Robert “Bob” Shackles passed away on August 31, 2013 at Promise Hospital in Oxford, FL he was 86 years old. Bob was placed in an orphanage during the depression and from there he became a foster child. Bob served his country during WW2 in both the Pacific and European theaters of war. He fought...

Chloe Eleanor Brady, 74, Wildwood, Florida, went to be with the Lord on August 29, 2013 under the loving care of family and staff of Lane Purcell Hospice House in Sumterville, FL. Mrs. Brady was born on April 26, 1939 in Cleveland, Ohio to her parents Charles and Eleanor Murray. Mrs. Brady was an...

James E Moynihan, 78, of Summerfield passed away Sunday, August 25, 2013. Mr. Moynihan was born November 24, 1934 in Cambridge, Massachusetts and moved to Marion County in 1993 from Fredericksburg, VA. He was of the Catholic faith. He was a decorated Viet Nam Veteran retiring from the U.S. Marine...

Shirley Louise Elsea, 77, of Pahrump, NV passed away Sunday, August 25, 2013. Ms. Elsea was born August 27, 1935 in North Baltimore, Ohio and moved to Pahrump in 2011 from Lake Placid, FL. She had retired from Electronics Manufacturing and was of the Nazarene faith. One her enjoyments in life...

Donna Dee Schott, beloved mother, daughter and grandmother, passed away Thursday August 22, 2013 at the age of 54. Ms. Schott was born in Miami, February 5, 1959, the daughter of David Jesse Harper and Betty Lee Taylor. She moved from Miami around 1980 to Wildwood, where she later became the park...

Lenora M. Ward Mixson, 86 of Wildwood, Fl passed away Thursday, August 22, 2013. Mrs. Mixson was born July 10, 1927 in Lake Panasoffkee, FL to the late Jasper and Edna Bronson. She was a farmer and also worked as a Nurses Aid at the Leesburg Regional Medical Center. She was a member of Adamsville...

Charles J. Veit, 80, of Wildwood passed away Wednesday, August 21, 2013. Mr. Veit was born April 4, 1933 in Buffalo, NY and moved to this area around 1988. He was Catholic and had served in the U.S Army. He worked in the plumbing and heating business before traveling all over the country with his...

Harold “Smitty” Smith, 88, Wildwood, FL passed away on August 21, 2013 under the loving care of his family and staff of Lane Purcell Hospice House in Sumterville, FL. Mr. Smith was born on May 29, 1925 in Bristol, Indiana. He was a retired Inspector for Three Rivers Rubber Factory in Three...

George V. Edwards, 77, of Yalaha passed away Friday, August 16, 2013. Mr. Edwards was born December 7, 1935 in Canton, Missouri to the late James H. and Everna (Dunlap) Edwards. He served in the U.S. Army during the Korean War. George was a retired Miami Field Branch Chief of Collections with the...

Tommy Hurst, 65, Oxford, Florida, went to be with the Lord on August 14, 2013 in Leesburg, Fl. surrounded by his loving family. Tommy was born on October 28, 1947 in Gainesville, Florida to his parents Joseph Loren Hurst and Jacqueline W. Hurst. Former Public Works Director of Sumter County with...

Ruth E. Gleason, 95, Ocala, Florida, went to be with the Lord on August 11, 2013 in Ocala, FL surrounded by her loving family. Mrs. Gleason was born on December 12, 1917 in Defiance, Ohio to her parents George and Nina Miller. She was a Homemaker raising her daughter Nina Gleason-Sabins and...