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Lake Wales, Florida Obituaries
Local obituaries for the Lake Wales, FL Area
Leola Gray Gilbert
Jul 18, 2022
Leola Gray Gilbert, 84 of Lake Wales, passed away at home. Born in Autaugaville, Alabama.
Services: Saturday, July 30, 2022 at 11:00 a.m. Mask Required.
Location: Bible Church of God, 49 seaboard Avenue, Lake Wales 33853.Mask Required
Visitation: Friday, July 29, 2022 from 6:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. at Epps Chapel.
Rick B. Chavers, Jr.
Jul 17, 2022
Rick Burton Chavers, Jr. aka Richard Burton Chavers, Jr. and" To Che", 74 of Lake Wales, passed at Advent Health Hospital, Lake Wales. Born in Quincy, Gadsden County, Florida. Retired U S Army Recruiter.
Services: Saturday, July 23, 2022 at 11:00 a.m.
Location: First Institutional Missionary Baptist Church, 205 D Street, Lake Wales, 33853.
Visitation: Saturday, July 23, 2022 from...
Carsbie Gene Mitchell, Sr.
Jul 9, 2022
Carsbie Gene Mitchell, Sr., 74 of Wauchula, Florida, passed at Advent Health Hospital, Sebring, Florida. He was born in Memphis, Tennessee. US Army veteran.
Mae F. Johnson
Jul 9, 2022
Mae F. Johnson, 91 of Lake Wales, passed away at home under Compassionate Care Hospice. Retired C N A. Born in Lake Wales.
Services: Saturday, July 23, 2022 at 2:00 p.m.
Location: New Divine Church of God by Faith, 640 Burns Avenue, Lake Wales. Mask Required.
Visitation: Friday, July 22, 2022 from 6:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. at Epps Chapel....
Reginald E. Sanders
Jul 4, 2022
Reginald E. Sanders aka "Cal Cutta", 67 of Bartow, Florida, passed at Bartow Regional Medical Center. Survived by brother, Joseph Nathan Perry and was preceded in death by his mother, Gladys M. Perry of Bartow, Florida.
Tyler Dean Ables
Jun 29, 2022
Tyler Dean Ables, 21 of Lake Wales, passed at Advent Health Hospital, Lake Wales. Born in Winter Haven.
Harold "Harry" Tyler
Jun 28, 2022
Harold "Harry" Tyler, 70 of Lake Wales, passed at Advent Health Hospital, Lake Wales.
Memorial Service: Saturday, July 9, 2022, 10:00 a.m. at Epps Memorial Funeral Home. Mask Required.
Willie Joe Edwards
Jun 18, 2022
Willie Joe Edwards aka "BILL BAMA", 80 passed away peacefully at home. Born in Lake Wales, Retired from Florida Power Corporation now Duke Energy and Fletcher Electric Company. Co Host of The Gospel Inspiration Radio Program on W I P C/ RADIO ESPERRANZA on Sunday Mornings 1280 am / 96.9 fm,
Services: Saturday, June 25, 2022 at 10:00 a.m. Mask...
Shelly Bea Crosby
Jun 14, 2022
Shelly Bea Crosby, 75 of Belle Glade, Florida, passed at Welington Regional Medical Center in West Palm Beach, Florida. Born in Clewiston, Florida.
Services: Saturday, June 25, 2022 at 11:00 a.m.
Location: Mount Calvary First Baptist Church, 180 SW 10th Avenue, South Bay, Florida. Mask Required.
Visitation: Friday, June 24, 2022 from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. at Mount Calvary...
Lewis Cornelius Stewart
Jun 12, 2022
Lewis Cornelius Stewart, 71 of Lake Wales, passed away at Good Shepherd Hospice in Auburndale, Florida. U.S. Army Veteran. Born in Lake Wales.
Visitation Only: Saturday, June 25, 2022 from 6 to 8 p.m. at Epps Chapel. Mask required.
Interment: Florida National Cemetery, Bushnell, Florida.
Phillip Augustus
Jun 12, 2022
Phillip Augustus, 87, passed away at Advent Health Hospital in Lake Wales. Born in Stony Gut, Saint Thomas, Jamaica.
