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Obituaries
Edgar
Sorton SMITH
Birth: 22 DEC 1846 in Everton, Lancashire England
Death: 27 MAY 1933 in Ft. Myers, FL
Burial: 29 MAY 1933 Ft. Myers Cemetery Lee Co.,FL
FORT MYERS NEWS PRESS, Sat., May 27, 1933 -- Judge E. S. Smith,
85 years old, died late Thursday night at the home of his daughter,
Mrs. J. M. Sherouse, on Madison avenue in East End. Judge Smith
was born in Liverpool, England. He had lived here for 14 years
coming from Kenwood, Fla. Judge Smith leaves a long list of survivors
including his widow and children. Mrs. J. M. Sherouse and Mrs.
L. M. Sherouse of Fort Myers, L. L. Smith of Tampa, Mrs. I. M.
Hinson of Whiteville, N. C. and A. M. Smith of Farmville, Va.
He also is survived by 26 grandchildren and 15 great-grand-children.
Funeral services will be held at the Edgewood Methodist church
at 4 o'clock Sunday afternoon. The Rev. Martin will officiate.
Lawrence A. Powell is in charge of arrangements. Pallbearers will
be J. C. Sumner. T. P. Hill, Jack Foshee, Mr. Dupre, O. B. Blount,
J. F. Infinger and Fred Lanier
Submitted by Norita Shepherd Moss
Sarah
Ann BOGARDUS
Birth: 22 AUG 1858 in Will Co., IL
Death: 11 JUN 1945 in Ft. Myers, FL
Burial: 13 JUN 1945 Ft. Myers Cemetery Lee Co., FL
FORT MYERS NEWS-PRESS, June 11, 1945--Mrs. Sarah A. Smith, 88,
died last night at the home of her daughter, Mrs. L. M. Sherouse,
215 Second Street. She leaves besides her daughter two sons, A.
M. Smith of Lynchburg, Va., L. L. Smith of Tampa; and a sister,
Mrs. Robert Watkins of Joliet, Ill. Mrs. Smith has made her home
in Fort Myers since 1916. 40 living grandchildren , several have
precedecd her in death ; and many great-grandchildren . Funeral
arrangements are in charge of Lawrence A. Powell Funeral Home.and
will be announced later. Burial will be in the Ft. Myers City
Cemetery.
Note: The death certificate of Sarah (Sadie) Bogardus Smith states
her father is a Byran Vogradus (Bogardus) and her mother is a
Mery Sherouse (Sherman). On her daughter Pearl Lillian Sherouse
death certificate it states her mother Sarah's maiden name is
Voguans (Bogardus).
Submitted by Norita Shepherd Moss
Pearl
Lillian Smith Sherouse
FORT MYERS NEWS-PRESS, Nov. 22, 1936--Mrs. Pearl L.( Smith) Sherouse,
60-year-old Fort Myers resident, died early yesterday morning at
the Lee Memorial hospital after an emergency operation. She had
been ill for some time. Mrs. Sherouse had lived on Seminole avenue
in East End for the past year and had a wide circle of friends in
Fort Myers. Mrs. Sherouse is survived by her husband, John M. Sherouse,
three sons, Cyril M., Clarence W., and Carlos M. Sherouse ; two
daughters, Mrs. Harry W. Morrow and Mrs. Clyde Moss,Her mother Mrs.
Sarah A. Smith; two brothers, L. L.. Smith of Tampa and A. M. Smith
of Farmville, Va., and two sisters, Mrs. I. M. Hinson of Whiteville,
N.C. and Mrs. L. M. Sherouse of Fort Myers and 12 grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held at 3 o'clock this afternoon at the
Edgewood Methodist church with the Rev. H. L. Wiggins officiating.
The pallbearers will be J. C. Sumner, J. P. Underwood, Russell W.
Underwood, J. F. Infinger, Clarence Clutz and O. B. Blount. Burial
will be in the Ft. Myers Cemetery. Lawrence A. Powell has charge
of arrangements.
Submitted by Norita Shepherd Moss
John Mark Sherouse
FORT MYERS NEWS-PRESS, Nov. 30, 1945-- John M. Sherouse, 73, died
at 1912 Broadway yesterday morning. He was formerly in the grocery
business here. He was born in Marion County and moved here in 1913.
He leaves two daughters, Mrs. R. C. Moss and Mrs. H. W. Morrow of
Fort Myers; three sons, Clarence W. Sherouse of Fort Myers, Carlos
M. Sherouseof Englewood, Colorado,and Cpl. Cyril M. Sherouse, enroute
to the Pacific; two brothers, L. M. Sherouse of Fort Myers and T.
C. Sherouse of Nocatee; a sister, Mrs. R. L. Denham of Reddick,
Fla.;and 13 grandchildren. Funeral services will be held Sunday
afternoon at 3 o'clock from the Edgewood Methodist Church. The Rev.
Robert Weaver will officiate. He will be assisted by the Rev. J.
H. Culpepper. The following will act as pallbearers; active, James
B. Roberts, Dreyfus LaMon, Leon Williams, Earl Hendry, Elmer Davies
and John L. Reeser; honorary, John M. Boring, O. B. Blount, N. L.
Wine, J. F. Inginger and R. Percy Jones. Interment will be in the
Fort Myers cemetery. Lawrence A. Powell is in charge of funeral
arrangements.
Submitted by Norita Shepherd Moss
Lewis
Marion Sherouse
Obit from FORT MYERS NEWS-PRESS, March 25, 1953 -
Lewis Marion Sherouse, 79, died at his home, 215 Second St., yesterday
afternoon after a lingering illness. Sherouse came to Fort Myers
in 1914 from Marion County and was in the grocery business here
until he retired in 1944 because of ill health. Sherouse was born
Aug. 12, 1873 at McMeekin, Fla. Survivors include his wife, Cornelia
Annette ( Smith) Sherouse; three daughters, Mrs. Dorothy Heath and
Mrs. J. G. Jeffcoat of Fort Myers and Mrs. L. J. Moriarty of Alexandria,
La.; three sons, Kenneth B. of Miami, R. Leroy of Tampa and Carlisle
(Cobby) of Fort Myers; a sister, Mrs. Mae Denham of Reddick; a brother,
Tom C. Sherouse of Nocatee; 11 grandchildren and 9 great-grandchildren.
A fourth son was the late L. Edgar Sherouse. Active pallearers will
be his grandsons and nephews. Funeral arrangements by Leo W. Engelhardt
Funeral Home. Burial in the Ft. Myers Cemetery
Submitted by Norita Shepherd Moss
Clarence
Winifred Sherouse
FORT MYERS NEWS-PRESS, March 3, 1963 - Clarence W. Sherouse, 67,
3721 Bell St., died yesterday afternoon in Bay Pines Veterans Hospital.
He had been a resident here for the past 50 years. Survivors include
his wife, Mrs. Onie K. Sherouse, Fort Myers; daughters, Mrs. E.
L. (Winfred) Hays, Elmhurst, Ill., Mrs. Joyce Hawkins, Mrs. James
(Carrie) Taylor, Fort Myers; brothers, Cyril Sherouse, Miami; Carlos
M. Sherouse, Denver, Colo.; sisters, Mrs. R. C. Moss, Tice, Mrs.
Harry W. Morrow, Page Park; and three grandchildren. He was a member
of the Edgewood Methodist Church and a veteran of World War I. Funeral
arrangements by Leo W. Engelhardt Funeral Home. Interment in Memorial
Gardens of Ft. Myers
Submitted by Norita Shepherd Moss
KATIE
ONIE) I. SHEROUSE
Printed
in Ft. Myers Newspress Nov 1988
Katie ( Onie) I. Sherouse 94, passed away Sunday in South West Regional
Medical Center She was born in Fort Odgen, FL. and has been a lifetime
resident of of Ft. Myers. She married C. W. Sherouse on May 15,
1920 in Ft. Myers He died in 1963. She was a member of the Edgewood
United Methodist Church . She is survived by three daughters Winnie
Long of North Ftort Myers, Joyce Geoffrot and Carrie Taylor of Fort
Myers; five grandchildren; fourteen great-grandchildren. Funeral
Services will be at 11:00 am. Friday at the Chapel of Memorial Gardens
Funeral Home with the Rev. Wallace Spillman,of the Wesley United
Methodist Church, officating. Friends may visit from 7-9 p.m. Wednesday
in the funeral home chapel. Arrangements by Memorial Gardens Funeral
Home at 1589 Coloniel Blvd. Burial in Memorial Gardens private.
Submitted by Norita Shepherd Moss
JOYCE
SHEROUSE GOEFFROY
Obit printed in The Newsspress Thursday Nov., 2004
JOYCE SHEROUSE GOEFFROY 2004-11-25 Joyce Sherouse Goeffroy, 75,
went to be with the Lord on November 21, 2004. Joyce was a native
of Fort Myers, and a 1948 graduate of Fort Myers School High. Preceding
her in death were her parents, Clarence and Onie Sherouse and sisters
Winnie Long and CarrieTaylor She was the loving mother of Connie
Howell Brock (Mike) and Michael Howell (Rose); Grandmother to Jack,
Tamra, Johnethan, David, Joshua, Matthew, Paul, Luke, Jeffrey and
Brandon. Great Grandmother of six. Visitation with the family will
be Fri. November 26, 7-8 pm, 11435 Plantation Road in Fort Myers.
For info (239) 272-9785
Submitted by Norita Shepherd Moss
Bettice
L. Sherouse
FORT MYERS TROPICAL NEWS, Oct. 29, 1927-- Funeral
services for Betty Sherouse, 10 months old daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Clarence Sherouse, who died Thursday night were held at the home
of her parents 2620 Laura ave. yesterday afternoon by the Rev. M.
E. Myers. Burial in Ft. Myers Cemetery.
* Notes Sources the Death certificate for Betty Sherouse gives her
mother's middle initial is listed as a S. instead of an I. Maiden
name is spelled Slone ( instead of Sloan)
Ft. Myers Cemetery Records for Lee County, FL
Sherouse, Betty Lucille
b. 11 Jan 1926, d. 28 Oct 1927,
Daughter of Clarence & Kate Sherouse
Burial: Ft, Myers Cemetery Lee County, FL
Submitted by Norita Shepherd Moss
HARRY
W. MORROW
Harry W.Morrow 98, of Ft. Myers, passed away Wednesday
at the Shady Rest Nursing Home. He was born in Corning , Iowa and
had been a life long resident. He spent his boyhood at the Koreshan
Unity, where his father U.G. Morrow was editor of the Flaming Sword.
After serving in WWI he married Ethel Sherouse on the grounds of
the Edison Home. He was a self employed fishing guide. He retired
from the Lee County School Board maintenance program He was a member
of the first band of Lee County,The Ft. Myers Men's Club, the VFW,
the Pioneer's Club and the Wesley Memorial Methodist Church. He
is survived by his daughter Mrs Lorraine Norman of Ft. Myers; four
grandchildren, Michele Hawkins , Mark and Gary Norman all of Ft.
Myers and Greg Norman and his wife Carmen of Lehigh Acres. Funeral
services will be at 11:00 in the Chapel of Memories at Memorial
Gardens with the Rev. Robert T. Standifer officiating. Friends may
visit from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. today in the funeral home chapel. Arrangements
by Memorial Gardens Funeral Home, 1589 Colonial Blvd. Burial there.
[Ft. Myers Newspress Friday March 24, 1988 ]
Notes On Harry Morrow Sr. written by Norita Shepherd Moss
he was a sailor in the U. S. Navy during World War I. he was a fishing
guide and played in the Ft. Myers Marching Band during the 1900
and 1920's. he was quite active in the Koreshan Society Band when
he was growing up there. Uncle Harry was a quiet and sweet, gentle
man. He was very friendly to all. He worked at Page Air Field during
World War II. When the U. S. government sold the barracks,he and
Ethyl bought one and lived there in what was called Page Park for
many years. Selling it when they retired. he also worked for the
school board.
Ethel
Lorraine Sherouse Morrow
Birth: 8 AUG 1898 in Reddick Marion Co., FL
Death: OCT 1982 in Ft. Myers Lee Co., FL
Burial: Memorial Gardens Cemetery, Lee Co., FL
Note: Parents John Mark Sherouse and Pearl Lillian Smith
Notes written by Norita Shepherd Moss
Ethel Lorraine Sherouse and Harry Morrow were married the 30 Jan,
1921 on the Thomas Edison Winter Estate in Ft. Myers Lee Co , FL
The ceremony was officiated by Rev H. J. Haeflinger. It was attended
by family and friends. Ethel met Harry while rollor skating in Ft.
Myers. He said she was a pretty little red head. She was a manager
at the McCory's Five and Ten Store. Ethel moved to Ft. Myers from
Reddick Marion County, Fl with her parents and family in 1913. Her
father was a grove manager and later ran a grocery store. Her grandfather
was Judge Edgar Smith who moved to Ft. Myers from the Putnam/Marion
Counties area. He was a caretaker on the Edison Estate from 1916
to about 1923 or 1924. The family has many pictures of them at the
Edison Estate care taker's cottage and used to delight their children
and grandchildren with stoies of swimming in the "cement pond
and fishing with" Mr. Edison.
