Gulf Breeze, Florida Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Gulf Breeze, Florida & Surrounding Areas
Recent Obituaries
Julia Dawson
Mar 13, 2021
Isabell G. Dawson, age 93, of Milton, was called home March 13, 2021. She was born July 15, 1927 in Venice, FL to the late Thomas and Etheral Gilley. Isabell graduated from Pensacola Junior College as a Licensed Practical Nurse. She served at Baptist Hospital in Pensacola until her retirement. Isabell’s family celebrate her in the passage: Proverbs 31:31...
Jason Cox
Mar 9, 2021
Jason William Cox, Sr. passed away Tuesday, March 9, 2021 as result of an auto accident. He was 45 years old with four children. Jason never met a stranger and usually walked away from any introduction with a new friend. Everyone whose life he touched was impacted by his infectious smile. He was the life of any gathering. Jason...
June Dempsey
Mar 6, 2021
On Saturday, March 6, 2021, Geraldine June (June) Dempsey passed away quietly at the tender age of 104 after a full and giving life.
June was born in Washington D.C. on November 28, 1916, to Raymond and Lillian Frazier. She was working for the government inputting data from the 1940 census when Ross Dempsey, her new supervisor,...
Linda Sides
Mar 6, 2021
Linda Cheryl Copley Sides, 77, passed from this life peacefully in her sleep on March 6th in Gulf Breeze, Florida, after a long battle with Alzheimer’s disease.
Linda was born to Samuel and Lillie Copley in Liberty, Texas, on June 20th, 1943. As a child, Linda grew up with a close bond to many of her family...
George Kimmel
Mar 1, 2021
George Stuart Kimmel, 86, while surrounded by family, entered his heavenly home on March 1, 2021. George was born on August 22, 1934 in Rochester, NY to George and Marcella Kimmel. After his mother’s death in 1944, George was raised by his loving stepmother, Betty Kimmel. George met the love of his life, Audrey Schryer at Webster High School...
Daryl Alfrey
Feb 28, 2021
Surrounded by his loving family, Daryl Austin Alfrey, 62, was called home on February 28, 2021. He lived with gratitude and in service to his family, friends, community, and country.
Daryl was born on February 8, 1959, in Conway, SC. He was preceded in death by his parents, Gene Austin and Joyce Marie Alfrey, and his brother,...
Warren Nolan
Feb 25, 2021
Warren John Nolan, age 97, of New Orleans, was called home February 25, 2021. He was born on November 25, 1923 in New Orleans, LA to the late Ralph P. and Ruth B. Nolan. Warren was an alumnus of Jesuit High School and Tulane University, where he studied architecture. He was a proud WWII U.S. Navy veteran and served...
Sgtmaj Frank Devaney, Usmc (Ret.)
Feb 19, 2021
SgtMaj Frank Junior Devaney, USMC (ret.), age 80, of Navarre, was called home February 19, 2021. He was born June 22, 1940 in Humboldt, NE to the late Francis and Myrtle Devaney. Frank was a proud alumnus of Thomas Jefferson High School, in Council Bluffs, IA and the University of California, Los Angeles. After serving four years in the...
John Smith
Feb 18, 2021
John Ronald Smith passed away on February 18, 2021, at the age of 87, in Gulf Breeze, Florida. His battle with serious health issues in recent years showed his courage in facing life challenges with determination and heart. Despite the pain, John came out a hero and stayed strong until the end.
John was a hard worker...
Anna Campbell
Feb 17, 2021
Anna Lyle West was born in Smithville, Ohio, but her parents moved back to their farm in Bay Minette, Alabama when she was about one year old. Because her mother was rather ill while Anna was young, she was mostly raised by her daddy and sister (12 years older). Hence, Anna always said, she was a daddy's girl.
