

Loyce Brown Phillips age 81 a lifelong resident of Gaskin passed away unexpectedly Tuesday, November 12, 2013 in Wiregrass Hospital in Geneva, Alabama. She was born May 11, 1932 in Gaskin, Florida the daughter of Mack and Ella Victoria Wilkerson Brown. After graduation from high school she worked for Monsanto in Pensacola for about five years. She and her...

Ruth Sutcliffe

Nov 5, 2013

Mrs. Ruth Sutcliffe, age 81 passed away Tuesday, November 5, 2013 in Andalusia Regional Medical Center. She was born December 2, 1931 in Mossy Head, Florida, the daughter of Mayfield Henderson and Emma Marshall Henderson. For the past few years Ruth and her husband Hal have split their time living half the year in Andalusia and the other half at...

Edgar Lee Earles

Nov 4, 2013

Biography

Retired Air Force Staff Sergeant Edgar Lee Earles, age 78 of Crestview, formerly of DeFuniak Springs passed away in the early morning hours of Monday, November 4, 2013 in North Okaloosa Medical Center. He was born February 22, 1935 in Gretna, Virginia, the son of Guy Lindsey Earles and Docie Bolling Earles. After graduation from Chatham High School,...

Tommie Lee Nolin

Oct 24, 2013

Mrs. Tommie Lee Nolin, age 95 of DeFuniak Springs passed away suddenly Thursday, October 24, 2013. She was born July 8, 1918, in Geneva, Alabama the daughter of Thomas Ray Cotton and Oma Lee Padgett Cotton. After attending school in Leonia, when the school burned down she transferred to Ponce deLeon where she played basketball. Graduating from Ponce deLeon...

Jewell Richardson

Oct 22, 2013

Biography

Jewell Dean Richardson, age 61 of DeFuniak Springs passed away in the early morning hours of Tuesday, October 22, 2013 in Sacred Heart Hospital in Pensacola, Florida. She was born June 5, 1952 in Florala, Alabama the daughter of James Preston Thompson and Virginia Louise Scott Thompson. She is predeceased by her son, Edward Oneal McCraw. Among survivors...

Reacy Morgan Little

Sep 28, 2013

Mrs. Reacy Morgan Little, age 84 passed away at the family residence Saturday, September 28, 2013. She was born May 29, 1929 in Vero Beach, Florida the daughter of George Hartford Morgan and Violet Carmichael Mundy Morgan. Reacy’s life was a busy one from the start. As a six year old child she had a newspaper route in the then...

Arthur Dallas Hatten, Jr

Sep 18, 2013

Commander Arthur Dallas Hatten, Jr. USN (Ret.) completed his final tour of duty on September 18, 2013. After battling cancer and other health issues for 26 years, Art accepted orders to the ultimate Safe Harbor where he is guaranteed a Fair Wind and Following Sea (as all sailors wish

Virgil Calvin Bunkley

Sep 12, 2013

Virgil Calvin Bunkley was born September 1, 1955 in DeFuniak Springs to the late Earl Thomas Bunkley, Sr. and Esther Ruth Harris Bunkley. As a young man Virgil began life by attending school in Walton County. After completing school his new adventure would be joining the U. S. Navy in 1973 as an aircraft mechanic. After he received an honorable...

Andrew Frederick "Andy" Drotleff, Jr

Sep 8, 2013

Andrew “Andy” Frederick Drotleff, Jr., went to be with the Lord on Sunday, September 8, 2013. His loss was felt by family and friends, who will remember the DeFuniak Springs resident for his humor and charm as well as a man deeply connected to the waters he so avidly fished. Born July 18, 1936, to Andrew “Andy” Frederick Drotleff, Sr....

Juanita Sunday Laird

Aug 28, 2013

Biography

Mattie Juanita (Teen) Laird, age 85 entered into eternal peace on Wednesday, August 28, 2013 at her home in DeFuniak Springs, Florida. Teen was born March 29, 1928 in Glendale, the daughter of Charlie and Irene Redmon Sunday, She married Wilburn Tew Laird and lived in DeFuniak Springs all fifty one years of their married life. She was...

Eulene Ward Norris

Aug 26, 2013

Biography

Mrs. Eulene Ward Norris, age 84 formerly of DeFuniak Springs passed away Monday, August 26, 2013 in a Lake City Healthcare facility. She was born January 19, 1929 in DeFuniak Springs, the daughter of Eugene and Annie Beatrice McLean Ward. Mrs. Norris was employed for a number of years with the County government in Lake City, Florida. She...

John H. Cecil

Aug 12, 2013

Biography

Mr. John H. Cecil, age 74 passed away Monday, August 12, 2013 in a Niceville Healthcare Facility. He was born February 12, 1939 in Paintsville, Kentucky, the son of John Oscar Cecil, Jr. and Athelene Rebecca Hagan Cecil. After graduation from Glasgow, Kentucky High School in 1957 he attended Western Kentucky University in Bowling Green. He and his...