Obituaries

Apr 17, 2022

Evelyn Irene Veronica Morrissey Bloomer was born in the lower part of Manhattan on July 9, 1923. Her first-generation immigrant parents were an unusual mix of religion and ethnicity: her father was an Irish New York City police officer, and her mother was Swedish and Finnish.

The family moved to the Bronx when Evelyn was around 2...

Apr 16, 2022

Clarence C. Elebash, age 96, retired Air Force colonel and UWF professor emeritus, died on Saturday, April 16, 2022. He was born in Pensacola, the son of Ann Agee Elebash and Eugene Perrin Elebash, Sr. He attended local schools and graduated from Pensacola High School in 1943.

He graduated from the U.S. Military Academy in 1948 and...

Apr 15, 2022

Barbara Phillips Hooper, age 80, of Pensacola, FL, loving wife, mother and grandmother, passed away on Friday, April 15, 2022 after battling a long illness with multiple myeloma.

Barbara was born in Cabarrus County, NC, on March 6, 1942 to the late Minnie Lenora (Bundy) and Newton A. Phillips. She graduated in 1960 from Cobarrus Memorial School...

Apr 14, 2022

Karl Winston Boyles, Jr., 78, of Pensacola, Florida, died on April 14, 2022.

Born in 1943 in Birmingham, Alabama, Karl graduated from Shades Valley High School in 1961 as both a Merit Scholarship Finalist and a Varsity Basketball player. He attended the Univer­sity of Virginia as a DuPont Scholar, graduating with a BA in Economics from the...

Apr 11, 2022

Curtis C. Cooper Jr. went to Heaven on Monday, April 11, 2022. He was born July 31, 1944 to Curtis and Ann Cooper.

He worked at International Paper as a planner for over forty years. Curtis excelled at and loved his job. He made many friends and was afforded some wonderful travel opportunities while there.

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Apr 10, 2022

Linda Kay Moyers Roberts, 74, of Lillian, Alabama passed away April 10, 2022.

Linda Kay Moyers Roberts graduated from Tanner High School in Tanner, Alabama where she met the love of her life, Montie Roberts, Sr.  Immediately after high school, the two married and moved to Pensacola, Florida in 1966. This June, they would have celebrated their...

Apr 7, 2022

Marjorie Ann Clark Higgins, 82, passed away peacefully on Thursday, April 7, 2022, in Winter Springs, FL.

Marjorie was born on July 24, 1939, in Providence, RI to William Ernest and Genevieve Landry Clark. A Pensacola resident and member of Saint Paul Catholic Church since 1972, she was a secretary in the Guidance Department at Catholic High...

Apr 7, 2022

Elizabeth A. "Betty" Del Gallo White, 90, of Pensacola, FL passed away peacefully and surrounded by her loved ones on Thursday, April 7, 2022.

Mrs. White was born in Trenton, NJ on March 7, 1932, to Tony and Mary Del Gallo.

She was a registered nurse prior to beginning the journey of motherhood, raising 6...

Apr 6, 2022

David Ralph Bird, III, 61, of Pace, FL died after a courageous battle with cancer on Wednesday, April 6, 2022. David was born on January 27, 1961, in Norfolk, VA to Ann (Miller) and David Ralph Bird, Jr. In 1979, David graduated from Pensacola Catholic High School where he was on the basketball and golf teams and in the...

Apr 3, 2022

Mary "Joan" Gardner, lovingly known as "Belvie" by her family, went to Heaven on Sunday, April 3, 2022. It was a beautiful Sunday afternoon and she was surrounded by loved ones.

Joan was born on Good Friday, April 23, 1943 in Pensacola, FL. She was the youngest daughter of parents, John Emery and Elizabeth Getzendaner Haygood. She...

Apr 3, 2022

John Greel Ralls, Sr., 91, son of Ed and Bessie Ralls, was born in Brooklyn, AL on August 13, 1930. He passed away on Sunday, April 3, 2022, at The Blake in Pensacola, FL.

John was the youngest of six children and is preceded by his siblings, Mary Ellen Knowles, Edward Ralls, Loree Hamiter, Mutt Ralls and...

Mar 31, 2022

Ms. Marie Louise Adkins, "Marysa," age 81 of Gulf Breeze, FL passed away on Thursday, March 31, 2022.

Marysa is preceded in death by her husband, Jimmy Vaughn Adkins.

She is survived by son, Steve Adkins (Kelli) of Hanover, MD; daughter, Tara Gambill (Mike) of Pensacola Beach, FL; grandchildren: Tyler and Connor Adkins and her...

Mar 29, 2022

Laura Jean Norwood, age 77, went home to be with the Lord on Tuesday, March 29, 2022.

Laura was born to the late Robert and Addie Lee Morris in Pensacola, FL on September 19, 1944. Laura was a lifelong resident of Pensacola, spending many years raising a family before beginning a career in retail. She dedicated over...

Mar 28, 2022

Matthew Thomas Adkins, a lifelong resident of Pensacola, FL, was born October 5, 1976, and died on Monday, March 28, 2022.

Matt was a graduate of Woodham High School, and attended Troy State University in Pensacola. He was a licensed real estate agent, worked for the Escambia County Property Appraiser, and later as a moving consultant for...

Mar 27, 2022

Beverly Kimmons Schuster, 61 of Pensacola, FL passed away Sunday, March 27, 2022.

Beverly was born in Atmore, AL on October 23, 1960, to Talbert and Nila (Beck) Kimmons. She finished at Ernest Ward High School at 16 and went on to Faulkner College. She kept up her work in the medical field at Ascension Sacred Heart...

Mar 27, 2022

Patricia K. Olney, 69, of Merritt Island, FL., passed away on Sunday, March 27, 2022.

The stars fell on Alabama the night Patricia Kathleen was born, September 17, 1952, on Maxwell Air Force Base (Montgomery, AL), to Patricia and Richard Olney.

Trisha had a joyful childhood with her...

Mar 25, 2022

Stephen Charles Trawick, 78, of Pensacola, FL, passed away peacefully, surrounded by his family, on Friday, March 25, 2022.

Steve was born in Pensacola on May 27, 1943, to Nellie Staples and Ralph Trawick. He grew up in East Hill and attended Pensacola High School ('61) where he excelled in athletics and academics and made lifelong friendships....

Mar 25, 2022

Theresa Claudette Nickerson Donnelly, 82 passed away in Birmingham, AL on Friday, March 25, 2022.

Theresa was born in Belfast, ME on November 22, 1939, to Paul and Ruth (Morgan) Nickerson. The family lived in Portsmouth, NH prior to moving to Pensacola in 1949.

Theresa graduated from Pensacola High School in 1957 and attended Pensacola...

Mar 25, 2022

Vernon Noel Hopkins, Sr., 87, of Pensacola, FL peacefully passed away on Friday, March 25, 2022.

He was born in Pensacola to Elbert Wesley Hopkins and Idell Dixon. Growing up in Pensacola, he graduated from Pensacola High School then from the Auburn University, where he was a member of the Kappa Alpha Order. He attended U of...

Mar 25, 2022

Christopher Wade Briggs, 50, passed away unexpectedly from cardiac arrest on Friday, March 25, 2022, in his hometown of Pensacola, FL.

Chris was born on February 22, 1972, in Oxnard, CA. He graduated from Booker T. Washington High School and continued his studies at Pensacola State College and University of West Florida. As a young man, Chris...