Ben Grady Smith
Dec 27, 2015
Ben Grady Smith, 84, of Panama City, Florida, passed away December 27, 2015. He was born June 26, 1931 to Wade and Verlie Smith. He was a retired shipping dispatcher for Chevron Oil Company. He was a member of St. Andrews Baptist Church. He was preceded in death by his parents and his brother, Jennings Smith. He is survived by...
Imogene (Jean) Chidester Schaefer
Dec 25, 2015
Imogene (Jean) Chidester Schaefer, of Lynn Haven, passed away December 25, 2015. She had been a resident since 1955 coming from Ohio. Mrs. Schaefer was a retired secretary from Tyndall AFB and Coastal Systems Station. She was a member of the St. Andrews United Methodist Church, Esther Circle, and the Panama City Square and Round Dance Assn. Mrs. Schaefer is...
Arlene Marie Melvin
Dec 25, 2015
Arlene Marie Melvin, 68, of Panama City, passed away December 25, 2015. She was born December 15, 1947 in Boston, Massachusetts to Walter and Ruth Rose Read. Arlene was a graduate of Florida State University. She taught at St. John's Catholic school and later retired from St. Andrews Elementary school. She loved camping, fishing, the New England Patriots, but most...
Shelia Rose Dickey
Dec 21, 2015
Shelia Rose Dickey, 49, of Youngstown, Florida, passed away December 21, 2015 in Georgia. She was born March 16, 1966 to Clifford and Lenora Elizabeth Flannagan. She was a 1984 graduate of Massac County High School. She had been a resident of Bay County since 1988, moving here from Metropolis, Illinois. She was a data analyst working for Sallie Mae...
John Thomas "Tom" Wotring
Dec 20, 2015
Fighter Pilot Retired United States Air Force Colonel Tom Wotring of Panama City, Florida, passed away on 20 December 2015 of complications from Parkinson's Disease. He was 84. Tom was born on July 2, 1931 in Gary, West Virginia, the son of the late Mabel Riley Wotring and Robert William Wotring. Tom is survived by his wife Gypsy, daughter Christy,...
Connie Baack Blake
Dec 19, 2015
Connie Baack Blake, 65, of Panama City, passed away December 19, 2015 in the Covenant Care Center. She was born June 1, 1950 to Harold and Mildred Baack. She was a retired school teacher where she taught at Tommy Smith Elementary. She had been a resident of Panama City since 1983, moving here from Midland, Texas. She was a member...
James "Jim" Luther Locke Sr.
Dec 17, 2015
James Luther Locke Sr., 81, of Panama City Beach, passed away on Thursday December 17, 2015. He was born August 19, 1934 in Bonifay, Florida. He was a Colonel serving in the Florida Army National Guard, retiring after 39 years of service. He was also the Emergency Manager Director for Bradford County, Florida. He was a faithful member of the...
Mildred Andrews Jordan
Dec 17, 2015
Mildred Andrews Jordan, 88, of Panama City, passed away on Thursday, December 17, 2015. She was born November 15, 1927 in Coffee County, Alabama. She was preceded in death by her parents, Samuel & Leoma Baxley Head; husband, James B Andrews; husband, Lowell Mason; husband, Max Jordan; and eight siblings. She is survived by two daughters, Gloria Melton (Donald), Joyce...
Marion Elizabeth Mcelvey Collins
Dec 14, 2015
Marion Elizabeth McElvey Collins, 86, of Panama City Beach, went to be with the Lord on December 14, 2015. Marion was born at home on March 7, 1929 in Kenansville, FL to Sarah Elizabeth and John Marion McElvey. Marion and her little brother, Joe, moved to Bay County in 1939 where their mother and father opened a drugstore in Lynn...
Dewey Elton Mcquagge Jr.
Dec 13, 2015
Dewey Elton McQuagge Jr of Panama City FL, passed away at his home. He was born in Blountstown, FL and lived his entire life in Panama City. He was a retired school principal of the Bay District School System. He served his country as a sergeant in the U.S. Air Force from 1950-1954. He received a BS degree from Florida...
