Jack Dempsey Lyons
Feb 25, 2010
Jack Dempsey Lyons, age 79, passed away Thursday, February 25, 2010 in Port Charlotte surrounded by his loving family. He was born May 31, 1930 in Arcadia, FL and a lifetime resident. Jack was of the Baptist faith and a member of Calvary Baptist Church, Arcadia. Jack retired from the US Air Force after 22 years of service as a...
Alice F. Boily
Feb 25, 2010
Alice F. Boily, age 72 passed away Thursday, February 25, 2010 in Port Charlotte. She was born July 3, 1937 in Watertown, NY. She was of the Episcopal faith and a member of the St. Edmunds Episcopal Church of Arcadia. Alice was a quality control inspector for a small motor manufacturing company. She is survived by a cousin Linda L....
Margy R. Mitchell
Feb 25, 2010
Margy R. Mitchell, age 86, passed away Thursday, February 25, 2010 in Port Charlotte. She was born December 26, 1923 in Jamestown, OH. Margy was of the Methodist Faith. She is survived by her loving husband Robert H. Mitchell, one son, Dr. Robert H. (Diane) Mitchell, Jr. of Kokomo, IN, and three grandchildren. Funeral services will be private. Online condolences...
Theresa "Terry" M. Forsythe
Feb 23, 2010
Theresa M. Forsythe, age 81, Arcadia, Fl. passed away, February 23, 2010. Theresa was born in Woonsocket, Rhode Island September 2, 1928. Theresa grew up in Falls River, Mass. She was a clothing inspector in a clothing manufacturing company. She and her husband moved to Arcadia 31 years ago from Falls River, MA. Terry was a loving wife and homemaker....
Jacqueline Lee Johnson
Feb 19, 2010
Jacqueline Lee Johnson, age 71, passed away February 19, 2010 in Arcadia, Fl. She was born in Elysburg, Pa. July 31, 1938. She and her husband Marvin Johnson were winter residents to Arcadia, Fl. for the past 5 years. Memorial services will be at a later date.
Eunie B. Frakes
Feb 17, 2010
Eunie B. Frakes, age 86, passed away February 17, 2010 in Arcadia, Fl. Mrs. Frakes was born in Rochester, KY April 28, 1923. She and her husband Rev. Walter L. Frakes moved to Arcadia 22 years ago. Eunie was a homemaker. She enjoyed knitting, traveling, doing word finder puzzles, and gardening. She was of a member of the Church of...
Gilbert Mcintyre Wilson, Ii
Feb 14, 2010
Gilbert McIntyre Wilson, II passed away Sunday, February 14, 2010 in Arcadia. He was born September 4, 1938 in Highland Park, MI. Arrangements are by Ponger-Kays-Grady Funeral Home.
Elaine V. Kellogg
Feb 13, 2010
Elaine V. Kellogg, age 63, passed away February 13, 2010 in Sun City, Fl. Elaine was a born in Philadelphia, PA. November 11, 1946. Elaine was a resident of Arcadia, Fl. for three years, moving here from Brandon, Fl. She was a Licensed Mental Health therapist for the State of Florida. Elaine held a Masters Degree in Mental Health. She...
William Leslie Jones
Feb 12, 2010
William Leslie Jones, Sr., age 56, of Dublin, VA and formerly of Arcadia, FL, departed this life Friday, February 12, 2010 at Roanoke Memorial Hospital in Roanoke, Va. Born in Arcadia, FL on October 23, 1953 he was a son of Lorraine Crews Jones of Arcadia, FL and the late Cecil Jones, Sr. He attended the Pembroke Assembly of God...
John Dean Langford
Jan 30, 2010
JOHN DEAN LANGFORD (March 31, 1920 to January 30, 2010) John Dean Langford, 89, Panama City Beach, Florida, passed away peacefully at home, Saturday, January 30, 2010, following a struggle with pancreatic cancer. John was born March 31, 1920 in Arcadia, Florida, and moved to a farm in the Limestone community as a young boy with his family. He was...
