Obituaries

Sep 29, 2009

Mr. Elijah Williams, age 58, formerly of DeFuniak Springs passed away Tuesday September 29, 2009 in a Tallahassee healthcare facility. He was born October 26, 1950 in DeFuniak Springs the son of George Henry Williams and Ruby Lee Lacy Williams. He attended Tivoli School graduating with the Class of 1969. After attending Florida A&M he worked at the State...

Sep 22, 2009

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Mr. Walter Scott Ogilvie, age 46 of DeFuniak Springs passed away unexpectally Tuesday, September 22, 2009 in the ER at Healthmark Regional Medical Center. He was born January 7, 1963 in Lakeland, Florida the son of William Randolph Ogilvie and Ora Lee Lingerfelt Ogilvie. Wally attended Kathleen High School in Lakeland graduating with the Class of 1981. He...

Sep 20, 2009

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Mr. Robert Daniel Mosley, age 30 of DeFuniak Springs passed away Sunday September 20, 2009 in a Pensacola healthcare facility. He was born December 29, 1978 in Geneva, Alabama the son of James Donald Mosley and Doris Ann Richards Mosley. He attended Walton County Schools and worked locally at the truss company, and in South Walton landscaping and...

Sep 17, 2009

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Mr. J. C. Spears age 67 of the Darlington Community of North Walton County passed away Thursday, September 17, 2009 at ARC Group Home in DeFuniak Springs. He was born April 17, 1942 in Darlington the son of Beulah Spears. J. C. attended Darlington School and his childhood was filled with summers full of fun in the Darlington...

Sep 14, 2009

Mrs. Ethel Nell Bosenberg Adkinson, age 86 of DeFuniak Springs passed away Monday September 14, 2009 in Rome, Georgia. She was born August 14, 1923 in DeFuniak Springs the daughter of Charles Fredrick and Ruby Quick Bosenberg. She was a member of DeFuniak Chapter 115 of the Order of Eastern Star and had served as Past Worthy Matron. Most...

Sep 14, 2009

Martha B. “Pat” Mundy age 93 passed away Monday, September 14, 2009 in Sacred Heart on the Emerald Coast. She was born August 9, 1916 in Ona, Florida the daughter of William Fredrick and Attie Beatrice Strickland Mundy. Pat was a 1938 graduate of Grady Memorial Hospital in Atlanta. In 1954 she received her Bachelor’s from Peabody College in...

Aug 27, 2009

Una Vae Geoghagan, age 81, a life long resident of the New Harmony Community of Walton County died Thursday, August 27, 2009 in a Bonifay hospital. She was a member of the New Harmony Baptist Church. She spent her life taking care of her son Bobby and running a very successful business, Una Vae’s Beauty Shop in New Harmony. She...

Aug 17, 2009

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Mr. Richard Allen “Dick” Jones, age 69 of DeFuniak Springs passed away Monday, August 17, 2009 in Healthmark Regional Medical Center. He was born March 2, 1940 in Jefferson City, Missouri, the son of Roy Frances Jones and Ella Niewald Jones. Dick and his family moved to DeFuniak Springs from Elba, Alabama in 1980 when he became manager...

Aug 8, 2009

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Mrs. Catherine Campbell King, daughter of the late Sheriff and Mrs. Sam Campbell and wife of the late James E. King, passed away Saturday, August 8, 2009 at the home of her daughter in Daphne. She was born June 29th, the daughter of Lehman Shelby “Sam” Campbell and Elizabeth Lenora Beasley Campbell. Catherine taught school at Walton Senior...

Jul 29, 2009

Mrs. Gladys Perrey Jones, age 91 of DeFuniak Springs passed away Wednesday, July 29, 2009 in Healthmark Regional Medical Center. She was born February 24, 1918 in Chamois, Missouri the daughter of Arthur Lewis Perrey and Heli Huri Malan Perrey. She lived in Deercreek, Missouri until she was eight years old later graduating from Chamois, Missouri High School. She then...

