Coreta Powell Pratt
May 19, 2016
Coreta Powell Pratt, born Feb.1, 1930 in Panama City, Florida to Charlie and Ruth Powell. She was in her daughter's home in Tallahassee, Florida on May 19, 2016 when she went to be with Our Father in Heaven, joining her husband Willard of 59 years, her mother and father, and sweet sister Charla Morris. She leaves behind her 4 children:...
Mary Ann Easom
May 18, 2016
Mary Ann Easom, 86, beloved mother, grandmother and friend to many, of Panama City Beach, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, May 18, 2016. She was born December 19, 1929 in Dothan, Alabama to Reuben & Annie Smith Thomley. She had been a resident of Panama City Beach since 1981 moving here from Dothan. She and her husband owned Easom Plumbing...
Doris Garrison Plough
May 18, 2016
Doris Garrison Plough left this world peacefully on May 18, 2016, with her daughters by her side. She was born in Wilcox County Georgia on January 19, 1925. She moved with her family to Panama City after high school graduation. She met the love of her life, Marlin Plough and they were married in 1942. She was an active member...
Vivian Coy Gay
May 16, 2016
Vivian Coy Gay, 95, of Panama City, passed away peacefully at his beloved camp on Monday, May 16, 2016. He was born May 23, 1920 in Panama City and had been a lifelong resident here. He was a retired civil service training aid director. Coy served in the United States Army during World War II. He was a longtime member...
John Wesley Powell Jr.
May 13, 2016
Mr. John Wesley Powell, Jr., 87, formally of the Cove area in Panama City, FL, died peacefully Friday, May 13, 2016, in Birmingham, AL. He had been a resident of Panama City since 1937. Mr. Powell graduated from Bay County High School in 1946, attended Massey Business College in Montgomery, and then joined his father in business at Powell and...
Shirley Ann Wilson Winter
May 13, 2016
Shirley Ann Wilson Winter passed away at home Friday morning May 13, 2016 in her sleep surrounded by family. She was born in Panama City on Dec. 12, 1933 to the late Wilbur Preston Wilson and Lennie Wilson. She was preceded in death by her husband, Clyde Winter Jr., who died in August of 1982. She was a graduate of...
Laura Ann Dean
May 13, 2016
Laura Ann Dean, 80, of Panama City, went to Heaven on Friday, May 13, 2016 in Ocala, Florida. She was born August 13, 1935 in Quincy, Florida to Samuel & Annie Bell Carman. She had been a resident of Panama City for the past 25 years moving here from Miami, FL. She was faithful employee in the childcare department at...
Thelma Gay Mcadams
May 12, 2016
Thelma McAdams, of Lynn Haven, FL, went to be with her Savior on May 12, 2016. She made the journey surrounded by the family she loved so well. Thelma was born October 19, 1931 in Washington County, FL to Harvey and Mary Ella Hatcher Gay. She attended Chipley High School, where she served on the yearbook staff and graduated at...
Arthur Wayne Barron
May 10, 2016
Arthur Wayne Barron, 70, of Panama City, FL passed away on Tuesday May 10, 2016. He was born on September 7, 1945 to Allison and Daisy Barron. He worked as a mechanic for the International Paper Company. He was preceded in death by his wife, JoAnne Barron; father, Allison Barron; mother Daisy Barron; and brother, Milton Barron. He is survived...
Carleton "Hugh" Miller
May 4, 2016
Carleton "Hugh" Miller, 98, of Panama City, FL went home to be with the Lord Wednesday May 4, 2016. He was born February 5, 1918 in Bonifay, FL to Carleton Jefferson & Caroline Matilda Beatty Miller. After the death of his father, he moved to Red Head, FL and was raised by his aunt and uncle J.R. Moody Sr. &...
