Willie Edward Boatwright

WILLIE EDWARD BOATWRIGHT, 73, OF AVON PARK, WAS BORN ON DECEMBER 4, 1945, IN AVON PARK, FLORIDA TO CAROLINE BOATWRIGHT.  HE WAS THE THIRD CHILD OF SEVEN SIBLINGS. WILLIE GREW UP IN AVON PARK, WHERE HE COMPLETED ALL OF HIS ACADEMIA, AND LATER JOINED THE ARMY TO SERVE HIS COUNTRY. IT WAS DURING THIS TIME OF MILITARY SERVITUDE THAT HE RECIEVED SEVERAL HONORABLE AWARDS OF WHICH THE PURPLE HEART WAS HIS MOST FAVORITE.

UPON RETURNING FROM THE SERVICE, WILLIE MET HIS WIFE, ROSE NELSON, TO WHOM HE SPENT 43 YEARS OF MARRIAGE. TO THIS UNION, ONE CHILD WAS BORN, JAMELLA.

HE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HIS MOTHER, CAROLINE DAVIS; SISTER, ANNIE MARIE; AND, GRANDSON, MINGO.

HE LEAVES TO CHERISH HIS MEMORIES: WIFE, ROSE; FIVE CHILDREN, JAMELLA, CREGORY (GREGORIA), JERRY, WILLIE (LYNETTE) AND ANTWONETTE; SISTERS, CLARASTEEN, ESTELLA AND FERNALD; BROTHERS, ALFONSO (ALVENIA) AND ARNOLD (ELAINE); GRANDCHILDREN, CREGORYII, GREGORIO, SHARONDA, A.J.,JENAYSIA, AKIRA NICOLE, J'MARCUS AND SHAKIRA; SEVRAL GREAT GRANDCHILDREN AND AN EQUAL AMOUNT OF GODCHILDREN, AUNTS, UNCLES AND A HOST OF NIECES, NEPHEWS, COUSINS AND FRIENDS.

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