Eugene Howard Harvey, 92 Okeechobee – Eugene Howard Harvey passed away peacefully at home Saturday, January 9, 2021. He was born September 18, 1928 in Tupper Lake, New York. He was a resident of Okeechobee for 33 years. Mr. Harvey’s great passion was being a barber for over 40 years....
Sydney Sue Thacker, 56 Okeechobee – Sydney Sue Thacker entered into eternal life Sunday, January 10, 2021. She was born February 18, 1964, in Logan, West Virginia; the daughter of Jennie Sue Craft (Sigmon, Thacker) and the late Sidney Lee Thacker. After graduating from high school, Sydney earned Cosmetology and...
Gussie H. Hammock, 91 Gussie H. Hammock passed away quietly on January 12, 2021 at Okeechobee Health Care Facility. Mrs. Hammock had been a resident of Okeechobee for more than fifty years. Gussie was born on January 16, 1929 in Cuthbert, Georgia. She was the fifth of six children born...
Elizabeth May Smith, 82 Okeechobee – Elizabeth May Smith died on January 14, 2021. She was born October 6, 1938, in Bridgeton, New Jersey to James and Elizabeth (Taylor) Printz. A resident of Okeechobee for 12 years, she was an Eagles’ Auxiliary. A devoted and beloved wife, mother, and grandmother,...
John Moses Andres, 87 Okeechobee – John Moses Andres died on January 18, 2021. He was born July 25, 1933, in Earl Park, Indiana to George and Isabelle (Deno) Andres. A resident of Okeechobee since 2007, he enjoyed bowling, golfing, and playing cards. He was a member of the Junior...
Dorothy Conrad Constable a native of Okeechobee Florida passed away quietly at The Hills Nursing Home in Decatur Texas on January 18, 2021. She was preceded in death by her oldest son, Les Constable, the founder of the Brushy Creek Vineyard in Alvord, Tx. She is survived by her sister,...
Charles Edward Andrews, 86 Okeechobee – Charles Edward Andrews died January 21, 2021. He was born September 26, 1934, in Miami, Florida to Gilchrist and Cleo Andrews. A resident of Okeechobee for 39 years, he was a member of First Baptist Church of Okeechobee and Kiwanis. He loved spending time...
Raymond L. Sanford Jr. of Okeechobee, Florida, passed on January 21, 2021. His 10 children, 13 grandchildren, 23 great-grandchildren, 9 siblings, a beloved daughter-in-law, countless nieces and nephews, and hundreds of thousands of carnival friends and Showmen will miss Ray dearly. Ray was born on October 6, 1930, in the...
Cynthia Rae Reyna, 42 Okeechobee – Cynthia Rae Reyna died on January 23, 2021. She was born April 6, 1978, in Rock Island, Illinois to Raymundo and Mary (Salazar) Reyna. A resident of Okeechobee for over three years, she was originally from Muscatine, Iowa. She enjoyed reading, cosmetology, collecting shells...
Melba Jean Prevatt Pearce went home to be with her Lord and Savior on Sunday, January 24, 2021, at the Willson Hospice House in Albany, Georgia. Melba was born December 27, 1954, in West Palm Beach, Florida, to Elzie Lafayette Prevatt and Yvonne Elizabeth Lanier Prevatt. Melba lived in Belle...
Casandra L. Rodgers, 75 Okeechobee – Casandra L. Rodgers died on January 25, 2021. She was born December 11, 1945, in Pahokee to Irvin and Ursula (Jones) Glisson. A resident of Okeechobee for 20 years, she was a member of First Baptist Church of Pahokee. She treasured taking care of...
Concepcion Arias-Barberi, 57 Okeechobee – Concepcion Arias-Barberi died January 26, 2021. She was born September 8, 1963 in Zacatepec de Hidalgo, Morelos, Mexico to Delfino Arias and Eleuteria Barberi-Escobar. A resident of Okeechobee for 24 years, she was a member of Sacred Heart Catholic Church. She enjoyed cooking, gardening, knitting,...
Robin Renae Chesser, 55 Okeechobee – Robin Renae Chesser died on January 26, 2021. She was born August 7, 1965, in Okeechobee to John and Diane (Watts) Stanley. A lifelong resident of Okeechobee, she was a member of the Okeechobee Church of God. She enjoyed camping, traveling to the mountains,...
Betty Jo Bast, 87 Okeechobee – Betty Jo Bast died on January 26, 2021. She was born March 4, 1933, in Fort Lauderdale, Florida to Woodrow and Josephine (Sutton) Evans. A resident of Okeechobee for 46 years, she was a member of More 2 Life Ministries. She worked for the...
Margaret Ann Britnell, 62, died on January 26, 2021. She was born October 30, 1958, in Hollywood, Florida to Cranford and Peggy Mattox. A resident of Okeechobee since she was six years old, she moved to Athens, Tennessee 14 years ago. When living in Okeechobee, she attended His Church. She...
