Betty Post Welch
May 30, 2009
BETTY POST WELCH Betty Post Welch, 76, passed away on Saturday, May 30, 2009, surrounded by her loving family. She was born on October 31, 1932 in Atlanta, GA and grew up in Panama City. She graduated from Bay High School in 1950 and from the School of Nursing at Macon Hospital in Macon, GA. She met and married the...
Faron L. Coleman
May 28, 2009
FARON L. COLEMAN Faron L. Coleman, 56, of Lynn Haven, passed away Thursday, May 28, 2009 in his home. He was born October 11, 1952 in Roanoke, Virginia. He had been a resident of the Bay County area since 1986 moving here from Ft. Walton Beach. He was a member of St. Andrew Baptist Church and was a past member...
Helen Kuhnhein Kruse
May 25, 2009
Helen Kuhnhein Kruse (Mrs. Foster H. Kruse) Helen Kuhnhein Kruse, of Panama City, FL, passed away Monday, May 25, 2009. Mrs. Kruse was born in Newport, Kentucky. Her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Kuhnhein, moved to Indiana in 1920. She was educated in Indiana, a graduate of Indiana Business College and married Foster Henry Kruse in 1937. The Kruse...
John Thomas Higghins
May 24, 2009
Dr. John Thomas Hugghins John Thomas Hugghins, 79, of Panama City, FL, passed away Sunday, May 24, 2009, at his home in Bay Point, with his wife and four children by his side. Thomas was born on November 8, 1929 in Covington County, AL to Homer Shaver Hugghins and Allie Mae Sullivan Hugghins. After graduating from high school he enlisted...
Maxine D. Hairston
May 24, 2009
MAXINE D. HAIRSTON Maxine D. Hairston, 91, of Panama City Beach, died Sunday, May 24, 2009 in her home. She was born January 15, 1918 in Kansas and had been a resident of Panama City since 1979. She was a member of the Gulfview United Methodist Church and the Ladies Auxiliary of the V.F.W. She was preceded in death by...
Martha Hahn
May 24, 2009
MARTHA HAHN Martha Hahn, 83, of Panama City, formerly of Kansas City, Missouri, passed away Sunday, May 24, 2009 in a local nursing home. She was born May 25, 1925 in Kansas City, Kansas. She was preceded in death by her parents, John and Marjorie Hahn and nephew, Fred Shirley. She is survived by her sister, Pat Greene, of Panama...
Oscar Hoyt Whitehurst
May 23, 2009
Mr. Oscar Hoyt Whitehurst of Panama City, Florida, passed away May 23, 2009. He was born November 13, 1916 in Florala, Alabama, to John and Ginny Turner Whitehurst and moved to the Panama City area in 1939. He was preceded in death by his wife, Floie Cook Whitehurst. Mr. Whitehurst is survived by one daughter, Charla Whitehurst Boggs; a niece,...
William Donald Osborn
May 22, 2009
WILLIAM DONALD OSBORN William Donald Osborn, 80, of Panama City Beach, died Friday, May 22, 2009 in a local hospital. He was born May 3, 1929 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin to John & Jean Osborn. He was a retired Technical Sergeant with the U.S. Air Force. He had been a resident of the area since 1970 and was a member of...
Richard Lee Brillhart
May 21, 2009
Richard L. Brillhart of Bay County died suddenly Thursday, May 21, 2009. He is survived by his wife of 31 years, Billie Brillhart, daughter, Lori Greggo, 3 sons, Guy, Myron and David Barnes, 10 grandchildren, his mother, Aleen Webber, brother, James Brillhart, 2 sisters, Barbara Fowler, Rosemary Van Tassell and numerous nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by...
Michael Louis Evans
May 20, 2009
MICHAEL LOUIS EVANS Michael Louis Evans, 58, of Panama City, Florida, passed away at his home on Wednesday, May 20th, 2009, after a protracted illness. Born in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, on February 23rd, 1951, Mike, as he was known to family and friends, served his country for twenty years in the United States Army. He retired in 1990 as a staff...
