Paul Collins, 58, of Plant City, died Oct. 15, 2014, at his home. Born Feb. 28, 1956, in Plant City, he was the son of the late L.A. and Evelyn Morris Collins. He was the husband of Joan Caldwell Collins; she survives. Also surviving are brothers, Donald Collins and Daniel Collins; children; grandchildren; and great […]
Continue ReadingObituary: Thomas E. Herring
Thomas E. Herring, 86, died Oct. 15, 2014, in Blairsville, Georgia. He was born in Miami. Mr. Herring attended Plant City High School and quit in the 11th grade to join the U.S. Navy, in which he served from 1944 to 1964, on the U.S.S. Yellowstone and the U.S.S. Franklin D. Roosevelt (among others). He […]
Continue ReadingObituary: Geraldine Bates Demming
Geraldine Bates Demming, 84, of Fort Myers, died Oct. 15, 2014, at Lee Memorial Hospital in Fort Myers. Born Jan. 16, 1930, in Plant City, she was the daughter of the late Gerald and Lorene Waver Bates. She was the wife of the late Gerald Demming and Leon Long. Mrs. Demming was a member of […]
Continue ReadingObituary: Audrey Coleman Long
Audrey Coleman Long, 84, of Lithia, died Oct. 12, 2014. She was preceded in death by her husband, Louis Long; and children, Patricia Collins, Hilda Murphy and Robert Long. She is survived by her children, Fred Murphy, of Plant City, Larry Murphy (Linda), of Lithia, Arlene Southall, of Prattville, Alabama, Jeannie Jones (Earl), of Tavares, […]
Continue ReadingObituary: Annie Mae Mejia
Annie Mae Mejia, 80, of Plant City, died Thursday, Oct. 16, 2014. Born March 11, 1934, in Plant City, she was the daughter of the late John L. and Annie Wright Kemp. Survivors include a daughter, Rhonda Crosby; brother, Charles Sullivan Kemp; sisters, Mary Elizabeth Blevins and Minnie Lee Parker; 20 grandchildren; 58 great-grandchildren; and […]
Continue ReadingObituary: Gary M. Vaughn
Gary M. Vaughn, 83, retired USCG, of Plant City, died Oct 17, 2014. He was born in 1931, in Chancellor, Alabama. He was a veteran of the U.S. Coast Guard and retired in 1977 after 30 years of service. After retirement, he earned a horticulture degree from Hillsborough Community College and began working in the […]
Continue ReadingObituary: Jimmy Eugene Perkins
Jimmy Eugene Perkins, 78, of Plant City, died Oct. 15, 2014, at Sun City Center Hospice House in Ruskin. Born Dec. 4, 1935, in Bright, Indiana, he was the son of the late Hubert and Thelma Keyes Perkins. He was the husband of Nancy Mobley Perkins; she survives. Mr. Perkins was a member of the […]
Continue ReadingObituary: Roger Francis Frerichs
Roger Francis Frerichs, 74, died Oct. 15, 2014, in Tampa. Mr. Frerichs was a U.S. Army veteran, a devout Christian, coin collector and chess player. He retired from Coronet Industries. He was a loving father, grandpa and husband of 48 years to Brenda. He was predeceased by brother, Kenneth Frerichs, and is survived by wife, […]
Continue ReadingObituary: Kathleen Nance
Kathleen Nance, 64, died Oct. 15, 2014. Ms. Nance, loving mother and grandmother, is survived by Sarah Opliger, Christopher Nance, Rebecca Nance and Daniel Nance; grandchildren, Jacob, Lily and Alexander; siblings; and many friends. Said John Keasler, her father: “Sadness by anyone, it is hoped, will be tempered by remembering my own firm conviction that […]
Continue ReadingObituary: Irma Z. King
Irma Z. King, 93, of Lakeland, died Saturday, Oct. 11, 2014 from heart failure. She was born in Plant City. She graduated in 1942 with a bachelor’s degree from Florida Southern College. Mrs. King was an educator, teaching home economics at Plant City and English at Punta Gorda. She was director of Christian education at […]
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