James
R NORMAN
James R. (Jim) Norman, 53 of Rudy Ct. died Wednesday
. A twenty-seven year resident of [this area] born in 1927,
formerly of Downers Grove, IL. Mr. Norman is survived by his wife
Lorraine Morrow Norman of Ft. Myers; his mother Mrs. Marie Norman
of Naperville, IL; and one daughter Miss Michele Norman of Ft. Myers
; and three sons Mark and Gary of Ft. Myers and Gregg of Lehigh
Acres;five brothers Roger Norman of Napierville, IL and Jack, Larry
and Dick Norman of Downers Grove, IL, and Ralph Norman of Joliet,
IL; and a sister Mrs. Betty Noble of Morris, IL
Mr. Norman was a member of the Wesley Memorial United Methodist
Church and was a former Boy Scout master of the church troop. He
was an umpire of the Ft. Myers Little League and was a purchasing
agent for Bob Dean Supply Co. Funeral services will be held on Friday
at 7:30p.m. from the Chapel of the Harvey Funeral Home , 1600 Colonial
Blvd. with the Rev. John Few and Dr. Goddard Sherman officating.
The family will receive friends at the funeral home today from 7-9
p.m. Burial in Memorial Gardens of Ft. Myers. [Printed in Ft. Myers
News Press 1981]
Submitted by Norita Shepherd Moss
ERMA
OLIVE DAILEY
Pinted in the Ft. Myers Newspress Sept 7, 1979
Golden Gate, FL
Erma Moss Dailey, age 69, of 9895 Golden Gate Parkway , died at
her home early Wenesday. She was a member of a pioneer Ft. Myers
Family and had lived in the area all her life. She is survived by
her husband Bill Dailey of Golden Gate; sons John Moss Ft. Myers,
Clarence Moss and Robert Moss of Lawrence KS: two brothers Cyril
Sherouse of Miami, Fl and Carlos Sherouse of Denver, CO;one sister
Ethel Morrow of Ft. Myers; and 11 grandchildren.The family will
receive friends at the Bonita Funeral Home Friday evening from 7
to 9 p.m. Funeral services will be conducted at 10:00 a.m. Saturday
at the Bonita Funeral Home with the chaplain Ann Gilson officiating.
Burial will follow at the
Memorial Gardens Cemetery. Pallbearers will be Dick Foyle, Art,
his,Dave Melville, Jerry White and Glen Cassill. Services under
the direction of Walter Shikany's Bonita Funeral Home.
Notes Submitted by Norita Shepherd Moss
Birth: 20 MAR 1910 in Reddick Marion Co., FL 1
Death: 5 SEP 1979 in Bonita Springs, Lee Co., FL 1
Burial: 9 SEP 1979 Memorial Gardens Cemetery, Ft. Myers Lee Co.,
FL 1 Note: Daughter of John Mark Sherouse and Pearl Lillian Smith
Sherouse Married 1 Tillman Boyd - Married: in 4/29/1929 In Lee County,
FL
Marriage 2 Robert Clyde MOSS b: 9 SEP 1912 in Howardsville, WVA
- Married: 31 MAY 1931 in Lee Co., FL
Marriage 3 William WYBLE - Married: 8 SEP 1967 in Lee County, FL
Marriage 4 William DAILEY b: 30 DEC 1914 in Buffalo, NY - Married:
28 SEP 1970
CARLISLE
LAGRANGE "COBBY" SHEROUSE
Obit Ft. Myers Newspress May 25, 1999
Carlisle LaGrange 'Cobby' Sherouse, 85, of Fort Myers, died Friday,
May 21, 1999, in Fort Myers. The youngest child of Lewis Marion
and Cornelia A. Sherouse, he was born October 5, 1913, in Reddick,
Fla. He moved to Fort Myers in 1914 with his family. Mr. Sherouse's
grandfather, Edgar Smith, became Thomas Edison's gardener, and young
Cobby learned to swim in Fort Myers' first swimming pool on the
grounds of the Edison Estate. Mr. Sherouse was a graduate of Lee
County High School, Class of '34, where he played varsity football
and baseball.
In addition to assisting his parents in their grocery business,
he was a skilled nurseryman. His hobbies included fishing and spectator
sports. Mr. Sherouse had been a resident of Shady Rest Nursing Home
since 1974. He will always be remembered for his warm and affectionate
spirit by all who knew him.
He is survived by his sister, Mrs. Ned Hammond of Alexandria, La.,
and numerous nieces and nephews. Graveside funeral services will
be 1:00 p.m. Tuesday, May 25, 1999, at the City of Fort Myers Cemetery,
with the Reverend Al Beck officiating. The family will receive friends
Tuesday from noon to 1:00 p.m. at the Anderson Funeral Home, 3654
Palm Beach Blvd.
Notes Submitted by Norita Shepherd Moss :
Son of L. M. and Cornelia Smith Sherpuse
Birth: 5 OCT 1913
Death: 25 MAY 1999 in Ft. Myers, Lee Co., FL
Married four times no issue
NELLIE GRAY HEATH
LONG
Ft. Myers Newspress Tueday Oct, 6, 1992
Our Loving mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother left us Oct
5, 1992 to be with the Lord. Born Oct. 4, 1916 in Vidalia, GA. Mrs.Long
moved to Ft. Myers at the age of six weeks, graduating from Ft.
Myers High School in 1934. She was named homecoming queen at the
school. Mrs. Long was a member of the order of the Eastern Star
#31 for 59 years and the Pioneer Club. She and her brother Robert
Heath, her uncle Cobby Sherouse and her cousins were the first ones
to swim in " the concrete pool" at the Edison Estate.
Coconut Peggy( Nellie) and Mango Pete (Robert) and her
Sherouse cousins, spent many an afternoon with Mr. Edison and went
fishing and swung on his front porch swing. Mrs. Long's great-grandparents
Judge and Mrs E. S. Smith were caretakers and planted some of the
first trees and shrubs on the estate for Mr. Edison.
Mrs Long was preceded in death by three husbands, Philip Peoples,
Thomas Jackson Sr., and Lewis R. Long, who passed away on June 28,
1991. Mrs. Long is survived by her three children; Philip Robert
Peoples of Naples, Mrs Penny Byrd of Winter Springs, and Thomes
E. Jackson Jr.of Sarasota; seven grandchildren; Philip Robert Peoples
of Tifton , GA, Stephanie Lynne Kruse of Cape Coral, Melanie Anne
Lewis of Ft. Myers, Patti Rae Brewer of Naples, Kimberlie Denise
McClure of Oviedo, Michael Charles Peoples of Naples, and Marjorie
Kaye Hensley of Winter Springs; and 13 great-grandchildren; and
an uncle Carlisle Sherouse of Ft. Myers.
Funeral services will be conducted at 10:30 p.m. from the chapel
of the Anderson Funeral Home with the Rev. Kenneth L. Walsh officiating
. Pall Bearers will be Michael Peoples, Ted Lewis Jr., Ron Brewer,
David Mclure, Hoyt Brown and Ted Lewis Sr. Friends may call Wednesday
6-8 p.m. at the AndersonFuneral Home on Palm Beach Blvd. Internment
will be in Memorial Gardens.
NOTES Submitted by Norita Shepherd Moss
Birth: 4 OCT 1916 in Ft. Myers Fla.
Death: 13 OCT 1992 in Ft. Myers Fla.
Burial: Memorial Gardens Cemetery Ft. Myers, FL
Father: Robert Leroy Heath SR. b: 27 JUN 1892
Mother: Dorothy Lillian SHEROUSE b: 26 AUG 1895 in Smithville Putnam
County, FL
Grandparents L. M. Sherouse and Cornelia Smith
great-grandparents Edgar S and Sarah A. Bogardus Smith
ROBERT
C. CLYDE MOSS SR.
Obit Ft. Myers News Press, Ft. Oct. 19, 1965
Robert C. Moss Sr., 53 of 1609 Waverly Ave., Tice died Thursday.
He had been a resident for the past 35 years and was owner of Moss
Grocery. Survivors include his wife Mrs Erma O. Moss, sons John
Moss, Clarence O. Moss , Fort Myers and Robert C. Moss Jr. in the
Coast Guard in Alaska: five
grandchildren Rebecca Jo Moss, Rita Jean Moss, Michael Blair Moss,Ft.
Myers, Michelle Moss, and Kevin Moss, Alaska. He was a member of
Edgewood Methodist Church and Redman Lodge. Funeral arrangements
will be announced later by Leo. W. Engelhardt Funeral Home.
Additional Data sent in by Norita Shepherd Moss
Birth: 9 SEP 1912 in Howardsville, WVA
Death: 21 OCT 1965 in Ft. Myers, Lee Co., FL
Burial: Memorial Gardens Cemetery, Ft. Myers Lee Co., FL
Father: John CUNNINGHAM
Mother: Carrie Lee MOSS b: 12 JUN 1888 in Wirt Co., West VA
Robert Clyde Moss and Erma Olive Sherouse Boyd were married on 31
May, 1931 in Ft. Myers, Lee County,
FL by David Elmer Ward Justice of the Peace
Witnesses: E.P. McAnly and J. A. Douglas
MOSS
INFANT
Ft. Myers Newspress March 6, 1971
Graveside service for Infant Moss child of John & Norita Moss
will be held today at 11:00 a.m. Ft. Myers Cemetery with the Rev.
F. E. Singleton officiating. Leo W. Englehardt in charge of arrangements.
Besides the parents, survivors are two sisters, Rebecca Jo and Rita
Jean Moss, at home; maternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Shepherd
of Lima, Oh; paternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. William, Dailey
of Tice, and Maternal great-grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Cary Shepherd
of Lima, OH; many aunts, uncles and cousins. Predeceased by paternal
grandfather Robert C. Moss Sr.
Burial in Ft. Myers Cemetery Lee County, FL
Card Of Thanks
Newspress March 12, 1971
Thanks to the friends, neighbors and co-wokers of United Telephone
Co., Rev. F. E. Singleton , Dr. L. V. Radkins and the personnel
of Lee Memorial Hospital. Words cannot adequately express our deep
appreciation for the many kind and sympathetic acts that came to
us at the time of our recent bereavement.
Mr & Mrs John Moss & family.
Additional Data sent in by Norita Shepherd Moss
Parents John. Moss Sr. Norita B. Shepherd
Birth: 5 MAR 1971 in Ft. Myers FL.
Death: 5 MAR 1971 in Ft. Myers FL.
Burial: Ft. Myers Cemetery Lee Co., FL
Ardeline
Hendry
Fort Myers News-Press of September 7, 1917:
The Death Of Mrs. F. A. Hendry Occurred Last Night At Residence
Of Her Daughter Mrs. J. F. Menge
Today a spirit of profound sadness prevails among the residents
of Fort Myers, due to the death of Mrs. Adeline [sic] Laner [sic]
Hendry, the beloved relict of Capt. F. A. Hendry, which occurred
last night at 7:15 o’clock at the residence of her daughter, Mrs.
J. F. Menge, 153 Fowler street, of valvular heart trouble.
Mrs. Hendry was in the 83rd year of her life, and had been a resident
of Fort Myers for about 50[?] years. She was one of the most highly
respected and universally beloved of the city’s older inhabitants,
and was known to practically every one who had lived here for any
length of time. "She was the mother of 11 children, five of
whom are dead. She had no brothers, and but one sister, Mrs. Cuthbert
Rockner, who is also dead. Three sons, Louis Asbury, George Milton,
and Francis Marvin, and three daughters, Virginia Lee Menge, Carrie
Belle Evans and Lucretia Pearl Carlton, are among the immediate
relatives who are left to mourn her loss, her husband having preceded
her to the grave some months since. She lived to see five of her
children, Laura Jane Thompson, James Edward Hendry, Julia Ellen
Hendry and two unnamed infants, pass away. Numerous grandchildren
and great grandchildren still live to mourn her loss, to all of
whom she was very dear, and who will grieve for her with a great
grief that will not soon be comforted.
The funeral service was held today at 11:30 o’clock, at the residence
of Captain and Mrs. J. F. Menge, and was one of the most largely
attended that ever occurred in Fort Myers, showing the high esteem
in which she was held by the large circle of friends who had know
and loved her during her lifetime. Dr. J. P. Hilburn of the local[?]
Methodist church presided[?] over the impressive funeral rites of
that church.
The pallbearers were : W. J. Odom, J. E. Foxworthy, C. J. Stubbs
Submitted by Norita Shepherd Moss
MRS.
ISLA SHEROUSE JEFFCOAT
Fort Myers, Fl. News-Press, Tuesday, January 11, 1977 Mrs. Isla
Sherouse Jeffcoat, 70, of 2424 Edwards Drive, died Friday night.
