Gulf Breeze, Florida Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Gulf Breeze, Florida & Surrounding Areas
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Garland Toomer
May 20, 2011
While surrounded by his loving family, Garland Wallace "GW" Toomer, 80, was called peacefully home to our Lord on Frday evening, 20 May, 2011. GW was born on 8, February, 1931, in Denton, TX to Boss and Ethel Toomer. He joined the US Navy in 1948 at the age of 17 as a machinist mate and later transitioned into...
Joyce Michael
May 16, 2011
Joyce Elaine Michael, 67, of Navarre, FL died May 16, 2011 in Gainesville, FL after a courageous battle with brain cancer. She was born November 13, 1943 in Mobile, AL to Marvin Ernest Brooks and Edith Turner Brooks. She is preceded in death by her parents and her husband, Thomas C. Michael. A devoted mother and homemaker, Joyce enjoyed...
John Sears
May 14, 2011
John F. Sears "Frank" 1957 - 2011 John Franklin Sears, 53, of Gulf Breeze, FL, passed away on May 14, 2011as a result of a tragic accident. Frank as he was known, was the son of Jerry Doyle "J.D." Sears and Margaret Mitchell. Frank was employed at Vannoy's Tires in Pensacola and previously at The Market on Pensacola Beach....
Ronald Richards
May 11, 2011
Ron Richards, Certified Financial Planner, died Wednesday, May 11, 2011. Ron was born July 31, 1944 in Birmingham, Alabama, and grew up in Mountain Brook, Alabama. He was the son of Allen Louis Richards and Eva England Richards. Ron attended Shades Valley High School in Birmingham, and earned his Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Alabama. He...
Joan Gunn
May 9, 2011
Joan Elaine Hermann Gunn was born in Orange, New Jersey May 26, 1926. She is survived by her husband John; daughters, Laura Gunn Catterton (Allen), Victoria Gunn Street (Audie) and Rebecca Gunn; son Bruce Gunn (Luz); grandchildren, Alex Dunlop, Casey Street, Lukas Street, Lindsay Street and Alan Gunn; and a sister-in-law, Nancy Brown. Preceding her in death are her...
Martha Turner
May 2, 2011
Martha Donaldson Turner of Gulf Breeze, passed away on May 2, 2011. She was born and raised in Pensacola and lived in Gulf Breeze. Martha will be remembered as a loving wife, mother, sister, aunt and friend. Martha worked in the restaurant and service industry in the Pensacola area. She was an active member of the Pensacola Beach Elks...
Lucille Jowers
Apr 29, 2011
Lucille T. Jowers, 91, of Pensacola, FL, peacefully passed away on Friday, April 29, at Baybreeze Nursing Home, Gulf Breeze, FL. She was born on February 23, 1920, in Ashford, AL. She was preceded in death by her beloved husband, Sgt. William P. Jowers, Jr. She is survived by her only son, Raymond M. Jowers, Sr. (Barbara), and Grandchildren,...
John White
Apr 26, 2011
J. Norman White, "Norm", 85 of Gulf Breeze, FL, passed away peacefully Tuesday, April 26, 2011. Born February 10, 1926, in Mill City, PA, he was the son of the late Rev. John and Bessie (Davey) White. He married his childhood sweetheart, Barbara VanHorn in 1968. He served in the Navy during WWII on the USS Lexington in the...
Allison O'Daniel, Sr.
Apr 26, 2011
Allison Andrew O'Daniel, Sr., 86, born November 22, 1924 in Pensacola, Florida passed away on Friday, April 26, 2011. He was in the Merchant Marines during World War II. After the war he went to work for L & N Railroad for a period of time, he went on from there to join Gulf Life Insurance Company. "AA" as...
Allen Holliday
Apr 22, 2011
Allen S. "Pop" Holliday died peacefully in his sleep on Good Friday, April 22, 2011. He was born in Tucson, AZ, the oldest son of Allen and Mary Holliday along with 10 siblings. He retired CWO-2 from the US Navy with 22 ½ years of service, then spent another 23 years in Civil Service at NAS Pensacola. As a...
