Category: Obituaries

Kathleen Mildred Hess, born in Cullman County, AL, passed away on January 11, 2023, at 11:11am after complications from several health issues. She was 86 years old.

Annie Laurie (Hogan) Smith died the evening of January 12, 2023, in Lakeland, Florida at the age of 96.

Keat Anton Pfleger, age 60, passed away on Monday, January 9, 2023.

Robert E. “Sonny” Maxwell, age 87, of Lakeland, Fl., passed away on Monday, Jan. 9th, 2023 at home with loving family by his side.

George Oliver Pyle, Sr. age 81, died on December 5, 2022. George was born in Kingsport, Tennessee. George was in building and construction sales, traveling the southeast until his retirement.

Delana Smith passed away peacefully on January 3, 2023. DeLana was born in 1922 in Erie, PA. She moved to Florida over 60 years ago. She lived in Winter Haven and Fort Lauderdale before making her home in Lakeland.

Betty Jo Bryant Roberts, 92, a local cattle farmer known for her work with FFA youth and stewardship of the Little Flock Church in the Green Swamp Community, died Monday, January 2.

Viola Taylor, 98, of Orlando and Lakeland, Florida, peacefully went to the arms of Jesus on January 1, 2023.

James (Jim) Bough passed away peacefully in Lakeland Florida on January 4, 2023.

Nithianandhi Sathiarupen, after a 6-year battle with Cancer, passed away peacefully in her Haines City home on December 31, 2022, at the age of 67 years old.