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Alice S. Corkum, 88, of Spring Hill, died Thursday, May 22, 2003 at Oak Hill Hospital.
She was born in Springfield, Mass., and moved to this area 30 years ago from Dayton, Ohio, after retiring as an aircraft purchase agent for Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. She was active in the Spring Hill Music Club and was a member of Grace Presbyterian Church, Spring Hill.
Survivors include her sister, Rose Reynolds of Elizabethtown, Pa.; a granddaughter, Audra King of Maryland; and two nephews.
Arrangements by National Cremation Society, Brooksville.
Violet Ferdon, 98, of Spring Hill, died Thursday, May 22, 2003 while vacationing in Phoenix, Ariz.
She was born in Brooklyn, N.Y., and moved to this area 10 years ago from Washington Township, New Jersey. She was a homemaker.
Survivors include her daughter, Dolores D'Anna of Spring Hill; four grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren.
Arrangements by Pinecrest Funeral Chapels, Mariner Boulevard Chapel, Spring Hill.
Willie H. Leonard, 47, of Brooksville, died Thursday, May 22, 2003 at Brooksville Regional Hospital.
He was born in Uniontown, Ala., and moved to this area 34 years ago.
Survivors include his mother, Ethel of Brooksville; six brothers, Robert, L.C., Leon, Jimmie, George and Joseph, all of Brooksville; and a sister, Juanita Williams of Brooksville.
Arrangements by Cason Funeral & Cremation Services, Brooksville.
Mary Etta Lewis, 78, of Miami, formerly of Brooksville, died Saturday, May 24, 2003 in Miami.
She was born in Brooksville and moved to Miami 34 years ago. She was a member of Shady Groves Apostolic Holiness Church, Miami.
Survivors include her husband, Elder Astley N. Lewis; three sons, Leroy Green and John Mobley, both of Brooksville, and Ossie Frazier of Dade City/Brooksville; four daughters, Volly Smith of Jacksonville, Linda Strong of Florida, Eva Williams of Detroit, Mich., and Perklee Jackson of Orlando; a brother, Hal D. Mobley Jr. of Brooksville; a sister, Lillie Mae Fagin of Brooksville; 29 grandchildren; and numerous great-grandchildren.
Arrangements by Cason Funeral & Cremation Services, Brooksville.
Thomas H. Ryan Jr., 67, of Brooksville, died Monday, May 26, 2003 at Spring Hill Health and Rehab Center.
He was born in Fall River, Mass., and moved to this area 19 years ago from Michigan. He was a retired U.S. Army veteran, a U.S. Post Office worker, a member of the Knights of Columbus, and a Catholic by faith.
Survivors include his wife, Loretta; two daughters, Kathleen of Brooksville and Patricia Mercure of Michigan; a son, Thomas III of Michigan; two brothers, Leroy of Jacksonville and Arthur of Greenville, S.C.; seven grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren.
Arrangements by Brewer & Sons Funeral Homes and Cremation Services, Spring Hill Chapel.
Nobert J. Meisberger, 88, of Brooksville, died Wednesday, May 27, 2003 at Brooksville Regional Hospital.
He was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, and moved to this area 30 years ago from Indian Rocks Beach. He was a welder for General Electric and a member of Brooksville Church of the Nazarene.
Survivors include his wife, Clara E.; three sons, Nicholas of Dahlonega, Ga., Richard of Brooksville and Mark of Inverness; two daughters, Donna Fillmon and Arleen Winkle, both of Brooksville; 11 grandchildren; 19 great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.
Arrangements by Merritt Funeral Home, Brooksville Chapel.
Robert G. Timmins, 88, of Masaryktown, died Saturday, Sept. 1, 2001 at Hernando-Pasco Hospice, Brooksville.
He was born in Lancaster, Pa., and moved to this area 25 years ago from Parksburg, Pa. He was a retired truck driver and a Catholic by faith.
Survivors include his wife, Jean; and a sister, Grace Schacheman of Memphis, Tenn.
Arrangements by Turner Funeral Homes, Spring Hill Chapel.