She was a life long resident of Lee County.She is survived by two
brothers, Carlise Sherouse of Fort Myers, Roy Sherouse of Franklin,
N.C. two sisters Mrs. Dorothy O'Brecht of North Fort Myers, and
Nettie Hammond of Alexandria, La., four grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren
and many nieces and nehews. Memorial service will be held at the
convenience of the family. Harvey Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Burial in Memorial Gardens
Submitted by Norita Shepherd Moss
J.G.
JEFFCOAT JR.
Fort Myers, FL, News-Press, May 4, 1961 JEFFCOAT DIES, MEAT WHOLESALER
J.G. Jeffcoat Jr., 62, of 2710 Central Ave, died suddenly at his
home last night. He had been a resident of Fort Myers for the past
37 years,and was owner of J.G. Jeffcoat wholesale Meats. Survivors
include his wife, Mrs. J.G. Jeffcoat; one son, J.G. Jeffcoat III,
Fort Myers; a sister, Mrs. W.B. Avera, Greenville, S.C. and four
grandchildren. He was a member of the Masonic Lodge, Elks, Shrine,
Scottish Rite and First Methodist Church.
Funeral arrangements will be announced later by Leo W. Engelhardt
Funeral Home
The Fort Myers, FL. News-Press, Friday, May 5, 1961
Funeral services for J.G. Jeffcoat Jr. will be held Sunday at 2
p.m. at the First Methodist Church with Rev. John Rooks and Rev.
A.P. Minshew officiating. Pallbearers will be Ernest Bowman, Richard
Simpson, Sr., Edward Simpson, E.I. Daniel, Fred Hanor and John Shultz.
Interment will be in Memorial Gardens Cemetery.
The Masonic Lodge will have charge of services at the cemetery
The Fort Myers, FL. News-Press, Saturday, May 6, 1961 Funeral services for
J.G. Jeffcoat Jr. will be held today at 2 p.m. at Leo W. Engelhardt Funeral
Home with Rev. John Rooks and Rev. A.P. Minshew officiating. Pallbearers
will be Ernest Bowman, Richard Simpson, Sr., Edward Simpson, E.L. Daniel,
Fred Hanor, and John Shultz. Honorary pallbearers will be Ivan McCannon,
Pedro Correa, Lou Stewart, Sheriff Flanders Thompson, Frank Condurelis,
Dr. George Hopkins and Joe Ansley. Interment will be in Memorial Gardens
Cemetery. Submitted by Norita Shepherd Moss
JOEL
G. (DICK) JEFFCOAT III
Fort Myers, Fl. News-Press, Monday, August 23, 1971
WEST PALM BEACH - Joel G. (Dick) Jeffcoat III, 47, of West Palm Beach, died
Sunday. A native of Fort Myers, he formerly was in business with his father
here in Jeffcoat Meats. He is survived by his widow, Dorothy B.; two sons,
Joel G. and David; three daughters, Holly, Lani, and Cindy; his mother,
Mrs. Isla S. Jeffcoat all of West Palm Beach; two aunts, Mrs. Dorothy Obrecht
of Fort Myers and Mrs. Ned Hammond of Alexandria, La.; three uncles, R.
Leroy Sherouse of Franklin, N.C., Carlisle Sherouse of Fort Myers and Kenneth
B. Sherouse of Miami. Funeral service will be held Tuesday at 4 p.m. at
the Tillman Funeral Home in West Palm Beach.Submitted
by Norita Shepherd Moss
WILLIAM
MARION JEFFCOAT
FORT MYERS NEWS-PRESS, Aug. 14, 1931--William Marion Jeffcoat, four-year-old
son of Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Jeffcoat died last night at the home on
South Jackson street. The boy had been ill for some time. Funeral
services will be held at 4 o'clock this afternoonfrom the chapel
of the Lawrence A. Powell funeral home. The Rev. E. N. Philpot,
pastor of the Edgewood Methodist church, will
officiate. In addition to his parents, the child is survived by
one brother J. G. Jeffcoat , III
Burial will be in the Ft. Myers City Cemetery. Submitted
by Norita Shepherd Moss
GEORGE
LANGFORD
FORT MYERS PRESS, June 25, 1908 - GEORGE LANGFORD DIES FROM A FALL
Fell From a Wagon From The Effects Of Which He Died Saturday
WAS A WELL LIKED YOUNG MAN In Perfect Health Was Suddenly Taken
Away -- His Death Deplored By Everyone.
Last Friday afternoon George W. Langford met with an accident that
cost him his life. The sad affair cast a gloom over the entire city
and was among the most deplorable accidents that ever occurred in
this city. The facts in the case are about as follows: Friday afternoon
the unfortunate young man was riding in the dray of D .Higginbotham,
who was in the act of delivering a package to the residence of C.
B. Yarbrough. The team passed in front of THE PRESS office, when
the occupants exchanged some friendly greetings with the editor
and drove on. About that time Lonnie Stewart came along and started
for the dray with the intention of getting in same. The horse was
driven along and the two men were watching Lonnie Stewart get in
the rear of the wagon. Both men were standing behind the seat, which
is somewhat elevated, and as the horse started to turn the corner
in front of the store of R. A. Henderson, Stewart raised up on the
dray. The speed of the horse was not fast, but in turning the corner
all three men lost their balance and were thrown to the ground.
Mr. Langford seemed to have fallen on his head and lay where he
fell unconscious until friends ran to his assistance. The young
man had sustained a terrible fall and the blow rendered him unconscious.
Dr. Winkler was summoned at once and the young man was placed on
a cot and taken to the home of his uncle, T. O. Langford, where
all that medical skill could do was done. On examination it was
found that the young man had sustained a severe fracture of the
skull, and an indentation was noted by feeling the back of his head.
At first it was not thought that he was seriously injured, but after
an examination by Drs. Winkler, Hunter and Hanson, it was found
that the young man had been seriously hurt, and the doctors could
hold out little hope for his recovery. Every attention was paid
to the case, but Saturday evening about seven-thirty o'clock, surrounded
by a loving mother and many relatives and friends the injured man
passed away. George Langford was a native of Madison County, Florida,
but has been a resident of this county for many years, residing
for a number of years at Immokalee with his mother, Mrs. Steve Platt.
The past year and a half he has been living in this city, working
for his uncle, T. O. Langford, in the latter's saloon. He was a
young man well liked by all who knew him, being generous and kind
and of a most jovial disposition. His death came as a shock to his
large circle of friends and, while no blame can be attached to anyone
as the accident was purely unavoidable, yet it was deplored by everyone
and especially by Messrs. Higginbotham and Stewart, both of whom
took the man's death very hard indeed. Sunday morning at 9:30 the
funeral took place from the residence of T. O. Langford, Rev. John
Beers, pastor of Methodist Church, officiating. A large number of
friends and relatives followed the remains to their last resting
place. The interment at Fort Myers Cemetery was in charge of Roberts
& Widerquist, undertakers. The day before the death of George
Langford, his mother, Mrs. Platt, came to the city and was with
her son to the end, but said to relate, the young man never gained
consciousness enough to recognize her. To the grief-stricken mother
and other relatives the sympathy of a host of friends is extended.
Deceased was twenty-two years of age at the time of his death.
MRS.GEORGIA
C. HENDERSON
Fort Myers Press, February 17, 1910 - Been Called Up Higher - One of Our
Dear Old Land-Marks Has Gone to Her Reward in Heaven - Wednesday morning
when the announcement was made that one of our dearest of women, "Grandma"
Henderson, was dead, it cast a gloom over the entire city, that time alone
can lift. Many years may roll over our heads, but the memory of this dear
woman will remain with us. She was known and loved by everybody. Her home
has been here for the past 25 years, and by her lovable disposition, she
had drawn about her a circle of friends that will bow their heads in sorrow
when they read that she is no more. Mrs. Georgia C. Henderson was born at
Thomasville, Ga., 79 years ago. She was a most active woman all her life.
As a church worker she began in early childhood, and for many years has
been a member of the Baptist Church. In this city she was known for her
goodness and charity. No one ever appealed to her in vain for succor! She
went about with an open hand. Fifty odd years she had been married, but
several years ago her husband preceded her over the river, and is now with
her where partings are no more. Up to last Sunday she had been in the best
of health, considering her age, but she was taken ill on that day. For the
rest of the day and Monday she was rather feeble, but on Tuesday she stated
that she was feeling very well. In fact the writer met her on the street
Tuesday and in response to his greeting and question as to "how are
you, Grandma," she replied in her usual motherly tone, "very well,
thank you my son." Tuesday night she retired feeling well, but about
9 o'clock she awoke and called Miss Welsh, with whom she was sleeping and
remarked that it was time to take her medicine. She got up and walked onto
the front porch. Soon she came back into the room and sat down in a chair
and in a few moments expired. A peculiar thing about her death is the fact
she died in the same chair and in the same corner of the room in which her
husband passed away. The chair was presented to her husband by Mr. Ed. L.
Evans, during his sickness. A sad incident in connection with this death
is the fact that her son, Robert, whom she idolized, was away in St. Louis
on business and did not of course know of his great loss until notified
by wire. He will arrive in this city tomorrow (Friday) night. The funeral
will be held Saturday afternoon at 3 o'clock from the Baptist Church; the
services will be conducted by Rev. E. K. Shults, pastor. Words fail us in
expressing grief at the loss of this good woman, who is one of the oldest
land-marks, and it only goes to show that they are fast passing away. She
leaves a large family of children, all now grown, two of them ministers
of the gospel, Rev. Jasper Henderson, a Baptist preacher of Georgia, Rev.
Geo. S. Henderson, a Methodist preacher of Webster, Fla. It is now quite
probable that all the children living will be here when the last sad rites
are performed. The body was taken in charge by The Carl F. Roberts Co. and
embalmed. They will have charge of the interment, which will be in the Fort
Myers Cemetery. To all who mourn we extend sympathy, for we really feel
that we have lost a good friend though you have lost a mother. On account
of the death of Mrs. Henderson the store of R. A. Henderson will be closed
Saturday. Burial in Ft. Myers Cemetery
SAMUEL
LUCKEY
THE FORT MYERS PRESS, May 28, 1925--SAMUEL LUCKEY COUNTY PIONEER DIES
TUESDAY. The funeral services of Samuel Lucky, 80, who died at his home
on Central avenue at 5:15 yesterday evening, were held at Englehardt's chapel
this morning at 10 o'clock, Rev. W. H. Adams officiating. Burial at Fort
Myers cemetery. The deceased was one of the pioneer settlers of Fort Myers
and drove here from Orlando, where he was one of the pioneer sawmill men
and a man high in business circles, forty years ago. He and his family made
the trip overland in a wagon. With his arrival in Fort Myers, Mr. Lucky
began doing work for the county and many bridges in the county was constructed
by him. The bridge on the cemetery road has the same foundation and underplanting
placed there by Mr. Lucky thirty-five years ago. He was one of the first
advocates of good roads in the county and lived until he saw his plans applied
by the county He was a veteran of the civil war, having served in a Confederate
regiment. Mr. Lucky owned a piece of ground at the city limits and farmed
it successfully. A few weeks prior to his death he was hale and robust for
a man of his age and a good conversationalist. Death was the result of a
complication of diseases. He leaves three sons, William Lucky, Cliford O.
Lucky and Samuel Lucky, jr. and several daughters and many grandchildren
Hugh
Jay Luckey
FORT MYERS PRESS, March 23, 1911 - A sad death occurred Sunday night, February
26, at LaBelle. Hugh Jay Luckey, the second son of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Luckey
of Alva. had been ailing for a few days, but was not considered seriously
sick, when he was taken worse and died at his uncle's, his parents not knowing
of his being sick until notified of his death.. Jay, as he was familiarly
called, was a good boy, kind and quiet of disposition, and will be greatly
missed in the home. He was about seventeen years of age, and leaves his
parents. six brothers and a sister to mourn his loss. His remains were taken
to Fort Denaud for burial. Mr. L. D. Baldwin was called to conduct the services
at the cemetery. The family have the sympathy of a large circle of friends
and relatives.
JAMES
MICHAEL GUFFEY
Ft. Myers News -Press Ft. Myers, Oct., 21, 2003
James Michael Guffey, 21, died Oct. 17, 2003. He is survived by his mother,
Rebecca Moss-Guffey, father Jeffrey Guffey, brother, Jonathan, grandparents
John & Norita Moss, Helen Brown.
Family and friends are invited to gather at 5821 Jackson Rd., Thursday,
Oct. 23, from 4-8 PM.
GUFFEY, JAMES MICHAEL, 21, of N. Ft. Myers, died Friday. Arrangements by
ICS Cremation Society, Inc.
Name: James Michael GUFFEY 1
Birth: 29 APR 1982 in Ft. Myers Lee Co., FL 1
Death: 17 OCT 2003 in North Ft. Myers Lee Co., FL
Burial: Cremation Ashes Spread over the woods of FL he loved
Parents Jefferry Lee Guffey and Rebecca Jo Moss
Helen
L. Brown
Helen L. Cato Guffey Brown, 79, of Ft. Myers, born November 22, 1925 in
New Harmony, IN, a Fort Myers resident since 1975, died Monday December
29, 2003.
