Margaretta E. Merrill
Sep 23, 2013
Margaretta Merrill, 97, of Pensacola, FL passed away Monday, September 23, 2013. She was a member of more than 70 years of First United Methodist Church and the Wesley Fellowship Class. She was currently the oldest living member of the church, where she played the piano and worked in many areas. As a young woman, Margaretta studied music in college...
George Leroy Poythress, Jr.
Sep 22, 2013
George Leroy Poythress Jr., 73, of Pensacola, FL, passed away peacefully on September 22, 2013 surrounded by family and loving friends to be with God. George is known to family and friends as "Buck" or "Bucky". He was born in Roanoke, VA on July 14, 1940. He was a member of the graduating class of 1958 Graham High School, Bluefield,...
Lillian Brocket Wilson
Sep 17, 2013
Lillian Brocket Wilson, 93, of Pensacola passed away on Tuesday, September 17, 2013. She was a native of Pensacola and was born on January 2, 1920. Lillian was a Life Member of Christ Episcopal Church, which was a real important part of her life. She had a strong interest in genealogy and finding details and history of her family. She...
Lucile Carson Colley
Sep 15, 2013
Lucile Carson Colley, 96, of Pensacola, FL passed away Sunday, September 15, 2013. Mrs. Colley was born September 23, 1916 in Century, FL. Although she had only a few years of formal education she had a great deal of common sense and intuition. She always knew how to handle a difficult situation. Mrs. Colley never gave up hope no matter...
Claud Howard Owens
Sep 13, 2013
Claud Howard Owens, age 82, of Pensacola, FL died at 12:00 noon, September 13, 2013 at the Joyce Goldenberg Hospice Inpatient Residence of Covenant Hospice after a struggle with several medical conditions, including Leukemia. Howard was the only child of Katherine Williams Owens and Claude Howard Owens. Born on January 9, 1931, he claimed Evergreen, Alabama as his hometown, and...
Jane Elizabeth Cushing Baker
Sep 9, 2013
Jane Elizabeth Cushing Baker, 64, of Pensacola passed away Monday, September 9, 2013. Jane was born in Pensacola, FL on September 4, 1949 to Dorothy (Holland) and John Norman "Pete" Cushing. She graduated from Pensacola High School, PJC and UFC. She was a loving daughter, sister, mother, grandmother and friend. Jane was preceded in death by her father, Pete Cushing....
Ben L. Davis, Jr.
Sep 9, 2013
On Monday, September 9, 2013, Ben L. Davis, Jr. peacefully made his transition to Heaven surrounded by his beloved family. Mr. Davis, a native of Pensacola, was born on August 29, 1921. As a young man Ben joined the Army to serve his country in WWII and was honorably discharged in 1946. He attended Pensacola Junior College before beginning a...
David Shelander
Sep 3, 2013
Our brightest musical star has moved on to celestial planes. David Shelander was born January 5, 1954 to Jean Martin Shelander and Charles W. Shelander in Gainesville, Texas. David died suddenly September 3, 2013 in Pensacola, Florida. David is survived by his mother, Jean (Martin) Brinkley and predeceased by father Charles W. Shelander and step-father, author, William Brinkley. David was...
William Alfred "Al" Swann, Jr.
Sep 3, 2013
William Alfred "Al" Swann, Jr., 86, a resident of Pensacola, died September 3, 2013 in Pensacola. Al was a loving husband and father who touched the lives of many, many people. Al was born August 19, 1927 in Tampa, FL. Al served in the Judge Advocate General's corps in the Army during the Korean War era. He received his Juris...
Janet Zambuto
Sep 2, 2013
Janet Wenona Reid Zambuto, 77, of Pensacola passed away Monday, September 2, 2013. A native of Washington D.C., Janet was a federal employee for 36 years, starting in the Congressional Secretary pool for Freshman Senator John F. Kennedy and finishing her career with the US Army at Fort Bliss, TX. As a member of the Belles and Beaux volunteer Sr....
