Ralph “Sonny” L. Roberds
May 28, 2014
Ralph L. "Sonny" Roberds passed away peacefully on May 28, 2014, with his wife and best friend Betty at his side. He was born and raised in Pensacola, graduated from PHS, and attended Auburn University. He grew up in a loving home filled with faith, family and friends. He loved everything to do with the water and was an avid...
Msgt Clyde E. Johnson, Usaf (Ret)
May 26, 2014
MSGT Clyde E. Johnson, USAF (ret), 85, was born in Crossroads, AL, and died Monday, May 26, 2014 in Pensacola, FL. He attended Baldwin County High School and Troy State Teacher's College where he met his future wife, Barbara. He served in the U.S. Army and U.S. Air Force where his military career took him to many domestic and international...
Mary Lecil Pannell Garrett
May 26, 2014
Mary Lecil Pannell Garrett of Pensacola passed away peacefully at home on May 26, 2014. Born on September 20, 1919 in Sylacauga, AL to the late Arthur Franklin and Elma (Jones) Pannell, she is predeceased by her loving husband, Otis Philip Garrett and two brothers, Robert Pannell and Ralph Pannell. Lecil centered her home and life around God, family and...
Jan Agnes Kawerk Kleinman
May 25, 2014
Jan Agnes Kawerk Kleinman, a beautiful and intelligent woman with an angelic radiance, died on May 25, 2014. Her beloved husband and soul mate, Robert M. Kleinman, preceded her in death in 2011. Jan lived with a joyful exuberance that was contagious for anyone who fortunate enough to be in her life. She was born on August 3, 1925 to...
Beverly "Bj" Chancy
May 23, 2014
Beverly Chancy, 68, of Pensacola lost her battle with cancer on Friday, May 23, 2014. She was born to Harry and Rosetta Trice Yarbrough in Alabama in the summer of 1945. She is preceded in death by her only sibling, Lucretia Gay of Birmingham, AL. BJ was married in 1964 to Richard Herbert Landgraf of Montgomery, AL and has two...
Hazel Newsom Brunson
May 23, 2014
Hazel Newsom Brunson, 92, passed away May 23, 2014 at Lakeville Community Hospital in Niles, MI. She was born on February 1, 1922 in Geneva County, AL to Domingus & TheoDosia (Hinson) Newsom. On April 4, 1942 in she married Robert Brunson; he preceded her in death on May 25, 1989 in Pensacola, FL. After WWII, Hazel and Robert moved...
Margaret Gamble Cockman
May 22, 2014
Margaret Gamble Cockman, 91, took her beautiful smile to heaven on Thursday where she met her Maker and was reunited with her recently deceased husband of 70 years. She leaves behind family and friends who dearly miss her, but they have wonderful memories and the faith that they will see that smile again. Margaret is survived by her two daughters,...
John Paden "Bucky" May
May 22, 2014
John Paden "Bucky" May, 71, of Pensacola passed away May 22, 2014. He was born in Bessemer, AL on April 5, 1943, to the late Doris and John May. He graduated from Escambia High School. John was honorably discharged from the United States Navy after four years active duty service 1966. He later joined the Air Force Reserves where he...
Thomas Carroll Benson
May 21, 2014
Thomas Carroll (T.C.) Benson, age 79, a resident of Pensacola, FL passed away on Wednesday, May 21, 2014 at Bayside Manor in Pensacola. He was born on September 6, 1934 in Summerdale, AL to Irl and Elzetta Benson. Tom lived in Pensacola for over 70 years. His only other residence was in Punta Gorda, Belize where he owned a bed...
Gwendolyn Short Waters
May 18, 2014
Gwendolyn "Ben" Short Waters, 97, of Pensacola, FL passed away Sunday, May 18, 2014. Gwendolyn Waters, better known as Ben, lived a full and loving life, as daughter, wife, mother, aunt, and grandmother. Ben was born in Florala, AL on February 19, 1917 to Elvin and Maude Davis Short. She was a faithful member of First Baptist Church, and the...