Helen retired from Lee Memorial Hospital. She is survived by and will be
whole heartedly missed by her loving children: June Ricketts, Jim Guffey,
Oliver 'Skeet' Guffey, Wesley Guffey, Ron Guffey and Jeff Guffey, all of
Fort Myers. Her sisters Phyliss, Martha, brothers Bud & George, Son-in-law
Jerry Ricketts and daughters-in-law Jesse and Kathy Guffey, many grandchildren
and great grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her sister Elizabeth.
'You may no longer be with us in body, but you will always be with us in
our hearts.' Arrangements by National Cremation Society.
Submitted by Norrita Shepherd Moss, who adds the following info:
Name: Helen L. CATO
Birth: 22 NOV 1925 in New Harmony, IN
Death: 29 DEC 2003 in Ft. Myers Lee Co., FL
Father: Loren CATO b: 12 NOV 1895 in Posey Co., IN
Mother: Lela UNKNOWN b: 30 APR 1895 in Indiana
Marriage 1 Oliver Earl GUFFEY b: 27 APR 1926 in KY
Marriage 2 Unknown BROWN
Franklin
Jacke
FORT MYERS NEWS-PRESS, April 1, 1936--Franklin Jacke, 61-year-old store
keeper at the Koreshan Unity, committed suicide by drowning early yesterday
morning in the Estero river. In a note addressed to the Koreshans, Jacke
gave approaching blindness as the reason for taking his life. "I am
about blind and can't stand it any longer," he wrote. When Jacke was
missed at the store, the Koreshans headed by Brother George Hunt, started
a search and first found the note which also contained instructions wehre
to find the body. The sheriff's office was notified immediately, and the
body was located in the river by Deputy E. P. McAuley and State Officer
Homer Klay. Deputy McAuley said that deep scratches on Jacke's face made
it appear that he had tried to claw out his eyes either before of after
jumping into the water. He was drowned in a comparatively shallow spot and
the body was recovered by wading and dragging with a garden rake. Jacke
had been a member of the Koreshan Unity for 33 years, coming to Lee county
to join the Estero community from his native
home in Wisconsin. He is said to have relatives in Wisconsin. The text of
the note follows: "Dear Folks: I am about blind, cannot see to do my
work today. With all the business cares which no one knows, I am unable
to stand this. I have gone to the river. Look for my hat on the point. I
am so blind cannot see people in the store; just a dim outline." The
hat was found by Brother Hunt and nearby he discovered Jacke's coat and
a handkerchief neatly folded on the bank. He also left his watch and chain
with his clothes. For many years Jacke had operated a general store which
belonged to the Koreshan unity. The Koreshans told Deputy McAuley they would
take care of the body themselves.
Submitted by Norrita Shepherd Moss
ROBERT
KEVIN MOSS
Ft. Myers Newspress March 8, 1986 Lee County, FL
Robert Kevin Moss,25, died March 6 in Ft. Lauderdale after a short illiness.
Survived by his parents, mother Linda J.Neubauer, step-father Walter Neubauer,
father Robert C. Moss Jr; two sisters Melissa Boatwright and Michelle DesJardin
and husbend and two children, brother and sister Georgia and Allen Moss,
maternal grandparents Nelia Smith, Arcadia, J. R. Smith, of Texas and numerous
aunts, uncles and cousins. He was preceded in death by his paternal grandparents
Robert C. Moss Sr. and Erma O. Moss Dailey. He was a member of the Church
of Latter Day Saints. He attended North Ft. Myers High School and graduated
from Lawerence High School in Lawerence, KA. Arrangements by National Cremation
Society of Ft. Lauderdale.
Parents: Robert C. Moss,Jr and Linda J. Smith
Birth: 12 JAN 1961 in St. Petersburg, FL
Death: March 5, 1986 in Ft. Lauderdale Broward County, FL
Burial: by National Cremation Society of Ft. Lauderdale
Submitted by Norita Shepherd Moss
URIAH
BURREL HART
FORT MYERS PRESS, November 3, 1947
Uriah Burrel
Hart, 69-year-old carpenter, died at his home in Tice yesterday. He was
a member of the Tice Methodist Church.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Carrie Hart; two daughters, the Misses
Helen and Bessie Hart; a son, Edwin Hart; three brothers, John, Walter and
Lawrence Hart; of KA, a sister,
Mrs. Pearl Johnson, of Kansas City. Funeral arrangements are in charge of
Lawrence A. Powell and will be announced later. Burial in Fort Myers Cemetery
Submitted by Norita
Shepherd Moss
MRS.
CARRIE LEE HART
FORT MYERS PRESS, November 9, 1950
Mrs. Carrie
Lee Hart, 62, of Tice, died here early Wednesday. She was a member of the
Methodist Church of Tice. Surviving are a son,
William E. Hart, two daughter, Mrs. Elwood Toler, and Miss Helen Hart both
of Fort Myers; three brothers: C. S. Moss and N. C. Moss of Dresden, OH,
and Bruce Moss, Marlinton, WV;
and a nephew, R. C. Moss of Fort Myers; and other nieces and nephews in
Ohio and West Virginia ..
Funeral arrangements by McQueen and Young. Burial in Fort Myers Cemetery.
Submitted by Norita
Shepherd Moss
Laurie Nan Hart
Published in The News-Press on 1/8/2008
Obituary Laurie
Nan Hart, 70, a Fort Myers native passed away on January 2, 2008 at Hope
Hospice, Cape Coral. She
was born on July 4, 1937,a child of James and Lucy Buffington. She was proud
of her pioneer family heritage
in Lee County Laurie retired as a Corporal with the Lee County Sheriffs
Dept. and had been a
member of Order of the Eastern Star, The Daughters of the Confederacy, The
Lee County Pioneers. The
Lee Historical Society, Red Hats and her beloved "lunch bunch".
She is survived by her loving husband of 52 years, William E. "Eddie"
Hart, daughter, Susan Hollingsworth, son,
Stephen Hart, grandsons, Robbie Hollingsworth and Ryan Hart brother, James
Buffington (Shirley), sister-in-law,
Helen Hart, and nieces and nephews.
A celebration of life will be held Saturday, January 12, 2008 at 1:00 PM
at Hospice House Community Room,
2430 Diplomat Pkwy, Cape Coral.
In lieu of flowers, memorial gifts may be sent to the SW Florida Lion's
Eye Institute, 1410 N. 21st Street, Tampa, FL 33619.
Contributed by
Norita Shepherd Moss
William
Thomas Howard was born June 2, 1911 in Fort Myers. Known to his
friends as Tommy, Howard chaired committees that selected, acquired and
secured state funding for the University of South Florida branch in Fort
Myers. As a result of his efforts, the Florida Gulf Coast University opened
in Fort Myers in 1982. Howard served on committees dealing with higher education
in Florida and was awarded a Doctorate of Humane Letters from the University
of South Florida. William Thomas Howard died in 1995. His Great Floridian
plaque is located on Howard Hall on the Florida Gulf Coast University campus,
10501 FG
Contributed by
Norita Shepherd Moss
Published in The News-Press
on 9/19/2008
Bert
Ivan Green, 84, died in Fort Myers, Florida, on December 2, 2007.
Captain Bert was born on March 30, 1923, in Punta Rassa, Florida, to Frank
Marion Green and Annie Leathlan Green. He was preceded in death by four
brothers, Edwin Richard "Buck" Green, Thomas Cordiza Green, Charles
F. Green, and David I. Green, and three sisters, Ruth A. Thompson, Ruby
I. Ingram, Gladys I. Green, and Mary Grief. He was survived by his sister,
Frankie L. Watson (now deceased), and Joan Green Johnson of Astoria, Oregon,
and numerous nephews and nieces.
Captain Bert was truly a Southwest Florida treasure. The son of a Lee County
pioneer family, he fished the waters of the Gulf of Mexico all his life,
from Estero Bay to Caxambas to Campeche and all points between. He lived
his life among family and friends at Fort Myers Beach, save for those times
when he was on fishing trips, which took him to such diverse locations as
the coasts of Cuba, Mexico, Texas and Louisiana. He spent a year as a boy
living on the Watson farm on Chatham Bend with his father and brothers fishing
and plume hunting. Bert was loved by all who knew him, and he returned that
love with generosity and sincerity. We miss him deeply.
There will be a Memorial Service for Bert and his sister, Frankie, on Saturday,
September 20, at 2:00 pm at the Edison Restaurant at 3583 McGregor Boulevard,
Fort Myers. Contributed
by Norita Shepherd Moss
FORT
MYERS NEWS-PRESS, March 23, 1969
Capt.
Elwin E. Damkohler, 90, whose colorful career included
a pioneer boyhood in Lee County, gold mining in Alaska, a long
term as local fishing guide and in his late years a venture in
coconut planting, died Saturday at his home on Hoople Street.
A native of Missouri, Damkohler came here with his family in 1882
aboard a schooner. They settled in Estero, a community of 300
which was then dominated by the Koreshan Unity. As a young man,
he was lured to the gold rush in the Klondike and later served
in the Merchant Marine. Returning to Lee County, Damkohler became
one of the best known fishing guides in Florida, an occupation
he pursued for almost 40 years. He was considered an authority
on the pioneer lore and history of this area, and could spin endless
tales of buried treasure, Seminole Indian encounters and gigantic
tarpon of 200 pounds or more which were either captured after
a desperate struggle or slipped the hook. Contributed
by Norita Shepherd Moss
FORT
MYERS TROPICAL NEWS, April 11, 1929
Fred
Wells, 40, a member of the Koreshan
Unity, was still hovering between life and death last night as
the result of serious internal injuries received Tuesday night
when he was attacked by a large bull he was feeding. The bull
had recently been dehorned, but he butted Wells with his stumps,
causing several broken ribs, which penetrated the man's lungs.
... Wells had been in charge of the Unity's cattle for many years.
Update, April
12, 1929: Funeral services were held at Estero yesterday for Fred
Wells ... who died early yesterday morning ... Dr. F. K. Armstrong,
who attended him, described his condition as hopeless from the
first. Contributed
by Norita Shepherd Moss
FORT
MYERS NEWS-PRESS, Feb. 21, 1932
Mrs.
Hattie Newcomb, oldest member of the Koreshan Unity
here, was buried yesterday afternoon a few hours after her death.
Mrs. Newcomb, who came to Estero from Chicago nearly 40 years
ago when the cult selected the little Lee County community for
its place of residence, was 89 years old. Survivors include a
daughter, Miss Vesta Newcomb, who was 10 years old when she accompanied
her mother to Estero, and a son, James Newcomb of LaBelle. Mrs.
Newcomb had been ill for some time and preparations for burial
had been completed several days before death actually occurred.
Under the cult ritual, bodies are consigned to the earth a few
hours after death. The Koreshans, who believe in a spiritual reincarnation,
look forward to the third day after death as the time when the
spirit leaves the body to join other spirits in its celestial
world.
Contributed
by Norita Shepherd Moss
The Tropical
News May 27, 1918
G B Golden
of Alva is Dead. Passed Away Saturday noon at Robert E Lee Memorial
Hospital. General B Golden, a prominent farmer living at Alva, who
has been critically ill at the Robert E Lee Hospital for some time,
died at noon Saturday. He was 57 years of age and is survived by
his wife and two daughters. The body was taken charge by the Carl
F Roberts Undertaking company, A funeral service was conducted by
Rev. Raymond at 4:00 o'clock Saturday afternoon and burial took
place in the Fort Myers Cemetery. Mrs. Golden and daughters left
Sunday in company with the former's sister, Mrs Coker, for Limestone
to remain for a few days.
Contributed by Norita Shepherd Moss
FORT MYERS NEWS-PRESS
Sunday, June 21, 1931
Funeral services for FRANK
GOMES, 76, who died at his East End residence yesterday,
will be held at 2 o’clock this afternoon from St. Francis Xavier’s
Catholic Church on Cleveland Avenue. Funeral services will be in
charge of Father R. P. Brennan. Burial will be in Fort Myers Cemetery.
Lawrence A. Powell has been in charge of arrangements. Mr. Gomes
death was attributed to old age. He was a [opneer settler of Ft.
Myers. He is survived by two sons, King and Salvador, and by seven
daughters, Mrs. Anna Padilla, Mrs. Mary Padilla, Mrs. Nellie Padilla,
Mrs. Lillian Coleman, Mrs. Flo Hamilton
Contributed by Norita Shepherd Moss
FORT MYERS NEWS-PRESS
June 7, 1933
Mrs.
Irene Haskew Gonzalez, wife of M. S. Gonzalez, died early
yesterday morning at her home on Grand avenue. Mrs. Gonzalez was
one of the first of the Southwest Florida pioneers to settle here,
coming to Fort Myers about 50 years ago from Madison, Fla. She was
65 years old. Funeral services will be conducted at 4 o'clock Thursday
afternoon at the home with the Rev. Joseph F. Bell of the First
Methodist church reading the ceremony. Lawrence A. Powell is in
charge of arrangements. Honorary pall bearers will be Tom Evans,
Mr. Foutz, A. M. Tyre, W. P. Henley, C. J. Stubbs and T. T. Henderson.