Faye D. Martin
Jan 28, 2010
Faye Diamond Martin, age 93, of Arcadia, Fl., passed away Thursday, January 28, 2010 in Arcadia. Faye was born June 29, 1916, in Cedartown, Ga. to the late Wylie and Effie Brannon Diamond. Faye moved to Arcadia in 1971 from Hamlet, NC. She was a homemaker. She loved cooking and providing a safe and comfortable home for her family to...
Marie Ann Doris Jerrold
Jan 24, 2010
Marie Ann Doris Jerrold, age 89, passed away Sunday, January 24, 2010 at home surrounded by her loving family. She was born July 26, 1920 in Springfield, MA and moved to Arcadia in 1988 from Warren, MA. Marie was a very loving mother and grandmother and will be missed by her family. She enjoyed being a homemaker, sewing, gardening and...
Virginia L. Jacobs
Jan 17, 2010
Virginia L. Jacobs, age 61, passed away Sunday, January 17, 2010 in Arcadia. She was born March 22, 1948 in Fort Geo. G. Meade, MD, moving to Desoto County 30 years ago. Virginia was a very loving, caring mother, grandmother and sister will be missed by her family. She enjoyed crocheting, sewing, crafts, reading, and working crossword puzzles. Virginia was...
Marilyn Purvis Mizell
Jan 16, 2010
Marilyn Purvis Mizell, 79 of Arcadia, Florida passed away at Shands Teaching Hospital, Gainesville, Florida on Saturday, January 16, 2010, after a long battle with leukemia. She had been a leukemia survivor since 1974. Marilyn was born in Arcadia, Florida, July 24th, 1930, to Erma (Richardson) and Lewis Edward Purvis, Sr., both deceased. She is a fourth generation DeSoto County...
Allen W. Farabee
Jan 10, 2010
Allen W. Farabee, age 88, passed away Sunday, January 10, 2010 in Arcadia, FL. He was born March 16, 1921 in Arcadia, and was a lifetime resident. Allen was a man of the Lord and a member of the Arcadia Church of God. Allen was in the concrete masonry business for many years. He also owned and operated a cattle...
Reba Smith
Jan 10, 2010
Reba Smith, age 90, passed away Sunday, January 10, 2010 in Arcadia. She was born March 29, 1919 in Charlevoix, Mi. She has been a dual resident of Florida for the past 10 years coming south from Hesperia, MI. Reba is a member of the First Christian Church, Arcadia and the River of Life Fellowship, Twin Lake, MI. She was...
David Bruce Donaldson
Jan 8, 2010
David Bruce Donaldson, Sr., age 58 passed away Friday, January 8, 2009. David was born February 8, 1951 in Amsterdam, New York, coming to Arcadia, Fl. at the age of five. He was employed as a maintenance worker for the Department of Juvenile Justice, for the state of Florida. David was also a fireman, working with the city of Arcadia,...
Lewis D. "Ld" Strickland
Jan 5, 2010
Lewis D. L.D. Strickland, age 85, passed away Tuesday, January 5, 2010 in Arcadia. He was born March 21, 1924 in Ozark, AL and moved to Arcadia 56 years ago from Ozark, AL. He was a lifetime member of the Church of God, Arcadia. He truly loved the Lord and spent time traveling through out America enjoying Gospel Sings. L.D....
Cecilia D. Rider
Jan 4, 2010
Cecilia D. Rider, age 92, passed away Monday, January 4, 2010 in Arcadia. She was born April 12, 1917 in Middletown, CN. Arrangement is by Ponger-Kays-Grady Funeral Home.
Joyce Lorraine Green
Jan 1, 2010
Joyce Lorraine Green, age 57, of Arcadia, Fl. passed away, January 1, 2010 in Tampa, Fl. Joyce was born October 29, 1952 in Arcadia to the late Fred and Betty Browning Provau. She was a graduate of DeSoto County High School, Class of 1970. Joyce had worked for Walt Disney World, Orlando, Fl. as an administrative assistant. Joyce is survived...