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Pensacola, FL and surrounding areas
Gary Andrew Mattes
Oct 22, 2014
Major Gary Andrew Mattes, Sr., 66, of Pensacola, FL passed away Wednesday, October 22, 2014. Born in Ridley Park, PA, on June 10, 1948, Gary was a 1966 graduate of Springfield High School where he met his wife Kathleen Doherty. They were married on August 23, 1969, and had two children, Kimberly and Gary Jr. After graduating from Widener University,...
James King
Oct 20, 2014
James Leigh King, 82, of Ono Island. Orange Beach, AL, passed away on Monday, October 20, 2014. Mr. King was born in Wilmington, NC to Myrtie Sewell and Perry James King. Mr. King graduated with a B.S. degree from East Carolina University. James served 23 years in the U.S. Air Force, Retiring as a Lt. Colonel. Mr. King was a...
Paula Jean Hendrieth
Oct 17, 2014
Paula Jean Hendrieth, 60, of Pensacola, FL went home to be with her Lord and Savior Friday, October 17, 2014. Paula was born on November 11, 1953 in Pensacola, FL at Our Lady of Angels St. Josephs Clinic. She graduated from Pensacola Catholic High School class of 1972. She attended Florida Agriculture and Mechanical University of Tallahassee and ultimately graduated...
Janet Sowell Harp
Oct 16, 2014
Janet Sowell Harp, 85, of Pensacola, FL passed away on Thursday, October 16, 2014. She was born on December 14, 1928 in Brewton, AL, the daughter of Joseph A. Sowell, Sr. and Ethel Garvin Sowell. Janet met her future husband, Orland Charles Harp, while he was stationed with the US Navy at Whiting Field, and they were married on December...
Robert "Bruce" Vail
Oct 16, 2014
Robert "Bruce" Vail was born on October 10, 1949 in Birmingham, AL. After a long, courageous battle with cancer, he passed away with his family by his side on October 16, 2014. Born and raised in Alabama by his parents, Robert B. Vail (deceased) and Mary D. Vail (surviving), he graduated from Tuscaloosa High School and went on to earn...
Paul "Pj" J. Smith
Oct 15, 2014
Paul J. "P.J." Smith, Jr., 72, of Pensacola passed away Wednesday, October 15, 2014. P.J. was a lifelong resident of Pensacola, FL. He graduated from Pensacola High School class of 1960. Upon graduation he received a baseball scholarship to Pensacola Junior College, within a year he was signed to the Washington Senators. In 1963 he joined the Marine Corp Reserves...
Robert F. Pfeffle
Oct 15, 2014
Robert Frederick Pfeffle of Pensacola, FL died peacefully Wednesday, October 15, 2014 after a lengthy illness. Dr. Pfeffle was born April 5, 1940 in St. Louis, MO, to Dr. Henry C. and Miriam (Stockhus) Pfeffle. He attended St. Louis University High School in Saint Louis and Regis College in Denver, CO before graduating from Saint Louis University School of Dentistry....
Betty Russell Thompson
Oct 15, 2014
Betty Russell Thompson, 86, a resident of Pensacola Beach passed away on Wednesday, October 15, 2014. Betty was born on September 22, 1928 in Westville, FL and graduated from Holmes County High School in Bonifay, FL. She graduated from Sacred Heart School of Nursing in 1948 and started working at Sacred Heart Hospital in 1950. Betty served as the Director...
Mildred Creighton Parker
Oct 10, 2014
Mildred Creighton Parker, 91, of Pensacola, FL passed away on Friday, October 10, 2014. Mildred was born in Pensacola, FL on February 23, 1923 at her family home in Ferry Pass. She attended Ferry Pass Elementary School and Pensacola High School and was a lifelong member of Ferry Pass United Methodist Church. After high school, she began her 30 year...
Patricia Clare Zelius
Oct 10, 2014
Patricia Clare Zelius, 69, of Pensacola, FL died Friday, October 10, 2014. She was born in Pensacola and attended Pensacola High School. She lived on the beach for many years and enjoyed crafting and sharing her sense of humor with her family and friends. She was a loving wife, mother and grandmother. She is preceded in death by her father,...
John L. Marshall, Jr.