Active pall bearers are L. C. Curtright, G. E. Gerald, Joe Maharrey,
C. L. Starnes, J. B. parker and Claude Stroup. In addition to her
husband, Mrs. Gonzalez is survived by six children, Mrs. A. L. Williams
of Greensboro, N. C.; Mrs. Curtis M. Davison, Fred, Tom, Charles
and Leslie Gonzalez, all of Fort Myers; three sisters, Mrs. Carrie
Dykstra and Mrs. Hal B. Selby, Bellingham, Wash., and Mrs. Lucy
H. Mickle, Fort Myers; two brothers, J. M. Haskew, Miami and Finley
Haskey, Hansford, Fla. Mrs. Gonzales' death came with shocking suddenness.
She had arisen as usual yesterday morning and prepared the morning
meal for herself and husband. She was found dead in a chair on the
porch by her husband a few minutes later. She had suffered with
heart trouble for some time, but had given no advance warning that
her condition was so serious
Contributed by Norita Shepherd Moss
FORT MYERS NEWS-PRESS
August 12, 1935
Manuel S. Gonzalez,
74-year-old pioneer citizen and builder of Fort Myers, died yesterday
afternoon at his home on 803 North Grand avenue after a short illness.
Coming to Fort Myers when he was five years old, Mr. Gonzales was
the oldest citizen of this city in years of residence and was widely
known in South Florida. It was in 1866 when Fort Myers was an abandoned
military site that Mr. Gonzalez sailed up the Caloosahatchee with
his father, the late Capt. Manuel A. Gonzalez, and decided to locate
here. There were two other white persons on the sloop captained
by the elder Gonzalez and with the boy, they constituted the first
four white settlers in this community. The others were "Uncle"
John Weatherford and Joseph A. Vivas, both deceased. If Manuel Gonzales
had lived one more decade, he would have seen Fort Myers celebrate
its 50th anniversary as an incorporated city. He was one of the
original 44 citizens who met Aug. 12, 1885 and drew up articles
of incorporation after electing the first city officials. Mr. Gonzalez,
in his life time, saw Fort Myers grow from a deserted military outpost
of the Seminole Indian war to a modern resort city. First as a sailing
master and later as a lumber and material dealer, Mr. Gonzalez played
an active part in the building of his community. Never seeking public
office, he managed to make his steady influence felt when the community
was a turbulent cow town on the outskirts of civilization. His first
home was pieced together from what was left of the officers headquarters
occupied by Lieut. Winfield Scott Hancock during the Seminole wars.
After locating in Fort Myers with his son, the original Capt. M.
A. Gonzalez sent back to Key West for his family. When his family
arrived, Captain Gonzalez housed them in what was later known as
the H. E. Heitman residence and which is now occupied by the Fort
Myers public library. This is the oldest building in Fort Myers.
It was not long before other families located here and the land
was divided up. Manuel's branch was named for Mr. Gonzalez's father
because his first claim extended from Jackson street to that little
stream. Mr. Gonzalez retired from the lumber business about 10 years
ago and moved from what was then Garrett street, now known as Broadway,
to Grand avenue. He is survived by two daughters, Mrs. A. L. Williams
of Greensboro, N. C., and Mrs. Curtis M. Davison of Fort Myers;
four sons, Fred, Tom, Charles and Leslie; two sisters, Mrs. L. C.
Stewart and Mrs. J. F. Garner of Fort Myers and two brothers, Alonzo
Gonzales of Daytona Beach and J. E. Gonzalez of Newark, N. J. Mrs.
Gonzalez has been dead for two years. Funeral services will be held
at 4 o'clock this afternoon at the Lawrence Powell chapel on First
street with the Rev. C. T. Tew officiating. Interment will be in
the family plot in the Fort Myers cemetery. Active pallbearers are
J. D. Walker, H. C. Mickle, Paul Weatherly, Burt Chapman, Vernon
Contributed by Norita Shepherd Moss
FORT MYERS NEWS-PRESS
October 24, 1943
Negro Pioneer Dies
Mellisa S. Jones,
92-year-old negro pioneer citizen of Safety Hill, died Friday night
at her home at 116 Anderson Avenue. She had lived in Fort Myers
for 42 years and was active in the establishment of the Jones-Walker
Hospital for negroes in Lee County. She is survived by six daughters,
Clara Session of Fort Myers, Cora Gardner of Dayton, Ohio, Gertrude
Epps of New York,Charlotte Kinsler of West Palm Beach, Ida Craig
of Tampa and Luna Price of Cape Palmas, Liberia, Africa. Funeral
arrangements have not been completed.
Contributed by Norita Shepherd Moss
FORT MYERS NEWS-PRESS,
Sept. 26, 1939
Charles Keen,
69-year-old carpenter, shot and killed his sister-in-law, Mrs.
Annie Lou Randall, 32,and then ended his own life yesterday
morning at his home at Buckingham. A son, Andrew Keen, was an eye-witness.
Young Keen told a coroner's jury that his father and Mrs. Randall
had been intimate for some two years. He said that his father came
home from work during the morning, found he and Mrs. Randall alone
together, got a pistol from his bedroom, fired four shots into the
woman and then shot himself through the heart. Mrs. Randall and
her husband, George Randall, had spent the preceding night at the
Keen home where they were frequent visitors. Randall, a grove hand,
had taken Keen to Fort Myers that morning where he was employed
on a carpentering job in Dean Park. Young Keen gave no explanation
for the shooting. He said that after firing two shots into the woman
his father asked her, "now will you stop?" He said he
did not know what his father meant. "My father came home around
11 o'clock," said Andrew, who wept openly throughout his story,
"he was not feeling well. He went into his bedroom and got
his .32 caliber pistol out from under the pillow. I thought nothing
of it because he often carried his gun with him. "He had been
drinking - I smelled beer on his breath. He got his suitcase from
under the bed and tried to unlock it. I pulled out my key and told
him it would open the lock better. He said, 'don't bother me now,
son.' "He took out his pocketknife and cut the suitcase open.
He got out a new shirt and tore the sleeve in jerking out the pins.
He put on the shirt, told me he would be back later and walked out
on the porch where Mrs. Randall was sititng. I walked to the back
porch to comb my hair. "I heard two shots and heard my father
say, 'now will you quit?' I don't know what he was talking about.
He shot twice more. I started to jump him as he shot himself and
fell on his hands and knees." Deputy Sheriff L. H. Furen said
that when he arrived about half an hour later Mrs. Randall was slumped
in the rocking chair and Keen was sprawled on the floor. Young Keen
had summoned Furen by telephone from the McLaughlin dairy. Dr. Baker
Whisnant, who examined the bodies, said the woman was shot twice
through the heart and Keen once through the heart. Both died almost
instantly. Nobody knew where the other two bullets went. Services
will be held at 3:30 o'clock this afternoon at the Buckingham Cemetery
for Mrs. Randall with the Rev. C. L. Crider officiating. Arrangements
are in charge of Spooner and Engelhardt. Besides her husband she
is survived by her mother and father, Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Green;
seven sisters, Mrs. L. H. Phillips of Washington, D.C., Mrs. A.
T. Taylor, Mrs. Sallie Flnt, Mrs. Cazzie Anderson, Mrs. C. O. Green,
Mrs. Lena Lanier and Miss Areeta Green; a brother, Tonmas Green,
and a daugher, Mary Lambert. Services for Keen have not been arranged
yet. Besides his son, Andrew, he is survived by two other sons,
Charles Jr. of Buckingham and W. M. Keen of Norfolk, Va.; two daughers,
Mrs. W. G. Mount and Mrs. A. Meyer of Tampa. After hearing the testimony
the coroner's jury returned a verdict of murder and suicide. Members
of the jury were J. R. Griffin, foreman, T. H. Nash, Earl Fuller,
F. M. Griffin, Carl Tyre and S. I. Hagan.
Contributed by Norita Shepherd Moss
THE FORT MYERS
PRESS
April 27, 1911
Mrs. Dorcas
Ann Roan Dies At The Home of her Son on Second St. Mrs.
Roan was born in Bainbridge, Ga., November 20, 1835 and spent her
early childhood there. Her family moved to Appalachicola when Dorcas
Ann Lewis, as she was then, was about 15 years old. She was married
there in her 19th year to Turner T. Roan and lived there for about
20 years.They then moved to Fort Myers and have lived here ever
since. Seven children in all blessed their marriage, all of whom
are now living, to mourn the loss of their darling mother.Mr. Roan
died four years ago and since then Mrs. Roan had made her home with
her son, Henry. She was a woman loved by all her friends; quiet,
unassuming, gentle and uncomplaining, a character which for its
strength and sweetness could not be surpassed. In their hour of
bereavement, our sympathy goes out to her family, for they have
sustained the loss of a loved mother and a gentle guiding hand.The
funeral services will be held from the home of her son on Second
Street today.
Contributed by Norita Shepherd Moss
FORT MYERS NEWS-PRESS
May 24, 1961
Newton P. Roan,
75, a resident of Fort Myers for the past 70 years, died at his
home, 1907 Evelena Lane, North Fort Myers, yesterday. He was a retired
fishing guide. Surviving are his wife, Arizona Roan; a daughter,
Mrs. Elmer Davies; three sons, Beiton, Les and Vernon; his mother,
Mattie Roan; two brothers, Al Roan of Sarasota and John Roan, Fort
Myers; and two sisters, Mrs. Tony Boston, Bradenton, and Ida Pallicer
of California. Services will be held Thursday at 10 a.m. at Leo
W. Engelhardt Funeral Home with Rev. Ernest Williams officiating.
Interment will be in Fort Myers Cemetery
Contributed by Norita Shepherd Moss
FORT MYERS NEWS-PRESS
November 25, 1975
Minnie
Mae(Horne) Robbins, 73, of 1055 Luray, died Monday. A
native if Plant City, she was a pioneer resident of Fort Myers for
the past 73 years. She was a member of the Marsh Avenue Church of
God. Survivors include three sons, Harold R. Horne, James A. Horne
and Thomas M. Horne, all of Fort Myers; five daughers, Mrs. Frances
L. May, Mrs. Cora A. Williams, Mrs. Ella K. Harvey, Mrs. Era Mae
Washburn and Mrs. Myra L. Horn, all of Fort Myers; one brother,
Miles Nipper of Miami; two sisters, Mrs. Ella Combass of North Fort
Myers and Mrs. Elsie Blake of Orlando, 26 grandchildren and 18 great-grandchildren.
Funeral service will be conducted Wednesday on 2 p.m. at the Marsh
Avenue Church of God with the Rev. E. J. Saylor, pastor, officiating.
Burial will be at Fort Myers Cemetery. Pallbearers will be Thurman
Mitchell Jr., Harvey E. May, James R. May, Louis F. Harvey, Roddy
A. Harvey and Joseph W. Hanshaw. Honorary pallbearers will be Tom
Forehand, R. L. Perry, Thurman Mitchell Sr., C. P. Gilleon, Willard
Osborne and Jimmy P. Porter. The family will receive friends today
fro 7 to 9 p.m. at the Anderson Funeral Home, 3654 Palm Beach Blvd.
Contributed by Norita Shepherd Moss
FORT MYERS NEWS-PRESS
July 26, 1937
Carl F. Roberts,
retired lumber dealer and pioneer builder of Fort Myers, died at
his home yesterday afternoon after a long illness. He was 75 years
old. Funeral services will be held at 10 o'clock tomorrow morning
at the Roberts home at 717 First street with the Masonic lodge in
charge. One of the best known men in South Florida, Mr. Roberts
has been retired from active business for several years but continued
to take an active interest in the affairs of the Seminole Lumber
& Manufacturing company which was the outgrowth of his first
lumber shed on the banks of the Caloosahatchee when Fort Myers was
an unincorporated village. The finest of the older homes in Fort
Myers were built by Mr. Roberts and the building at the corner of
First and Lee streets bears his name. Mr. Roberts was born in Stockholm,
Sweden, June 25, 1862. He emigrated to America when he was 17, his
family settling in Illinois. Hearing fascinating stories of the
Florida frontier, he and a dozen other adventurous youths left Illinois
four years later, floated down the Mississippi on a cotton barge
and arrived at New Orleans. Mr. Roberts took a steamer for Punta
Rassa, landing at the then thriving cattle port and took a sloop
up the river to Fort Myers. while adventuring in Florida, Mr. Roberts
was stricken with yellow fever, caught in the Key West epidemic,
and he returned to Illinois to recuperate, but he had Florida sand
in his shoes, and he came back within months to make his permanent
home in Fort Myers, which he helped turn from a frontier town to
a modern progressive city through his foresight, hard work and enterprise.
