obits
All obits on this page are from people interred in
Willow Lawn Cemetery, Lake Wales, Florida
an African-American cemetery
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Willow Lawn Obituaries
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ALBRITTON, Donna
Letisha - Dry Cleaning Presser
Tuesday, July 13, 1994 THE LAKELAND LEDGER
LAKE WALES—Ms.
Donna Letisha Albritton of 605
Washington Ave. died Saturday
(July 9, 1994) at her home. She was 43.
Born in Chicago on Aug. 9, 1950, she
was a lifelong resident of Lake Wales. She was presser at a dry cleaner, She was a
member of First Institutional Baptist
Church in Lake Wales.
She is survived by her sons, Roger Sanchious, Jr. and Damon
Sanchious, both of Lake Wales; daughter, Yashi Snell, of Lake
Wales, brother Pierce Howell, Jr. and Gerrard Howell, both of Lake
Wales, sisters: Doris Matthews, Joanne Albritton, Mable Jeffries
and Dorothy Rachot, all of Lake Wales, and two grandchildren.
Visitation will be from 7 to 9
p.m. Thursday at Epps Mortuary, 626 N. Walker St. Lake Wales.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Friday at Institutional
Baptist Church in Lake Wales.
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MOZELLA
ALEXANDERS, 78 - Maid
Thursday, November
25, 1993 LAKELAND LEDGER
LAKE WALES—Mrs.
Mozella B. Alexander of 217 C. St. died Wednesday (Nov.
24, 1993) at Lake Wales Extended Care Facility. Born in Ocilla,
Ga., on Nov. 5, 1915, she
came to Lake Wales from Broxton, Ga.,
53 years ago. She was a retired maid.
She was a member of St. James Chapter No. 186 Order of
Eastern Star in Lake
Wales. She
was a member of Shiloh Baptist Church
in Lake Wales, and was a member of the
senior choir and senior usher board of the church.
She is survived by her husband,
Frank Alexander, Lake Wales, son, Willie C.
Alexander, Washington, D.C.; brother, Luther Kendrick, Burlington, N.J.; one grandchild;
and one great-grandchild.
Epps Mortuary, Lake Wales
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EDDIE
L. ALLEN
September 1,
1988 LAKE WALES HIGHLANDER
Funeral services for Eddie Lee
“Sho-Nuff” Allen will be conducted at noon Saturday at First Institutional Baptist
Church with Elder
C.M. Fogle and Rev.
Alphonso Battle, pastor, officiating.
He died Monday at Lake
Wales Extended Care Facility.
Interment
will be at Willow
Lawn Cemetery.
Allen,
54, was a native of Lake
Wales. He was a 1952 graduate of Roosevelt High
School,and
attended Bethune-Cookman college in Daytona Beach. He
was a veteran of the U.S. Army, serving
as Specialist 3rd Class, Company A, Fifth Cavalry Regiment
in the Korean conflict. Allen
won the U.S. Army First Division Infantry Welterweight Boxing
Championship in Japan
in 1955. He
had been self-employed in Chicago and
later worked with the McKesson
Corporation in Detroit before moving to
Lake
Wales in
1981. He was
of the Holiness faith.
Survivors
include: two sons, Donald M. Payton of Sarasota and Eddie L.
Allen, Jr. of
Chicago; two
daughters, Anita Bonney and husband Jerry of Three Rivers, Mich.,
and
Dorothy Mitchell and husband Dave of South Bend, Ind.;three
sisters, Annie Mae Williams and Ernestine Massey, both of
Lake Wales and
Jennifer Ross of Miami; and
four grandchildren.
Visitation
will be from 7 p.m. until 9 p.m. Friday at Epps
Funeral Home.Lawrence
Epps Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
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LAWSON
ALLEN, JR.
September
12, 1980 LAKE
WALES HIGHLANDER
Lawson
Allen, Jr., 58, of 47A Seminole
Ave., Lake
Wales, died
Tuesday at J.A. Haley Veterans
Administration Hospital
in Tampa.He
was a
native of Grider, Ark.,
and had been a resident of Lake Wales
since 1961. He
was a veteran of World War II, having served in the U.S.
Army. He
was a member of the Baptist faith.
Survivors
include: his
wife, Pearlie Mae Allen, Lake Wales, seven
step-children, Burnis Thomas, Deborah Tombs, Vonzell Melvin, all
of Lake Wales, Janice
Parks of Dania; Joseph Young of Texas; Derrick Parks of Maryland,
Felder
Young of El Reno, Okla.; 2
grandchildren and two
great-grandchildren; three
brothers, Fred Allen and James Edward Allen of Benton Harbor,
Mich., John
Allen of Milwaukee, Wisc.; three
sisters, Georgia Merrill of Benton Harbor, Mich., Willie Mae
Williams of Chicago, Ill.; and
Ethel Jones of Alexandria, Va.
Funeral
services will be
1 p.m. Saturday at the New
Shiloh M.B. Church with
the
Rev. S.D. Hicks officiating.
Interment will be in Willow Lawn
Cemetery. Friends may call today from 7 to 9 p.m. at the
Epps
Chapel and from 9 to 12 noon Saturday. There
will be viewing after the Eulogy.
Lawrence
J. Epps Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
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>SHIRLEY T.
ANDERSON - July
4, 1985 LAKE
WALES HIGHLANDER
Funeral
services for Shirley
Thomas Anderson, 27, of 909
Lincoln St., Babson
Park, are scheduled for 11 a.m. Friday
at the Allen Temple AME
Church in Lake Wales, with
the Rev. Harold Eads
officiating. There will
be no public viewing.
Interment
will follow in Willow
Lawn Cemetery.
