Georgia A. Payne
Jan 11, 2023
Our cherished Georgiana Sanders Payne, 92, of Pensacola, FL, loving wife and mom, died early Wednesday, January 11, 2023. Georgia A. Sanders, as she was known, was born on May 29, 1930, in Denver, CO. The oldest child of Pauline Josephine Peters and George T. Sanders, Georgia was a loving daughter and caretaker to her younger siblings, Sonny, Gary...
Shirley Bell Mertins
Jan 11, 2023
Shirley Bell Mertins was born at home, 1001 N. 16 th Avenue, Pensacola, on October 28, 1928. She was the last of her generation of our family. Her life was like a Hallmark Movie that we call "Shirley, Our Christmas Bell."
The story opens at the Christmas Ball at Pensacola High School in 1944. Shirley was a...
Mildred French Wallace
Jan 10, 2023
Mildred French Wallace 99, died peacefully on January 10, 2023, at Buckingham South in Savannah, GA.
Mildred was born on November 16, 1923, in Jacksonville, FL to Mildred and Theodore French. As a young lady working on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC as a French interpreter, Mildred met and married Lester Hull Wallace. They were married for...
Dr. Roy Wayne Miller
Jan 8, 2023
Dr. Roy Wayne Miller passed away on January 8th, 2023, while living in Fairhope, AL. He was 87 years old. He is preceded in death by his parents, Roy Franklin Miller and Nina Shuping Miller of Salisbury, NC, and sister Frances Ann Miller Keith of Apex, NC.
He is survived by his devoted wife of 65 years,...
Marilyn Lee Netzer
Jan 8, 2023
Marilyn Lee Netzer, 86, of Pensacola, FL passed away Sunday, January 8, 2023.
She was born on February 10, 1936, in Macomb, IL. Marilyn was a loving wife, mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother who will be missed by all. She attended college in California and was a Licensed Practical Nurse. Marilyn loved animals, was an avid birdwatcher, member...
Cameron Fisher Smith
Jan 8, 2023
Cameron Fisher Smith, 88, of Pensacola, FL passed away on Sunday, January 8, 2023.
Cameron was born and raised in Pensacola, daughter of Dr. Luther C. and Genevieve Fisher. She grew up on Bayou Texar participating in many activities like water skiing and sailing. She...
Cheryl R. Bruno
Jan 7, 2023
Cheryl R. Bruno, 65, of Pensacola, FL passed away on Saturday, January 7, 2023.
Cheryl was born on October 7, 1957 to Dorothy and Harold Harden. As a child of a military family, Cheryl grew up in Panama City, FL, the Philippines, Homestead, FL, Chicopee, Massachusetts, Bellevue, Nebraska, Inlet Beach, FL, and the family settled in Pensacola,...
Mary Pinning
Jan 7, 2023
Mary Pinning, age 99, of Gulf Breeze, Florida, passed away on January 7, 2023.
Mary was born in Bristol, Rhode Island to Manuel and Mary (Sousa) Ponte. She married Lt. Cmdr. John Pinning in Newport, Rhode Island in 1945.
Mary grew up with her family on the "Ponte Farm" in Middletown, Rhode Island where her...
Alicia Johanna Petruska Panetta
Jan 5, 2023
Alicia Johanna Petruska Panetta, 87, died Thursday, January 5, 2023, at home in Oxford, MS.
Born in Goshen, NY, Alicia was raised in Pensacola, FL where she enjoyed playing the flute, swimming, and waterskiing on Bayou Texar. Alicia was a 1954 graduate of Pensacola High School. She continued her education at Florida State University where she received...
Neil "Leroy" Francis Mcmillan
Jan 4, 2023
Neil "Leroy" Francis McMillan Jr, 57, born March 9, 1965, passed away at his home on Wednesday, January 4, 2023.
Leroy, as he was known by his family and friends, was an eighth generation Pensacolian and a seventh-generation grandson of one of Pensacola's early founders, Don Manual Gonzalez. He attended AK Suter Elementary and Pensacola High School....