Betty Jo Mccarty- Roberts
May 3, 2016
Betty Jo McCarty-Roberts, 72, became a guardian angel on Tuesday, May 3, 2016. She was born in Winnfield, LA on December 29, 1943. She grew up in both Sikes and Winnfield, LA. She played basketball for Winnfield High School and was known for her right-hook shot. She valued the friendships gained there and throughout her lifetime. She earned her Bachelors...
Evelyn Antoinette Gajdomowitz Check
Apr 28, 2016
Evelyn Antoinette Gajdomowitz Check, 94, loving and beloved mother and mother-in-law, passed away in peace and went to be with her Lord on April 28th, 2016. The youngest of eight children, she was born on January 9th, 1922, in Atlantic Highlands, NJ. She graduated high school, survived the Great Depression and endured the absence of her husband Peter, while he...
Irvin Lee Cirks
Apr 28, 2016
Irvin Lee Cirks, 90, of Panama City passed away at his home Thursday with his beloved wife, Jeanne Byrns, constant companion and caretaker at his side. Irvin was preceded in death by his wife, Jeanne Fehrman of Illinois and Sonya Udderback of Pennsylvania. Irvin was an engineering graduate of University of Iowa and a Navy Veteran of WWII. He is...
Ellis Edward Fowhand
Apr 26, 2016
Ellis E. Fowhand, 102, of Panama City, Florida, passed from this life on April 26, 2016 at Covenant Hospice surrounded by his family and friends. Fowhand was born April 14, 1914 to Wesley Dowling Fowhand and Lula Mae Fowhand in Panama City, Florida, when the town was only five years old. Fowhand often credited his father for teaching him about...
Murray Glen Crotts
Apr 25, 2016
Murray Glen Crotts, 82, of Panama City, passed away on Monday, April 25, 2016. He was born on February 28, 1934 in Savannah, Tennessee to William T. Duboise & Kate Adams Crotts. He joined the United States Army in 1952 and served for four years including the Korean War. He was a hard worker with a strong work ethic that...
Anna Lane Hester
Apr 25, 2016
Anna Lane Hester, 87 of Panama City, FL passed away Monday at her home surrounded by her loving family. She was born in Farmersville, KY to Homer & Ida Mae Lane. She was preceded in death by two grandsons, Joshua Hoskins and Matthew Hoskins and three brothers, Ray Lane, James Lane, Patrick Lane and a sister Rebecca Bain. She is...
Ella Rose Whittemore
Apr 21, 2016
Ella Rose Porter Whittemore, 72 of Lynn Haven, Fla passed away on April 21, 2016 surrounded by her family. Ella Rose was born December 18, 1943 in Panama City, Fla, to the late Ralph Porter Sr. and Nora Porter. She is a graduate of Bay High School class of 1961. Ella Rose married her husband Derryl L. Whittemore, Sr., of...
Terry Milton Davis
Apr 19, 2016
Terry Milton Davis, 60, of Ellijay, GA, passed on Tuesday, April 19, 2016. A native of Graceville, FL, he lived most of his adult life in Panama City, FL where he worked for Bell South/AT&T. He retired from the phone company and relocated to Ellijay, GA. Terry was an avid outdoorsman, loved sports and the cool air of the mountains....
Lorie Evans Mcelheney
Apr 19, 2016
Lorie Evans McElheney, 87, of Panama City, Florida died Tuesday, April 19, 2016, at Bay Medical Center after an extended illness. He was born in Perry, Georgia on January 19, 1929, to Lorie and Louise McElheney. He was one of ten siblings. As a child, he loved spending summers on Houston Lake near Perry, teaching swimming to many students including...
Debra Waddell May
Apr 18, 2016
Debra Waddell May, 53, of Youngstown, FL passed away on Monday April 18, 2016 in her home. She was born September 24, 1962 in Lawrenceville, Georgia to Ralph Brumbalow Waddell and Mary Carpenter Waddell Corbin. She was a dog groomer for the Downtown Pet Salon. She was a member of the Amvets Post 2298 Ladies Auxiliary, the American Legion Post...