Ruth Burton Campbell
May 18, 2014
Ruth Burton Campbell, age 93, of Pensacola died peacefully Sunday, May 18, 2014. Mrs. Campbell was born November 25, 1920 in Flemington, WV to Bonnie Lucille (Batson) and Frank Howard Burton. Her lifelong love of music was inspired by her father, a coal miner who enjoyed playing the violin. Mrs. Campbell earned a business degree after high school and moved...
Marie B. “Bobbie” Parks
May 16, 2014
Marie B. "Bobbie" Parks, 90, passed away Friday, May 16, 2014. Mrs. Parks was a native and lifelong resident of Pensacola. She was born on July 3, 1923 to Mary Earnestine (Marchetti) and Charles Edward Briggs. She retired in 1985 with 30 years of service at Monsanto. Mrs. Parks was a member of the Cathedral of the Sacred Heart. Her...
Cody Martin Cobia
May 16, 2014
Cody Martin Cobia, 24, of Gulf Breeze, FL was born on August 8, 1989 and passed away on Friday, May 16, 2014. He attended Gulf Breeze Elementary and Middle schools and graduated from Gulf Breeze High School. Cody was a Sales Associate at Innerlight Surf Shop, a St. Ann Catholic Church parishioner and a member of the Knights of Columbus....
Dorrell Aloysius Taylor
May 14, 2014
Dorrell Aloysius Taylor was born on May 10, 1929 in Above Rocks, St. Catherine, Jamaica, West Indies. He was the third eldest of nine siblings born to the union of John and Doris Taylor. While living in Kingston, Jamaica, he met his future wife, Gloria Dorothy Dawkins and on March 26, 1955 they were married in Birmingham, England. Of that...
Marylon R. “Mona” Costello Blankenship
May 14, 2014
Marylon R. "Mona" Costello Blankenship, 77, of Pace, FL and formerly of Ashdown, AR passed away on Wednesday, May 14, 2014. Mona was born on October 11, 1936 in Anoke, IN. She was a homemaker and mother of seven children. She liked to study the Bible and do needlework. Mona loved to play games and take care of her family...
Kelli Anne Goodrich
May 13, 2014
Kelli Anne Goodrich (Victoria Kelle), 43, of Pensacola passed away Tuesday, May 13, 2014. Born on July 30, 1970 in RAF Lakenheath, UK. She was loved my many, more than she probably knew, Toi had a intense passion for whatever she was involved in that could be matched by none. Whether it was her art, the information battlefield (9/11 was...
Annie Beatrice (Fell) Wilson
May 9, 2014
Annie Beatrice (Fell) Wilson, 93, of Pensacola passed away Friday, May 9, 2014. Mrs. Wilson was born in Savannah, GA on September 17, 1920 to Winnie and John Fell. The family moved to Pensacola when she was 9 years old, where she spent most of her life except for the 16 years she was a Navy wife and lived in...
Mary E. Nelson
May 9, 2014
Mary was born July 2, 1939 in Boulder, CO into a military family. Her father was an attorney in the Army during WWII. Because of this, Mary lived in several locations including Helena, MT, Reno, NV, Terre Haute, IN and Austria. The family finally settled in St. Petersburg, FL and this is where she spent most of her school years....
Shirley Steele Paddock
May 8, 2014
Shirley Steele Paddock, a courageously independent woman with a lively wit, determination, competitive spirit, and boundless love for family, died peacefully at her Pensacola home on May 8, 2014. Her beloved husband, RADM, USN (Ret.) Richard A. Paddock preceded her in death in 1997, a few months before their 50th wedding anniversary. She lived always with her own special verve...
Doris M. Vasil
May 8, 2014
Doris M. Vasil passed away Thursday, May 8, 2014. Doris recently celebrated her 94th birthday. She was the youngest of the eight children of Charles Wesley Estes and Mary Annis Smith Estes. All preceding her in death. Doris was born in Villa Grove, Illinois, but moved to Gary, Indiana as a small child. She met her future husband, Raymond Paul...
