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Robert Davis, Jr., 79, of Nalcrest passed away Sunday, Dec. 29, 2019 at Consulate Care in Winter Haven. He was born Nov. 15, 1940 in Rockingham, NC to the late Robert and Charlotte (Anderson) Davis, Sr. He has been a resident of the area since 2016 coming from North Carolina. Robert was a retired letter carrier for the U.S. Postal Service, He was a retired Hoboken, N.J. police officer (late 1960s) and served in the U.S. Air Force. He is survived by his daughter Rhonda D. Johnson and husband Harry of Radcliff, KY, sons...
Lake Wales Assistant City Manager Kathy Bangley is asking city commissioners to eliminate the citizen-staffed Code Enforcement Board and Board of Appeals and turn their duties over to a special magistrate. The change would require two public hearings to change city ordinances related to the boards. The first public hearing will be at the Jan. 7 commission meeting, which starts at 6 p.m. in the city municipal building. The current ordinance calls for a Code Enforcement Board...
How quickly things change. Just a few short years ago, restaurants were booming and cooking at home was something one watched on TV, but rarely attempted in real life. Then something shifted. In a big way. For whatever reason, people wanted to rediscover the joy of cooking. Recognizing that need, Chef Warren Caterson wrote the award-winning cookbooks Table for Two – The Cookbook for Couples and Table for Two - Back for Seconds (Winfield & Scott Press) each featuring over 235 r...
Stephanie Lee Thompson, 37, of Lake Wales passed away Sunday, Dec. 29, 2019 at AdventHealth Lake Wales. She was born March 18, 1982 in Nuremburg, Germany. She has been a resident of the area since 2013 coming from Brandon, FL. Stephanie was an amazing person, awesome mother to 4 children, and loving wife. She home schooled her children and was part of several Home-Schooling groups. She met her husband at the Baptist College of Florida in Graceville, FL. She previously served a...
Mar'Keem De'Von Henry was born and died Dec. 27 at Brandon Regional Medical Center in Brandon. Service details are incomplete. Epps Memorial Funeral Home in Lake Wales is in charge of arrangements....
With 2020 beginning we have come to the end of a decade where nearly half a million people have lost their lives to overdose. The opioid epidemic started in 2010 with pain killer dependence rising and doctor shopping being the newest thing to do. Now heroin is on the rise with the newest deadly killer fentanyl. The solution the government has come up with is to put people on the MAT program. MAT stands for medication assisted therapy. This puts people on a medication that the...
Hubert Glenn Halsne, 85, of Lake Wales passed away Monday, Dec. 23, 2019 at his residence. He was born in Rochelle, IL to the late Clarence E. and Mildred (Phillips) Halsne. He was an IBEW Instructor. He taught IBEW apprentice training, high school electronics, and college courses. He refereed football and basketball for 30 years. He is survived by his wife of 63 years Leona Halsne, daughter Debra Tang and husband Michael of Lake Wales, son Glenn Halsne and wife Sarah of Magnolia, IL, sister Nancy Dominguez of AZ, brother...
A Wawa convenience retail store manager who completes 25 years can retire a multimillionaire because of the company's lucrative profit-sharing program, according to George Wood, who will become the company's chairman of the board next June. Wood will take over from his brother Dick, who is also his next door neighbor in the exclusive gated community of Mountain Lake, just outside the Lake Wales city limits. The brothers are the third generation to own homes in Mountain Lake,...
Patricia Ann Murphy, 55, of Lake Wales passed away Friday, Dec. 27, 2019 at Advent Health Lake Wales. She was born February 19, 1964 in Everett, MA to the late Paul F. and Virginia M. (Gear) Murphy. She has been a resident of the area for 9 years coming from Everett, MA. She was the secretary for Alumni Department at the NE University in Boston. She is survived by her sister Mary Motott and husband Donald of Lake Wales, brothers Paul Francis Murphy Jr. and wife Elizabeth of Everett, MA, Steven J. Murphy of Everett, MA,...
A North Carolina company that manufactures air filters, air filtration products and equipment is expected to bring 200 jobs to Lake Wales in early 2020. Pamlico Air will be located in the old Findlay Industries manufacturing plant at 1230 N. Scenic Hwy. In announcing the good news, Kevin Kieft, president & CEO of the Lake Wales Area Chamber of Commerce and Economic Development Council, pointed out that the Findlay building was the last manufacturing site of any significant siz...
Roy E. Kauffman, 96,of Frostproof passed away Monday, Dec. 30, 2019. He was born June 25, 1923 in Waynesboro PA to the late Ephram A. and Jeanetta (Martin) Kauffman. He was a specialist for Carlisle Navy Depot for 31 years before retiring. He was a veteran in the U.S. Army Air Corps serving in The Civil Conservation Corp and WWII in Hawaii, Okinawa and Avon Park Bombing Range. He is preceded in death by his 1st wife Lillian Amerson, 2nd wife Gladys M. Kauffman, brothers Dan...