Mr. Roberts, a contractor and wood worker by trade, started a small
lumber business in 1902 on the waterfront, but when the railroad
came in moved back along the tracks. In 1909 he organized the Carl
F. Roberts company and in 1921 the Seminole Lumber and Manufacturing
company and was president of these two firms until his death. In
addition Mr. Roberts acquired considerable real estate and rental
properties. Various public and fraternal offices were held by Mr.
Roberts. He served on the Lee Memorial hospital board and was treasurer
for several years. He was a trustee of the board of education of
Lee county for several terms and a charter member of the Fort Myers
board of trade. He was a member of the Kiwanis club, Tropical lodge
No. 56, F. & A. M., and Royal Palm lodge No. 16, Knights of
Pythias. Survivors include his widow, Mrs. Emma C. Roberts, a son,
Carl R. Roberts, and a sister, Mrs. G. F. Widerquist. R. R. Gresham,
worshipful master, last night requested all masons to be at the
masonic hall at 9 a.m. tomorrow morning. The Rev. Rembert Guy of
the First Methodist church will officiate at the rites, which will
be held at the Roberts residence on First street. Pallbearers will
be John M. Boring, C. T. Tooke, J. L. Goldsby, L. M. Stroup, C.
L. Stewart and F. C. Alderman. Spooner and Engelhardt have charge
of arrangements.
Contributed by Norita Shepherd Moss
FORT MYERS NEWS-PRESS
Feb. 12, 1935
Mrs.
T. J.(Odulia) Roberts died late last night at her home
on East First street after a three weeks' illness which followed
a stroke. Funeral services will be in charge of Lawrence A. Powell.
She was 66 years old. She is survived by a daughter, Mrs. J. D.
Walker, two sisters, Mrs. L. C. Stewart and Mrs. J. F. Garner and
three brothers, M. S. Gonzalez, A. F. Gonzalez of Daytona, and J.
E. Gonzalez of New York. Mrs. Roberts was a member of the Baptist
church and was a pioneer resident of Lee county, being born here
in Fort Myers.
Contributed by Norita Shepherd Moss
FORT MYERS NEWS-PRESS
January 5, 1942
Thomas A. Roberts,
58-year-old boatman and brother of Sheriff Fred Roberts, died yesterday
at his home on Pine Street. Mr. Roberts, of a Lee County pioneer
family, had been ill for a long time. Funeral services will be held
at 3 o'clock this afternoon at the graveside in the Fort Myers Cemetery
with the Rev. R. E. Drymon of the Church of God conducting the rites.
Arrangements are in charge of Lawrence A. Powell. Pallbearers will
be Rob Allen, Cap Allen, Carl Collier, Bank Pearse, Frank Daniels
and Henry Daniels. Mr. Roberts leaves four sisters, Mrs. Flossie
Alexander, Mrs. Laura Johnson, Mrs. Nancy Williams, all of Naples,
and Mrs. Gertrude Gleason, Miami; four brothers, Fred, Perry, Roy
and Arthur; two sons, Ingram and Perry, and a daughter, Mrs. R.
E. Barnes
Contributed by Norita Shepherd Moss
FORT MYERS PRESS
February 12, 1924
Funeral services for William
Lamar Rogers, the 9-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph
Rogers, who died on the operating table at the Lee Memorial Hospital
at 5:30 o'clock yesterday afternoon, will be held at Engelhardt's
Mortuary Home at 10 o'clock tomorrow morning. Burial will take place
in the cemetery here. The boy was taken to the hospital yesterday
afternoon to submit to a minor operation. He died under the anaesthetic.
Heroic measures were resorted to in the vain effort to resuscitate
him. The death of the boy cast a gloom over the city. He was a bright,
manly little fellow who had hosts of friends, not only among his
playmates but among his elders. His mother, Mrs. Maude Rogers, and
a granddaughter of Mrs. Julia Hanson, operates a millinery store
at 1335 Hendry Street.
Contributed by Norita Shepherd Moss
FORT MYERS PRESS
August 14, 1933
Thomas E. Neel,
the 14-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Neel, Garrett Street,
died of lockjaw at 6:15 o'clock this morning at the Lee Memorial
Hospital. A week ago yesterday while playing at his home, the boy,
who was barefoot, accidentally stepped upon a rusty nail. The nail
penetrated the ball of the right foot a quarter of an inch and although
the wound was painful it was not regarded at the time as serious.
Home remedies were applied and when threatening symptoms developed
a physician was promptly called. The boy was removed to the hospital;
anti-toxin was administered and everything that medical science
offered to combat the dread disease, tetanus, was employed to no
avail. Yesterday when the condition of "Tommie", as he
was affectionately known, became critical it was seen that his young
life was ebbing and shortly after 6 o'clock this morning death ended
the boy's sufferings. The body of the boy was prepared for burial
at the Mortuary Home of L. W. Engelhardt. This afternoon at 3:30
o'clock the funeral was held at the home of Tommie's parents on
Garrett Street. The service was conducted by the Rev. Dr. G. W.
Benn, pastor of the Presbyterian Church. Burial took place in the
Fort Myers Cemetery. Mr. Neel is the efficient ticket agent of the
Atlantic Coast Line here. He and his family have the sincere sympathy
of a sorrowing community in their bereavement.
Contributed by Norita Shepherd Moss
FORT MYERS TROPICAL
NEWS
Sept. 14, 1930
Funeral services will be held at 4 pm today forPeggy
Ann Nelle, eight months old daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
George W. Nelle, the Rev. G. S. Roberts officiating at the Lawrence
A. Powell funeral home. Burial will take place at the Fort Myers
cemetery. Besides her parents the child is survived by two brothers.
Peggy ann died last Wednesday at Hendersonville, N.C., from injuries
sustained when her five-year-old brother fell from a tree and struck
her to the ground. The children and their mother were visiting in
Carolina at the time of the accident. Mr. Nelle is an employee of
the Seaboard freight department here.
Contributed by Norita Shepherd Moss
FORT MYERS NEWS-PRESS
March 8, 1942
Clayton L. Norris,
Park Stand Owner, Dies at Hospital Popular Fort Myers Man Succumbs
to Illness of Two Weeks Clayton Lamar Norris, popular 37-year-old
owner and proprietor of the Norris sandwich stand on First Street
across from the city park, died yesterday at the Lee Memorial Hospital
where he was taken Thursday after an illness of two weeks. An examination
by physicians showed that death was caused by a rare malady known
as acute yellow atrophy affecting the liver.Clayton Norris was one
of the most popular young busines men in Fort Myers. He came here
from Lakeland in 1925 to accept a position with the Evans-Smith
pharmacy which is now known as Marines. Five years ago he established
the Norris sandwich stand which has been a favorite place for young
people to congregate. Norris was born in Swainsboro, Ga., but lived
in Lakeland several years before coming to Fort Myers. He was a
member of the St. Luke's Episcopal Church.Mr. Norris is survived
by his wife, Mrs. Margaret Henderosn Norris and two young daughters,
Barbara Winkler Norris and Margaret Hill Norris; two brothers, William
B. Norris of St. Petersburg and Lewis Norris of Lakeland; two sisters,
Mrs. Eulia Stephens of Pearce and Mrs. R. J. Winchester of Manchester,
Va., and his father, William F. Norris of Bartow.Funeral services
will be held at 5 o'clock this afternoon at the Episcopal church
with the Rev. Andrew D. Milstead officiating. Active pallbearers
will be Bill Newton, Dr. Harvey J. Stipe, Claude Carter, Bill Dehon,
Frank C. Alderman, Jr., and E. D. Griffin. Honorary pallbearers
will be Dr. C. Gordon Merrick, Dr. Fred Bartleson, J. B. Parker,
W. J. Green, Ernest McDonald, W. F. Gordon, P. D. Marine, J. L.
Clarkson and R. A. Henderson. Lawrence A. Powell has charge of arrangements.
Interment will be at the Fort Myers Cemetery.
Contributed by Norita Shepherd Moss
FORT MYERS NEWS-PRESS
August 13, 1995
Albert C. Padgett,
77, of Cape Coral, formerly of Felda, passed away Thursday, August
10, 1995. A resident of Southwest Florida for the past 40 years,
he taught for the Collier County School District for 25 years. He
as a sergeant in the Army Air Corps during WWII, serving in the
European Theater. He was a member of the First Assembly of God of
Fort Myers.He is survived by his wife, K. Lenore; children, Sharon
Bowdler, Jeannette LeMasters and Curtis Padgett, all of Fort Myres;
four grandchildren, two great-grandchildren and one sister, Lula
May Gibson of Marianna, FL. Graveside services will be 10;30 a.m.
Monday, August 14, at Lee Memorial Park, with Pastor Bill Campbell
of the First Assembly of God of Fort Myers officiating.
Contributed by Norita Shepherd Moss
SARASOTA HERALD-TRIBUNE
SUNDAY, JANUARY 17, 1954
Andrew Laurance
Padilla, 69, of 1010 Cocoanut Avenue died Friday night
at the Sarasota Municipal Hospital. He was a resident of Sarasota
for two years and a native of Key West. He was a commercial fisherman.
Surviving are four sons: Antonio L. of Boca Grande, Lee Albert of
Sarasota, Raleigh of Naples, and Floyd Padilla of Fort Myers; four
daughters, Mrs. Angelo Bell of Boca Grande, Mrs. Clyde Bigelow of
Fort Myers, Mrs. John Thompson and Mrs. Albert Norris of Tampa;
one brother, Phalo Padilla of Boca Grande, two sisters, Mrs. Simon
Shatraw of Tampa and Mrs. Sophie Rodriguez of Boca Grande. 23 grandchildren
and 2 great-grandchildren. Funeral and burial will be in Fort Myers.
Robarts-Shannon Funeral Home is in charge of local arrangements.
Contributed by Norita Shepherd Moss
FORT MYERS NEWS-PRESS
Monday, April 26, 1965
Mrs. Anna
Bell Padilla, 75, a resident of Diego Street, and a lifetime
resident of Lee County, died yesterday. She is survived by three
daughters, Mrs. Laura Howell, Tice, Mrs. D. B. (Juanita) DeLacey,
Pine Island, and Mrs. Ralph (Anna Jean) May, LaBelle; four sons,
Jesse Padilla, John Padilla, Julius Padilla, all of Pine Island,
Andrew Padilla, Fort Myers; two brothers, King Gomes, Pine Island,Salvadore
Gomes, Naples; four sisters, Mrs. Mary Tucker, North Fort Myers,
Mrs. Mellie Padilla and Mrs. Shelly Coleman, both of Pine Island,
and Mrs. John Ogdon, Key West; 21 grandchildren, and 11 great-grandchildren.
Funeral arrangements will be announced later by the Harvey Funeral
Home.
Contributed by Norita Shepherd Moss
FORT MYERS NEWS-PRESS
Thursday, October 27, 1955
PADILLA'S DEATH HELD DROWNING
The death of Tony Padilla,
44, guide and fisherman whose body was found floating in the Gulf
off Boca Grande Tuesday, was attributed by authorities yesterday
to drowning. Dr. Herbert Wilson, after an autopsy, said marks on
Padilla's legs apparently were made by his striking the side of
the boat in which he left the docks on Gasparilla Island about 6
p.m. Monday. Padilla went fishing alone. The boat washed up on Gasparilla
and the body was discovered Tuesday afternoon by a Coast Guard helicopter
from St. Petersburg.--FORT MYERS NEWS-PRESS, Friday, October 28,
1955 - Funeral services for Antonio Laurence (Tony) Padilla, 44,
of Boca Grande, will be at 2 p.m. today from St. Lukes's Episcopal
Church, with Rev. Richard I. Brown, rector, officiating. Interment
at Fort Myers Cemetery. Pallbearers will be Brad Bylaska, Ted Bylaska,
Sam Whidden, Louis Zinsser, Ray Futch, Coram Lanier, Lonnie Futch
and Johns Knight. Funeral arrangements by Young-Harvey, funeral
directors.
Contributed by Norita Shepherd Moss
FORT MYERS NEWS-PRESS
Thursday, February 25, 1943
Bessie Leona
Padilla, 17-months-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Eli J.
Padilla of South Evans Avenue, died yesterday after a short illness.
She is surived by her parents, a sister, Alice, and a brother, Eli,
Jr. Funeral services will be held at 3 o'clock this afternoon at
the graveside in the Fort Myers Cemetery
Contributed by Norita Shepherd Moss
THE FORT MYERS
PRESS
October 12, 1926
William Wallace
Penrod, aged 76, died at 3 p.m. yesterday at the home
of his son, L. B. Penrod, Van Buren Street, East End. The funeral
services will be conducted at the home at 3 o'clock this afternoon,
Rev. E. J. Massey of Zephry Hills officiating. Interment will be
made in Fort Myers Cemetery in charge of L. W. Engelhardt, undertaker.
Mr. Penrod has been failing in health for some months past, and
his passing was not unexpected. He has been associated with his
son in the Penrod and Son Lumber company since coming to this section
some years ago. Previous to that time he had followed the lumber
business in various sections of the state. He was born in Louis
County, Ky. Mr. Penrod is survived by his wife, two sons, L. B.
