Obituaries

Jul 12, 2011

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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...

Jul 11, 2011

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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...

Jun 28, 2011

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...

Jun 23, 2011

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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’...

Jun 22, 2011

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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,...

Jun 14, 2011

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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...

Jun 4, 2011

Mr. Marvin Bill Floyd, age 75 of DeFuniak Springs passed away Saturday, June 4, 2011 in Healthmark Regional Medical Center. He was born April 6, 1936 in Walton County the son of Lester Lee Floyd and Annie Lee Rushing Floyd. Marvin was a veteran having served his country with the United States Air Force during the Korean Conflict . He...

Apr 28, 2011

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Mrs. Vera Holden, age 82 of DeFuniak Springs passed away late Thursday, April 28, 2011 in Chautauqua Health and Rehabilitation Center. She was born March 26, 1929 in Somerset, Texas the daughter of Paul Reyes, Sr, and Elvira Casias Reyes. She moved with her husband to DeFuniak Springs in 1950 after his retirement from the United States military....

Apr 26, 2011

Biography Mrs. Geraldine Ward Shaw, age 80 of DeFuniak Springs passed away Tuesday, April 26, 2011 in Healthmark Regional Medical Center. She was born November 3, 1930 in Coffee County, Alabama the daughter of William Claude Ward and Fannie Sunday Ward. Mrs. Shaw was a homemaker and also had a full time job being a minister’s wife, a position she...

Apr 1, 2011

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Mr. Lavaughn “Manny” Gavin, age 66, a lifelong resident of Freeport passed away at his residence in Freeport Friday, April 1, 2011. He was born July 15, 1944 in Niceville the son of Albert Berry Gavin and Louise Shaw Gavin. Manny, as he was known by most, worked for a time with his father, later working with the...

Mar 16, 2011

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Mr. Homer J. Thompson, age 96 of Darlington passed away Wednesday, March 16, 2011 in Healthmark Regional Medical Center. He was born February 24, 1915 in Milton, Florida the son of William Benjamin and Pearlie Mathais Thompson. He is predeceased by his wife Eunice Mae Thompson and his son Richard Thompson. Homer’s family wishes to thank his daughter-in-law...

Feb 13, 2011

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Mr. Floyd Johnson, Jr. age 36 of DeFuniak Springs, Florida died as the result of injuries sustained in an automobile accident Sunday, February 13, 2011. He was born November 5, 1974 in Cincinnati, Ohio, the son of Floyd Johnson, Sr. and Brenda Kay Hill. Floyd own and operated a tree service business. He loved hunting and fishing and...

Feb 10, 2011

Lance Warren Anderson as born in Dady, Florida on January 21, 1923. Out of high school at 16, there were stints as construction messenger, driver, Special Delivery messenger and substitute letter carrier. In World War II he was an Army Air Force pilot and advanced pilot-instructor at Craig Field in Selma, Alabama. On July 2, 1944 he married Joyce Bledsoe....

Feb 5, 2011

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Mr. Curtis "Lloyd" Anderson 88 of DeFuniak Springs passed away Saturday, February 5, 2011 in North Okaloosa Medical Center. He was born April 21, 1922 and was a veteran of World War II. Lloyd owned “Anderson Poultry Farm” and was known by many as the “egg man.” He was a die-hard Gator fan and supporter of Walton High...

Feb 2, 2011

Colonel Gregory Guy Malloy, age 44 of DeFuniak Springs died in the line of duty Wednesday, February 2, 2011. He was born January 5, 1967 in Fort Walton Beach the son of Guy Lynton Malloy and Mary Sue Kent Malloy. Greg was a 1985 graduate of Walton Senior High School and joined the Florida Department of Corrections in 1988...

Jan 22, 2011

Biography Mrs. Marie Hayes, age 80 passed away Saturday, January 22, 2011 in Chautauqua Health and Rehabilitation Center. She was born May 11, 1930 in Raceland, Louisiana the daughter of Felix Joseph and Bessie Marie Pitre Foret. Among survivors are her son, C.W. Hayes, III of DeFuniak Springs. Burial will take place Tuesday, January 25, 2011 in Saint Mary’s Nativity...

Jan 16, 2011

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Jennie Lucille Bullard Cawthon, of DeFuniak Springs, Florida, passed away on Sunday, January 16, 2011. She was born in Bruce, Florida, on August 20, 1922, the daughter of James Wellington Bullard and Annie Belle Geddie Bullard. She graduated from Walton High School and received her college degree from Huntingdon College in Montgomery, Alabama. She married Roy Davis Cawthon...

Jan 14, 2011

One of DeFuniak Springs’ few centenarians, Henry Oscar Harrison, died on January 14, 2011. Born on January 25, 1909, to Samuel Tennessee and Leona Henrietta Harrison in Geneva County, Alabama, he was the seventh of thirteen children. His family moved to the Oak Grove Community in Walton County in 1916, where he lived until he enrolled in the Normal School...

Jan 11, 2011

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Mr. Bruce Pimm, age 71 of DeFuniak Springs passed away January 11, 2011. He was born July 6, 1939 in New York, New York the son of William Charles Pimm and Winifred Gladys Wiemers. Mr. Pimm was a veteran having served his country with the United States Navy. He was part of the fellowship of Saint Margaret Catholic...

Jan 10, 2011

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Celia Ann Robinson, age 55 of DeFuniak Springs passed away Monday, January 10, 2011 in a Pensacola healthcare facility. She was born July 4, 1955 in Fort Walton Beach, Florida, the daughter of Aubrey Glass Robinson and Ann Stinson Robinson . She grew up in Clearwater, Florida and attended Clearwater High School, graduating with the Class of 1973....