All Obituaries
Mrs. Kris Godwin, age 53 of Ponce deLeon passed away Friday, July 3, 2020 at the home of her daughter in Ponce deLeon. She was born January 21, 1967 in Homestead, Florida the daughter of Gerald Leroy Orme, Sr. and Joyce Wollam. Kris attended school in Homestead and later in Fort Walton Beach while growing up. It was while living in Fort Walton Beach Kris met and married her husband Eddie. They lived in Fort Walton, then Santa Rosa Beach, later moving to Bruce where...
Mrs. Kris Godwin, age 53 of Ponce deLeon passed away Friday, July 3, 2020 at the home of her daughter in Ponce deLeon. She was born January 21, 1967 in Homestead, Florida the daughter of...
Mr. Roger Carroll, age 63 of DeFuniak Springs passed away late Saturday afternoon, June 13, 2020 in Healthmark Regional Medical Center ER just two days before his 64th birthday. He was born June 15, 1956 in the old Lakeside Hospital in DeFuniak Springs the son of Walter Thomas Carroll and Ida Lee Slay Carroll. He attended Walton public schools but later transferred to Ponce deLeon schools. After leaving school, Roger like many young guys of that day and age joined the...
Mr. Roger Carroll, age 63 of DeFuniak Springs passed away late Saturday afternoon, June 13, 2020 in Healthmark Regional Medical Center ER just two days before his 64th birthday. He was...
Everette Richmond “Sonny” Yates, Jr. passed away June 4, 2020, at the age of 77. The son of Wynell and Everette Yates, Sr., Sonny graduated from Walton High School in 1961 and earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Journalism from The University of Houston in 1966. In that same year, he married Diane O’Roark of Dallas, Texas.
A lifelong sports fan, Sonny began his professional career with the Houston Astros when the Astrodome first opened in 1965, initially as...
Everette Richmond “Sonny” Yates, Jr. passed away June 4, 2020, at the age of 77. The son of Wynell and Everette Yates, Sr., Sonny graduated from Walton High School in 1961 and...
Sybil Ann Lechien, age 73 of Baker , Florida passed away Thursday, May 28, 2020 in Baker. She was born August 10, 1946 in DeFuniak Springs the daughter of Lewis DeLeon Weatherford and Mildred Gwendolyn Davis Weatherford. She attended school in Burns Flat, Oklahoma but finished high school at Walton High. She married William L. Lechien on August 10, 1969 and was faithful to him until his death in 2017. She loved fishing, Bingo and playing on her PC, She is...
Sybil Ann Lechien, age 73 of Baker , Florida passed away Thursday, May 28, 2020 in Baker. She was born August 10, 1946 in DeFuniak Springs the daughter of Lewis DeLeon Weatherford and...
Mr. Ricky Hubert Eddins, age 62 passed away in the early morning hours of Saturday, April 25, 2020 in Fort Walton Beach Medical Center. He was born May 27, 1957 in Frisco City, Alabama, the son of Hubert and Wanda Lee Nettles Eddins. He attended Monroe Academy and later Alabama Southern, transferring to Auburn University. He remained a die hard Auburn fan for the rest of his life. In his younger years in college Ricky had envisioned being a teacher/coach but lost...
Mr. Ricky Hubert Eddins, age 62 passed away in the early morning hours of Saturday, April 25, 2020 in Fort Walton Beach Medical Center. He was born May 27, 1957 in Frisco City, Alabama, the...
Mrs. Grace Carter, age 90 of DeFuniak Springs passed away Monday, April 20, 2020 in Healthmark Regional Medical Center. She was born September 9, 1929 in Florala, Alabma, the daughter of James B. Dreading and Anna Matie Harrison Dreading. She attended Florala High School and was employed with Franklin Ferguson Company in Florala for over fifty-three years. Grace is predeceased by her husband Coy D. Carter and her son Eddie Carter.
Among survivors are her son Lynn Carter...
Mrs. Grace Carter, age 90 of DeFuniak Springs passed away Monday, April 20, 2020 in Healthmark Regional Medical Center. She was born September 9, 1929 in Florala, Alabma, the daughter of...
Mrs. Jewel D. Henderson, age 94 passed away Sunday, April 19, 2020 in Stanley House Assisted Living in DeFuniak Springs. She was born April 11, 1926 in Birmingham, Alabama the daughter of Tom Ernest McCombs and Mary Elma Glenn McCombs. Most in this area will remember Jewel in her clercial employment with the Okaloosa County Board of Eduction. She is predeceased by her husband, Johnny Edward Henderson who passed away in 1976 and her sisters, Ruby Lucas and...
Mrs. Jewel D. Henderson, age 94 passed away Sunday, April 19, 2020 in Stanley House Assisted Living in DeFuniak Springs. She was born April 11, 1926 in Birmingham, Alabama the daughter...
Mrs. Eunice Mae McLeod McDonald, age 97 passed away at the home of her daughter in Niceville late Tuesday night. She was born in the DeFuniak Springs area January 26, 1923 the daughter of Alexander and Lena Gainey McLeod. She is predeceased by her husband, Jeff Norman "J. N." McDonald and her sons, Charles and Kenneth.
Among survivors are her daughters, Charlotte Williams and husband John and Theresa Whiddon and husband Stephen. Four grandchildren,...
Mrs. Eunice Mae McLeod McDonald, age 97 passed away at the home of her daughter in Niceville late Tuesday night. She was born in the DeFuniak Springs area January 26, 1923 the daughter of...
Mr. Kenneth Wayne Robinson, age 42 passed away at the family residence Wednesday afternoon, March 25, 2020 surrounded by his family. He was born June 3, 1977 in Fort Walton Beach, the son of Kenneth Harold Robinson and Joan Deborah White Robinson. Wayne attended Choctawhatchee High School graduating with the Class of 1995. He was always gifted in construction and made his living in the building and construction industry, often times working on his own home, adding...
Mr. Kenneth Wayne Robinson, age 42 passed away at the family residence Wednesday afternoon, March 25, 2020 surrounded by his family. He was born June 3, 1977 in Fort Walton Beach, the...
Mr. John Zachem, Jr., age 78 passed away at the family residence in DeFuniak Springs , Tuesday, March 24, 2020 surrounded by family members. He was born December 24, 1941 in Atlanta, Georgia the son of John George Zachem and Elzie White Zachem. John served his country in the United States Air Force for some 23 years of service, three years as flight chief for U.S. Thunderbirds, with tours in Okinawa, Southeast Asia, Turkey, England, Korea and many years of temporary duty...
Mr. John Zachem, Jr., age 78 passed away at the family residence in DeFuniak Springs , Tuesday, March 24, 2020 surrounded by family members. He was born December 24, 1941 in Atlanta, Georgia...