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Lake Wales, Florida Obituaries
Local obituaries for the Lake Wales, FL Area
Cleo Murphy
Apr 21, 2022
Cleo Murphy, 70, of Winter Haven, FL passed away at Life Care Center of Winter Haven FL.
Memorial Services To Be Held At A Later Date.
David Bernard Copeland
Apr 16, 2022
David Bernard Copeland, 65 of Lake Wales, died at home. Born in Lake Wales.
Services: Saturday, April 23, 2022 at 2:00 p.m.
Location: Epps Memorial Funeral Home Chapel. Mask Required.
James A Everett, Sr.
Apr 3, 2022
James A. Everett, Sr.,73 of South Bay, Florida, died at Lakeside Medical Center, Belle Glade, Florida. Born in Fitzgerald, Georgia.
Services: Saturday, April 16, 2022 at 1:00 P.M.
Location: Mount Calvary First Baptist Church, 180 SW 10th Avenue, South Bay, Florida 33493. Mask Required.
Visitation: Friday, April 15, 2022 from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. at New Bethel A.M.E. Church,...
Noland Scarlett
Mar 31, 2022
Noland Scarlett, 68 of Waverly, Georgia ( near Brunswick, Georgia), died at Winter Haven Hospital. Born in Waverly, Georgia. Seafood Fisherman.
Services: Saturday, April 9, 2022 at 10:00 a.m. at Shiloh Missionary Baptist Church, 343 D Street, Lake Wales, Mask required.
Visitation: Friday, April 8, 2022 from 6:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m at Mount Pleasant Church of God by Faith,...
Geraldine Jones Toombs
Mar 25, 2022
Geraldine Jones Toombs, 73 of Lake Wales, died at Winter Haven Hospital, Winter Haven, Florida. Born in Lake Wales.
SERVICES: Saturday, April 9, 2022 at 2:30 p.m.
LOCATION: New Divine Church of God by Faith, 640 Burns Avenue, Lake Wales 33853. Mask Required.
VISITATION: Friday, April 8, 2022 from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. at First Institutional Missionary Baptist Church,...
Thomas Elee Vann
Mar 25, 2022
Thomas Elee Vann, 53 of Auburndale. died at Lakeland Regional Medical Center, Lakeland, Florida. Born in Lake Wales.
Services: Saturday, April 2, 2022 at 3:00 p.m.
Location: Shiloh Missionary Baptist Church, 343 D Street, Lake Wales 33853. Mask Required.
Visitation: Friday, April 1, 2022 from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. at Epps Memorial Funeral Home. Mask Required.
Karen Rowe
Mar 24, 2022
Karen Rowe, 63, of Lake Wales, died at home under Compassionate Care Hospice.
Douglas Mosley Williams, Sr.
Mar 23, 2022
Pastor Douglas Mosley Williams, Sr., 67 of Lake Wales, died at Advent Health Hospital under Vitas Hospice care. Chef. Born in New York City, New York.
Services: Saturday, April 2, 2022 at 11:00 a.m. at Higher Praise Ministries. Mask Required.
Visitation: Friday, April 1, 2022 from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. at Higher Praise Ministries, 126 South Wetmore Street,...
Iva Lee Ford, Sr.
Mar 18, 2022
Iva Lee Ford, Sr., 84 of Waverly. Florida, died at Bartow Regional Medical Center, Bartow, Florida. Born in Waverly.
Services: Saturday, March 26, 2022 at 2:30 p.m.
Location: Mount Moriah Primitive Baptist Church, 102 Alley Lane, Waverly 33877. Mask Required.
Visitation: Friday, March 25, 2022 from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. at Mount Moriah. Mask Required.
Annie Bell Moore
Mar 15, 2022
Annie Bell Magwood Moore, 83 of Lake Wales, died at Advent Health Hospital in Lake Wales. Born in Elba, Alabama.
Services: Saturday, March 26, 2022 at 11:00 a.m. Mask Required.
Location: New Hope Freewill Baptist Church, 3900 Washington Avenue, Lake Wales 33853. Mask Required.
