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Dr. Lamon Machlin "Max" Williams,Dds, Msd

Dr. Lamon Machlin "Max" Williams,Dds, Msd

May 11, 2016

Dr. Max Williams, 79, passed away Wednesday, May 11, 2016.

He was born March 3, 1937, the only child to Walter Lamon and Catherine Harrell Williams, and was the grandson of J.J. "Boy" and Annie Williams. He was an Eagle Scout and graduated from Holmes County High School in 1955. He attended University of Florida, Gainesville and Florida State...

Gary Lewis Jacobson

Gary Lewis Jacobson

May 11, 2016

Dr. Gary Lewis Jacobson, 76, of Pensacola, FL passed away Wednesday, May 11, 2016. Gary was raised in Mobridge, SD. He was the only child of Lloyd and Erna Jacobson. Gary w as an excellent athlete lettering in football, basketball and baseball in high school and was on the baseball and gymnast teams at Luther College in Iowa. Gary played...

Mary Jean Smart

Mary Jean Smart

May 11, 2016

Mary Jean Ekdahl Smart, 83, of Pensacola, FL passed away Wednesday, May 11, 2016. Karin Larson and John Ekdahl emigrated from Sweden, met and married in Chicago, where Karin gave birth to Mary. Twenty years later, Mary Jean married the love of her life, Bill Smart. The next year Mary earned straight A's, graduated from the University of Illinois, and...

James "Jim" Pierce Cotton, Iii

James "Jim" Pierce Cotton, Iii

May 10, 2016

James "Jim" Pierce Cotton, III, age 57, of Gulf Breeze, FL died May 10, 2016 surrounded by family and friends. Jim was born October 29, 1958, in Montgomery, AL to James Pierce Cotton, Jr. and Janie Cotton. He moved to Gulf Breeze, FL in elementary school. Jim was the oldest of four siblings. Jim graduated from Gulf Breeze High School...

Michael Anthony Smith

Michael Anthony Smith

May 9, 2016

Michael Anthony "Tony" Smith died Monday, May 9, 2016, unexpectedly at his residence.

Tony was born on January 29, 1960 in Evergreen, AL.

He was a lifelong resident of Cantonment, FL. Tony attended Tate High School. He was proprieotor of Tony's Transmission for...

Lillian Epley

Lillian Epley

May 9, 2016

Lillian Epley passed into the arms of her Savior on Monday, May 9, 2016 from a brief illness. She was surrounded by loved ones. Mrs. Lillian Epley was born in Chicago Heights, IL to Philip and Mary Kvasnicka. She was the youngest of five children and the only girl. By her own admission, as a child she was a...

John Elvis Morgan

John Elvis Morgan

May 9, 2016

John Elvis Morgan, 85, of Montgomery, AL, died Monday, May 9, 2016.

Mr. Morgan was born on November 10, 1935 in Molino, FL, the sixth generation of Morgans to live in Escambia County, FL. He graduated from in the first class of men at Florida State University in 1952...

Lynda Williams Shuman

Lynda Williams Shuman

May 4, 2016

Lynda Williams Shuman, was born on August 26, 1943, in Mobile, AL to Moody and Mary Ellen (North) Williams. She died on May 4, 2016 in Pensacola, FL. Lynda married Paul Dennis Shuman in July 27, 1968 – three weeks following his return from Vietnam. She would spend the next 47 years as a Navy wife. She had her only...

Donald Stradley Mcleod

Donald Stradley Mcleod

May 4, 2016

Dr. Donald Stradley McLeod of Pensacola, FL passed away on Wednesday, May 4, 2016 after a brief illness. Donald was born in Pensacola, FL on October 18, 1929 to Walter Gay McLeod and Irene Palmas McLeod. He graduated from Pensacola High School in 1948. Upon graduation from high school Donald attended the Citadel in Charleston, SC. While attending the...

Virginia "Ginny" Grace Deagan

Virginia "Ginny" Grace Deagan

May 3, 2016

Virginia Grace "Ginny" Deagan was born on May 22, 1928, in Bradford, PA to Ralph and Grace (Bullock) Miller. She died on May 3, 2016 in Pensacola, FL. Ginny married Thomas David Deagan in 1947 and spent the next 23 years as a Navy wife. While raising four children, she moved to posts including New Jersey, England, Guam, Taiwan,...

