Obituaries

Apr 1, 2017

Rear Admiral (ret) Louis Robert Sarosdy, 89, died on Saturday, April 1, 2017 in Pensacola, FL.  He was born on October 29, 1927 in Pittsburgh, PA, the third son of Louis J. and Margaret N. Sarosdy. He entered Naval Service in June 1945 as a Midshipman, U.S. Merchant Marine Academy. Following the end of WW II he entered the...

Mar 31, 2017

Vivian Brown Godfrey, 87, of Pensacola, FL, passed away on Friday, March 31, 2017.

Vivian was a beautiful soul and a loving and caring mother, grandmother, and great grandmother. She was small in stature, but big in love and blessed with the gift of hospitality that she shared with...

Mar 29, 2017

Juber Alex Steele (Bob) passed away peacefully, March 29, 2017, surrounded by family as he went to Heaven.

He lived to almost 93 from his birthdate of April 25th, 1924. Born in Oak Grove, Florida and raised on the family farm, Juber was the fifth child of a family...

Mar 27, 2017

Ophelia Rivers Sparks, 84, peacefully passed away on Monday, March 27, 2017. Ophelia was a born in Pensacola and spent her childhood years on Scenic Highway. She married and moved away with her then military husband.

Eventually, she moved back to Pensacola where she lived until she remarried and moved with her husband and children to Cocoa,...

Mar 26, 2017

Barbara M. E. Williams, 84, of Pensacola, FL passed away Sunday, March 26, 2017.

Mrs. Williams was born on August 30, 1932 in Ipswich, England to Gladys May (Pilbrow) and Leslie James Horace Constable. She was a homemaker and a Charter Member of the Holy Cross Episcopal Church.

She was preceded in death by her...

Mar 26, 2017

Theron L. Broxton, 93, of Pensacola, FL passed away Sunday, March 26, 2017. He was born in Miami, FL on November 20, 1923 to Charles M. and Ruth G. Broxton. He lived in various cities in Florida, Tennessee and Alabama during his lifetime but made his permanent home in Pensacola in 1953. He was preceded in death by his...

Mar 25, 2017

Helen P. Hill, 89, of Pensacola, FL passed away on Saturday, March 25, 2017. Helen was born on  August 7, 1927 in Birmingham, AL.

She was preceded in death by her husband, A.L. Hill; her parents, Sadie and Howard Phillips; her brother and sister-in-law, William and Villette Phillips; brother, Richard Phillips; her daughter, Betty Boucher; sister-in-law, Violet...

Mar 25, 2017

Ronald William Basso, 70, of Pensacola, FL passed away Saturday, March 25, 2017. Visitation will be held 11:00am until the Funeral Mass to begin at 12:00noon Tuesday, March 28, 2017 at St. Mary Catholic Church (Van Pelt Lane). Burial will follow at Pensacola Memorial Gardens.

Mar 23, 2017

Judy Garner Cascone, 66, of Pensacola, FL passed away Thursday, March 23, 2017.

Judy was born on January 27, 1951 in New Bern, NC. She was a resident of Pensacola since 1975. Judy always loved helping people and animals. For the past 10 years Judy has been a Mortgage Loan Officer, currently with...

Mar 22, 2017

Titelle Trueheart Pyle, 77, of Cantonment, FL passed away on Wednesday, March 22, 2017. Titelle was born in Birmingham, AL to William and Annie Ruth Clayton. They moved to Pensacola when Titelle was a young girl. She attended Pensacola High School where she met the love her life, Jimmy.  They married after high school and have been married for...

Mar 21, 2017

Evander "Van" McCaskill, 82, of Pensacola, FL passed away on Tuesday, March 21, 2017. Van was born on February 13, 1935 in Jay, FL. He graduated from Jay High School and attended Pensacola Junior College. He had a long career at Merritt's Paint and Wallpaper for 43 years, where he made many friends in the community. Van was a...

Mar 21, 2017

Dian Mitchell Mathews, 68, a native of Pensacola, FL went home to be with the Lord on Tuesday, March 21, 2017. She was born on September 5, 1948. Dian was a devout Catholic and absolutely loved her family more than anything. Anyone that knew her knew that Tracy and Phil were the greatest loves of her life. She will...

Mar 20, 2017

Emily E. Wakefield, 86, of Pensacola, FL passed away Monday, March 20, 2017.

Mrs. Wakefield was born on May 2, 1930 in McComb, MS to Bonnie (Hart) and William F. Elam. She graduated from McComb High School in 1948 and the University of Southern Mississippi. She worked for the Red Cross and was a Special Education Teacher...

Mar 19, 2017

Sgt. 1st Class Robert R. Boniface, 34, a native of El Centro, California, volunteered for military service and entered the Army in March of 2006 as an 18 X-ray. After Infantry Basic Training and Advanced Individual Training at Fort Benning, GA., he attended Airborne School before being assigned to the Special Warfare Center and School (SWCS). Upon selection and...

Mar 18, 2017

Frances Eugenia Johnson Slayton, 91, of Pensacola, FL passed away on Saturday, March 18, 2017.

Mrs. Slayton was born in Decatur, AL on September 18, 1925 to Ruby (Sanderson) and James E. Johnson. She graduated for Riverside High School in Decatur, where she married her high school sweetheart, Earl L. Slayton on September 23, 1944. Mrs. Slayton was a...

Mar 17, 2017

William "Bill" B. Smith, 88, of Kenneth City, FL passed away Friday, March 17, 2017.

Mr. Smith was born in Cottondale, FL on February 20, 1929 to Claudia Elizabeth Marshall McKee Smith and Boney Taylor Smith, Sr. He graduated from Pensacola High School in 1947, and Pensacola Junior College before receiving his Bachelor of Science in Business...

Mar 15, 2017

James M. "Jim" Sheffer died on March 15, 2017 in Pensacola, FL. Jim was born in St. Paul, MN, on June 11, 1929 as the first son of three children to Byron M. Sheffer and Grace B. Sheffer. He graduated from Cretin High School in 1947 as First Lieutenant with honors. He was the beloved...

Mar 15, 2017

Born November 12, 1948, Bonnie Hinote Hancock Goodson, 68, passed away on Wednesday, March 15, 2017 after a 14 year fight against cancer. Bonnie was born and raised in the only place she ever wanted to be, Pensacola, FL. She truly felt it was paradise. The beach was her serenity and her refuge. She attended Escambia High School (Class...

Mar 15, 2017

Edith Parker Scrivner, 93, of Pensacola, FL passed away Wednesday, March 15, 2017.

Edith was born in Middleburg, KY. Her family later moved to Cincinnati, OH where she met and married her husband, Gene in 1947. They both spent their entire career with Formica/American Cyanamid, retiring in 1980 and moving to St. Petersburg,...

Mar 15, 2017

Marshall Blaise Adams Sr. passed away on March 15, 2017. Blaise was the beloved husband of Patrice Adams and father of Childers Adams, Libby Adams, and the late Marshall Adams Jr. Blaise was born on July 26, 1959 in Macon, GA to Aurelia Bond Adams and Robert Jackson Adams. He grew up in Macon, GA where he was a...