Betty Gunter Olliff
Jun 3, 2020
Betty Gunter Olliff, 93 of Pensacola, FL passed away on Wednesday, June 3, 2020.
Betty was born on April 19, 1927, in Vidalia, GA. Pensacola was her home for the past 66 years. She was a graduate of Valdosta State College for Women. Her joy and life's passion was volunteering at her second home, First United Methodist...
Joe Eddie Bellan
Jun 2, 2020
Joseph Edward Bellan, son, husband, father and friend, passed away on Tuesday, June 2, 2020 at the age of 79, with his loving wife and daughter by his side. Known by Joe Eddie to all his family and friends, he was born on October 13, 1940 and lived in Pensacola, FL his entire life. He graduated from Pensacola Catholic...
Nell Morris Kennedy
May 31, 2020
Nell Morris Kennedy, 92, passed away peacefully on Sunday, May 31, 2020.
Nell was a lifetime resident of Pensacola, born on August 25, 1927, the first child of six to Carey L. Morris and Maud Oma Cravey. She graduated from Pensacola High School and attended Florida State College for Women in Tallahassee. Nell married Thomas Seilles Kennedy,...
Helen Cleaveland Simmons
May 30, 2020
Helen Cleaveland Simmons, 75, passed away Saturday, May 30, 2020.
Helen was born on January 18, 1945 in Pensacola and graduated from Pensacola High School in 1963. She obtained a BS in Elementary Education from Florida State University in 1968, a BS in Accounting from University of West Florida in 1986, and an AA in Art from...
Rocky Wayne Jones
May 27, 2020
Rocky Wayne Jones, 68, of Pensacola, FL went home to be with his Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, Wednesday, May 27, 2020.
Rocky was born in Pensacola, FL to Robert and Myrtice (Johnson) Jones. He and his younger sister, the late Suzanne Jones, were raised in Pensacola. Rocky gave his heart to Jesus at an early age...
Grey R. Jewett, Jr.
May 22, 2020
Lieutenant Commander Grey R. Jewett, Jr., USN (ret.), passed away peacefully at his residence surrounded by family after a brief battle with pancreatic cancer. Grey was a resident of Pensacola, FL since 1968.
He is preceded in death by his parents and namesake, Grey R. Jewett, Sr. and Margaret Jewett; his first wife, Linda Corn; sisters, Ariel...
Neil Graydon
May 21, 2020
William "Neil" Graydon, 94, peacefully passed into the arms of his Savior, Jesus Christ, on Thursday, May 21, 2020, nine days before celebrating his 95th birthday.
He left his beautiful bride of 67 years, Mary; his six children, Cecilia (Joe) Madden, Laurel Hill, Diane (Ron) Cocherell of Birmingham, AL, Neil, Jr. of Apopka, FL, Susan (Rick) Ratcliff...
Ralph Daniel Usry
May 21, 2020
Ralph Daniel Usry, 74, of Pensacola, FL passed away peacefully Thursday, May 21, 2020.
Ralph was born in Charlottesville, VA at the University of Virginia Hospital to Ralph L. Usry and Carolyn Purvis Usry of Shipman, VA. The family lived in Alexandria, VA near Washington, DC until he finished high school. The railroad transferred his father to...
Finley Clarke Holmes, Jr
May 20, 2020
Finley Clarke Holmes, Jr., died unexpectedly after a brief illness on Wednesday, May 20, 2020.
Born January 12, 1969, in Memphis, TN, Finley was a graduate of Gulf Breeze High School and Hampden-Sydney College in Virginia and spent a semester abroad at the University of London. He did postgraduate work at the University of West Florida and...
Bill Turner, Jr.
May 19, 2020
William "Bill" Richard Turner, Jr. died unexpectedly on Tuesday, May 19, 2020.
Born May 29, 1938, in Pensacola, Bill was a graduate of The University of the South, in Sewanee, TN. After retirement from banking, in 1988, Bill embraced his love of antiques and history by opening Turner Antiques Gallery which he faithfully operated until his death....