Don Murphree White, Sr.
Jan 3, 2023
Every family may have its unique personalities, but seldom has the universe produced someone as quick-witted, kind and delightfully irreverent as Don White.
Don Murphree White, Sr. was born in Mobile, Alabama, on November 26, 1934. Don was the youngest of Earl and Lillie M. White's six children. He was class president three times, lettered all four...
Jack Calvin Henderson
Jan 2, 2023
Jack Calvin Henderson, 74, of Pensacola, FL passed away peacefully on Monday, January 2, 2023, surrounded by his loving family.
Jack was born in Pensacola, FL on November 5, 1948. He graduated from Escambia High School in 1966 then played baseball at Pensacola Junior College and attended Ole Miss. Jack worked and retired after 25 years of...
Ben C. Paramore
Jan 2, 2023
Ben C. Paramore, 81, of Pensacola, FL passed away Monday, January 2, 2023.
Ben was born on January 5, 1941, in Midland City, AL, where he grew up and graduated from Midland City High School. He retired from Bank of America and NFCU. He was a member of First United Methodist Church, Pensacola, FL. Ben loved meeting...
Dante Kahn
Jan 1, 2023
Harry Dante Kahn, Jr., age 76, died Sunday, January 1, 2023.
Dante, a fifth generation Pensacolian, was born August 29, 1946. He was a graduate of Pensacola High School (class of 1964) and Tulane University, where he met his wife Pat. After his service in the Army, Dante returned to Pensacola to enter the family business, The...
Thomas Patrick Keane, Uscg (Ret.)
Dec 30, 2022
Captain Thomas Patrick Keane, USCG (Ret.), 82, of Gulf Breeze, FL was surrounded by love when he left this earth on Friday, December 30, 2022, after celebrating what would be his last (great) Christmas with his sons and sister. Tom was born in New York, NY. He graduated with a Bachelor of Science, with honors, from the United States...
Peggy A. Peeterse
Dec 27, 2022
Peggy A. Golson Peeterse, 85, of Pace, FL, passed away at her home after a short battle with cancer on Tuesday, December 27, 2022.
She was a devoted wife, mother and grandmother who always put her family first. She enjoyed spending time with her family, traveling and going to the casinos. She was always up for "a...
Phil Rinke
Dec 26, 2022
Phillip Albert Rinke, 85, passed away peacefully at Covenant Care Sacred Heart in Pensacola, FL after a lengthy battle with heart and kidney failure.
Lovingly known as Phil, Dad, and Papaw, he was a most cherished husband, father, stepfather, grandfather, dear friend to many, and devoted follower of Christ. Phil was born on September 25, 1937, in...
Edra Keen Jeter
Dec 24, 2022
Edra Keen Jeter went to Glory to be with her Lord Jesus at Azalea Trace in Pensacola, FL on Christmas Eve, 2022 - just 5 days shy of her 95th birthday. She was lovingly called Gigi by her family and was dearly loved by all who knew her. Edra was born December 29, 1927, in Chattanooga, TN, excelled in...
Lorna Alojado Pacheco
Dec 22, 2022
Lorna Alojado "Mama" Pacheco, 84 of Pensacola, FL died Thursday, December 22, 2022.
Lorna was born on March 27, 1938 in Amlan, Negros Oriental Philippines. She graduated from Silliman University High School in 1955 and received her BSN from Southwestern University in 1960. Upon immigrating to the U.S., she worked many years as a registered nurse, first...
Jackie Gerard
Dec 21, 2022
Jacqueline "Jackie" Marie Guerrette Gerard, 82, of Pensacola, FL passed away Wednesday, December 21, 2022.
Jackie was born on January 2, 1940, in St. Agatha, ME to Evariste and Yvonne Guerrette. Her parents had a farm and were potato farmers and it's still in operation today. Jackie's preferred language was French. She went to school at St....
