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Author Archives: Family written obituary via funeral home
Polk Arts and Cultural Groups Have Big Plans for 2025
The new year kicks off with theater productions, art festivals and performances by stars like Renée Fleming and Ricky Skaggs.
Lakeland Resident Finds New Hope at Walk to End Alzheimer’s
November is National Alzheimer’s Disease Awareness Month and Family Caregivers Month.
Richard “Dick” Lloyd Lincoln, 89
LTC (Ret) Richard Lloyd Lincoln (Dick) passed away on October 9, 2022. He was born on September 12, 1933 in Cambridge, Massachusetts to Mary and Walter Lincoln.
Wayne Earl Brackin, 74
Wayne Earl Brackin was born in Slocomb, Alabama on September 6, 1948 to Bunion Young Brackin & Mertie Jewel Smith Brackin.
William G. “Billy” Kirkland, 39
William G. “Billy” Kirkland was born in Panama City, Florida on September 9, 1983, to William E. and Georgia B. Kirkland. He was an only child and was a lifetime resident of Lakeland, Florida.
William John Stieren, 93
William John Stieren, 93, of Lakeland died peacefully on Saturday, October 8, 2022. Bill was born in Springfield, IL on March 29, 1929.
Elizabeth “Bettie” English, 97
Elizabeth “Bettie” English, age 97, went home to be with the Lord on October 5, 2022.
Sandra L. Urban, 77
Sandra L. Urban, loving mother and grandmother, passed away on October 4, 2022. Sandra was born in Steubenville, Ohio to Edward and Bertha Mottle. She was preceded in death by her brother Gary Mottle. She had been a resident of Florida for 21 years.
Barbara M. Hendley, 93
Barbara Hendley born on May 22, 1929, went home to God on October 6, 2022.