Flora F. Knobel, 83, of Spring Hill, died Sunday, Sept. 2, 2001 at Spring Hill Regional Hospital.
She was born in Switzerland and moved to this area 15 years ago from Long Island, N.Y. She was a homemaker.
Survivors include her husband, Hans; a daughter, Esther Vega of Lakeland; and a granddaughter, Marine Lynn Vega of Lakeland.
Arrangements by National Cremation Society, Brooksville.
Jason Anthony Watkins, 29, of New Port Richey, died Monday, Sept. 3, 2001 at his home.
He was born in Decatur, Ill., and moved to this area a year ago. He was a ceramic tile layer and a Baptist by faith.
Survivors include his daughter, Shianne Taylor Watkins of Spring Hill; his father, Anthony of Brooksville; his mother, Leslee Ferguson of Decatur; a sister, Shelby of Spring Hill; and paternal grandparents, Evelyn and Eugene of Weeki Wachee.
Arrangements by Merritt Funeral Homes, Spring Hill Chapel.
James Patrick Horan, Jr., 83, of Spring Hill, died Friday, Aug. 31, 2001 at his daughter's home in Longwood, Fla.
He was born in Scranton, Pa., and moved to this area 21 years ago from Tampa. He was a retired real estate broker, a member of Knights of Columbus Post 6383, Spring Hill, Hernando R.C. Club, and attended St. Frances Cabrini Catholic Church, Spring Hill.
Survivors include a son, James of Avon, Colo.; a daughter, Nancy L. Alexandrowicz of Longwood; two sisters, Cora R. Banes of Warminster, Pa., and Winifred T. Jolly of Yardley, Pa.; six grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren.
Arrangements by Robert & Son Cremation Service, Spring Hill-Orlando.
Dorothy M. Bailey, 75, of Timber Pines, Spring Hill, died Saturday, Sept. 1, 2001.
She was born in Cleveland, Ohio, and moved to this area 17 years ago from York, Maine. She was a retired dietician employed by the Board of Education and also worked on the elections board of Hernando County. She was a member of St. Theresa Catholic Church, Spring Hill.
Survivors include her husband, Everett; two sons, Jack Chase of Navarre, Fla., and Jim Chase of Kodiak, Alaska; two stepdaughters, Ellen Hayden of York and Patricia Buckley of Baltimore, Md.; a stepson, Michael Buckley of Rye, N.H.; eight grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.
Arrangements by Brewer & Sons Funeral Homes & Cremation Services, Commercial Way, Spring Hill Chapel.
Laverne W. Washington, 92, of Brooksville, died Thursday, Jan. 23, 2003 at her home.
She was born in Brooksville and was a lifelong resident. She was a member of First Baptist Church of Shady Rest, past president of the Widows Club and the Sunlight Pallbearers Society No. 11, and past site manager of Congregate Meals.
Survivors include two sons, Clifford and Harry, both of Brooksville; four daughters, Bettye Morgan, Mamie Sanders and Brenda Mobley, all of Brooksville, and Jo Ann Harris of Tampa; a brother, Nathaniel Mayo of Brooksville; a sister, Hortense Mathis of Daytona Beach; 25 grandchildren; 58 great-grandchildren; and 17 great-great-grandchildren.
Arrangements by Community Funeral Service, Brooksville.
Howard R. Nesbit, 85, of Spring Hill, died Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2003 at his home.
He was born in Corunna, Mich., and moved to this area 21 years ago from Parma Heights, Ohio. He was a retired field representative for a Cadillac dealer, a Cadillac service representative in Cleveland, Ohio, and a member of Brooksville Elks Lodge 2582.
Survivors include his wife, Ruby; two sons, Richard of Westlake, Ohio, and Robert of Parma, Ohio; two daughters, Jeanne Sterling of Brookville, Ohio, and Karen Wagoner of Miamisburg, Ohio; and four grandchildren.
Arrangements by Pinecrest Funeral Chapel, Cortez Boulevard Chapel, Brooksville.
Juan A. Jusino, 75, of Spring Hill, died Monday, Jan. 27, 2003 at Bayonet Point Regional Medical Center, Hudson.
