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MS. BOBBI JO REDFEARN OF ARCADIA, FLORIDA PASSED AWAY ON SEPTEMBER 13, 2022, IN SEBRING, FLOIRDA. SHE WAS BORN IN ARCADIA, FLOIRDA ON OCTOBER 13, 1973, TO THE PARENTS, LELON MURPHY AND BETTY GASKINS.  MS. BOBBI ATTENDED THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS OF HARDEE COUNTY AND LIVED MOST OF HER LIFE THERE. SHE MOVED TO TALKEETNA, ALASKA AND LIVED THERE FROM 1996 - 2004. SHE EVENTUALLY RETURNED TO FLOIRDA AND LIVED WITH HER MOM, BETTY AND STEP-FATHER, RJ. SHE LOVED HER CHILDREN WITH ALL OF HER...

MR. JOHN JENNINGS SUMMERSETT, SR., WAS BORN ON JANUARY 4, 1955, IN BRADENTON, FL. HE WAS THE SON OF SAMMY SUMMERSETT, SR. AND RUBERTA JOHNSON. HE PASSED AWAY ON SEPTEMBER 12, 2022, IN ENGLEWOOD, FL. JOHN GREW UP IN ARCADIA, FL AND ATTENDED SCHOOLS IN THE DESOTO COUNTY SCHOOL SYSTEM.  HE WAS A WATERMELON HARVESTER. HIS SON, JAMAR, SAID HIS FATHER LOVED THE TAMPA BAY BUCANNEERS AND HIS FAVORITE FOOD TO EAT WAS FISH. JOHN WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HIS PARENTS;...

CARMEN DIAZ WAS BORN IN OROCOVIS, PUERTO RICO, ON JULY 16, 1927. SHE WAS ONE OF FIVE CHILDREN OF JUAN DIAZ AND SILOMENA HERNANDEZ. SHE MOVED TO NEW YORK IN 1954. IN NEW YORK, SHE WORKED AS A SEWING MACHINE OPERATOR MAKING SLEEPING GOWNS AND OTHER CLOTHING ITEMS.  CARMEN WAS MARRIED TO EDDIE JIMENEZ AND THEY HAD TWO CHILDREN, EDDIE JR AND SONIA. SHE LOSS HER HUSBAND IN 1973 AND SHE BECAME A SINGLE MOTHER RAISING HER TWO KIDS, HER FAITH WAS VERY IMPORTANT TO HER. SHE BECAME A...

MISS JAYLAH LAVI'A BASS WAS BORN ON NOVEMBER 26, 2016, IN TAMPA, FLORIDA. SHE WAS THE DAUGHTER OF JERMAINE AND PRINCISS BASS. SHE PASSED AWAY ON AUGUST 29, 2022, AT THE AGE OF 5. JAYLAH WAS A KINDERGARTENER AT PIZZO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.SHE WAS A CHEERLEADER WITH B ELITE ALLSTARS. JAYLAH ALSO LOVED BUTTERFLIES. HER MOTHER SAID HER FAVORITE FOODS WERE CRABS, PASTA, BROWINIES, SWEET TEA AND CINNAMON ROLLS FOR BREAKFAST. HER GRANDMOTHER, LAQUAN, SAID SHE LOVED...

SUSAN JEANNE DOBBERTIN-GIESE OF SEBRING, FL PASSED AWAY ON AUGUST 16, 2022. SHE WORKED IN HOUSEKEEPING FOR MANY YEARS AT DICKINSON COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL. SHE WAS BORN IN MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN ON OCTOBER 6, 1943, TO FREDERICK AND ETHEL DOBBERTIN. MS. GIESE LEAVES BEHIND FOUR CHILDREN, ROBERTA CHEVALIER, JENNIFER BEASTER AND HER HUSBAND, ROBERT, RICHARD GIESE, AND BRENDA GIESE.    

  Betty Kagler was born to the late Willie Ed Russell and Mattie Mae Russell on July 12, 1951, in Sanford, Florida, and was raised along with her sister Lynn by her Godparents, the late Isaac (Ike) and Doris Thomas. Betty graduated from Mt. Dora High School in 1969 and attended Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University (FAMU) in Tallahassee, Florida, where she received her BA in Sociology. Upon graduation, she worked at Florida State University as an assistant librarian....

WILLIAM THOMAS JOHNSON, OF AVON PARK, FL. PASSED AWAY ON JULY 18, 2022, IN SEBRING, FLORIDA.  MR. JOHNSON WAS THE SON OF WILLIAM CLEMENT AND DOROTHY ABBOTT JOHNSON.HE WAS BORN ON DECEMBER 26, 1932, IN ATLANTIC CITY, NEW JERSEY.  MR. JOHNSON MARRIED VIRGINIA VENTURA, ON JULY 21, 1957. HE AND HIS WIFE HAD FIVE CHILDREN, ROBERT, THOMAS, RICHARD, PAUL AND CHRISTOPHER. HE LATER WORKED AND RETIRED AS A MAINTENANCE PERSON FOR THE LEE COUNTY BANK. AFTER, RETIRING, HE AND...

GENE RUSHING WAS BORN IN AVON PARK, FLORIDA, ON APRIL 1, 1952. MR. RUSHING PASSED AWAY ON JULY 15, 2022, IN SEBRING, FLORIDA. HE WAS THE SON OF JAMES S. RUSHING AND GEORGIA MAE BRADLEY-RUSHING.  MR. RUSHING GREW UP IN HIGHLANDS COUNTY AND SERVED IN THE UNITED STATES ARMY. HE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HIS PARENTS, JAMES AND GEORGIA MAE RUSHING; SON, OWUSU RUSHING; AND, BROTHERS, JAMES RUSHING AND BOBBY RUSHING. HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS SONS, GENE ANDREW RUSHING, GENE ANDRE...