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Jean D. Barnes
Jun. 20, 2019
On June 20, 2019 Jean Barnes passed from this earth. Jean Dale (Davis) Barnes was born June 26, 1922 to Jay G. and Ada Blanche Davis in St. Joseph, Missouri. She graduated from Lafayette High School in St. Joseph in 1940. On March 8, 1942 she married Clarence E. Barnes, Jr. They moved to St....
Romie Brice Phillips
Jun. 20, 2019
Romie Brice Phillips, age 95, of Wildwood, passed away on June 20, 2019 in The Villages. Romie was born on May 28, 1924 to Escar and Lela Mae Phillips in Dobson, North Carolina. Romie was a member of the Masonic Lodge for several years, was an avid motorcyclist and belonged to several motorcycle...
Henry Thomas Williams "Tommy"
Jun. 16, 2019
Henry Thomas Williams "Tommy", age 76, of Wildwood, passed away June 16, 2019 in the Villages. Henry was born on December 17, 1942 in Leesburg. Tommy married Beverly Phillips in 1961, they were married 46 wonderful years, until she preceded him in death in 2008. Tommy was a devoted husband and...
Darrell Edward Swain
Jun. 11, 2019
Darrell Edward Swain, 46, of Wildwood, passed away Tuesday, June 11, 2019. Mr. Swain was born November 20, 1972 in Marietta, OH. He moved to Wildwood in 2008 from New Port Richie and was a disabled auto mechanic. Darrell loved cars and everything mechanical. He could fix almost anything if it had...
Vernon Dean Smith
Jun. 09, 2019
Vernon Dean Smith, 79, of Wildwood, passed away Sunday, June 9, 2019. Mr. Smith was born August 3, 1939 in Wildwood to John Wilfred Smith, Jr and Rosa Belle Shurley Smith. He was a lifelong resident and retired in 2005 from the Sumter County School Board as Director of Transportation. Dean was a...
Nancy Kay Warner
Jun. 09, 2019
Nancy Kay Warner, 72, of Clermont, passed away Sunday, June 9, 2019. Mrs. Warner was born June 4, 1947 in Marion, IN to the late Lloyd Edwin and Verneta Gwendolyn (Stanley) Clark. Nancy worked in multiple careers including becoming a Real Estate Broker, customer service for Southern Bell and...
Blanche Jean Tate
Jun. 09, 2019
Blanche Jean Tate passed away peacefully at Cornerstone Hospice House in the Villages, Fl. on June 9, 2019. She went to be with her Lord at the age of 92 years. Born in Erwin ,Tennessee on June 15th, 1926 to Carlos Wesley Bailey and Venia McKinney Bailey. Predeceased by her son; Carlos Andre Nave...
Lois Barr-Prator
Jun. 05, 2019
Lois Barr-Prator, 95, of Lake Placid, passed away June 5, 2019. Lois was born November 9, 1923 in California. She moved to Lake Placid in the early 1990’s from Greenville, SC. Lois was a homemaker, wife, mother and grandmother. She generously gave of her time and finances to those in need in the...
Claudette M. Tharp
Jun. 03, 2019
Claudette M. Tharp, 82, of The Villages, passed away Monday, June 3, 2019 at Seranades Memory Care. Mrs. Tharp was born November 25, 1936 in Verona, PA to Raymond and Martha (Shaw) Mitchell. She earned her BS in Home Economics from Penn State University. Following extensive traveling, she moved...
Philip Wayne Lambert
Jun. 03, 2019
Philip “Wayne” Lambert, 74, of Oxford, passed away Monday, June 3, 2019. Mr. Lambert was born May 7, 1945 in Oxford to Millard and Dorothea Lois (Hurst) Lambert. He had served in the U.S. National Guard. Wayne was a member of Souls Harbor First Pentecostal Church in Belleview. He was also a...
George Stuart Norton
May 31, 2019
George Stuart Norton November 11th 1949 – May 31st 2019 George Norton passed away peacefully surrounded by family at the Cornerstone Hospice in The Villages, Florida. Beloved husband of Beth Norton, George was born in New Haven, CT on November 11, 1949, the son of George and Esther Norton and...
Donald Eisen
May 31, 2019
It is with heavy hearts that the family of Donald Eisen, 66, of The Villages, announces his passing on Friday, May 31, 2019. Don was born December 22, 1952 in Baltimore, MD and had been a resident of Florida, New Jersey, and Nevada before moving back to Florida in 2018 to spend time with his...