He was born in Sangerman, Puerto Rico, and moved to this area eight years go from Newport News, Va. He was a retired supervisor for a base commissary, a U.S. Army veteran, having served during World War II, Korean conflict and Vietnam War, and was a member of Spring Hill Church of Christ.
Survivors include his wife, Elpidia; four sons, Armando of Columbia, S.C., Arnold of Pittsburgh, Pa., and David and Edgar, both of Newport News; a daughter, Wanda Vyborny of Spring Hill; a sister, Virgen Mina of Puerto Rico; and 12 grandchildren.
Arrangements by Pinecrest Funeral Chapel, Mariner Boulevard Chapel, Spring Hill.
Scott Michael Ames, 42, of Spring Hill, died Thursday, Dec. 5, 2002. Born in Rochester, N.Y., he moved to this area 14 years ago from Orlando. He was a trim carpenter with Cox Lumber in Manatee County; went to Spring Hill Baptist Church and bowled in the mixed leagues at Spring Hill Lanes. He is survived by his wife, Carol; his father, Larry of Covington, Pa.; his mother, Claire Cullen of Orlando; a daughter, Samantha of Spring Hill; a stepson, Nick Chadwick of Spring Hill; three brothers, David Smith of Covington, Pa., James Smith of Deltona and John Smith of Hilton, N.Y.; two sisters, Wendy Faber of Orlando and Julie Nichols of Hilton, N.Y.; and a stepsister, Vicky Smith of Hilton, N.Y. Arrangements by Merritt Funeral Home, Spring Hill. Joseph A. Colyer, 80, of Spring Hill, died Thursday, Dec. 5, at Oak Hill Hospital. Born in Tampa, he moved to this area eight years ago from Orange, N.J. He was retired from teaching art in Newark, N.J., was a Baptist and a member of the African-American Club. He is survived by his wife, Mertie; a son, Lance of Brooklyn, N.Y.; three daughters, Leslie R. Colyer-Brown of East Orange, N.J., Laurie Colyer-Aversa of West Caldwell, N.J. and Lynn J. of Weehawken, N.J.; and four grandchildren. Arrangements by Brewer & Sons Funeral Homes and Cremation Services, Seven Hills Chapel, Spring Hill.
Herman Jackson Tripp, 73, of Brooksville, died Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2004, at his home.
He was born in Eastman, Ga., and moved to this area 25 years ago from Bushnell. He was a sand blaster/painter, a Korean conflict U.S. Army veteran and a member of New Covenant Baptist Church, Brooksville.
Survivors include his wife, Carroll; three sons, Jeff Tripp of Macon, Ga., Gary Tripp of Brooksville and James Tripp of Homosassa; a daughter, Teresa Tripp of Macon; two sisters, Louise Wise and Dorothy Hillie, both of North Augusta, S.C.; six grandchildren; and a great-grandchild.
Arrangements by Merritt Funeral Home, Brooksville Chapel.
Margaret C. Willard, 74, of Brooksville, died Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2004, at Hernando-Pasco Hospice Care Unit, Chatman Boulevard, Brooksville.
She moved to this area 70 years ago from her native Eagle Lake. She was the first City Manager of Brooksville for three years and City Clerk for the City of Brooksville for 14 years, former director of the Brooksville Housing Authority and a member of Gulf Ridge Park Baptist Church, Brooksville.
Survivors include her husband, Richard; four daughters, Carol Clark of Richmond, Va., Connie Romine of Brooksville, Kristie Ponsell of Waycross, Ga., and Brenda Carter of Homosassa; two brothers, Harrell Coburn of Brooksville and Gene Coburn of Seffner; a sister, Mildred Garman of Brooksville; 13 grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren.
Arrangements by Merritt Funeral Home, Brooksville Chapel.
Steve W. Godwin, 44, of Brooksville, died Monday, Jan. 19, 2004, at his home.
He was born in Miami and moved to this area 42 years ago from Miami. He was the cook at Zips Restaurant for over 17 years and was a partner in Dixie Roofing.