Penrod and D. C. Penrod, a daughter,
Mrs. J. Deegan, of Miami, and a brother who is in Indiana. He had
17 grandchildren.
Contributed by Norita Shepherd Moss
FORT MYERS NEWS-PRESS
Feb. 2, 1935
Prof. Francis
W. Perry, 75-year-old musician, farmer and former Lee
county representative, died yesterday morning at the Lee Memorial
hospital after a lingering illness of several months. Members of
his immediate family, advised of the seriousness of his
condition, were at his bedside when death occurred. Always active
in the civic and political affairs of Fort Myers and Lee county
since first coming to Florida in 1897 from Bridgeport, Conn., Prof.
Perry was one of the best known men in South Florida and numbered
his acquaintances among the leading citizens of every section of
the state. He served six years in the state legislature, was president
of the old Fort Myers board of trade, a charter member of the Elks
lodge of Fort Myers and a director of the Florida Citrus exchange
for many years. On first coming to South Florida, Prof. Perry purchased
grove properties near Alva but later moved to a small farm in Tice
just outside the city limits. He recently moved to Fort Myers. Prof.
Perry was among the first highway enthusiasts to conceive the Tamiami
Trail and his early efforts for this famous road through the Everglades
were largely credited for its subsequent construction. Prof. Perry
was born at Bridgeport, Conn., and was educated at Brimfield academy,
Amherst college. He taught both mathmatics and music before coming
to Florida. Well known as a composer, Prof. Perry reorganized the
Fort Myers concert band soon after his arrival here and was its
leader for many years. He was a Shriner, A Knight Templar and a
member of the Chi Phi fraternity. Prof. Perry is survived by his
wife, Mrs. Jennie Cermack Perry, two sons, Gordon of LaBelle and
Chesley, business manager of the News-Press, and one daughter, Miss
Elizabeth. Funeral services will be held at 3:30 o'clock this afternoon
at the L. W. Engelhardt chapel on McGregor boulevard with the Rev.
Kent pendletonof the First Christian church officiating. The News-Press
office will be closed during the funeral hour. members of Troop
No. 1 of Boy Scouts, of which Chesley Perry is scoutmaster, will
attend the services in a body. The active pallbearers will be R.
V. Lee, W. M. Harley, John M. Boring, John Morris, J. D. Lynn and
Al G. Colcord. The honorary pallbearers will be N. G. Stout, Frank
A. Whitney, L. A. Whitney, Holland McCormick.
Contributed by Norita Shepherd Moss
FORT MYERS NEWS-PRESS
Nov 10, 1970
John Homer Powell,
whose parents settled in the Ft Myers area just after the Civil
War, died at Lee Memorial Hospital Monday at the age of 92. Powell's
family fled a crop failure in South Carolina and settled here in
1867.Five years later the government opened the area to homesteading
and Powell's father, also named John, crossed the Caloosahatchee
and staked out a claim for 460 acres of fertile woodland. He named
it New Prospect. The elder Powell built a log cabin and it was here
that John Homer Powell was born in 1878. Powell Creek and Powell
Drive were named after his father. The ranch was located between
what is now Weaver's Corner and Evalina Drive north of Bayshore
Road. John Homer Powell managed the homestead beginning in 1901
when his father died. Powell was a cattleman and developer. He gave
up active work in his father's groves in 1946 after Florrie, his
wife, died. He worked as an overseer and continued to drive an automobile
until 1965. An acquaintance described him as a serene man who always
admonished his children to 'think before you speak." He had
many fond memories of his boyhood days such as setting traps for
wild bear, deer and turkey which came in to graze on the vegetable
garden. Powell often spoke of waiting for his father's return from
the nearest trade center, Key West. In his later years he lived
with his daughter, Mrs. Sam (Stella) Sadler at 1786 Powell Drive.
Survivors include Mrs. Sadler; one son, Lester Powell; five grandchildren,
Mrs. Delores Stroup, Mrs. Maxine Swetnick, S J "Buddy"
Sadler, and Tommy Powell of Fort Myers and Lamar Powell of Lyon,
Michigan; 13 great grandchildren and 8 great-great grandchildren.
Funeral Service will be held at the Leo W Englehardt Funeral Home
at 3 P.M. Wednesday. Powell's pastor, Rev. George Price of North
Ft. Myers Baptist Church will officiate. Burial will be in the New
Prospect Cemetery. Funeral Home visiting hours will be from 7 to
9 PM tonight. Pall bearers at Wednesday's service will be great-nephews
Burt Linderhill, Benny Elwell, Orville Allen, Harry Hill, Albert
Hingson and Elbert Walker.
Contributed by Norita Shepherd Moss
FORT MYERS NEWS-PRESS,
Sept. 16, 1932
Funeral services for Peter
Tonnelier, prominent Fort Myers developer who died
Wednesday night, will be held tomorrow morning at 9:30 ao'clock
at St. Francis Xavier's Catholic church. Burial will be in the
Fort Myers cemetery. The Rev. Father R. P. Bresnan will officiate.
Pall bearers had not been selected last night. The body lay in
state at the Lawrence A. Powell funeral home yesterday and scores
of Mr. Tonnelier's friends paid their last respect to one of the
city's largest property owner and developers. Today friends of
Mr. Tonnelier may view the body at the family home, 2000 McGregor
boulevard. Born in Decantur, Ind on Sept. 30, 1961. The son of
John and Susan Tonnelier Moved to Florida in 1910 . He married
On Nov2., 1893 to Alice Branden Burg daughter of Alfred and Mary
Brandemburg of Louisville, Ky. He survived by his spouse and four
brothers amd four sisters.
Contributed
by Norita Shepherd Moss
FORT MYERS NEWS-PRESS, Nov.
14, 1934
Mrs.
Venie G. Tooke,
67-year-old wife of C. T. Tooke, died early yesterday morning
at the family home on Superior street in the East End. Mrs. Tooke,
who has been in poor health for several years, has been a lifelong
resident of Lee county and is a member of the pioneer Gonzalez
family, among the first settlers of the lower West Coast of Florida.
Besides her many relatives, Mrs. Tooke leaves a host of friends.
She is survived by her husband, four sons, Seth, Barney, James
and C. T., jr., all of Fort Myers, and four daughters, Mrs. Jack
McDebit, of Seattle, Washington; Miss Carrie Bell Tooke, of Miami;
Mrs. Charles Waugh, of Gaulbridge, Va.; Miss Adalyn Tooke, of
Fort Myers. Other surviving relatives are J. C. Gonzalez of New
Jersey, A. F. Gonzales of Daytona and Mrs. L. C. Stewart, Mrs.
T. J. Roberts and Mrs. J. F. Garner of Fort Myers. Funeral services
will be conducted at 10:30 o'clock this morning in the Engelhardt
and Sons funeral home with the Rev. Wiggins officiating. Burial
will be in the Fort Myers cemetery. Active pallbearers will be
Will Henley, J. F. Menge, Will Siniff, J. C. Barrow, Ben King
and John Boring. Honorary pallbearers are F. L. Coons, Lonnie
Hough, Tom Evans, A. M. Tyre and J. B. McCoon.
Contributed
by Norita Shepherd Moss
Frank
B. Tippins born in . 19 Oct 1868 DeSoto Co.,
FL, died 15 Nov 1948 Miami, Fl Frank Tippins was the son of Aaron
Moses "Gin" Jernigan and Caroline Elizabeth Tippins.
After his parents divorced, Frank took his mother's maiden name.
mrd Josephine Rylander 22 Feb 1893. She was daughter of Charles
August Rylander and Pauline Cosse. They had son, Frank B. Tippins,
Jr. He married 2) Fannie Yates 13 Feb 1901 Lee Co., FL. They had
son Walter Yates Tippins b. 1908. Served as sheriff of Lee County
1900 from till 1919. He also worked as a internal revenue agent
in 1920 He returned in 1920 again was elected sheriff. and served
till 1932. He became a United States Marshal in Miami , till he
retired in 1946.
Contributed
by Norita Shepherd Moss
FORT MYERS NEWS-PRESS, March
18, 1944
Oscar
Hill Thompson, 66-year old retired Buckingham
dairyman, died at the home of his son yesteday morning on Palm
Beach Blvd., after a long illness. He leaves three daughters,
Mrs. Ralph Raper, Savannah, Ga., Mrs. Lewis Flint, Ft. Myers,
Mrs. Floyd Stiffler, Ft. Lauderdale; three sons, J. E. Thompson,
Milton Thompson and George W. Thompson, Savannah, Ga. Funeral
services will be held this afternoon at 3 o'clock in the Lawrence
A. Powell chapel, with the Rev. W. A. Myers officiating and Rev.
T. Arthur Mosley assisting. The following will act as pallbearers:
H. L. Ditto, Bruce Storter, Oscar Blount, Wwilson Ward, R. V.
Lee and Sam Flint. Interment will be in the Fort Myers Cemetery.
Contributed
by Norita Shepherd Moss
FORT MYERS NEWSPRESS-, Tuesday,
February 19, 1957
George
R. Townsend, 60, died Saturday in Long Beach,
Calif. Veteran's Hospital. A former resident of Williams Drive
in Fort Myers, he was a brother of Mrs.
E. E. Breisch, 2217 Edison Ave. He is the father of singer-actress,
Marion Marlowe.
Contributed
by Norita Shepherd Moss
FORT MYERS PRESS - September 20,
1923 The body of the late
Dr.
Walter S. Turner who died Monday in a hospital at Orange, N.
J. after only a few days' illness, arrived on the noon train today accompanied
by Walter S. Turner, a son of Dr. Turner.The body was taken to Engelhardt's
Mortuary Home on Hendry street where it remained until 3:30. It was then
removed to the First Methodist Church, South, where an impressive funeral
service was held at 4 o'clock by the Rev. O. A. Thrower, assisted by the
Rev. R. G. Thomas. Following the funeral services the body was carried
to the Fort Myers Cemetery where burial took place.Throngs of friends
of Dr. Turner attended the services at the church and burial took place
immediately following the services. Many beautiful floral offerings sent
by friends bespoke of the high admiration with which he was held. Dr.
Turner was buried beside the grave of his wife who died here at the Lee
Memorial Hospital on Aug. 24, just 27 days before Dr. Turner's death.
He is survived by one son, Walter S. Turner. He was an Elk and a member
of the local Masonic lodge. He was for eighteen years a resident of Captive
and prior to that time had made his home in Fort Myers for three years,
coming here from his home in Holder, Fla. For a number of years, Dr. Turner
was a county commissioner. He was an old Confederate Veteran and was for
a long time a member of the staff of the state commander of the confederate
Veterans. He was a delegate to many of the reunions where he was always
a prominent figure of the Florida delegation. Fort Myers and Lee County
mourn the loss of such a prominent citizen and estimable man.Contributed
by Norita Shepherd Moss
Fort Myers News-Press Nov 15, 2008
Emma
Lucille Tyson, 90, of
Fort Myers, passed away Thursday, November 13, 2008. She was born September
28, 1918 in Telfair County, GA and has lived most of her life in Fort
Myers. She was a member of Crossroads Baptist Church.Mrs. Tyson is survived
by her daughters: Teen Conway and Bettie Jean Gomez, both of Alva and
Marilyn Mathews and her husband, Bill of Panama Beach; grandchildren:
Cathy, Teena, Tommy, Lisa, Bryan, Shelby, Steven; great grandchildren:
Stacy, Aaron, Kandi, Robert, Sarah, Mary, Emilee, James, Heather, Audrey,
Ali, Krissy, Debra, Beverlie and Alex and one great great grandson, Gavin.Funeral
services will be conducted at 11:00 AM Monday, November 17, 2008 at Fort
Myers Memorial Gardens Funeral Home with entombment to follow in Fort
Myers Memorial Gardens Cemetery. Friends will be received from 10:00 AM
until the time of the service.Funeral services are under the direction
of Fort Myers Memorial Gardens Funeral Home, 1589 Colonial Blvd., Fort
Myers, FL .Contributed
by Norita Shepherd Moss
FORT MYERS
NEWS-PRESS, Feb. 6, 1933
J. G. Barber, 62, died at 9 o'clock Sunday morning
at Lee Memorial hospital after a three weeks' illness. Funeral
services will be held at 2 o'clock this afternoon at the Lawrence
A.Powell chapel with the Rev. Hubert Dodd of the Grand Avenue
Methodist church
officiating. Pallbearers will be C. M. Luffman, Antone Fernandez,
R. C. Moddox, J. W. Carter, Charles Welland and John C. Horne.
Internment will follow at the Fort Myers cemetery. Mr. Barber
is survived by one brother, D. C. Barber of South Carolina. He
had been a resident of Estero for several years, owning a grove
there.
