Calvin Ray Dent, 86, of Plant City and formerly of Winfield, W. Va., died Aug. 19, 2014, at Health Center of Plant City.
Born Feb. 9, 1928, in St. Albans, W. Va., he was the son of the late W.H. and Mabel McComas Dent. He was the husband of the late Betty Graves Dent.
Mr. Dent was a World War II veteran of the U.S. Army Air Corps, European Theatre. He attended Morris Harvey College. He retired after 25 years from Union Carbide, was a member of Plant City’s First Baptist Church and also a member of Charleston, W. Va. Masonic Lodge, Scottish Rite, Beni Kadem Shriners and Beni Kadem Patrol. He made several trips to the Shriner’s Hospital for Children.
Survivors include daughters, Lea Ann Goff (Dale), Vicki Lambert (Mac) and Deborah Taylor (David); son Wesley Claar (Doris); eight grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren; and his beloved companion, Misty.
He was predeceased by sisters, Glenith Dillmore, Jackie Nida and Donna Treadwell.
The family wishes to express its sincere thanks to the Health Center of Plant City for their service to their loved one.
A funeral service will be 10 a.m., Friday, Aug. 22, at Haught Funeral Home Chapel, 708 W. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., Plant City. Final interment will be in Florida National Cemetery, Bushnell.
Online condolences may be made to the family at haughtfuneralhome.com.
