Pastor John William “Bill” Johnson, Sr, of Wildwood, passed away Saturday, July 7, 2018. Bill Johnson was born January 5, 1941 in Webster to Hugh and Alma Lee (Murphy) Johnson. He was an U.S. Army Veteran and has lived here all his life. Bill pastored many churches in Sumter County and was the...

Charles Lewis Goldstein, 78, of Ocala formerly of Boynton Beach passed away Saturday, July 7, 2018. Mr. Goldstein was born July 7, 1940 in Bronx, NY to Bernard and Theresa (Widman) Goldstein. He was a retired owner of a commercial bakery. Charles moved here on May 17, 2018. He loved computers,...

Patrick James McCann, 79, of Yalaha passed away Friday, July 6, 2018. Mr. McCann was born January 20, 1939 in South Milwaukee, WI to Oscar and Oma (Tuller) McCann. He was a veteran of the U.S. Air Force. Pat retired as a self-employed handyman and moved here in 2006 from Nashville, TN. He is a...

Roberta Manns, 62, of Wildwood passed away Tuesday, July 3, 2018. Mrs. Manns was born November 9, 1955 in Knox, IN to Crocket and Virginia (Miller) Richie. Roberta moved here in 1981 from IN. She worked for many years as a waitress at Golden Coral and was a member of the First Baptist Church of...

Dorathea M. “Dottie” Koppenhofer, 98, of The Villages passed away Sunday, July 1, 2018. Mrs. Koppenhofer was born February 5, 1920 in Clinton Township, OH to Herman and Minnie (Warncke) Bunke. Dottie was a member of the Trinity Lutheran Church in Delta, OH where she was involved with the Women’s...

Carmella “Mel” Holmes, 51, of Summerfield, Florida went to be with the Lord on Sunday, July 1, 2018. She was born on July 25, 1966 in South Bend, Indiana. With her husband they moved to sunny Florida in 2008, which she called paradise. She enjoyed her online clothing business and cleaning, even...

Gladys L. Strickland, age 102, of Lake Panasoffkee, passed away on June 28, 2018 at her home. Gladys was born on March 19, 1916 to James Adam and Penelope (Pierce) Peacock in Geneva County Alabama. Gladys worked as a fruit processer in a fruit packing plant for many years. Gladys is survived by...

Bill R. Dickson, age 73, went to be with his Lord and Savior on June 27, 2018. Bill was born to George and Florence (Erlandson) Dickson on March 17, 1945 in Wilmington, Delaware. Bill married Joyce Winstead in June of 1974. Bill served in the Vietnam War as a helicopter pilot, in the Army...

Kevin Hart was born on October 17, 1981 in Gainesville, Florida to Inez White (Wright). He was adopted by his loving parents Sylvester and Mattie (Greene) Hart (deceased) in the year of 1989. Kevin was a fun loving person whom enjoyed basketball, doing backward flips and fishing. Anyone he met...

Carol Darlene Dasher, 59, of Wildwood passed away Monday, June 25, 2018. Mrs. Dasher was born November 29, 1958 in Orlando to Harold and Hilda Lucille (Hudson) Smith. She has lived here all her life and retired from the Sumter County School Board. Carol was the lunch room manager in the Wildwood...

William R. Ferracci, Sr. age 89, passed away at his home on June 22, 2018. William was born in Auburn, Maine on July 16, 1928 to William and Gabrielle (Martin) Ferracci. He married the love of his life Evelyn Deynarin while in the service. They met while in school and became engaged while still...

Mark Carlton Smoot, 64, of Wildwood passed away Tuesday, June 19, 2018. Mr. Smoot was born January 22, 1954 in La Mesa, CA to Orman Clark and Frankie Helen (Carlton) Smoot. He was a retired tool & dye maker and loved computers. Mark moved here in 2014 from Cape Canaveral. He is survived by...