Virgil E. Bagley, 84 Okeechobee – Virgil E. Bagley died on January 27, 2021. He was born September 29, 1936, in St. Louis, Missouri to Virgil Charles and Mildred Elizabeth (Hassel) Bagley. He proudly served our country in the United States Air Force. He worked as a beer brewer for...
Grady Albert Willis, Jr., 72 Okeechobee – Grady Albert Willis, Jr. died January 27, 2021. He was born November 15, 1948, in West Palm Beach to the late Grady Albert Willis, Sr., and Frances Ann (Pacetti) Willis. He was a welder and entrepreneur. A resident of Okeechobee since 2000, he...
Gumercindo Martinez-Regalado, 72 Okeechobee – Gumercindo Martinez-Regalado died on January 28, 2021. He was born January 10, 1949 in Jaumave, Tamaulipas, Mexico to Jesus Martinez-Alcoser and Jovita Regalado Castillo. A resident of Okeechobee since 1973, he was a member of Sacred Heart Catholic Church. He enjoyed fishing, playing poker, and...
Dennis Lee Rutherford, 60 Okeechobee – Dennis Lee Rutherford died on January 28, 2021. He was born June 21, 1960, in Cleveland, Ohio. A resident of Okeechobee for 50 years, he was a member of Canal Point Baptist Church. He enjoyed hunting, fishing, airboating, riding motorcycles, and loved the outdoors....
Richard Arden Ray, 87 Okeechobee – Richard Arden Ray died on January 28, 2021. He was born May 10, 1933, in Euclid, Ohio. A resident of Okeechobee since 1979, he was a member of First Baptist Church of Okeechobee. He was a member of Gideons International and enjoyed drawing, art,...
Kathryn “Kat” Ann Larsen, 60 Okeechobee – Kathryn “Kat” Ann Larsen died on January 29, 2021. She was born September 26, 1960, in Lake Station, Indiana to Frank “Greek” and Betty Grishka. A resident of Okeechobee for ten years, she had worked at McDonald's and Wal-Mart for years. She was...
Frank James Lepere, 77 Okeechobee – Frank James Lepere died on January 30, 2021. He was born on January 30, 1944, in Boston, Massachusetts to William and Jenny (Silipeno) Lepere. A resident of Okeechobee since 1985, he was of the Catholic faith and a member of the Elks Lodge. He...
Feliciano Gonzalez Antillon, 70 Okeechobee – Feliciano Gonzalez Antillon died on January 30, 2021. He was born June 9, 1950 in Calvillo, Aguascalientes Mexico to Luis Colis and Ma Del Refugio Gonzalez Jimenez. A resident of Okeechobee for 35 years, he enjoyed reading, taking care of his family and his...
Joy Goodbread Kidwell, 81 Okeechobee – Joy Goodbread Kidwell died on January 31, 2021. She was born April 12, 1939, in Saginaw, Michigan to James and Esther (Balser) Maul. She graduated in Fort Lauderdale where she met and married George Goodbread, the father of her sons. She relocated to Okeechobee...
Charles R. Jordan 73 October 18, 1947 - January 31, 2021 Charles Richard Jordan “Rick” went home to be with his Lord and Savior on January 31, 2021, in Ft. Pierce, Florida. He was born October 18, 1947, in his grandmother’s home in Okeechobee, Florida to Florrie M. Jordan. He...
Robert Joe Garza, 56 Okeechobee – Robert Joe Garza died on February 2, 2021. He was born October 22, 1964, in Homestead, Florida to Isreal Garza and Elia Ocana. A resident of Okeechobee most of his life, he enjoyed poker, fishing, and tractors with his grandson. He was a member...
Russell Allen Harlow, 80 Okeechobee – Russell Allen Harlow died Friday, February 5, 2021. His wings were ready, but our hearts weren’t. He was the son of John D. and Bessie Stevens Harlow. He is survived by his daughters, Linda Harlow (Ernest) of Tennessee, Carol Goodman (Sherman) of Okeechobee, and...
Paula Castro Gonzalez, 74 Indiantown – Paula Castro Gonzalez died February 5, 2021. She was born November 11, 1946, in San Lucas, Michoacán, Mexico to Pedro Gonzalez and Placida Luviano. A resident of Indiantown for 10 years, she enjoyed tending to her chickens, crocheting, dancing, and mostly spending time with...
Enid Mae Williams, 89 Okeechobee – Enid Mae Williams died February 5, 2021. She was born May 9, 1931 in St. Ann Parish, Jamaica to Cecil and Ethel Williams. A resident of Okeechobee since the 1960s, she worked as a paraprofessional at Okeechobee High School for over 15 years. She...
William A. Exton, 103 Vero Beach, Florida – William A. Exton died on February 5, 2021. He was born on January 29, 1918, in Palmyra, New York to William George and Emma Jane Exton. A resident of Vero Beach since 1979, he enjoyed art, music, bird watching, and dog shows....