CLARA JEANETTE CAROTHERS Clara Jeanette Carothers, longtime resident of Panama City, age 75, unexpectedly passed away Saturday, February 20, 2010 at Gulf Coast Medical Center. She was born August 7, 1934 in Orlando, Florida. She retired from Gayfers Department Store after 20 years of service. She was a member of the Unity Church of Panama City, longtime member of Florida...
Patrick "Pat" Crawford was born in Birmingham, Alabama and attended school there. During the Korean Conflict, he enlisted in the U.S. Air Force and served his country for four years before being Honorably Discharged in 1954. Pat entered into a career of commercial aviation including 25 years of service with Southern Airways/Republic Airlines. After retiring from the airline business he...
Karl Ernst Daut Karl Ernst Daut of Panama City, Florida, died on Wednesday morning, February 17, 2010 at his home after a brave battle with cancer. He was born on March 15, 1930, in Ludwigshafen, Germany and immigrated to the United States in 1959. He has lived in Panama City for the past 30 years. He is survived by his...
GEORGE AULRED GILL George Aulred Gill, 94, of Panama City, passed away Sunday, February 14, 2010. He was born May 21, 1915 in Escatawpa, Mississippi to John and Mary Gill. He was Protestant by faith. He retired from the International Paper Company after 42 years of service. He was a member of the Parker Masonic Lodge #142 and the Order...
JOHN FREDERICK SIMMONS, JR. John Frederick Simmons, Jr., born in Birmingham, AL on March 30, 1936, passed away February 14, 2010 in Panama City, FL. He was the son of the late Fay Cannon and John F. Simmons, Sr. He was predeceased by his son John F. Simmons, III, also. He is survived by his wife of 55 years, Annie...
Gardis Eulene Pippin, 91, of Panama City, passed away Friday, February 12, 2010. She was born June 18, 1918 in Chipley, Florida. She worked in the Cedar Grove Elementary School Cafeteria. She was a founding member of the Cedar Grove Baptist Church, where she taught Sunday School for over 35 years. She was preceded in death by her husband, J.D....
Mrs. Boncile George Byrd, 91 of Panama City died Thursday, February 11, 2010. She was the widow of Charles A. Byrd and the daughter of C. A. and Annie Lou Lee George. Mrs. Byrd was born in Holmes County, Florida and was a long time resident of Panama City. As a child she was a member of Immanuel Baptist Church...
BONITA HALL SPEAR Bonita Hall Spear, 86, of Panama City, Florida went to be with the Lord on Friday, February 5, 2010. She was born in Pleasant Plains, Arkansas on October 15, 1923 to Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Henry Hall. Bonnie grew up in and graduated from high school in Kansas City, Missouri, and moved to Panama City, Florida in...
Charles Otis Kovaleski 1915-2010 Charles Otis Kovaleski passed away on February 5, 2010 in Panama City, Florida. Funeral services for Charles O. Kovaleski will be held at Wilson Funeral Home in Panama City, Florida on Monday, February 8, 2010 at 6:00 p.m. CST. Burial will be held at 12:00 p.m. EST at Roselawn Cemetery in Tallahassee, Florida on Tuesday, February...
JASON SCOTT SCRIBNER Jason Scott Scribner, 31, of Tallahassee, passed away Thursday, February 4, 2010. He was born May 29, 1978 in Panama City. He graduated from Bay High School in 1996 and received his surgical technologist certification from Gulf Coast Community College, and was employed by Tallahassee Memorial Hospital. Jason loved the game of soccer, which over the years...
WILLA MAE RUTHERFORD FORD Willa Mae Rutherford Ford, 98, of Panama City, passed away Monday, February 1, 2010. She was born February 26, 1911 in Geneva, Georgia and had been a resident of Panama City since 1949. She was a member of the First Baptist Church of Panama City. She was preceded in death by her husband, Raymond Harold Ford....
Mattie O'Neal Shipp, 82, of Panama City Beach, Florida formerly of Marietta, Georgia, passed away on January 31, 2010. She was born October 19, 1927 in Dallas County, Alabama. She was a loving wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother. She was a wonderful cook and it was a great joy for her to welcome her family and friends into her home...
Dr. Siegfried Edmund Egon Bollheimer (1929-2010) Dr. Bollheimer died on January 31, 2010 at his home in Panama City Beach, FL with his wife and daughter by his side. Dr. Bollheimer was born in Pforzheim, Germany on July 4, 1929. He was the only child of Prof. Edmund Bollheimer and Helene Bollheimer. Siegfried is survived by his beloved wife, Helga,...
JOHN DEAN LANGFORD (March 31, 1920 - January 30, 2010) John Dean Langford, 89, Panama City Beach, Florida, passed away peacefully at home, Saturday, January 30, 2010, following a struggle with pancreatic cancer. John was born March 31, 1920 in Arcadia, Florida, and moved to a farm in the Limestone community as a young boy with his family. He was...
Eleanor Tobin Lewis (Nee McAulay) of Panama City, Florida and Boylston, Nova Scotia passed away 29 January 2010. She was born in Antigonish, Nova Scotia on January 5, 1929 to the late George and Margaret (Tobin) McAulay. After boarding school, Business College and employment with the Canadian Government and the U S Air Force in Goose Bay, Labrador, Newfoundland, she...
JOHN ANTHONY GIOIELLO John Anthony Gioiello died Thursday, January 28, 2010 at Glencove Nursing Home. He was born August 1, 1928, in Birmingham, AL. He graduated in May of 1945 from Minor High School in Birmingham as Co-Valedictorian. He was drafted in 1950 and after basic training at Fort Jackson, SC was assigned to Fort Bliss, TX. He served during...
Carl DuPuis passed away peacefully in Panama City on January 26, 2010. He was born in Alachua, Florida on June 25, 1913. Carl moved to Miami in 1930, during the depression. He went to work for his uncle, Doctor Gordon DuPuis at the White Belt Dairy. He married June Hose, who was working in Miami at that time. June had...
OTTO STONE SPEER Otto Stone Speer, 95, passed away on January 25, 2010. He was born in the hill country of the Sand Mountain region of Northern Alabama on November 12, 1914. He was a veteran of the United States Air Force, retiring in 1959, and he saw action in both World War II and the Korean Conflict. He and...
FREDDIE HOWARD HAYNES Freddie Howard Haynes, 70, of Lynn Haven passed away Monday, January 25, 2010. He was born March 1, 1939 in Plant City, Florida. He retired from Arizona Chemical in 2001 after 27 years of service. He was a member of Hiland Park Baptist Church, where he was a member of the Cliff West Sunday School Class. He...
John R. Gartner, Sr. July 17, 1928-January 22, 2010 John R. Gartner, Sr. (81) passed away at his home in Panama City, FL, January 22, 2010. Mr. Gartner was born in Mishawaka, IN, son of Ralph and Rose Gartner. He was in the Merchant Marines (now the Coast Guard). He was a retired real estate broker. He was predeceased by...