Contributed
by Norita Shepherd Moss
FORT MYERS
NEWS-PRESS, Feb. 13, 1936
James
C. Ballard,
76-year-old Lee county pioneer, died yesterday at his home at
1000 Belmont avenue in Ballard addition after an illness of six
days. Coming to Lee county in 1910, Mr. Ballard engaged in the
cattle business and owned large herds in South
Florida. In 1919 he sold out his cattle and went into the citrus
business, planting a fine grove on Billy's creek. Although taking
only a small part in political and civic affairs, Mr. Ballard
was widely respected as a grove operator and truck farmer. Ballard
road in East End bears his name. He is survived by his wife, Mrs.
Lola Ballard, three sons, D. K. Ballard of Washington, D. C.,
Elmo Ballard of Fort Myers and H. H. Ballard of Tarpon Springs,
four daughters, Mrs. Fred Hanor, and Mrs. Robert Lester of Fort
Myers, Mrs. O. H. Farinholt of Freeport, Va., and Mrs. Eva B.
Miller of Jacksonville. He also has two sisters, Mrs. Nancey Hull
of Orlando and Mrs. Tom Hux of Tavares. Funeral services will
be held at 3 o'clock this afternoon at the Lawrence A. Powell
chapel on First street with Rev. C. T. Tew officiating. The pallbearers
will be Richard McConnell, R. Vivian Lee, E. L. Daniels, Nash
Diaz, Glenn Gibson and F. J. Swinney. Interment will be at the
Fort Myers cemetery.Contributed
by Norita Shepherd Moss
FORT MYERS NEWS-PRESS
- December 2, 1965
John
A. Ballard,
72, of 448 Ballard Road, died Wednesday morning. He had been a resident
here for the past 16 years. Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Evelyn L.
Ballard of Fort Myers; one son, Rayford S. Ballard of Merritt Island;
sisters, Mrs. Clara Earwood of
Cairo, Ga., Mrs. Milton NeSmith of Apalachicola, and a brother, Tom Ballard
of Cairo, Ga. He was a member of the Methodist Church. Funeral service
will be hled Friday at 10 a.m. at Leo W. Engelhardt Funeral Home with
Rev. Robert Elkins officiating. Pallbearers will be J. C. Wells, Roney
P. Long, Nick Long, Bryant Baker, Asberry Rewis and Guy Hall. Burial will
be in Fort Myers Cemetery. Contributed
by Norita Shepherd Moss
FORT MYERS NEWS-PRESS
- May 16, 1951
Mrs. Lola Ballard, 79, a resident of Fort Myers for 41 years
and mother of Councilman Elmo Ballard, died yesterday. She and her husband,
the late James C. Ballard, came here from Polk County where she was born.Besides
her son, she is survived by four daughtres, Mrs. Eva B. Miller of Jacksonville,
Mrs. O. H. Farinholt of Freeport, Va., Mrs. William Russell of Vermillion,
Kans., and Mrs. Fred Hanor of Fort Myers, and 13 grandchildren. Funeral
services will be held at
2 pm tomorrow at the Leo W. Engelhardt Funeral Home with the Rev. James
E.Byler officiating. The Easten Star will have charge of ceremonies at
Fort Myers Cemetery.
Contributed
by Norita Shepherd Moss
Ft. Myers Newspress -21
Feb. 1925-
WILLIAM
HARRISON BARTLEY - Pioneer Resident Passed Away at 10 o'clock
Following Long Illness. Capt. William
Harrison Bartley, aged 84, died at the home of this daughter, Mrs. J.
W. Rogers, at 1030 Cottage Street, Saturday night at 10 oclock after a
long illness with cancer. At the age of 13, Capt. Bartley ran away from
his home in Liverpool, England, and went to sea and followed that vocation
until he was too old to longer buffet the waves. In his voyages his ship
touched at Fort Myers, then only a military post, and he liked the place
so well that when he quit the sea he settled here to spend his declining
years. During the Civil War he served in the Confederate Navy and saw
much service. He had many friends in Fort Myers, as he was of a loveable
disposition and nearly everybody called him "Uncle Bill". Several
brothers survive him in the old English home. He left six children; J.
W. Bartley, Mrs. J. W. Rogers, and H.A. Bartley of Fort Myers, Mrs. A.
I. Sherman of Miami, Mrs. J. L. Dupont of Saint Augustine, and Mrs. E.
M. Doyle of San Antonio, Texas. All were here to attend the funeral services
excepting Mrs. Sherman and Mrs. Doyle.Funeral services were held this
morning at 9 oclock from the Catholic Church of which he was a member.
The floral offerings were many and beautiful. Burial was at the Fort Myers
Cemetery.
Contributed
by Norita Shepherd Moss
FORT MYERS NEWS-PRESS,
July 6, 1932
Jacob
Bass, 81,
a resident of Fort Myers for 19 years, died yesterday morning at the state
hospital at Chattahoochee, where he had been taken several weeks ago.
The body will arrive tomorrow morning and will be in charge of Lawrence
A. Powell.Survivors include the widow and two sons, George and Edward
Bass, both of Chicago.The body will arrive here this morning from Chattahoochee.
Mr. Bass had lived in Fort Myers for 19 years and had been taken to the
state hospital a few weeks ago. Pallbearers will be C. Rugge, Eric Kinzie,
C. L. Starnes, L. C. Hibble, John Goolsby and H. Smith. Burial will be
in the Fort Myers Cemetery.Contributed
by Norita Shepherd Moss
FORT MYERS NEWS-PRESS
- Thursday, July 19, 1934
Sheppard C. Bass, pioneer Lee County cattleman and citrus
grower, died in Tampa early yesterday morning at the age of 68. Mr. Bass
had been in fairly good health until he was taken to Tampa for an operation
Monday. Mr. Bass was born in South Georgia and moved to Kissimmee while
a boy. He engaged in the cattle business there, moving to Fort Myers 35
years ago where he became one of the
leading ranchmen of th district. He was a partner with Jim Hendry in the
cattle business, and later was connected with the Consolidated Cattle
Company. Realizing the possibilities of the citrus industry in Lee County,
Mr. Bass soon became interested in groves and shipped out some of the
country's first fruit from the Hickey's Creek section. He turned his cattle
interests into grove property, which has occupied his attention for the
past 15 years. Soon after his arrival in Fort Myers, he married Mrs. Carrie
Locklar. They lived for almost 30 years at the corner of Fowler and First
Streets, the house having been moved during the boom to make way for a
service station. In addition to his widow, Mr. Bass is survived by three
children: Mrs. R. Vivian Lee, Sheppard C. Bass, Jr., and Donald Bass.
He also leaves two step-children, Mrs. Ivo Harper and Irvin Lockler. Funeral
arrangements, which have not been completed, are in charge of L. W. Engelhardt
and Sons. FORT MYERS NEWS-PRESS - Friday, July 20, 1934 Funeral services
for Sheppard C. Bass, who died in a Tampa hospital Wednesday morning,
will be held at 4 o'clock this afternoon at the L. W. Engelhardt
chapel. The last rites for the Lee County pioneer will be held at the
graveside by the masons. The Rev. William M. Driggers will conduct the
services, and Mrs. Nettie Pearl Battey is in charge of the music.Active
pallbearers will be Nat Hunter, Alvin Gorton, W. P. Franklin, L. M. Stroup,
M. S. Kissinger and Karl Wolf. Honorary pallbearers are L. C. Stewart,
D. A. Page, Ben King, J. L. Loftin, Elijah Williams, James Cannon, C.
E. Vande, Sam Stalls, George Ryals, Dr. Ernest Bostelman, J. Ross Bynum,
W. A. Wells, J. D. Walker, C. C. James and L. H. McKown.Contributed
by Norita Shepherd Moss
FORT MYERS NEWS-PRESS
- May 24, 1934
Parker Barwick, 16-year-old Fort Myers school boy, died
in the Lake City hospital yesterday morning as the result of injuries
suffered in an automobile accident near there the night before. Barwick
and Bill Alderman, another junior high student, were hitch-hiking to
Georgia and were riding in a truck which was sideswiped by another truck.
Alderman was not hurt, but the other boy suffered internal injuries and
died a few hours later...Barwick is the son of Mr. and Mrs. R. P. Barwick
of Tice. The body will arrive here Friday morning from Lake City and be
in charge of Lawrence A. Powell, Inc. funeral services will be announced
later. In addition to his parents, immediate survivors are four sisters,
Velma, Myrtle, Lois and Orvie. A report of the accident said that the
boys were sleeping when the truck was hit and that Barwick was pierced
by a piee of iron. His parents left for Lake City on receiving word of
his death.
FORT MYERS NEWS-PRESS
- May 25, 1934
Funeral services for
Parker Barwick, Fort Myers school boy who
was killed following an automobile accident near Lake City, will be held
at 2 o'clock this afternoon in the Lawrence A. Powell chapel. Burial will
follow in the Fort Meyrs Cemetery. Pallbearers will
include six of his school mates, Bill Alderman, Emory Watso, Lewis Kennedy,
Buck Jeffcott, Bud Williams and Quentin Cooper.The survivors are his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. R. P. Barwick, six sisters: Mrs. B. F. Rich, Velma, Orbie,
Myrtle, Lois and Elsie and two brothers, James B. and Ernest.
Contributed
by Norita Shepherd Moss
FORT MYERS NEWS-PRESS
- March 14, 1993
Betty Jean Bass, 65, of Fort Myers, a Lee County
native, daughter of the late James Henry and Ruth Curry Scott, died in
Fort
Myers Saturday. She was a member of the First Assembly of God of Fort
Myers.
Surviving are daughters, Ellen Scott Woodward and Barbara Bass; sons,
Philip
Stephen Channer and Kenneth Channer, all of Fort Myers; sisters, Leona
Watson of Fort Myers and Kathleen Mason, Patricia Hubbard and brother
Paul
James Scott, all of North Fort Myers; seven grandchildren; two
great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.Family will receive
friends Monday from 7-9 p.m. at Harvey-Engelhardt Funeral Home, 1600
Colonial Blvd. Services will be held Tuesday, 2:30 p.m. at the McGregor
Baptist Church with Rev. Jim Holbrook officiating. Entombment will follow
at
the Bass Mausoleum at Fort Myers City Cemetery
Contributed
by Norita Shepherd Moss
FORT
MYERS NEWS-PRESS - August 12, 1965
Mrs.
Carrie D. Bass, 89, pioneer resident of Lee County, died yesterday.
She would have observed her 90th birthday next Jan. 11. She was a charter
member of the Order of Eastern Star.Born at Fort Bassinger, she came here
in 1900 as the bride of Irvin Locklar, early citrus grover. After his
death, she married S. C. Bass, also in the citrus field. In recent years
Aunt Carrie, as she was usually known,
had lived at 1634 Lee Street. Surviving are three sons, Robert (Shep)
Bass, A. Donald Bass, Irvin Locklar, Bowling Green; one daughter, Mrs.
Ivo Harper, Fort Myers; two sisters, Mrs. Belle Bethea, Leesburg, and
Mrs. Etta Wadsworth, Wauchula, and 11 grandchildren. Mrs. Bass had another
daughter, the late Rossie (Mrs. R. V. Lee). Funeral services has been
set for Sunday
at 11 a.m. from the Harvey Funeral Home, Colonial Blvd. with Rev. M. S.
Anderson, Riverside Baptist church, officiating. Interment will be in
Fort Myers Cemetery.
Contributed
by Norita Shepherd Moss
FORT
MYERS NEWS-PRESS, April 12, 1983
Donald Miles Bass,
56, of Fort Myers, died Sunday April 10, 1983. He was a member of the
First Assembly Church of God. He is survived by his wife, Betty Bass;
two sons, Kenneth Channer and Phillip Channer; two daughters, Ellen Woodard
and Barbara Bass; one brother, James S. Bass; one sister, Sidney Ann Brinson;
father and mother, A. Donald and Louise M. Bass and eight grandchildren,
all of Fort Myers. Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 11 a.m.
at the First Assembly Church of God, Colonial Blvd., with pastor David
L. Deaton officiating. Entombment will follow in Fort Myers City Cemetery.
Pallbearers will be Frank Woodard, Phillip Channer, Kenneth Channer, James
S. Bass, Robert S. Bass and Melville Brinson. Honorary pallbearers will
be Carl Roberts, Jim Roberts, Sidney Davis, Dr. Edward Saunders, Ira Bobo
and Dr. C. J. Zimmerman. Floral contributions will be appreciated by the
family, or if friends prefer, memorials may be made to the First Assembly
Church of God, 1550 Colonial Blvd., Ft. Myers 33907. Arrangements by Leo
W. Engelhardt Funeral Home.
Contributed
by Norita Shepherd Moss
FORT MYERS NEWS-PRESS,
Sunday, Sept. 11, 1938
Funeral services for
Mrs. Elizabeth Bass,
69, who died Friday at her home on Hoople street after an illness of three
weeks, will be held at 3 o'clock this afternoon at the Lawrence A. Powell
chapel on First street. Pallbearers will be Arthur Lee Weatherly, Robert
Giles, Clyde White, Bill Sparks, Harry Thornton and Jim Akins. Interment
will be in Fort Myers cemetery. The Rev. M. A. Shaw will
officiate. Contributed
by Norita Shepherd Moss
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