Apr 28, 2023

Lotice Marie Lovvorn Benefield Jones of Niceville, Florida, formerly of Jacksonville, Alabama, passed away quietly, on April 28, 2023, at The Manor at Blue Water Bay, Niceville, Florida surrounded by her children. She was 24 days short of her 93 rd birthday. Lotice, a daughter of Shellie McDuffie Lovvorn and Mary Ella Hinton, was born on...

Apr 26, 2023

Rebecca Lynn Adkison, 56, of Lynn Haven, passed away on Wednesday, April 26, 2023. She was born July 18, 1966 in Lafayette, Indiana. She worked as a restaurant prep manager. She was preceded in death by her father & stepmother, Bobbie & Edna Sue Dudley. She had a larger than life personality with a heart of gold and...

Apr 20, 2023

Curtis Wayne Goodwin, 71, of Clarksville, Florida passed away April 20, 2023, in his home. He was born February 29, 1952, to Perry and Nellie Goodwin. He was a mechanic and heavy equipment operator. He is survived by his wife, Leisha Ann Goodwin; three children, Curtis Wayne Goodwin Jr., Rachel Anderson and Tim Wade; two step-children, Robert Hice...

Apr 20, 2023

Janice (Jan) Norton passed away peacefully on April 20th, 2023, at 77 years old. During her last days, she was surrounded by family and best friends.

Janice was born August 20th, 1945, to parents George Coy and Tida Rollins. She lived a full life as a loving and dedicated wife, mother, and grandmother. She is survived by...

Apr 16, 2023

Betty Joyce Darling Murfee. 96, of Panama City, FL passed away on Sunday, April 16, 2023. She was born on November 9, 1926 in Decatur, Illinois to Elizabeth May Dowers and Otis Albert Darling. She was preceded in death by her husband, Alfred Buell Murfee; her parents; the father who raised her, Dwight Russell Flenner; one brother, William O....

Apr 13, 2023

Chad Lelon Vickery, 41, passed away on Thursday, April 13th, 2023. Chad was a lifelong resident of Bay County and was proud to be a descendant of one of Bay County's first families.

Although Chad was born with Spina Bifida, he didn't let that slow him down. He enjoyed the freedom and independence his wheelchair, ATV, and...

Apr 10, 2023

Neal Aldrich Logue, 30, of Panama City, FL passed away on Monday, April 10, 2023. Funeral services will be held on Friday, April 14, 2023 at 11 am in the Wilson Funeral Home Chapel. Interment will follow in the Forest Lawn Cemetery. The family will receive friends at the funeral home on Friday, from 9-11 am prior to the...

Apr 6, 2023

Daphne Wilson Clark,79, of Panama City Beach, FL passed away on Thursday, April 6, 2023. She was born on January 1, 1944 in Gravesend, England to Ralph E. Wilson and Gwynneth Thirza Reader. She was a graduate from Bay High School and Magna Cum Laude at Salem College in Winston Salem, NC. She was a member of St. Andrew...

Apr 2, 2023

Kenneth "Ken" Robert Downs, 75, of Panama City, FL passed away peacefully on Sunday, April  2, 2023, at VITAS Inpatient Hospice Care due to complications of Covid and pneumonia after undergoing double-bypass open heart surgery in late February.

Born May 14, 1947 in Washington, D.C., he was the son of the late James R. and Clara Noma...

Mar 31, 2023

Ms.  Juanita Shores Melvin, passed away peacefully on March 31, 2023 at her residence.  Juanita was a lifelong resident of Bay County and a member of Trinity Lutheran Church in Panama City,  Florida.  She was veracious; yet gentle and sweet in demeanor, never confrontational and always positively supportive.

Juanita began her working career at Graham Air Force...

Mar 29, 2023

Jerry Colin Wade Sr. passed away on March 29, 2023 at the age of 85 at his home in Panama City, Florida. He was born on February 26, 1938 in Leesburg, Florida but grew up in the small, rural community of Linden, Florida to Claude Stephen and Nellie Mae Wade along with six brothers and sisters of which he...

Mar 26, 2023

Barbara Geib Aycock, 87 died peacefully in Panama City Beach after a short illness. She lived well, and graced many with her humor, good taste, and a generosity that was so broad it affected almost all she met and truly defined her life. Rarely has an individual more truly deserved the epitaph that she had a heart of gold....

Mar 24, 2023

Robert J "Joel" Taylor, 82, passed away on March 24, 2023.   Joel was born August 17, 1940 in Tallahassee, FL.   He moved to Bay County with his family before he was 5 years old and was a lifelong resident of Bay County.  Joel is the middle child of Clifford Andrew and Bonnie Lee Taylor.   He is survived by his...

Mar 23, 2023

Chris Williams, age 73, passed away March 23, 2023 at Gulf Coast Hospital.

Chris was born August 10, 1949 in Panama City, Florida to the late Ralph and Rosa Williams. He served proudly in the United States Army and was a member of St. Andrews Lodge No. 212, having held the office of Worshipful Master. He was...

Mar 22, 2023

Madonna Denise Polonius, age 60, passed away on March 22, 2023, after a brief stay in the hospital.  She was born in Dothan, Alabama, on August 6th, 1962, to the late Harris and Bea Mercer.  She was also preceded in death by her brother, Steve Mercer.  Denise graduated from Rutherford High School in 1980, as a member...

Mar 21, 2023

Charles M. Weathersby, Sr., 84, passed away March 21, 2023.  He was born April 9, 1938 in Randolph County, Georgia to Ronald and Frances Weathersby  He is survived by his wife of 45 years, Carol, daughters Monica Swearingen (Jamie), Angela Jones (Tripp), daughters-in-law Tammy Weathersby and Jill Weathersby, eight grandchildren, 5 nieces and nephews and brother Ronnie Weathersby...