Ramona Gay Mcdaniel
Dec 10, 2015
Ramona Gay McDaniel, 66, of Panama City Beach, passed away December 10, 2015 in her home. Funeral services will be held on Monday at 2 p.m. in the Wilson Funeral Home Chapel. Interment will follow in Evergreen Memorial Gardens. The family will receive friends at the funeral home on Sunday from 4 to 6 p.m.
Charles Edward Arnold
Dec 10, 2015
Charles Edward Arnold age 84, of Carpentersville, IL formerly of Elk Grove Village, IL and Panama City, Florida passed away peacefully on Thursday morning, December 10, 2015 at the Autumn Leaves of Crystal Lake. Charles was born on September 3, 1931 in Texhoma, OK, and was the son of the late Omer Clarence and Rhea( nee Boydstun) Arnold. On August...
Willie Joiner Hall
Dec 10, 2015
Willie Joiner Hall, 97, of Lynn Haven, passed away on Thursday, December 10, 2015. She was born October 8, 1918 in Hartford, Alabama and was raised in Holmes County, Florida. She attended Florida State College for Women (FSU) and later graduated from the University of the Philippines. Willie was a passionate elementary school teacher influencing the lives of countless children...
Gerald Wayne "Bud" Masterson
Dec 9, 2015
Memorial services for Gerald Wayne "Bud" Masterson, 79, of Panama City, who passed away on Wednesday, December 9, 2015, will be held on Sunday at 2 p.m. in the St. Andrew Baptist Church. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations can be made to the Benevolence Center at St. Andrew Baptist Church in memory of Bud Masterson. Wilson Funeral Home is...
Evelyn Richardson Valentine
Dec 9, 2015
Evelyn Richardson Valentine, 86, of Panama City, passed away on Wednesday, December 9, 2015. She was born October 31, 1929 in Round Lake, Florida. She was preceded in death by her parents, Daniel & Ethel Richardson; husband, William E. "Bill" Valentine; and a brother, Houston Richardson. She is survived by 2 sons, Richard Cooley (Renee); Ronnie Cooley (Debbie); 2 stepsons,...
Jonathan Bryant Roberts
Dec 7, 2015
Jonathan Bryant Roberts, 30, of Panama City, passed away on Monday, December 7, 2015. He was born December 22, 1984 in Ft. Pierce, Florida. He worked as a manager for Chick-fil-a. He was a member of St. Andrews Baptist Church. He is survived by his wife, Brianna Roberts; father, Michael Bryant Roberts, mother, Sally Ann Gentili; step-father, David Gentili; father-in-law...
Preston Charles Breen
Dec 6, 2015
Preston Charles Breen, 32, of Lynn Haven, passed away on Sunday, December 6, 2015. He was born March 26, 1983 in Fallon, Nevada and had been a resident here since 2003. He was the owner and operator of Breen's Custom Trim. He was preceded in death by his grandfather, Bill Breen. He is survived by his daughters, Lauren Breen, Candace...
James S. Moore, Jr.
Dec 6, 2015
James S. Moore, Jr, 87, of Panama City, passed away on Sunday, December 6, 2015. He was born in Montgomery, Alabama on March 16, 1928 to James S. Moore, Sr. and Opal E. Moore. He was preceded in death by his parents, son, Thomas Moore, sister, Sherry Buckner, and son-in-law, Richard Moran Jr. He is survived by his loving wife...
Herbert Paul Churchwell
Dec 5, 2015
Herbert Paul Churchwell, 80, of Panama City Beach, passed away on Saturday, December 05, 2015. He was born September 27, 1935 in Izagora, Florida (north of Caryville). He graduated from Bay High School in 1954 and Gulf Coast Community College in 1959. He attended Florida State University in 1964 where he majored in accounting. He was preceded in death by...
Dorothy Lee Snow
Dec 4, 2015
Dorothy Lee Brickerd White Snow, 78, of Panama City, passed away on Friday, December 04, 2015. She was born May 11, 1937 in Hyattsville, Maryland. She was a shipping clerk at Black & Decker for 21 years before retiring to Panama City in 1998 to help care for her father. She was a member of the Central Pentecostal Church. She...