Wanda Jo Sellars
Jun 23, 2023
Wanda Jo Sellars, 82, of Panama City, FL passed away on Friday, June 23, 2023. She was born on September 23, 1940 in Panama City, FL. She was a talented homemaker and worked at Bay Medical Center for eight years after she raised her family. She was preceded in death by her husband, Shelby Gene Sellars; her parents,...
Joseph Steele
Jun 21, 2023
Joseph Steele of Panama City went home to be with his Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ on June 21, 2023 at the age of 81. He was born to Flossie and Joseph Steele Sr on May 10, 1942 in East Stroudsburg, PA. He is survived by his brother Jim Steele, his wife Suzanne of 49 years, four children, and...
Minnie Lucile Sadler
Jun 19, 2023
Minnie Lucile Sadler, lovingly known as Lucile, entered into the Gates of Heaven on Monday evening, June 19, 2023, at the Broken Arrow Nursing Home in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma at the age of 99 years. She was born on April 24, 1924, in Round Lake, Florida. Lucile lived a life full of love, faith, and devotion to her family...
Fred Thomas Rowland
Jun 15, 2023
Fred Thomas Rowland, 90, of Panama City, passed away on Thursday, June 15, 2023. He was born January 6, 1933 in Hayesville, North Carolina. He served in the United States Air Force during the Korean War. He was retired from Civil Service and was a member of the First Baptist Church of Panama City. He was preceded in death...
Willie Calvin Roney Sr.
Jun 12, 2023
Willie Calvin Roney Sr., 83, of Altha, passed away on Monday, June 12, 2023 at his home. He was born December 1, 1939 in Dothan, Alabama. He served in the United States Army during the Vietnam War. He was a retired carpenter. He was preceded in death by his wife, Roxie Armstrong Roney; sister, Jacqueline, two brothers, James, Roy, ...
Eliza Lois Straughn Galloway
Jun 11, 2023
Eliza Lois Straughn Galloway, 93, of Panama City, passed away on Sunday, June 11, 2023. She was born October 1, 1929, in Walton County, Florida. She graduated from Florida State University with a degree in home economics and began teaching school. Her last teaching assignment was at Callaway Elementary School in 1953. Lois has been a resident and part...
Jennie Tolar Davis Coon
Jun 10, 2023
Jennie Tolar (Davis) Coon, 89, of Panama City, passed away on Saturday, June 10, 2023. She was born on June 26, 1933 in Panzy, AL to Henry and Ilean Tolar. She worked in the school dining room and drove a School Bus for Bay County. She was preceded in death by her husbands, Oscar Davis and Benny Coon....
Helen Burton Holder
Jun 7, 2023
Helen Burton Holder, 94, of Panama City, passed away on Wednesday, June 7, 2023. She was born May 23, 1929 in Birmingham, Alabama. She and her husband moved to Panama City in 1971 where they owned and operated the Inn Paradise Motel on Panama City Beach. She was an active member of the St. Andrew Baptist Church. She was...
Janie Finnette Sias
Jun 5, 2023
Janie Finnette Sias
July 3, 1926 – June 5, 2023
A long-time resident of Panama City, Janie was well known for her beauty, inside and out. She was a beloved and devoted wife and mother. Her love and support for her children knew no bounds, and she will be...
Margaret "Peggy" Ann Kelley
Jun 5, 2023
Margaret Ann Kelley (Peggy), 81, passed away on June 5, 2023. Peggy was a loving wife, mother, grandmother and great grandmother. She was born in a turpentine shack on 1510 Hickory ave. in St Andrews, Florida to Arnold and Maggie Bell Peel. She met the love of her life in St. Andrews, Buddy Kelley, in 1957 and they married...
Albert Richard Arteaga
Jun 5, 2023
Albert Richard Arteaga was born July 3, 1939 in Bronx, New York to Henry Arteaga and Victoria Pawlikowski. He grew up to be a large man at 6'5", but had an even bigger heart. He joined the United States Air Force after graduating high school and went on to be an electrician for the armed forces. He served for...
Edward Darrol "Butch" Stedman
Jun 4, 2023
Edward Darrol "Butch" Stedman of Panama City, died Sunday afternoon at his home. He was born on August 11, 1948 in Hammond, Indiana to Darrol Louis Stedman and June Fuller Stedman. Survivors include his wife, Jennifer Stafford Stedman, whom he married October 9, 1976; one daughter, Michelle Baechler, her husband Jeff Baechler. His grandchildren are Christopher, Riley and Devon....
Joey "Coach" Farrill
Jun 4, 2023
Joey "Coach" Farrill, 62, of Panama City, FL, passed away on June 4, 2023, surrounded by family and friends.
The fourth of five children, Joey was born on January 30, 1961, in Perry, FL, to parents James and Zelda (McCall) Farrill. Throughout his childhood, Joey worked to support his family and fulfill his dream of being a...
Angus Dennis Pledger
Jun 2, 2023
Angus Dennis Pledger, 84, of Lynn Haven, passed away on Friday, June 2, 2023. He was born July 1, 1938 in Atlanta, Georgia. He was a retired Baptist pastor and a former deputy with the Bay County Sheriff's Department. He was preceded in death by his parents, Angus & Claudia Pledger; his first wife, Martha Faye Camp Pledger and...
Patricia Brown
Jun 1, 2023
When one needs to see a picture of what a true authentic servant of Jesus looks like, one need not look further than Patricia Brown. Patty passed away on the morning of June 1, 2023, but her life and legacy of servanthood and evangelism will surely be felt for generations to come. Even as she spent what would be...
Michael Arthur Polonius
May 30, 2023
Michael Arthur Polonius, 69, of Panama City, FL passed away on Tuesday, May 30, 2023. He was born on January 24, 1954 in Bloomington, IL. He served in both the United States Air Force and the United States Army National Guard. In 1988, he married the love-of-his-life, Denise Polonius. Together, they spent much of their time traveling to the...
Reba Kelley Mcintosh
May 30, 2023
Reba Kelley McIntosh, 90, passed away on Tuesday, May 30, 2023. Reba was a beloved mother and a doting grandmother and great grandmother. She was born on September 11,1932 in Coffee Springs, Alabama to Beatrice and Henry Kelley. She married her hometown sweetheart, G.H. "Mack" McIntosh, in 1950 and they later settled in Panama City. Reba was lovingly known...
Capt. Daniel Norton Frudaker
May 30, 2023
Capt. Daniel Norton Frudaker made his final voyage on May 30, 2023 following several years of failing health. Norty was born December 10, 1949 in Panama City, grew up in the Cove, attended Central Baptist Church where he was baptized, and was a Bay High graduate. He never met a stranger and always had a funny story to tell....
Cecil Lewis Edwards
May 26, 2023
Cecil Lewis Edwards, 94, of Panama City, passed away on May 26, 2023. He was born in Union Springs, Alabama on November 10, 1928 to Addie Lee and Luther Edwards in Union Springs, Alabama. Cecil moved to Cottonwood, Alabama in 1935 and graduated from Cottonwood High School in 1949. He was in the Navy from 1946-1948 and then in...
James (Jim) Albert Buynak
May 24, 2023
James (Jim) Albert Buynak age 70 of Panama City Beach, FL passed away peacefully in his sleep on Wednesday, May 24, 2023. He was born at Norfolk, VA on January 6, 1953 to John and Olive Buynak.
He was preceded in death by his mother, Olive S. Buynak and brother, John E. Buynak, Jr..
He...