Jean Barrineau Jacobi
Sep 1, 2013
Jean Barrineau Jacobi 1930-2013 Jean Barrineau Jacobi, 83, a resident of Azalea Trace Life Care Community, died Sunday, September 1, 2013. Norma Jean Barrineau, born March 23, 1930, grew up in Barrineau Park, a farming community founded by her grandfather in Escambia County, FL. She graduated from Tate High School and then Florida State University. She began her teaching career...
Jonnie Booker Simonetti
Aug 30, 2013
Jonnie Booker Simonetti, 93, a resident of Pensacola passed away on Friday, August 30, 2013. Born on October 8, 1919 in Carrollton, MS, Mrs. Simonetti was a Homemaker and of the Catholic Faith. She enjoyed living in many places throughout the US, traveling with her husband to new job assignments. She had a great love of animals and spoiled many...
Nellie Doris Hughes
Aug 27, 2013
Nellie Doris Hughes, 84, of Pensacola, FL passed away on Tuesday, August 27, 2013. Mrs. Hughes was born in Century, FL on June 23, 1929 and was a lifelong resident of this area. She was a member of Burgess Road Baptist Church and loved fishing, gardening, dining out and eating catfish, but most of all she loved family get-togethers. Doris...
William G. Horney, Jr.
Aug 22, 2013
William G. Horney, Jr., 91, of Pensacola, FL passed away Thursday, August 22, 2013. Mr. Horney was born on September 12, 1921 in Philadelphia, PA to William and Marion Glass Horney. Bill, as he was called by family and friends, grew up in small towns in New Jersey. He graduated from high school in Vineland and then attended college at...
Donald A. Miller
Aug 20, 2013
Donald A. Miller, 71, of Pensacola, FL passed away suddenly on Tuesday, August 20, 2013. A veteran of the USAF, graduate from St. Mary's University in San Antonio and with a Master's degree from the University of Arizona, Don was a long-time professor of English at Pensacola State College. He was preceded in death by his beloved wife, Michelle; his...
Asher Gabree Chmiel
Aug 18, 2013
Asher Gabree Chmiel, 12, of Pensacola, FL passed away Sunday, August 18, 2013. Asher started his life in Henderson, Nevada, on May 25, 2001. His birthday was planned because he was getting too big for his efficiency apartment (my belly) and it was time for him to move out. We picked the 25th because it fit perfectly between Andrew's (the...
Randall Ovila Comeau
Aug 18, 2013
Randall Ovila Comeau, 78, of Cantonment, FL died on Sunday, August 18, 2013 at Covenant Hospice at West Florida Hospital. He is survived by his five children, Jeffrey Comeau and his wife Denise, Christopher Comeau, Lynn Ann Covell and her husband David, Brent Comeau and his wife Elizabeth, and Rebecca Sherrouse and her husband Nicholas. He has eight grandchildren: Sydney...
Claire French Wall Seith
Aug 16, 2013
Claire French Wall Seith, age 90, passed away in the Hospice wing of West Florida Hospital on Friday, August 16, 2013. Claire was the third child of Mr. and Mrs. Grover Roscoe French of Samson, AL where she was born on October 25, 1922. Her early years were spent in Samson. After earning a Bachelor's Degree from Huntingdon College, Claire...
Howard Egbert Herring, Jr. M.D.
Aug 16, 2013
Howard Egbert Herring, Jr., M.D., 87, of Pensacola, FL since 1953 passed away Friday, August 16, 2013. Dr. Herring was born on September 16, 1925 in Wilson, NC, the first of two sons born of Mary Elizabeth Cunningham Herring and Howard Egbert Herring. He attended public schools and Trinity College of Duke University for Pre Med. Recognizing the calling to...
Frances Nunnally Griffin
Aug 15, 2013
Frances Nunnally Griffin, 95, longtime resident of Pensacola, FL passed away Thursday, August 15, 2013 in Meridian, MS. Mrs. Griffin was born in Strong, AR and resided in Meridian, MS. She was a member of Trinity Presbyterian Church and a past member of McIlwain Presbyterian Church. She proudly served her country during WWII in the US Army Air Corp. She...