Virginia Brewer Casey
May 19, 2009
VIRGINIA BREWER CASEY Virginia Brewer Casey, 72, of Panama City, passed away Tuesday, May 19, 2009 at Community Health Care. She was born February 8, 1937 in Perryville, Missouri. She was a longtime member of the First Baptist Church of Panama City where she taught Sunday School, sang in the choir, and was a member of the Rose Sunday School...
Estelle Adams Nelson
May 17, 2009
ESTELLE ADAMS NELSON Estelle Adams Nelson, 90, of Lynn Haven, passed away Sunday, May 17, 2009. She was born July 17, 1918 in Geneva, Georgia to Clifford Parker & Fannie Mae Adams. She had been a lifelong resident of the Bay County area and was a retired seamstress. She attended Harvest Worship Center. She was preceded in death by her...
Lillian Culbreth Vickers Stafford
May 17, 2009
LILLIAN CULBRETH VICKERS STAFFORD Mrs. Lillian Stafford lost her long battle with COPD on Sunday, May 17, 2009, and went home to be with her Lord. She was born May 10, 1928 in Columbia, Alabama to the late James Thomas and Mamie Lillian Culbreth Vickers. She has lived in Bay County since 1950. She was preceded in death by two...
Leland W. Singleton
May 15, 2009
LELAND W. SINGLETON LTC Leland W. Singleton (Retired) of Panama City, FL passed away Friday, May 15, 2009 at Gulf Coast Hospital at the age of 71, with 36 years of service with the Florida Army National Guard. He was a graduate of Leon High School in Tallahassee, FL, and joined the Florida Army National Guard in 1955. He is...
Christine Thain Sanderson
May 14, 2009
CHRISTINE THAIN SANDERSON Christine Thain Sanderson, of Panama City, passed away Thursday, May 14, 2009. She grew up in a pioneer family in Oklahoma and had been a resident of Panama City since 1950. She was a librarian for the Bay County Public Library. Christine was a member of St. Andrew's Episcopal Church and was the volunteer church librarian for...
Preston Jefferson Taunton
May 14, 2009
PRESTON JEFFERSON TAUNTON Preston Jefferson Taunton, 82, of Southport, Florida, died May 14, 2009 after a brief illness. He was a lifelong resident of Bay County and his family attends First Assembly of God Church in Southport. He was a sharpshooter and he served in the United States Army during World War II, serving during the Asian Theater and the...
Martha Ellen Long Peters
May 14, 2009
MARTHA ELLEN LONG PETERS Martha Ellen Long Peters, 79, of Panama City, passed away, Thursday, May 14, 2009 in a local nursing home. She was born August 3, 1929 in Hartford, Alabama to Fred R. and Gladys Ford Long. She was a 1947 graduate of Bay High School. She was a member of St. Dominic's Catholic Church. She was preceded...
Edith Hedwig Paisley
May 13, 2009
Edith Hedwig Paisley (77) passed away peacefully at Gulf Coast Medical Center on May 13, 2009 with family by her side. Edith was born in Pomerania on January 14, 1932 to the van Just family of Stettin, Germany. She married the love of her life, Richard Lee Paisley in Wiesbaden, Germany in 1955 and came to the United States in...
Jewel Newsome Meredith Geddes
May 11, 2009
JEWEL NEWSOM MEREDITH GEDDES Mrs. Jewel Newsom Meredith Geddes, 100, of Panama City passed away May 11, 2009. She had been a resident of Bay County most of her life. She was a wonderful mother full of kindness; she was caring and will be sorely missed. She was a member of the First Presbyterian Church, the Bay County Retired Teachers...
Julian A. Pierson, Jr.
May 10, 2009
JULIAN A. PIERSON, JR. Julian A. Pierson, Jr. died May 10, 2009 at Bay Medical Center. Born in Atlanta, Georgia, July 13, 1927 he moved to Panama City, Florida in 1989 from Severna Park, Maryland. He attended Emory University and was a graduate of the University of Alabama. He was a member of Delta Tau Delta Fraternity. After serving in...