James Bradley, Jr.
Jun 11, 2022
Coach James Bradley, 87 of Lake Wales, passed away peacefully at home. Born in Lake Wales.
Graveside Service: Saturday, June 18, 2022 at 9:00 a.m.
Location: Lake Wales Cemetery, US 27 South, Lake Wales. Mask Required.
Visitation: Friday, June 17, 2022 from 6:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. at Epps Chapel. Mask Required.
Sandra Lynn Bergemann
Jun 6, 2022
Sandra Lynn Bergemann, 67 of Lakeland, Florida, passed at Lakeland Regional Health Hospital, Lakeland, Florida. Born in Wisconsin.
Sandra Bergemann is preceded in death by her mother, Mabel Bethards; father, Roland Fellion; her older brother, Ronald Fellion; her son, Christopher Garcia, and her husband of 34 years, Theodore Bergemann. She is survived by her son, Rico "Colibri" Garcia; daughter,...
Christine Patrick
Jun 2, 2022
Christine Patrick, 76 of Lake Wales, died at home under Good Shepherd Hospice Care. She was born in Vero Beach, FL.
Services: Saturday, June 11, 2022 at 2:00 P.M.
Location: Faith Temple Holiness Church of God In Christ, 303 Dr Martin L King Jr Blvd, Lake Wales, FL 33853. Mask Required.
Visitation: Friday, June 10, 2022 from 5:00 P.M. to...
Minnie K. Willingham Jones
May 26, 2022
Minnie K. Willingham Jones, 75 of Lake Wales, passed at Winter Have Hospital. Born in Waycross, Georgia. CNA.
Services: Saturday, June 4, 2022 at 1:00 p.m.
Location: New Hope Freewill Baptist Church, 3900 Washington Avenue, Lake Wales 33853. Mask Required.
Visitation: Friday, June 3, 2022 from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. at Epps Chapel. Mask Required.
Tyrell Rashad Sloan
Apr 30, 2022
Tyrell Rashad Sloan, 30 of Lake Wales. Born In Avon Park, Florida.
Services: Saturday, May 7, 2022 at 3:00 p.m.
Location: Canaan Land Worship Center, 335 West Central Avenue, Lake Wales 33853 Mask Required.
Visitation: Friday, May 6, 2022 from 6:30 p.m to 8:30 p.m. at Canaan Land. Mask Required.
Brenda Outing Johnson
Apr 27, 2022
Brenda Outing Johnson, 72 of Lake Wales, passed away at Lake Wales Advent Health Hospital. Born in Columbia, South Carolina.
Services: Saturday, May 7, 2022 at 1:00 p.m.
Location: First Baptist Church of Lake Wales, 338 E Central Avenue, Lake Wales, Florida 33853. Mask Required.
Visitation and Repose of Body: Friday, May 6, 2022 from 6:00 p.m. to7:00 p.m. at...
Queen Mary Luckett
Apr 24, 2022
Queen Mary Luckett, 93, of Lakeland, FL passed away under Compassionate Care Hospice at home.
Graveside Services: Saturday, April 30, 2022 at 9:30 A.M. at Wildwood Cemetery, 800 South Woodlawn Avenue, Bartow, Florida, 33830. Mask Required
Visitation: Saturday, April 30, 2022 at 9:00 A.M. at Wildwood Cemetery.
Larry Wiley
Apr 22, 2022
Larry Wiley, 65, of Avon Park, FL passed away at Advent Health Hospital of Sebring, FL. Born in Georgia.
Services: Saturday, May 7, 2022 11a.m.
Location: Praise Temple Church of God in Christ, 798 Verona Avenue, Avon Park, Florida 33825. Mask Required.
Roberta Simmons Borders
Apr 22, 2022
Roberta Simmons Borders, 85 of Lake Wales, died at Good Shepherd Hospice in Auburndale, Florida. Born in Lake Wales.
Services: Saturday, April 30, 2022 at 11:00 a.m.
Location: New Divine Church of God by Faith, 640 Burns Avenue, Lake Wales. Mask Required.
Visitation: Friday, April 29, 2022 from 5 to 7 p.m. at Epps Chapel. Mask Required.
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