Jul 28, 2009

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Mrs. Donna Miller Redmon, age 60 of Ponce deLeon passed away Tuesday, July 28, 2009 in Chautauqua Health and Rehabilitation Center. She was born January 5, 1949 in Panama City, Florida the daughter of Roland Edward and Hazel Miller. She was raised in Panama City and attended Bay High graduating with the Class of 1967. After graduation she...

Jul 21, 2009

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Mr. Allison “Bonnie” Skipper age 82 of Ponce deLeon passed away at his home Tuesday, July 21, 2009. He was born in Holmes County the son of Allison Hiram Skipper and Emma Hardy Skipper. He was a life long resident of Holmes County, living on property homesteaded by his grandparents. Most will remember Bonnie in his association with...

Jul 2, 2009

Biography Mrs. Melvinia Stuckey Nelson age 91 of DeFuniak Springs passed away at the home of her son in Panama City, Florida Thursday July 2, 2009. She was born September 26, 1917 in Walton County the daughter of Issiah Prophet Stuckey and Ella Mae Bembo Stuckey.Mrs. Nelson was a homemaker whose greatest joy in life was her children, grandchildren and...

Jun 26, 2009

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Mrs. Eunice McIntosh age 87 of DeFuniak Springs passed away Friday, June 26, 2009 in Mobile, Alabama. She was born March 6, 1922 in Brooklyn, New York, the daughter of Clifford Wesley Parker and Hilda Emilie Skerie. After graduation from high school in Brooklyn she worked as an office clerk in downtown Manhattan. She met Don McIntosh at...

Jun 23, 2009

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Dr. Robert Earl Greene, age 79 of DeFuniak Springs passed away Tuesday, June 23, 2009 in a Crestview hospital. He was born June 17, 1930 in Chattanooga, Tennessee the oldest of six children born to Sammy Alfred Greene and Mildred Lucille McWhorter Greene. His family moved to McMinnville, TN where he attended Magness Memorial Baptist Church. After graduation...

Jun 16, 2009

Mr. Fred Mason of DeFuniak Springs passed away early Wednesday morning, June 17, 2009 in Chautauqua Rehabilitation and Nursing Center. He was born May 11, 1931 in Masontown, Pennsylvania the son of Earl and Millie Wingrove Mason. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army having served his country during the Korean Conflict. In the military he worked as an...

Jun 1, 2009

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Mr. Ken Brooks age 77 long time resident of DeFuniak Springs passed away at his home June 1, 2009. He was born September 11, 1931 in Beatrice, Nebraska the son of Harry Isaac and Thelma Kite Brooks. He grew up in Wichita, Kansas and after high school he joined the United States Air Force. Reaching the rank of...

May 5, 2009

Mr. Dan Warren, age 81 of DeFuniak Springs passed away in the late hours of Tuesday, May 5, 2009 at Healthmark Regional Medical Center. He was born August 9, 1927 in DeFuniak Springs the son of Marvel Orin Warren, Sr. and Gertrude Sarah Simmons Warren. He was a member of Walton High School’s Class of 1946. He was a...

Apr 26, 2009

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Mrs. Alice Peters , age 83 passed away Sunday, April 26, 2009 at the home of her daughter in Pensacola. She was born July 6, 1925 in Kinston, Alabama the daughter of Jeff and Kate Sutton Brannon. Mrs. Peters and her husband Floyd lived and farmed in Glendale forty plus years while Floyd was employed with the State...

Apr 20, 2009

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Mr. Douglas McLendon age 65 of DeFuniak Springs passed away Monday, April 20, 2009 in a Pensacola hospital. He was born September 10, 1943 in Glendale, Florida the son of Joseph Lee and Lena Inez Beasley McLendon. Doug was a member of Walton High School’s graduating class of 1961 after which he served his country with the United...