Edna Merle Sloan

Edna Merle Sloan

May 3, 2016

Edna Merle Sloan, 89, of Pensacola, FL died Tuesday morning, May 3, 2016 at Brookdale Hermitage Care in Tallahassee. Born in Pensacola, FL on August 26, 1926, her parents were Paul R. Clemons and Edna Glover Clemons. Mrs. Sloan was a homemaker and was a longtime resident of Pensacola, FL. She is preceded in death by her husband, Arthur Bert...

Louise Cowen Lynn

Louise Cowen Lynn

May 3, 2016

Louise Cowen Lynn, 87, of Pensacola Beach, FL passed away Tuesday, May 3, 2016. Mrs. Lynn was born on June 19, 1928 in Opp, AL to Roy Guy and Mattie (Hudson) Cowen. She attended High School in Opp and retired from the State of Alabama. She was preceded in death by her parents and her husband, Lawson Lynn. Survivors include...

Glen Nelle Elmore

Glen Nelle Elmore

May 3, 2016

Glen Nelle Elmore, 87, of Pensacola, FL passed away Tuesday, May 3, 2016. She was born January 9, 1929 in Wilmer, AL to James Elsworth and Stella Ryals Stringfellow. She was the baby of 3 sisters and 3 brothers and outlived them all. Her humble, rural beginnings shaped the simple, southern woman that she was. She met the love...

Thomas (Tom) W. Moyer

Thomas (Tom) W. Moyer

May 2, 2016

Thomas W. Moyer, a native of Pensacola, FL, passed away peacefully at home on Monday, May 2, 2016.

He was preceded in death by his parents, Dan and Susie Moyer; his loving wife of 70 years, Rheba; his younger brother, Donald Moyer and his son, Paul Moyer.

Mr. Moyer was born in Pensacola on October...

Clifton Ralph Stokes, Jr.

Clifton Ralph Stokes, Jr.

Apr 24, 2016

Clifton Ralph Stokes Jr. was born on December 31, 1947 in Allentown, FL and passed away on April 24, 2016 at his home in Seminole, AL.

Mr. Stokes was a US Marine and a Vietnam Veteran. He received his Bachelors Degree in Industrial Engineering from UWF. With that degree he worked for NAS and then went on...

Alice Jean Waters

Alice Jean Waters

Apr 23, 2016

Alice Jean Waters died peacefully in her sleep on April 23, 2016 at the age of 88. She was born December 5, 1927 in Mobile, AL to Edna Logsdon Zepp and Russell C. Zepp. She lived most of her life in Pensacola and graduated from Pensacola High School in 1946. She married James McCoy Waters in 1947. They had two...

Philip M Gilgrist

Philip M Gilgrist

Apr 20, 2016

Philip M. Gilgrist (Phil), of Pensacola, FL passed away at Sacred Heart Hospital on Wednesday, April 20, 2016.

Phil was born in Indianapolis, IN on August 1, 1932 and moved to Peru, IN when he was 5 years old. He was very active in school activities and played on the Basketball, Football and Golf teams. He attended...

Pete Jones

Pete Jones

Apr 18, 2016

Pete Jones 93, of Pensacola, FL passed away Monday, April 18, 2016.

Pete was born in New Brockton, AL on January 14, 1923 to Oscar and Clyde (Brabham) Jones. He served his country in the U S Army for 12 years. Pete attended the University of Alabama where he was a member of Kappa Sigma Phi Fraternity. On August...

Elmer Ross Laird

Elmer Ross Laird

Apr 18, 2016

Elmer Ross Laird, 93, of Pensacola, FL, passed away on April 18, 2016.

Mr. Laird was born on May 1, 1922 in Escambia County, FL and was raised in the Warrington area. He was one of 5 boys and no sisters. He went to high school and architectural-drafting trade...

Roy A Shires Jr.

Roy A Shires Jr.

Apr 17, 2016

Roy A Shires Jr. passed away on 18 April 2016.

Brother and friend, like his Mother he never met a stranger.  Although he could be abrupt at times, he was true and loyal to those he called friend. He enjoyed fishing, crabbing and being on the water. He will...

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