...Christine Gay
Feb 14, 2021
Christine Lee Gay, age 72, of Navarre, Florida, was called home on February 14, 2021. Christine was born on December 25, 1948, to Rev. John C. & Missionary Ethel M. Lee in Minden, Louisiana. Christine was educated in the Webster Parish School System. She graduated from Webster High School Class of 1966. She accepted Christ at an early age...
Cecile "Cile" Sorrell
Feb 11, 2021
Cecile Horne Sorrell, age 93, passed away peacefully on February 11, 2021. She was born August 15, 1927, in Birmingham, Alabama, to Joseph and Annie Laurie Horne. She married her love WC Sorrell in May of 1947. WC preceded her in death in 2006.
Raising six children took up most of Cile’s time; however, somehow, she found...
Anita Ham
Feb 10, 2021
Anita Barrineau Langley Ham, 91, of Gulf Breeze, was called home on February 10, 2021. She was born on March 14, 1929, to Rudolf and Frieda Schramm. Anita was raised in Berlin during WWII and came to America as a young woman to start her life after the war. She was one of the first in her family to...
Dennis Fitch
Feb 9, 2021
On February 9, 2021, due to Covid -19 pneumonia, Dennis transitioned into the loving arms of Jesus, with his wife by his side, holding him. Dennis was born May 24, 1948 in Binghamton, New York. He was predeceased by his father and mother, Clifford and Pauline Fitch, and his brother Brian. Dennis is survived by Patti, his devoted wife...
Jesse "Phillip" Mckee
Feb 1, 2021
Jesse “Phillip” McKee, age 70, of Gulf Breeze, was called home February 01, 2021, with his wife at his side. He was born February 03, 1950 in Tampa, FL to Herbert Ray McKee, Sr. and the late Willie Mae McKee. Phillip was a proud graduate of Tate High School and subsequent graduate of Alabama Christian College, where he majored...
Ralph Hill
Jan 26, 2021
CWO4 Ralph Alden Hill, 86, a Navarre, FL, resident passed away Tuesday, January 26, 2021, in his home with many of his loving family members present to treasure their last moments with their very loving and much loved, respected, energetic, supportive, husband, friend, father, grandfather and great grandfather.
Ralph Alden was born July 26, 1934, in St....
Richard Laprise, Jr.
Jan 25, 2021
Richard Laprise, Jr. passed away on Monday, January 25, 2021.
Richard was born December 5, 1969 in Woonsocket, Rhode Island to Richard and Janice (Menard) Laprise
Richard was preceded in death and has reunited with his Memere’ and Pepere’.
Richard is survived by his mother, Janice (Menard) Laprise and sisters, Melissa and Jennifer, Uncles, Aunts, Cousins, Nieces,...
Capt. Clifford Street, Usn (Ret.)
Jan 24, 2021
Clifford G. Street, of Gulf Breeze, Florida, passed away restfully on Sunday, January 24, 2021, at Covenant Care Hospice, Ascension Sacred Heart Hospital in Pensacola, Florida. Clifford, or Cliff, as everyone called him, was born in Harlan, Kentucky, on March 30, 1939. During his early years, he lived in Kentucky, and his family eventually moved to Alabama, where he...
Mary Hovnanian
Jan 24, 2021
Mary Hovnanian of Pensacola, FL, beloved cousin, and friend, passed away on January 24, 2021. On July 22, 1924, Mary was born in Washington, DC, and was 96 years young when she joined her family in heaven. She was the daughter of Vartoohi Manoukian Hovnanian and Avedis Hovnanian, who escaped the Turkish genocide of the Armenians in 1915. She...
Mary Matern
Jan 21, 2021
Audrey G. Matern, age 99, of Gulf Breeze, FL. was called home on January 21, 2021, at the Beehive Nursing Home in Gulf Breeze. On May 6, 1921, Audrey was born in Baton Rouge, LA, to the late Jacob and Mammie Quine Gore. She was a proud graduate of Baton Rouge High School and Baton Rouge Business School. After...