John Pierce Harwell, 79, of Plant City, died Jan. 23, 2014. Born March 18, 1934, in Plant City, he was the son of the late Pierce and Bashie Collins Harwell. Mr. Harwell served in the U.S. Navy, was a member of the Boilermakers Local 433, Tampa, and was a member of Bethany Baptist Church. Survivors […]
Continue ReadingObituary: Floyd Malcolm ‘Papo’ Howard
Floyd Malcolm “Papo” Howard, 77, of Plant City, died Jan. 22, 2014. Mr. Howard was born April 15, 1936, in Tampa. He graduated in 1954, from Hillsborough High School, where he was a basketball star. He continued that legacy in 1955, after he joined the U.S. Air Force. He was stationed in Germany for four […]
Continue ReadingObituary: The Rev. Luther Barber Keene
The Rev. Luther Barber Keene, 95, died Jan. 21, 2014. The Rev. Keene was born Aug. 9, 1918, the eldest son of 10 children born to Martin Luther and Avis Barber Keen. At age 21, he was called from the strawberry fields to preach the word of God. He was ordained on Christmas Day 1943 […]
Continue ReadingObituary: Martin Myles Knapp
Martin M. Knapp, 77, died Jan. 23, 2014, in Plant City. He was born on Sept. 7, 1936 to Herman and Myra (Zable) Knapp. He was married to Wilma (Richardson) Knapp, who survives. Mr. Knapp was a retired farmer. He is survived by his wife, Wilma; five sons, Mark, Craig, Brad, Bruce and Eric; one […]
Continue ReadingObituary: Julienne C. Rarick
Julienne C. Rarick, of Plant City, died Jan. 21, 2014, at her home. Born May 3, 1934, in Quebec, Canada, she was the daughter of the late Jerome Morin and the late Eliane Leclerc Morin. Julienne was a housekeeper for South Florida Baptist Hospital. Surviving are sons, Keith and Mark Rarick; daughter, Lynne West; sister, […]
Continue ReadingObituary: Joan Stokes
Joan Stokes, 84, of Plant City, died Jan. 21, 2014. She was a member of Plant City’s First Baptist Church of Plant City. She was a descendent of the pioneering McDonald family, who moved in 1867, from Hopewell, Ala., to Florida. Upon arrival, they purchased a large tract of land and aptly named their new […]
Continue ReadingObituary: JW Thomas
JW Thomas, 72, died 17, 2014. Born Dec. 5, 1941, he was a longtime resident of Lithia. In 1976, he and his wife, Peggy, blended their families and raised their children together. Mr. Thomas was an honest man and a respected businessman. He loved his motor home and his dogs, but family was what he loved […]
Continue ReadingObituary: Robert Pete Young
Robert Pete Young, 85, of Plant City, died Jan. 18, 2014, at his home. Born Aug. 8, 1928 in Plant City, he was the son of the late T. D. Young and Leoma Pippin Young. Mr. Young was a veteran of the U.S. Army and a supervisor with Grace Mines. He loved fishing and gardening; […]
Continue ReadingJessi Rae Varnum crowned 2014 queen
Plant City crowned its newest Florida Strawberry Festival Queen and Court during the 2014 Florida Strawberry Festival Queen Scholarship Program Jan. 25, at the Florida Strawberry Festival’s Grimes Family Agricultural Center. Jessi Rae Varnum, a senior at Durant High School, was crowned the 2014 Florida Strawberry Festival Queen. She is joined by First Maid Lindsey […]
Continue ReadingWEEKEND BEST BET: 2014 Florida Strawberry Festival Queen Scholarship Program
2014 Florida Strawberry Festival Queen Scholarship Program — takes place at 6 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 25, at the Florida Strawberry Festival’s Grimes Family Agricultural Center, 2301 W. Oak Ave., Plant City. Tickets are $15 each and are available at Hardee’s Fashions, 1501 N. Wheeler St.; Sunshine State Federal Savings and Loan, 102 W. Baker St.; […]
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