Pinkney Smith
Apr 20, 2011
Bruce Smith, husband of Grace Smith and father to Greta Schrock and Dan Smith passed away on Wednesday, April 20, 2011. He was a quiet man who loved his family, gardening and fishing. He worked tirelessly for his family and provided them with all the love and devotion any husband and father could possibly muster. He served in World...
Donna Smithey
Apr 17, 2011
Donna Jean Smithey passed away Sunday afternoon, April 17, 2011 at Baptist Hospital. She was 69. She was preceded in death by her loving husband of 48 years, William Smithey. She is survived by her devoted daughter, Cindy Smithey and her adoring grandson, William of Navarre; brother, Danny Germany of Collierville, TN; sisters, Brenda Clevenger of Gulf Breeze, Shirley...
Hubert Woodward
Apr 9, 2011
Hubert "Buddy" Green Woodward Jr., 66, of Gulf Breeze, Florida, passed away on April 9th 2011. He is survived by his loving wife, Mary, of 44 years, his son Chris and wife Nancy, and daughter Tracy and husband Glenn, four grandchildren, four brothers, two sisters and various other family members. The funeral service will be held at Rose Lawn...
John Cheshire
Apr 8, 2011
Chaplain Dr. John B. Cheshire, Jr., passed away peacefully on April 8, 2011, at his daughter's home in Gulf Breeze, Florida. He was born July 15, 1921, in Thomasville, Georgia, to Rev. John B. Cheshire, Sr. and Roxanna Pack Cheshire. He grew up in Lakeland, Florida, where he graduated form Lakeland High School in 1938. He joined to United...
Wade Player
Apr 7, 2011
Wade H. "Dick" Player passed away at his home in Navarre on Thursday, April 7, 2011. He was 67. Born April 15, 1943, in Timmonsville, SC, Dick grew up in Savannah. He attended Montreat Anderson College and worked for the Seaboard Coastline railroad in his early twenties. He then went to work for L.D. Brinkman Company. Dick had been...
Richard Arcenia
Mar 27, 2011
Richard Norman Arcenia, born in Miami, FL, Nov. 24, 1952 and died in Gulf Breeze, FL, March 27, 2011. After a long battle with cancer, his spirit was willing but his body just could not fight any longer. Rick is survived by his mother: Frances Strozier; two sons: Desi and David; five grandchildren: Daniel, Chad, Justin, Kailynn and Nicole;...
Irene Torrez
Mar 24, 2011
Irene Torrez, age 85, of Gulf Breeze, Florida and long-time resident of Pensacola, Florida passed away on Wednesday, March 24, 2011. Irene was born on August 8, 1925 to Joseph Kirby and Julia Sutkaitis in Lawrence, Massachusetts. She graduated from Lawrence High School, attended Business School, and worked as a bookkeeper for the Railroad. She was also a tack-welder...
Byron Basham
Mar 24, 2011
Byron H. Basham, 50, of Gulf Breeze, FL, originally from Annapolis, MD; was taken from us suddenly on March 24th, 2011, in an automobile accident. Byron worked for many years in the automotive retail industry, which ultimately led to the creation of his present company, Basham Automotive, which specialized in business brokerage services in the automotive retail industry in...
Geraldine Fox
Mar 20, 2011
Geraldine "Jerry" Twiford Fox, passed away on Sunday, March 20,2011, just shy of her 82nd birthday. Fox was born in Wilmington, DE, to the late Jack Twiford and Esther Russell Twiford Frasier, and step daughter to to the late Charles E. Frasier. She is also predeceased by her sister Helen Frasier. Fox was a graduate of Michigan State Universtiy,...
Clare Barr
Mar 13, 2011
Clare S. Barr 1923 - 2011 Clare Schluter Barr passed from this life peacefully on Sunday March 13th 2011 at the age of 88. Clare was born and lived in New Orleans until she relocated to Gulf Breeze, Florida after Hurricane Katrina. Daughter of the late Ernest and Corrine Eble Schluter and brother of the late Ernest Schluter, Jr....
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