Joseph R. “Bob” Laughead, Jr., 79, of Oxford, passed away Saturday, October 04, 2014. Mr. Laughead was born June 15, 1935 in Denver, CO to the late Joseph and Inez Laughead, Sr. He was retired from Lockheed Martin and had moved here in 2011 from CO. Survivors include his loving wife, Jacqueline;...

Robert Joseph Buckland (Bob), age 76, of The Villages, made his transition on Friday, October 3, 2014 at the Promise Hospital after a prolonged illness. He was born March 20, 1938 in Lawrence, Massachusetts, to Marion (Mosher) and Charles Buckland. He graduated from Lawrence High School and then...

Bernard R. Crowley, 88, of Sebring, passed away Friday, October 3, 2014. Mr. Crowley was born April 23, 1926 in Waterbury, CT to the late Jeremiah and Vera (Kellis) Crowley. He had served in the US Army during WWII and was the retired from working for a vending machine service. He moved to...

David Alan Ridgway, 79, of Belleview, passed away Wednesday, October 1, 2014. Mr. Ridgway was born September 19, 1935 in Valparaiso, Indiana, to the late George W. and Iris (Burnett) Ridgway. He was in the US Navy during the Korean War and retired from Verizon Telephone. David was of the Lutheran...

Marilyne Hightower McClellan, 71, of Safety Harbor, FL went to be with the Lord Monday, September 29, 2014. She was born October 5, 1942 in Wildwood to the late Edgar and Marjorie (Sands) Hightower. She was a graduate of Wildwood High School. She moved to Tampa in 2005 from Lake Panasoffkee....

Francis J.C. Gay, Jr. 84, Wildwood, Florida passed away on September 27, 2014 in Leesburg, Florida. Mr. Gay was born on July 18, 1930 in Chicopee, Massachusetts to his parents Francis Gay, Sr. and Viola (Dougal) Gay. Mr. Gay was a former Police Officer for the Town of Granby, Massachusetts where...

John Collins Macafee, 78, of Okahumpka passed away Wednesday, September 24, 2014. Mr. Macafee was born April 15, 1936 in Wheaton, IL. He had served in the US Navy during the Korean War. He moved to this area in 1961 from IL. and was a retired Deputy with the Lake County Sherriff’s Office. He was...

Pearl Shepherd, 91, of Fruitland Park, passed away Wednesday, September 24, 2014. Mrs. Shepherd was born July 13, 1923, in Vidalia, GA, to the late Mathew F. and Susie (Moxley) Banks. She moved to Fruitland Park in 1951 from Lyons, GA. She was a member of the Community United Methodist Church in...

Navena Martin Brown, 81, of Wildwood, Florida died Sunday, September 21, 2014. She was born November 27, 1932 in Oxford, Florida. She was a member of the Church of Christ for over 65 years. She is survived by a daughter, Kathy Snyder and her husband Doug of Monticello, FL; a son William M....

Ronald Edward Miller, 75, of Lake Panasoffkee, went to be with the Lord, Monday, September 15, 2014. Mr. Miller was born October 13, 1938 in Center Hill to the late Lawrence and Amelia (Shaw) Miller and has lived here all of his life. He graduated from Wildwood High School in 1956, served in the...

Jeanette M. O’Brien, 93, The Villages, Florida passed away on September 13, 2014 under the loving care of her family and staff of The Villages Hospice House in The Villages, Florida. Mrs. O’Brien was born on December 15, 1920 in Waterloo, Iowa to her parents Dellson A. Decker and Lucy I....

Odessa T. Leverson, 91, of Avon Park, went to be with the Lord, Thursday, September 11, 2014. Mrs. Leverson was born September 6, 1923, in Hainesville, GA to the late Jim and Bertha Lee (Allen) Tukes. She was a member of the Antioch Church of God in Christ in Avon Park and loved to fish. She was...