All Obituaries

SAMMY L. WEATHERSPOON, OF AVON PARK, FLORIDA PASSED AWAY ON JANUARY 16, 2023. HE WAS BORN ON NOVEMBER 23, 1950, IN TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA. SAMMY WAS THE SON OF GEORGE AND ESSIE MAE PARISH WEATHERSPOON. HE WAS APOSTOLIC.   SAMMY GROWING UP ATTENDED THE SCHOOLS IN AVON PARK. HE WORKED FOR MANY YEARS AS A SEASONAL WORKER BEFORE RETIRING.  HIS FAMILY SAID SAMMY LOVED TO EAT "ALL FOODS!". THEY SAID HE WOULD BE OFFERED A PLATE OF FOOD AND HIS REPSONSE WOULD...

JUNIOR ISHMAEL AKA "DEWEY" WAS BORN ON APRIL 23, 1948, IN NORTH, SOUTH CAROLINA. HE WAS THE SON OF OTIS AND ANNIE JONES ISHMAEL. DEWEY PASSED AWAY ON JANUARY 16, 2023, IN SEBRING, FLORIDA. DEWEY GREW UP IN AVON PARK, FLORIDA AND BEGAN WORKING AS A SEASONAL WORKER TRAVELING UP AND DOWN THE EAST COAST FOR WORK. HIS FAMILY SAID THAT HE LOVED PLAYING DOMINOS, A GOOD CARD GAME AND EATING FISH. HE ENJOYED WATCHING HIS FAVORITE FOOTBALL TEAM, THE TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS. HE WAS...

HORACE KENON, III, WAS BORN ON SEPTEMBER  14, 1983, IN FORT POLK SOUTH, LOUSIANA. HE WAS THE SON OF THE HORACE KENON, JR. AND THE LATE WANDA LEWIS.  HORACE GREW UP IN MANY DIFFERENT CITIES AND COUNTRY BECAUSE HIS DAD WAS IN THE MILITARY. IN 1992, HORACE MOVED TO LAKE PLACID, FLORIDA TO MAKE HIS HOME. HE HAD TWO FAVORITE NFL TEAMS: THE MIAMI HURRICANES AND THE INDIANAPOLIS COLTS. HIS FAMILY SAID HORACE LOVED TO EAT PORK CHOPS AND CHICKEN THIGHS. ALSO, HE LIKE TO PLAY THE CARD...

DARRIN MAURICE ODOM, AFFECTIONATELY KNOWN AS "D.O." AND "MONKEY" PASSED AWAY, ON DECEMBER 19, 2022, SURROUNDED BY HIS FAMILY.  D.O. WAS BORN ON NOVEMBER 16, 1969, IN LAKELAND, FLORIDA. HE WAS THE SON OF KENNETH WILSON AND DORIS BANKS. DARRIN ATTENDED FIRST BAPTIST INSTITUTIONAL CHURCH. D.O ATTENEDED THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN LAKELAND. HE BECAME A STAR ATHLETE AS A POINT GUARD IN BASKETBALL AND A QUATERBACK IN FOOTBALL. D.O GRADUATED FROM LAKE GIBSON...

DOREEN WALMSLEY LAROCHE OF SEBRING, PASSED AWAY PEACEFULLY ON DECEMBER 14, 2022. SHE WAS THE DAUGHTER OF PERCY WALMSLEY AND EDNA LEE. DOREEN WAS BORN IN WARRINGTON, ENGLAND, SHE MADE THE JOURNEY TO AMERICA ALONE AT THE AGE OF 18 YEARS OF AGE. AS AN ANINAL LOVER, SHE WORKED FOR THE HUMANE SOCIETY FOR MANY YEARS BEFORE MOVING ON TO THE BANKING INDUSTRY, AS A BOOKEEPER. HER SON, RON, SAID HIS MOTHER LOVED GARDENING AND WATCHING WESTERNERS. GUNSMOKE WAS HER FAVORITE THAT SHE COULD THE...

WILLIE JOE SEIGLER, AFFECTIONATELY KNOWN TO EVERYONE AS WJ, PASSED AWAY AT THE AGE OF 70. WJ WAS BORN SEBRING, FLORIDA ON FEBRUARY 10, 1952, TO THE PARENTS OF JOE SEIGLER AND WILLIE MAE BROWN. WJ WAS A LIFELONG RESIDENT OF AVON PARK, FLORIDA. HE ATTENDED AVON PARK HIGH SCHOOL AND GRADUATED IN THE CLASS OF 1970. HE RETIIRED AS A LEUTINANT WITH THE AVON PARK CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTE. WJ WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HIS DAUGHTER, SHENNA WILLIAMS. HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS CHILDREN, DEXTER SEIGLER...