The Captain David W. Tinker
May 19, 2020
David W. Tinker "The Captain", 78, of Pensacola, FL passed away Tuesday, May 19, 2020.
He was born in Evanston, Illinois on August 28, 1941. He attended Arthur Hill High School, Saginaw Michigan, and Western Michigan University class of 1965.
David was the owner and founder of 9 th Avenue Automotive. He enjoyed fishing, hunting,...
Frances Steele
May 18, 2020
Frances Steele, 95, of Pensacola, FL. died May 18, 2020. She was born in Bolivar, TN on June 23, 1924. University of Tennessee at Knoxville was her alma mater where she received degrees in Home Economics and Education. During her life, she used both degrees. Frances was an excellent cook, seamstress, and homemaker who raised three children. She also...
Leonard Ray Montgomery
May 18, 2020
Leonard Ray Montgomery passed away on May 18, 2020. He was born on July 3, 1936 in Apalachicola, FL to John Walter (JW) and Myrtle Lillian (DePorter) Montgomery.
His father was the last Coast Guard Keeper of the St. George Island Light. Leonard lived at the lighthouse from 2 years of age until he was 6 years...
Judy Santure-Waldo
May 18, 2020
Judith Ann Santure, more commonly known as Judy Santure-Waldo passed away at home midday on Monday, May 18, 2020. She succumbed after a year-long battle with liver cancer.
Judy was born in Merced, CA and raised in multiple cities (Air Force family). She obtained a Bachelor's Degree from the University of Florida, an Associate's Degree in Nursing...
Patricia Ann Pratt
May 15, 2020
Patricia Ann Pratt, 82, passed away Friday, May 15, 2020.
She was born on February 16, 1938 in Leavenworth, KS to Webster and Florence Cooper Daniel. Pat graduated from Leavenworth High School class of 1956. She married her high school sweetheart Donald E. Pratt on November 27, 1956. Hobbies she enjoyed were golf, Civitans, and watching NASCAR...
Marjorie Thompson Pagan
May 14, 2020
Marjorie Thompson Pagan, owner of Lou's Marine in Gulf Breeze, FL, 94, died Thursday, May 14, 2020.
Mrs. Pagan was born in Tampa, FL and spent her childhood in the Tampa/St. Petersburg area. She moved to Pensacola in 1972 with her husband, Lou, and son, Gary. She was co-founder of Lou's Marine which opened in Gulf Breeze...
Ginger Gash
May 14, 2020
Virginia "Ginger" Francis Miller Gash, 86, formerly of Lexington, KY, departed this life on Thursday, May 14, 2020, in Pensacola, FL.
Ginger, affectionately known by her friends and family, was a generous, devoted, loving wife, mother and homemaker. She was born January 10, 1934 in Mt. Sterling, KY and the only child of Hoy H. Miller and...
Claire Stevenson Lergenmiller
May 12, 2020
Claire Stevenson Lergenmiller, 85, of Pensacola, FL passed away Tuesday, May 12, 2020.
She was born on May 13, 1934, in Greenwich, CT. She was the daughter of Samuel B. Stevenson and Anne Elizabeth Gourley Stevenson of Old Greenwich, CT. Claire grew up in Old Greenwich and attended high school at the Mary A. Burnham School in...
Joe Cascone
May 12, 2020
Joseph Franklin Cascone, 92, died peacefully at home on Tuesday, May 12, 2020.
Joe was born in Pensacola FL to Captain Paul Cascone and Lavinia Gesilda Montebella Cascone on August 8, 1927.
Joe proudly served in the US Navy and was honorably discharged with the ending of WWII in 1945.
A lifetime native...
Bromley Clegg Dyson
May 12, 2020
"Service Above Self" is the official motto of Rotary International. This motto is embodied by its 1.2 million members throughout the world. The motto essentially means, "We are greater when we look beyond ourselves and do for others." No one more exemplified the spirit of this motto than Bromley Dyson.
Bromley Clegg Dyson was born in Fairhope,...
