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Sharon Faye McCall, 73, of Lake Wales passed away after a long battle with cancer, Friday, Aug. 30, 2019 at her residence. She was born July 27, 1946 in Winter Haven to the late Leonard and Iola (Deese) Shelton and she has been a lifelong resident of this area. She was a retired supervisor of shipping for Hunt Brothers. Sharon was the boss of her family when at home, she was an avid Nascar Fan, loved shopping and going to Pigeon Forge Tennessee. She loved her family and dogs...
Alexcio Leeatawn Davis, Jr., 6 months, died Aug. 31 at Lake Wales Medical Center. He was born Feb. 26, 2019 in Winter Haven, Florida. Services are at 9 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 7 at Lake Wales Cemetery, 630 U.S. 27 S in Lake Wales. Epps Memorial Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements....
Grace Louise Michaelsen, 85, of Lake Wales passed away Saturday, Aug. 31, 2019 at the Forsythe Hospice House in Auburndale. She was born July 1, 1934 in Marshfield, Wisconsin to the late Porter and Charlotte (Malugge) Greenwood. She has been a resident of the area since 1990 coming from Wisconsin. Grace was a teacher in Marshfield, Wisconsin. She was a member of the First United Methodist Church in Lake Wales, DAR, Colonial Dames, Lake Wales Woman’s Club and the Lake Wales Eastern Star. She is preceded in death by her s...
Elizabeth Louise McVay, 77, of Lake Wales passed away Saturday, Aug. 31 at the Lake Wales Medical Center. She was born November 11, 1941 in Bronx, NY to the late John and Myrtle (Tapley) McVay and came to Lake Wales 20 years ago. She was a self-employed seamstress. Survivors include her husband of 20 years Milton McPherson, daughters Amy Goodrich, Kathy Cassidy, Christine Callahan (Thomas), sons Chuck Jefferies (Tammy), Mike Jefferies, Edward Jefferies, step children Shawn McPherson, Alex McPherson, Amy McPherson, Mathew...
Annie Grace Mitchell, 86 of Waverly, died Sept. 4 at Consulate Health Care of Winter Haven. She was born November 10, 1932 in Thomasville, GA, Visitation is 6-7:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 13 at Mount Moriah Primitive Baptist Church, 102 Alley Lane, Waverly. Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 14 at the church. Epps Memorial Funeral Home in Lake Wales is in charge of arrangements....
When the company was having difficulty finding qualified electricians, their maintenance managers decided to work together to find a solution. Six years later, one of those solutions has been implemented locally and is helping one local teen prepare for his first full-time job at Nucor Steel Florida Inc. in Frostproof, about 20 miles south of Lake Wales. Tommy Massey, maintenance manager at Nucor Steel Florida, said the pool of talent for industrial electricians who could work...
Lake Wales Moose Lodge 2391 officials were thrilled with the success of their Aug. 25 fundraiser to benefit 12-year-old Ambrey Batson, who is battling a rare form of bone cancer. The Lodge set a goal of $5,000 for the event and ended up raising more than double that amount. The benefit drew about 200 people and served about 130 of the pulled pork dinners. Other funds were raised through an auction, raffles and 50-50 drawing. Lodge Past Governor and event Volunteer Joe Settle...
The Lake Wales Arts Council has named Bill Doherty as its new Lake Wales Chorale Director. Mr. Doherty is an accomplished conductor, pianist, and composer. The first Chorale rehearsal takes place on Sept. 9 at the Lake Wales Arts Center. All singers are welcome. Those interested in joining the Chorale are asked to complete the online application at http://www.lakewalesartscouncil.org/lake-wales-chorale-1/2018/8/22/the-lake-wales-chorale An audition will be scheduled with the...
Polk Supervisor of Elections Lori Edwards is thrilled that Florida has joined a consortium of states to clean up voter lists to reduce the potential for fraud. "This is something I have been advocating for about five years," said Edwards. By joining the Electronic Registration Information Center (ERIC), Edwards said Florida supervisors now will be able to cross-check their voter rolls against those of other states. The issue is especially important to Florida because of the...
The early settlers of what is now Lake Wales were hearty, adventuresome people, real Pioneers, descendants of their ancestors who traveled via oxen-driven covered wagons and were true to their code of "Ten Tandra Via Est" meaning "The way remains to be tried". Such people included Nellie and her husband, Nile E. Stewart. In October 1912, after a long and difficult, sometimes dangerous trip through swamp, overcoming their fears of possible snakes and alligators, they travelled...
Four Florida Polytechnic University bachelor's degrees have been accredited by the Computing and Engineering Accreditation Commission of ABET, the global accreditor of college and university programs in applied and natural science, computing, engineering, and engineering technology. The degree programs are Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, and Mechanical Engineering. ABET accreditation assures that programs meet standards to produce graduates...
AdventHealth, one of the largest faith-based health systems in the U.S., has finalized an agreement that officially brings Lake Wales Medical Center into the AdventHealth network of care. Effective Sept. 1, the 160-bed Lake Wales Medical Center becomes AdventHealth Lake Wales. At the same time 193-bed Heart of Florida Regional Medical Center will join the health system as AdventHealth Heart of Florida. The purchase agreements also include each respective hospital's related...
Garland Elizabeth Myers, 99, of Lake Wales passed away Thursday, August 29, 2019 at Brookdale of Winter Haven. She was born October 26, 1919 in Dixon, IL to the late Ira and Mary G. (Krug) Utz. She has been a resident of the area since 2013. She was a retired executive secretary in the construction industry. Garland enjoyed her work and was a Sunday School Teacher for Jr. High School aged kids with 3 generations of students. She also enjoyed traveling and organizing get togethers. She was a longtime member of the Prince of...
The new Love's Travel Stop and Country Store opened in Lake Wales Thursday, Aug. 29 to brisk business, some driven by customers wanting to fill up on gasoline and other supplies in preparation for the potential arrival of Hurricane Dorian. "We are continuing to monitor Hurricane Dorian's path as it nears landfall," said Love's Media Relations Specialist Caitlin Campbell. "We're taking safety precautions as well as increasing fuel and food deliveries to stay stocked as people...