Visitation: Saturday, March 26, 2022 from 9:00 a.m. until 11:00 a.m. at New Hope.
Annette Lashay Johnson
Mar 13, 2022
Annette Lashay Johnson, 56 of Lake Wales, died at Good Shepherd Hospice in Auburndale, Florida. Born in Bartow, Florida.
Graveside Service: Saturday, March 19, 2022 at 11:00 a.m.
Location: Lake Wales Memorial Gardens Cemetery, 581 Hunt Brothers Road, Lake Wales 33898.
Willie Shorter
Feb 25, 2022
Willie Shorter, 88 of Bartow, Florida, died at Bartow Regional Medical Center. Born in Fort Gaines, Georgia.
Graveside Service: Friday, March 4, 2022 at 11:00 a.m. Mask Required.
Location: Wildwood Cemetery, 985 Square Lake Drive, Bartow 33830.
Mary H. Thomas
Feb 24, 2022
Mary H. Thomas, 70 of Lake Wales, died at Advent Health Hospital, Lake Wales. Born in Sylvester, Georgia.
Services: Saturday, March 12, 2022 at 11:00 a.m.
Location: New Divine Church of God by Faith, 640 Burns Avenue, Lake Wales 33853. Mask Required.
Visitation: Friday, March 11, 2022 from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. at Epps Chapel. Mask Required.
Zee Maria Tovar
Feb 23, 2022
Zee Maria Tovar, 79 of Lake Wales, died at home. Born in El Centro, California.
Services and Visitation: Saturday, February 26, 2022 at 4:00 p.m. Mask Required.
Location: Epps Memorial Funeral Home.
Jeremy D. Cunningham
Feb 20, 2022
Jeremy D. Cunningham, 28 of Winter Haven, died at Lakeland Regional Medical Center, Lakeland, Florida.
Services: Saturday, March 5, 2022 at 2:00 p.m. at First Assembly of God, 915 South Broadway Avenue, Bartow, Florida 33830. Mask Required.
Visitation: Saturday, March 5, 2022 from 12:00 Noon until 2:00 p.m. at First Assembly of God.
Carlton Howard
Feb 20, 2022
Carlton Howard, 63 of Lake Wales, died at Winter Haven Hospital, Winter Haven, Florida.
Services: Saturday, April 23, 2022 at 11:00 a.m.
Location: Epps Memorial Funeral Home. Mask Required.
Visitation: Saturday, April 23, 2022 from 10:00 a.m. until 11:00 a.m. at Epps Chapel.
Luellen " Beauty " Dawson
Feb 14, 2022
Luellen " Beauty" Dawson, 82 of Babson Park, Florida, died at Good Shepherd Hospice, Auburndale, Florida.
Services: Saturday, February 26, 2022 at 11:00 a.m.. Mask Required.
Location: Bible Church of God, 49 Seaboard Avenue, Lake Wales 33853.
Visitation: Friday, February 25, 2022 from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. at Bible Church of God. Mask Required.
Oswald Alexander Stewart
Feb 13, 2022
Oswald Alexander Stewart, 90 of Lake Wales, died at Advent Health Hospital Lake Wales. Born in Westmoreland, Jamaica. Pastor of Church of Christ Written in Heaven, Lake Wales. Retired Florida Natural Growers Plant, Lake Wales.
Services: Friday, February 25, 2022 at 11:00 a.m.
Location: New Divine Church of God by Faith, 640 Burns Avenue, Lake Wales 33853. Mask Required.
Visitation:...
Clara Lucille Brown
Feb 1, 2022
Clara Lucille Brown, 78 of Lake Wales, died at home under Vitas Hospice care. Born in Grape Grove, Ohio.
Beatrice Stoudmire Sawyer Watts
Jan 28, 2022
Beatrice Stoudmire Sawyer Watts, 66 of Lake Wales, died at Advent Health Hospital, Lake Wales. Born in Lake Wales.
VISITATION ONLY: FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 2022 FROM 5:00 TO 7:00 P.M. AT EPPS CHAPEL. MASK REQUIRED.
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