Plant City Observer

Obituaries 6.4.20

Audrey M. Johnson

Audrey M. Johnson, age 93, of Plant City, passed away on Tuesday June 2, 2020. Audrey was born March 4, 1927. Services will be June 5th at Wells Memorial Funeral Home with visitation at 10:30 am and service at 11 am.

Fond memories and expressions of sympathy may be shared at www.WellsMemorial.com for the Johnson family.

Mary L. Easters

Mary L. Easters, age 82, of Plant City, passed away on Saturday, May 30, 2020. Mary was born July 21, 1937 in Opp, Alabama. Services to be held on Thursday June 4th at Mt. Enon Primitive Baptist Church at 12 pm with visitation one hour prior. 

Fond memories and expressions of sympathy may be shared at www.WellsMemorial.com for the Easters family.

Johnnie F. Sandy

Johnnie F. Sandy, age 81, of Plant City, passed away on Wednesday May 27, 2020. Johnnie was born January 25, 1939 in Plant City. He was a United States Army Veteran. 

Fond memories and expressions of sympathy may be shared at www.WellsMemorial.com for the Sandy family.

Roy Carlton Nales

Roy Carlton Nales, 84, of Plant City, passed away on May 26, 2020. 

Services were held May 30, 2020 at Haught Funeral Home Chapel. 

Online condolences may be left for the family at www.haught.care.

David Smith

David Smith, 74, of Dover, formerly of Eudora, Arkansas, born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana on Aug. 3, 1945, entered into eternal rest on May 29, 2020.  

Expressions of condolence at HopewellFuneral.com.

Polly A. Copeland

Polly A. Copeland, 78, of Plant City, born in Los Angeles, California on Oct. 15, 1941, entered into eternal rest on May 29, 2020. 

She was a resident of Plant City since 1987, and a member of Walden Lake Country Club. She was a graduate of USF with a degree in Communications and Marketing. She volunteered with the Plant City Chamber of Commerce. 

Her joys were spending time with her family at events and on vacations. Each day she could be seen taking long walks with her dog. 

She was preceded in death by her husband, Gary Copeland; and sons, Jeffrey Scott Copeland, and Kevin Alan Copeland. 

She is survived by her daughter, Kimberly Smith (Donald) of Plant City; grandchildren, Kaitlyn Smith of Tampa, and Connor Smith of Plant City; sister, Elizabeth Lansford (Richard) of Littleton, Colorado, and their children, Eric and Jennifer; brother in law, Steve Copeland (Sally), and their daughters, Lesa, Kristen, and Lyndie. 

The family will receive friends on Saturday, Sept. 19 from 10 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. at Hopewell Funeral Home, 6005 South County Road 39, Plant City, where a Celebration of Life will follow at 11:00 a.m. 

Memorial contributions may be made to the Humane Society of Tampa Bay at humanesocietytampa.org. 

Expressions of condolence at HopewellFuneral.com.

Maxine Nail

Maxine Nail, 90, of Dover, born on Feb. 2, 1930, entered into eternal rest on May 28, 2020. 

Expressions of condolence at HopewellFuneral.com.

George ‘Georgie’ Velez

George “Georgie” Velez, 56, of Lakeland, born in Rochester, New York on May 25, 1964, entered into eternal rest on May 26, 2020. 

Expressions of condolence at HopewellFuneral.com.

Bonnie Lee Austin Campbell

Bonnie Lee Austin Campbell, 77, of Plant City, born on Dec. 7, 1942 in and formerly of Chicago, Illinois, entered into eternal rest on May 24, 2020. 

Expressions of condolence at HopewellFuneral.com.

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