Anderson
died
July 1 in a mowing accident on Walk-In-Water Road. A
native
of Babson
Park, she
worked
for the Polk County Maintenance Department. She
was a member of the Church of the King of
God in Frostproof.
Survivors
include: her husband, Roy Lee Anderson of Waverly, two
sons, Roy Lee Anderson, Jr. and Hashaimara T. Anderson, both of
Waverly; her
father, Willie F. Thomas of Babson Park; a
sister, Mary T. Doctor of Tampa; a
brother, Willie F. Thomas Jr. of Babson Park.
Gause
Funeral Home of Lake Wales is in charge of all arrangements.
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DERRIN J. ANDREWS
Wednesday, August 28, 1985 LAKE
WALES HIGHLANDER
Funeral services for Derrin
Jerone Andrews of 1649
Big Sink Hole Road, Lake
Wales,
will be at 3 p.m. Thursday at
the Lake
Wales Community
Center on Walker Street.
Interment
will be at Willow
Lawn Cemetery.
Andrews,
17, died Saturday as the result of a drowning accident.
He was a native and lifelong resident of Lake Wales
and attended Lake
Wales Senior
High School.
He was a Jehovah’s Witness and attended
Kingdom Hall, Lake
Wales.
Survivors
include his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Albert Andrews of Lake Wales;
four brothers, Albert Andrews Jr. of Haines City, Michael
Andrews, David Andrews and
Eric
Andrews, all of Lake Wales;
three sisters,
Janice
Andrews and Andreana Andrews, both of Lake Wales and Suzette Johnson of
Daytona Beach;
his
maternal grandmother, Carrie Douse of Lake Wales;
and
paternal grandparents, Lillie and Cohen Thompson of Lake Wales.
Friends
may call from 7:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. today
at the
Jehovah’s Witness Kingdom Hall on Stuart Avenue, Lake Wales.
Lawrence Epps Funeral Home of Lake Wales is in charge of
arrangements.
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M.A. ANDREWS
Tuesday, April 16, 1991
LAKE WALES HIGHLANDER
Funeral
services for Michael Anthony Andrews will be conducted at 2
p.m. Thursday
at the Alexander Funeral Home
Chapel.
Interment
will follow at Willow
Lawn Cemetery.
Visitation will be from 6 p.m. until 9 p.m. Wednesday at the
funeral home.
Born
October 26, 1958 in Jacksonville, he
had been a resident of Lake
Wales for 31 years.
He was a member of Shiloh
Missionary Baptist Church. He was a self-employed carpenter.
Survivors
include
his wife, Susie Mae Andrews of Lake Wales,
his daughter, Latasha Andrews of Lake Wales;
his
father, Albert Andrews, Sr. of Lake Wales;
his mother, Ora Mae Andrew of Lake Wales;
his brothers, Albert Andrews Jr. and David Keith Andrews, both
of Lake Wales,
and Eric
Wayne Andrews of Ft. Eustis Va.;
his
sisters Janice Alberta Howard, Suzette Andrews Johnson and
Andreana Latoya Andrews,
all of
Lake Wales.
Alexander Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
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R.G. ASBURY
Thursday, November 30, 1989 LAKE
WALES HIGHLANDER
Funeral
services for Render Graham Asbury will be conducted
at 3 p.m. Friday at Allen Temple AME
Church
with the Rev. Leroy Washington,
Jr. officiating.
Asbury, 99, of Lake Wales,
died Monday.
The
daughter of Julia Cole and Ben Graham,
she was
born in Effingham, S.C.
and moved to Lake
Wales in the early
1920s.
She was
a member of Allen
Temple AME Church.
She was
preceded in death by her husband, Detroit Asbury.
Survivors include her
sons, J.C. Asbury of Lake
Wales, Clarence Asbury of New York City
and
Detroit Asbury of Augusta Ga..;
her daughters, Rosa Sargent of Hartford,
Conn., Mary Smith of Lake Wales
and
Jeanette Brown of Norwalk, Conn.;
her
brother, Jerry Cole of Cleveland,
Ohio;
34
grandchildren,
sixteen
great-grandchildren and
15
great-great grandchildren.
Visitation will be from 7:30 p.m. until 8:30 p.m. today
(Thursday)
at Lawrence Epps Funeral Home.
Lawrence
Epps Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
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JIMMIE O. ATMORE
February 8, 1980 LAKE WALES HIGHLANDER

Jimmie
O. Atmore, 54, of 612
Jackson Ave., Lake
Wales,
died Friday at James A.
Haley Veterans
Administration Hospital, Tampa.
He was a
native of Babson Park and had resided in Lake Wales
about 42 years.
He attended the Second Macedonia Baptist Church of
Babson Park.
Atmore was
a U.S. Army veteran of World War II.
Survivors
include
his
wife, Gertrude Atmore, Lake Wales;
three sons, Jimmie Atmore, Jr., Orangeburg, S.C.; Joseph Atmore
and Jessie Atmore, both of Lake Wales;
two
daughters, Jacqueline Scott, Ormond Beach, and Joan Ward of
Titusville;
two brothers, Pokey Atmore, Babson Park; and King Atmore of
Lakeland;
four sisters, Vinessa Meridy, Babson Park; Alfa Spillman, Dania;
Annie Watkins, Pompano Beach;
Johnnie
Johnson of Plainsfield, N.J.;
and
six grandchildren.
Funeral
services will be 1 p.m. Saturday at the Second
Macedonia Baptist Church,
Babson Park,
with
the Rev. J.C. King officiating. Interment
will be in the Willow
Lawn Cemetery.
Lawrence
Epps Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
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