James Stephen Catches
Nov 22, 2014
James Stephen Catches, Sr. 1952-2014 James Stephen Catches, Sr., 62, died on November 22, 2014 after a courageous fight against melanoma cancer. He was born on January 28, 1952 in Pensacola, FL. A life-long resident of Pensacola, Jimmy was a natural athlete who excelled at both baseball and football, and loved surfing and barefoot skiing. After high school, Jimmy joined...
James Justice Hudgens
Nov 21, 2014
James Justice Hudgens, 90, a resident of Carpenters Creek Assisted Living, Pensacola and a beloved husband, father and grandfather passed on to eternal life on Friday, November 21, 2014 after an extended illness. James was born in Grand Bay, AL on January 15, 1924 and graduated from Murphy High School in Mobile, AL. He completed Midshipman school at the Naval...
Virginia Medford Dean
Nov 18, 2014
Virginia Todd Medford Dean died November 18, 2014. Virginia was the daughter of Col. (USA) E. Leslie Medford and Mrs. Medford, nee Emma Virginia Todd, of Annapolis, Maryland. She was a graduate of Goucher College, studied at Peabody Conservatory, and Johns Hopkins. Her fraternity was Delta Gamma. She and Tuck were married at Calvary Methodist Episcopal Church of Annapolis. They...
Carolyn Elliott Elzey
Nov 15, 2014
Mary Carolyn Elliott Elzey, 86, of Pensacola, FL passed away Saturday, November 15, 2014. She was born to the late Boyce Cleveland Elliott and Mary Ida Tatum Elliott in Anderson, SC on January 20, 1928. Her family lived there until she was about 5 years old, then moved to Rock Hill, SC. In Rock Hill, SC she attended Winthrop Training...
Emily "Joyce" Butler
Nov 14, 2014
Emily Joyce Butler, 81, of Pensacola, FL passed away Friday, November 14, 2014. Born in Tylertown, MS the only child of Horace H. and Minnie Ginn Butler. Columbia, MS was her home until she entered college. She graduated from Columbia High School and the University of Southern Mississippi where she obtained a degree in library science. Her career as a...
Mable Ernestine Mancil
Nov 14, 2014
Mable Ernestine Mancil, 84, of Pensacola, FL passed away Friday, November 14, 2014. Mrs. Mancil was born May 15, 1930 in Holt, FL. She graduated from Munson High School and Massey-Draughon Business College in Montgomery, AL. She met and married the love of her life, William "Bill" B. Mancil in Pensacola on September 3, 1955. Mrs. Mancil was her husband's...
William "Bill" O. Chavis, Jr.
Nov 14, 2014
William "Bill" O. Chavis, Jr. died on November 14, 2014 peacefully at his home and is enjoying the fruits of heaven. Bill was born on August 9, 1929 in Port Arthur, TX to Ruth & W.O. Chavis, Sr. A lifelong Pensacola resident, he was the oldest of five siblings and his love for them was always obvious. Family was very...
William "Bill" Howard Griffith
Nov 14, 2014
William "Bill" Howard Griffith of Pensacola Beach, Florida, born to Howard Sydney Griffith and Gladys Pringle Griffith on August 8, 1925 in Altoona, Pennsylvania passed away peacefully on Friday, November 14, 2014. Bill attended Penn State University where he earned a Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering and subsequently attended Northeastern University in Boston where he was awarded his Master's Degree....
Janis Kay Brady
Nov 12, 2014
Janis Kay Brady, 75, passed away on November 12, 2014 at Sacred Heart Hospital after suffering a severe stroke. She is survived by her sister, Jocelyn Bentz; her daughter, Victoria Strunk; her son, Stephen Provost and grandchildren, Nicholas Logan, Andrew Logan, Chelsea Logan, Jessica Strunk, Corey Strunk and Lindsay Strunk. Sweet woman, dearest sister, mother and grandmother. Words cannot express...
Margaret "Molly" Cary Biggs
Nov 12, 2014
Margaret Cary (Molly) Biggs died quietly in her sleep November 12 at age 79. She had suffered greatly, and is relieved of her distress. Her husband, Walter, and her family are so grateful she is at peace, and now celebrate her life, her accomplishments, and her love of family and friends. Molly was a proud Pensacolian, whose ancestors were among...
