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Pensacola, FL and surrounding areas
Peggy Jean (Lackey) Kittler
Jan 5, 2024
Peggy Jean (Lackey) Kittler passed away peacefully and went to be with God on January 5, 2024, at the age of 92.
Peggy was born in Boaz, AL on April 10, 1931, the daughter of Luther Martin and Minnie Viola (Jones) Lackey. After graduating from high school, Peggy earned her BA from Jacksonville State Teachers College (now...
Mildred Crisler Jones
Jan 5, 2024
Mildred Crisler Jones, 96, passed from this life on Friday, January 5, 2024.
She was born on June 30, 1927, in Town Creek, AL, to Hurley and Mable Crisler. Her childhood was spent on a farm in Phil Campbell, AL, where she developed values of hard work, loving family support, and service to others. Following her graduation...
Claire Hornsby Windham
Jan 4, 2024
Claire Hornsby Windham, 76, of Gulf Breeze, FL passed away Thursday, January 4, 2024.
Claire was born on March 25, 1947, in Troy, AL and grew up in Coffee County, AL, in the community of New Hope and the town of New Brockton. She attended both Troy State University and Auburn University, but moves for her husband's...
May Lynn Sanders
Jan 4, 2024
May Lynn Sanders, 50, of Pace, FL passed away on January 4, 2024. She was born July 8, 1973, in Olongapo, Philippines.
May enjoyed cooking, shopping with family, and visiting Walt Disney World whenever the opportunity presented itself. Â She really enjoyed spending time with family and going to places her children really liked.
May is...
Peggy Ann Tucker
Jan 4, 2024
With deep sorrow we announce the passing of Peggy Ann (Wayrynen) Tucker on Thursday, January 4, 2024. She was 71. She leaves behind many cherished memories and an exceptional and enduring legacy.
Peggy was born to the late Edna Ardis (Larsen) and Robert Ellis Wayrynen on November 26, 1952, in New Brunswick, NJ. As a child, Peggy...
Richard Quill Griffin
Jan 3, 2024
Richard Quill Griffin, 78, passed away on Wednesday, January 3, 2024.
Richard was born to Ada and Quill Griffin in St. Augustine, FL on December 7, 1945. He rose from humble beginnings to graduate from Riverside Military Academy in Gainesville, GA. He went on to study biology at Florida State University and received his doctorate from the...
Thomas A. Hereford, Jr.
Jan 1, 2024
Thomas Albert Hereford, Jr., 72, passed away quietly and comfortably at home on Monday, January 1, 2024, after a long battle with cancer. He joins his parents, Margaret and Thomas Hereford, Sr., and beloved pups, Cocoa and Toby, in heavenly residence and is survived by fiancée, Deborah Keller; daughter, Maggie Hereford; sister, Carolyn Eike (Mike); nephews, Paul Eike (Valerie)...
Jerry V. Parker
Jan 1, 2024
Jerry V. Parker, 74, of Milton, FL passed away Monday, January 1, 2024.
Jerry was born in Smithdale, MS and graduated from East Jefferson High School in Metairie, LA. He worked for over 33 years in Augusta, GA for Team Industrial. Jerry loved working on cars, welding, and building anything and everything. He was an auxiliary police...
Johnny F. Christenot
Dec 30, 2023
Chief Johnny F. Christenot, USN (ret.), 93, died peacefully at home surrounded by his wife and son on Saturday, December 30, 2023.
John was born during the depression in Grimes, OK after which his family moved to Roswell, NM. His family being sharecroppers, he quit school at 10 to help his family work the farm where he...
Bernice Schmitt Ridgway
Dec 29, 2023
Bernice Schmitt Ridgway, 86, a long-time Pensacola resident, passed peacefully on Friday, December 29, 2023.
Bernice was born in Louisville, KY in 1937 to Vincent Aster Scannell and Thelma (Lehman) Scannell. She was raised by Maria Theresa Lehman and Conrad Arthur Schmitt. Bernice attended St. Mary of the Woods College, and later received her AA at the...