Oct 1, 2014
John Marshall, 83, a resident of Cantonment, FL passed away on Wednesday, October 1, 2014. John was born in Atmore, AL. He spent 5 years in the Army, and then went to Auburn University where he graduated with a degree in Electrical Engineering. His education led him to a career at Monsanto where he retired, meanwhile raising a family with...
Alice Day Mclaughlin
Sep 30, 2014
Alice Day McLaughlin, 90, of Pensacola, FL passed away Tuesday, September 30, 2014. Alice was born on April 24, 1924 in Morristown, NJ to Charles Roy and Frances May (Anthony) Day. She was married to Eric Lewis McLaughlin, who preceded her in death on October 2, 2002. She was a Homemaker, and a active member of East Brent Baptist Church,...
Paula B. Browner
Sep 27, 2014
Paula B. Browner, 81, of Pensacola passed away Saturday, September 27, 2014. Mrs. Browner was born in Boston, MA in 1933. Paula moved to Queens, NY after graduating nursing school. Paula retired from Parsons Hospital in New York as Director of Nurses and moved to Pensacola where she has resided for the past 20 years. While in Pensacola, Paula worked...
Barbara Jeanette Wilson Clayton
Sep 27, 2014
Barbara Jeanette Wilson Clayton, 78, passed away on Saturday, September 27, 2014. She was born on August 11, 1936. Barbara was a life-long member of the Church of Christ and dedicated believer of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Her faith and out-going personality led her to minister to others in any way she could. One path of service was through...
Alexandra Ruth Langford
Sep 26, 2014
Alexandra Ruth Langford, 27, of Pensacola, FL passed away on Friday, September 26, 2014. Alexandra was born in Phoenix, AZ on October 12, 1986. She is preceded in death by her Papau and Yaya, Gus and Alexandra Agall. She is survived by her sweet boy, Kristopher; parents, William and Andromache Langford; brother, Bruce Austin Langford; her Nono and Nona, Bill...
Frances Dorchester Harrell
Sep 25, 2014
Frances Dorchester Harrell, 93, died on September 25, 2014, in Pensacola, where she had resided since 1946. Born on March 21, 1921, in Jackson, Mississippi, she grew up in Shreveport, Louisiana. She attended Stephens College in Columbia, Missouri, and was a graduate of Louisiana State University. She married John Daniel Harrell on October 31, 1942, at Ft. Bragg, North Carolina,...
Helen Catherine Davis
Sep 25, 2014
Mrs. Helen Catherine Davis, age 90, of Pensacola passed away peacefully at Arcadia Health and Rehab Thursday, September 25, 2014 surrounded by her family. Helen was born on January 18, 1924 in Shakopee, MN, the tenth of sixteen children to Leo and Lena Siebenaler. Married in her 30s, she and her husband lived in several states in the north and...
Robert "Bob" Edward Davis, Jr.
Sep 24, 2014
Robert "Bob" Edward Davis, Jr., 66, died on September 24, 2014 in Pensacola, FL. He was preceded in death by his parents, Robert E. Davis, Sr. and Norma Rose Davis. He is survived by his loving wife, Jeanette Cardwell Davis and 3 stepchildren; Chris (Stephanie) Lackey, Michael Lackey and Carla Lackey; 4 granddaughters, Destiny, Chaeli, Alyx and Harper. He is...
William Lynn Chandler
Sep 24, 2014
William Lynn Chandler 70, of Pace, FL passed away on Wednesday, September 24, 2014. Mr. Chandler was born on December 4, 1943 in the Old Sacred Heart Hospital in Pensacola, FL. He achieved a BS and MS of Analytical Chemistry from Auburn University and fulfilled the requirements for his Phd from University of Wyoming. He worked as a Professor of...
Lcdr Richard "Dick" Litzinger, Usn Ret.
Sep 23, 2014
Richard "Dick" Litzinger, 85, of Pensacola, FL passed away Tuesday, September 23, 2014 at West Florida Covenant Hospice. Dick was born in Williamsport, PA on July 29, 1929. He is preceded in death by his parents, 4 brothers and 2 sisters. Dick is survived by his wife of 62 years, Shirley; sons, Jeffrey and Paul (Donna); daughter, Jennifer (Shaun); 4...
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