Lt. Douglas L. Drewry, Usn Ret.
Nov 11, 2014
On November 11, 2014, Veterans Day, Doug Drewry, 72, passed away peacefully at Sacred Heart Hospital with his family at his side. Doug was born on August 4, 1942 in Snowball, AR. He lived there and attended local schools until moving to Wichita, KS at the age of eight. Doug graduated from West High School in 1959. Upon graduation, at...
Mary Evelyn Harker
Nov 10, 2014
Mary Evelyn Harker, 88, of Pensacola, FL, passed away on Monday, November 10, 2014. Mrs. Harker was born in Lockhart, AL. She graduated from the Girl's Specialty School. She was a housewife, a member of the Garden Club and was a Sunday School Teacher at East Brent Baptist Church. Mrs. Harker is preceded in death by her father, Ollie Bentson...
Horace L. Raines
Nov 9, 2014
It is with great sadness that the family of Horace Raines announces that on November 9, 2014, Horace, an 87 year resident of Pensacola, passed away at the age of 96 at Lanier Village Estates in Gainesville, GA. He was born in Molino, FL in 1918 to Lonnie and Mattie Lou Raines. He graduated from Pensacola High School in 1939....
Marian R. Rigby
Nov 8, 2014
Marian Ruth Rigby (née Watson) died peacefully after a long illness on November 8, 2014, in Pensacola, Florida at the age of 86. Marian Ruth is survived by her husband Edward Winston Rigby; her children Melissa Hatcher and Douglas (Emily) Rigby, MD, of Ft. Walton Beach, FL; her grandchildren Kasey Rigby and Lily Rigby; her sister Frances Horton; and her...
Bromfield Bradford Nichol
Nov 8, 2014
Bromfield Bradford Nichol, 85, passed away in his sleep November 8, 2014. Born in Annapolis, MD, the only child of Bromfield Bradford Nichol (later Rear Admiral, USN) and Catherine Lee Howard, he spent his childhood traveling as his father's duty stations changed. When he was twelve he and his mother were living outside Pearl Harbor, as his father was Adm....
Elizabeth W. Sadler
Nov 7, 2014
Elizabeth W. Sadler, 92, passed away peacefully on Friday, November 7, 2014 at her home in The Villas, Gulf Breeze, FL. Mrs. Sadler was born April 14, 1922 in Whatley, AL, the eldest daughter of George and Ruby Whatley. She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband of 67 years, William H. Sadler; 2 sons, Robert and George...
Lillian Lucille Willa Taranto
Nov 6, 2014
Lillian Willa Taranto, 103, of Pensacola passed away Thursday, November 6, 2014. Lillian was a lifelong resident of Pensacola. She was born July 9, 1911 to Gustave and Janie Willa and was baptized at St. Michael's Catholic Church. Lillian graduated from Pensacola High School class of 1929. Upon graduation she worked at Taranto Drug Store where she met and married...
Elma Barlow
Nov 5, 2014
Elma Barlow, 93, of Pensacola passed away on Wednesday, November 5, 2014. Graveside services will be held 11am Thursday, November 13, 2014 at Bayview Memorial Park.
Gerburg "Geri" H. Sears
Nov 4, 2014
Gerburg "Geri" H. Sears, 70, died peacefully on Tuesday, November 4, 2014. She was born on June 16,1944 in Hoxter, Germany to the late Dr. Karl-Werner and Magdalene Schupmann, both of whom she loved and admired very much. She graduated from the Luisenschule in Bad Hersfeld in 1963. As a young woman she was the belle of the ball and...
Ione Oakes Gore
Nov 2, 2014
Ione Oakes Gore, 98, of Pensacola, FL and Blytheville, AR, passed away from this life on Sunday, November 2, 2014. Born in Holcomb, MO to H.B. and Rosa Oakes, the family moved to Blytheville in 1919 where Ione lived most of her life. In 1994, she moved to Pensacola to live with her daughter, Donna Sue. Ione was a beautician/cosmetologist...