Marlene Bigelow
Dec 28, 2023
Marlene Bigelow, 82, a long-time Pensacola resident, passed peacefully on Thursday, December 28, 2023.
A visitation will be held from 10:00 am until a Memorial Mass begins at 11:00 am Friday January 19, 2024, at The Cathedral of the Sacred Heart, with Bishop Holley as the Celebrant. Committal service to follow at Holy Cross cemetery.
Margarette S. Berrisford
Dec 28, 2023
Margarette S. Berrisford, went home to be with her Lord on Thursday, December 28, 2023, in Pensacola, Florida at the age of 105.
She was born on a farm in Wickliffe, KY on May 22, 1918, to Hess and Mame Stephens. After graduating high school in 1936 as salutatorian, she enrolled at Murray State Teaching College, Murray,...
Lunette Campbell Sacks
Dec 28, 2023
Lunette "Lynn" Campbell Sacks, 88, passed peacefully from this life into the arms of Jesus, Thursday, December 28, 2023.
Lunette was born on July 6, 1935, in Pensacola, FL to Willie Carol Campbell and William Joseph Campbell. She grew up in Seville Historic District near the shore and oyster beds. She attended Catholic school as a young...
Mike Marshall
Dec 27, 2023
Michael Robert "Mike" Marshall, 79, of Miramar Beach, FL passed away Wednesday, December 27, 2023.
Mike was born on January 6, 1944, in Champaign, IL to Evelyn and Byron "Barney" Marshall. He retired his company of 24 years in Breckenridge, CO, and moved to Florida in 2009, enjoying golf year-round.
He is preceded in death...
Jacquelin Swigart
Dec 25, 2023
Early in the morning on Monday, December 25, 2023 (Christmas Day), Jacquelin Swigart, 93, of Pensacola, FL went home to be with the Lord.
She was born in London, KY on September 8, 1930, along with her twin sister, Edwinna. She met the love of her life, Jack, when the family moved to Wooster, OH. After marriage,...
Dean Baird
Dec 24, 2023
Frederick Aldine "Dean" Baird, Jr., 81, of Pensacola, FL, died peacefully on Sunday, December 24, 2023, surrounded by family and friends at his home. Dean fiercely battled pancreatic cancer while celebrating life everyday with those he loved.
Dean was born to the late Frederick Aldine Baird and Rose Lambrelli on December 31, 1941, in Pensacola, FL. Dean...
Cathy Watson
Dec 23, 2023
Mary Catherine " Cathy" Watson, age 70, of Pensacola, passed away peacefully on Saturday, December 23, 2023. Cathy was a true Pensacola native, born in 1953 to the late John A. and Caroline Caro Watson. In addition to her parents, she is preceded in death by her brother, John "Jack" A. Watson.
Cathy...
Joseph Angelo Basso
Dec 23, 2023
Joseph Angelo Basso, 90, of Pensacola, FL passed away Saturday, December 23, 2023.
Mr. Basso was born on May 31, 1933, in New York to Aurelia (Fantuz) and Ettore Basso. As a young man he moved to Ft. Lauderdale, FL and then to Dacusville, SC, and finally to Milton, FL in 2017. He received his GED. Mr....
Betty Jo Woolam
Dec 22, 2023
Betty Jo Woolam passed away on Friday, December 22, 2023. The daughter of the late Loren Holly and Lavergne Rogers, she was born October 14, 1938 in Springville, Tennessee. She was a Registered Nurse, a graduate of Baptist Memorial Hospital School of Nursing, Memphis, Tennessee class of 1959.
She touched the lives of many people through her...
Eloise Walden Eckhouse
Dec 22, 2023
Eloise Walden Eckhouse, 96, passed away after a long illness on Friday, December 22, 2023, in Pensacola, FL. She was born on August 31, 1927, in Daleville, AL to the late Pitt and Ella Walden, the last of eleven children, including her twin sister Louise.
After graduating from high school, Eloise went to...
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