Survivors include his father, Bill and his wife, Joellen Godwin Jr. of Kentwood, La.; three brothers, Billy Godwin of Spring Hill, Ralph Jackson of Arbuntown, Tenn., and Billy Joe Godwin of Biggersville, Miss.; three sisters, Kathy Connell of Perry, and Monteen Godwin and Lisa Godwin, both of Kentwood; and paternal grandfather, Bill Godwin of Laudy.
Arrangements by Brewer & Sons Funeral Homes and Cremation Services, Brooksville Chapel.
Mary O. "Mema" Smith, 84, of Brooksville, died Monday, Jan. 19, 2004, at her home.
She was born in Baxley, Ga., and moved to this area many years ago.
She was a homemaker, a 1938 graduate of Hernando High School, Brooksville, a member of Brooksville Chapter 229, Moose Lodge 7676 and a Sunday school teacher at First Baptist Church, Brooksville.
Survivors include two sons, Jimmy Smith of Brooksville and Jack Smith of Clearwater; a sister, Anne Clark of Fernandina Beach; four grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.
Arrangements by Turner Funeral Homes, Brooksville Chapel.
Kenneth Windsor, 89, of Brooksville, died Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2004, at Hernando-Pasco Hospice Care Unit, Chatman Boulevard, Brooksville.
He moved to this area 25 years ago from his native Staten Island, N.Y. He was a retired welder for the New York City Sanitation Department, a World War II U.S. Navy veteran, past member of Elks Lodge 2582, American Legion and Brookridge Golf Club, an avid golfer and attended St. John's Episcopal Church, Brooksville.
Survivors include his wife, Emily; a son, Kenneth G. Champagne of Urbana, Ill.; two daughters, Charlotte Ricciardi of Brooksville and Emily "Lee" Kramer of Staten Island, N.Y.; a sister, Ruth Glade of New Jersey; eight grandchildren; and 10 great-grandchildren.
Arrangements by Pinecrest Funeral Chapels, Cortez Boulevard Chapel, Brooksville.
Thelma Cheshire Ousley, 92, of Brooksville, died Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2004, at home.
She was born in Live Oak and moved to this area 30 years ago from Miami. She was a homemaker, attended Florida State University and was a member of Lake Lindsey United Methodist Church.
Survivors include two daughters, Elizabeth Dodge and Linda Krute, both of Brooksville; 10 grandchildren; and 13 great-grandchildren.
Arrangements by Turner Funeral Homes, Brooksville Chapel.
Emily B. Holecek, 77, of Virginia, formerly of Spring Hill, died Thursday, Jan.15, 2004, at Lewis-Gale Hospital, Salem, Va.
She was born in Chicago, Ill., and retired as an office receptionist for Industrial Filter Co., Cicero, Ill.
Survivors include a daughter, Barbara Jirka of Blue Ridge, Va.; a son, Robert of Colgate, Wis.; two grandchildren; and a great-grandchild.
Arrangements by Brewer & Sons Funeral Homes and Cremation Services, Seven Hills Chapel, Spring Hill.
John R. Delmore, 86, of Timber Pines, Spring Hill, died Sunday, Sept. 15, 2002, in Spring Hill.
He was born in Minneapolis, Minn., and moved to this area 14 years ago from Kensington, Md. He was a member of St. Theresa Catholic Church, Spring Hill, and Timber Pines Golf and Country Club.
Survivors include his wife, Marian; two sons, John of Hudson, Ohio, and Michael of Northbrook, Ill.; and two daughters, Joan Myles of Portland, Ore., and Lynne Rosenfield of Dallas, Texas.
Arrangements by Brewer & Sons Funeral Homes and Cremation Services, Spring Hill Chapel.
Danielle Lee Wattenbarger, 19 months, of Brooksville, died Sunday, Sept. 15, 2002.
She was born in Spring Hill.
Survivors include her parents, Sheri and Daniel; two sisters, Tiffany McClanahan and Jennalyn; paternal grandfather, Richard Lee of Brooksville; maternal grandmother, Mary Wilmot of Spring Hill; and several aunts, uncles and cousins.
Arrangements by Brewer & Sons Funeral Homes and Cremation Services, Brooksville Chapel.
