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Lake Wales, Florida Obituaries
Local obituaries for the Lake Wales, FL Area
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.
Tarsha Foreman
Jan 27, 2022
Tarsha Foreman, 45 of Lakeland, Florida, died at home. Born in Bartow, Florida. ARNP. ( Advanced Registered Nurse Practitioner ).
MEMORIAL SERVICES: SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 2022 AT 11:00 A.M.
LOCATION: WINTER HAVEN WORSHIP CENTER, 1835 OVERLOOK DRIVE, WINTER HAVEN, FL 33884.
Levonza Smith, Jr.
Jan 27, 2022
Levonza "Tiger" Smith, Jr., 36 of Lake Wales, died at Lakeland Regional Medical Center, Lakeland, Florida. Born in Bartow, Florida.
Services: Saturday, February 5, 2022 at 2:00 p.m.
Location: Bible Church of God, 49 Seaboard Avenue, Lake Wales 33853. Mask Required.
Visitation: Friday, February 4, 2022 from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. at Epps Chapel. Mask Required.
Anthony Caldwell
Jan 26, 2022
Anthony Caldwell, 46, of Lake Wales, FL died at Advent Health Hospital Lake Wales.
Services: Saturday, February 5, 2022 at 11:00 a.m. Mask Required.
Location: House of Prayer Pentecostal Holiness Church, 506 North First Street, Lake Wales 33853.
Visitation: Friday, February 4, 2022 from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. at Epps Chapel. Mask Required.
James Edward Thean
Jan 24, 2022
James Edward Thean, 77 of Lake Wales, died at The Groves Center Nursing Home, Lake Wales. Born in Springfield, Illinois. College Professor.
Jackson J C Hampton
Jan 21, 2022
Jackson JC Hampton, 75 of Lake Wales, died at Advent Health Hospital Lake Wales. Born in Bridgeport, Connecticut. US Army veteran.
Anna Banks DeCosey
Jan 18, 2022
Anna Banks DeCosey, 90 of Waverly, Florida, died at Advent Health Hospital in Haines City, Florida. Born in Thomasville, Georgia.
Services: Saturday, January 29, 2022 at 1:00 p.m. Mask Required.
Location: Heartland Church, 225 Avenue B Northwest, Winter Haven, Florida 33881.
Visitation: Friday, January 28, 2022 from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. at Greater Macedonia Church Ministries, Waverly, Florida. Mask...
Ben Wilson
Jan 12, 2022
Ben Wilson, 97 of Lake Wales, died at Life Care Nursing Home in Winter Haven, Florida. Born in Mobile, Alabama.
Graveside Services: Saturday, January 22, 2022 at 10:00 a.m.
Location: Lake Wales Cemetery, US Hwy. South, Lake Wales 33853. Mask Required.
Visitation: Friday, January 21, 2022 from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. at Epps Chapel. Mask Required.
Wayne Wilson
Jan 11, 2022
Wayne Wilson, 51 of Lake Wales, died at Good Shepherd Hospice in Sebring, Florida. Born at Bealeb Air Force Base in Maryville, California. Chef.
Patricia A. Browning
Jan 11, 2022
Patricia A. Browning, 61 of Bartow, Florida, died at Bartow Regional Hospital. Born in Brooksville, Florida.
Graveside Services: Saturday, January 22, 2022 at 11:00 a.m.
Location: Wildwood Cemetery, Bartow, Florida 33830. Mask Required.
Visitation: Friday, January 21, 2022 from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. at First Baptist Church, 410 Church Street, Bartow, Florida 33830. Mask Required;
Barney Edward Davis
Jan 11, 2022
Barney Edward Davis, 68 of Lake Wales, died at home under Good Shepherd Hospice care. Born In Lake Wales. US Army Veteran.
Services: Saturday, January 15, 2022 at 2:30 p.m.
Location: God's Dwelling Place Church, Harding Avenue at Ohio Street, Lake Wales. Mask Required.
Visitation: Friday, January 14, 2022 from 5:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m. at Epps Chapel. Mask Required.
Demitras Lamont Wilson
Jan 5, 2022
Demitras Lamont Wilson, 55 of Lake Wales, died at Mount Carmel East Hospital in Columbus, Ohio. Certified Public Accountant. Born in Lake Wales.
Services: Saturday, January 22, 2022 at 2:00 p.m. at Bible Church of God, 49 Seaboard Avenue, Lake Wales 33853. Mask Required.
Visitation: Friday, January 21, 2022 from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. at Epps Chapel. Mask Required.
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Winston George Riley
Jan 4, 2022
Winston George Riley, 84 of Bartow, died at Bartow Regional Medical Center in Bartow, Florida. Born in Saint Mary, Jamaica.
Graveside Services: Saturday, January 22, 2022 at 11:30 a.m. Mask Required.
Location: Wildwood Cemetery, Bartow, Florida. Mask Required.
Ivory Jackson Penick
Jan 2, 2022
Ivory Jackson Penick, 72 of Haines City, Florida, passed at Dr. Phillips Hospital in Orlando, Florida.
Services: Saturday, January 15, 2022 , 11:00 a.m. at Shiloh Missionary Baptist Church, 343 D Street, Lake Wales 33853. Mask Required.
Visitation: Friday, January 14, 2022 from 5:30 p.m. until 7:30 p.m. at Saint Luke Missionary Baptist Church, 305 Dr. MLK Street, Dundee 33838.
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Mary Bonds Armstrong
Dec 27, 2021
Mary Bonds Armstrong, 68 of Lake Wales, died at home. Born in Ripley, Tennessee.
Services: Saturday, January 8, 2022 at 2:00 p.m. at House of Prayer Pentecostal Holiness Church, 506 North First Street, Lake Wales 33853.
Visitation: Friday, January 7, 2022 from 5:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m. at Epps Chapel. Mask Required at both Service and Visitation.
Ronald Smith, Sr.
Dec 25, 2021
Ronald Smith, Sr., 75 of Lake Wales, died at Advent Health Hospital in Lake Wales. Born in Port Jervis, New York.
Services: Saturday, January 8, 2022 at 1:00 p.m. Mask Required.
Location: Willow Lawn Cemetery, Washington Avenue, Lake Wales.
Visitation: Friday, January 7, 2022 from 5:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m. at Epps Chapel. Mask Required.
Journee Unique Smith
Dec 23, 2021
Journee Unique Smith, Infant, died at Winter Haven Women's Hospital, Winter Haven, Florida.
Graveside Service, Wednesday, January 5, 2022 at Lake Wales Memorial Gardens Cemetery.
Pearl A. Smith
Dec 23, 2021
Pearl A.Smith, 89 of Lake Wales, died at Orlando Regional Medical Center in Orlando, Florida.
Services: Saturday, January 8, 2022 at 11:00 a.m. Mask Required.
Location: Lake Wales Memorial Gardens Cemetery, 581 Hunt Brothers Road, Lake Wales 33898
Visitation: Friday, January 7, 2022 from 5:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m. at Epps Chapel. Mask Required.
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