1932 DEATH NOTICES FROM THE "FLORIDA ADVOCATE"
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Friday, October 21, 1932
The Florida Advocate
FRANK A. TANNER - Died Tuesday morning; Funeral Service held at his
residence on Fourth Avenue on Wednesday afternoon; Rev. Ryan Wood, Pastor of
Presbyterian Church in charge of service; burial in Wauchula Cemetery; He
was a member of the Masonic Order, Florida Association of Real Estate
Boards, secretary of the Wauchula Realty Board. Had lived in Wauchula sixteen
years. Survivor: his widow (unnamed.)
Friday, October 28, 1932
The Florida Advocate
HERMAN C. LICHT of Tonawanda, New York. Winter resident of Zolfo Springs
since 1913. Father of H. A. Licht of Zolfo Springs. Survivors: Six Children:
Reuben, Edward, Clarence Licht, Ruth Rebman of Tonawanda, NY., Gertrude Crawley
and H. A. Licht, of Zolfo Springs.
PETER JOSEPH DEKEREON, Age 4. Died Thursday morning. Arrangements not
completed. Survivors: Parents Mr. and Mrs. Peter Dekereon, and two sisters.
Friday, November 4, 1932
The Florida Advocate
MRS. MARGARET V. JOHNSTON, Born December 16, 1856 in Livingston, Alabama.
Died in Wauchula on Wednesday night. Funeral services on November 4, 1932
at Coker's chapel. Rev. Harcourt Johnson of Episcopal church in charge of
services. Burial in Livingston, Al. Member of Episcopal church and Order
of the Eastern Star. Survivors: Children R. T. Johnston and Mrs. J. S. Francis
of Avon Park; Mrs. Jack O. Cooper, Kansas City, Mo.; Mrs. Hortense Reese of
Wauchula. Resident of Wauchula for fifteen years.
(See Resolution of Respect in November 18, 1932)
Friday, November 11, 1932
The Florida Advocate
MRS. EMMALINE CORLEY, age 84. Born December 10, 1848. Died November 10,
1932. Thursday. Funeral service on Friday, November 11, 1932 at Wauchula
Cemetery. Rev. B. A. Roth in charge of services. Survivors: Children John Corley
and Robert Corley, of Wauchula; Mrs. Sue Collins, of Branford, Florida.
(See Memorial on
November 18, 1932)
MRS. J. L. WARREN, Born in Madison County, Florida on July 30, 1856. Died
on Monday at Bartow, Florida. Funeral services on Wednesday at the residence of
Mr. and Mr. E. F. Pearce, Wauchula. Rev. B. A. Roth, pastor of Baptist church in
charge of services. Burial in Wauchula Cemetery. Former residence of Bradford
County. Member of the Baptist Church. Lived with daughter, Mrs. E. F. Pearce of
Wauchula for seven years. Survivors: Seven daughters and two sons: Mrs. Mary
Neal, Plant City; Mrs. T. L. Pert, Miami Beach; Mrs. Ida Crews, Bartow; Mrs. E.
W. Roberts, Clearwaters, Miss Lottie Warren, Largo; E. C. Warren, Madison; Mrs.
E. B. Freeman, Grand Junction, CO., Mrs. J. W. Meehan, Monroe, LA., Mrs. E. F.
Pearce, Wauchula; Ed Warren, Wauchula.
MRS. MARY BRANTLEY, Age 76. Born July 9, 1856 in Marion County, Georgia.
Died at home east of Zolfo Springs. Funeral service at New Hope on Thurday
afternoon. Services conducted by Rev. J. T. DeArmond. Member of Church of God at
Zolfo Springs. Resident of county for 57 years. Survived by eleven children.
Daisy, Leila, Effie, Beulah, Thomas, Marcellus, Edison, Mary, Orlena, Loka
and Arnet Brantley.
HARRY E. HARRIS, Born at Castalia, Florida on December 14, 1907. Funeral
services at Lily
Cemetery on Tuesday afternoon. Died on Monday morning. Rev. Sidney Albritton in
charge of
services. Married Miss Violet Nelson six years ago. Survivors: Wife and four
children.
Children Nanette, Harold, and Martin. (Notice says four children but lists only
three names.)
Five sisters: Lillie Tonkin, Limestone; Cora Albritton, Lily; Edith Rodgers, St.
Petersburg;
Josephine Parnell, Zolfo Springs, and Signa Wilcox, Lily.
Report from the State Board of Health - Four deaths in Hardee County from
malaria, typhoid, diphtheria, pellagra and tuberculosis reported in August 1932.
None of the reported deaths were from malaria, typhoid, diphtheria, pellagra;
four were from tuberculosis. Reports county population is 10,500.
Friday, November 18, 1932
MRS.J. C. STILL (FREIDA MAE CARLTON), age 23. Born August 2, 1909. Died
Tuesday morning at Wauchula Infirmary. Funeral service on Wednesday morning at
Friendship Church. Rev. H. L. Boyd, Methodist minister at Zolfo Springs in
charge of services. Assisted by Rev. J. T. DeArmond, pastor of Baptist Church.
Survived by parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Carlton of Zolfo Springs; husband J. C.
Still, two small children.
MEMORIAL
MRS. NANCY
EMMELINE CORLEY, aged 84. Died at home of Robert Corley. Member of the
Baptist Church. Survivors: John and Robert Corley, of Wauchula; Mrs. Sue
Collins, of Branford; 21 grandchildren, 36 great-grandchildren. Burial in
Wauchula Cemetery. Memorial signed "Her
daughter-in-law, who loved her."
RESOLUTION OF RESPECT
MRS. MARGARET V. JOHNSTON. Order of the Eastern Star
Friday, November 25, 1932
GEORGE LINDSEY, age 48. Killed in collision with
freight train in Bowling Green "last Thursday night." Funeral services Saturday
morning at Methodist Church in Bowling Green. Rev. J. W. Austin in charge of
services. Burial in Bowling Green Cemetery. Son of Mr. and Mr. H. L. Lindsey of
Bowling Green. Survivors: Widow and four children at Geneva, Florida; Mrs.
Margaret Lindsey, Howard, Theodore and Harry Lee Lindsey.
T. L. WILKERSON, age 38. Died in U. S. Veteran's Hospital in Lake City on
November 18, 1932. Burial in Olive Branch Cemetery, Bowling Green. Rev. J. N.
Hendry in charge of services. Born in Hawthorn, Florida. Resident of Bowling
Green for 29 years. Ex-serviceman. Had been in the government hospital two
years. Survivors: Mother, Mrs. M. F. Wilkerson, brother, L. H. Wilkerson,
Bowling Green.
MRS. M. SKOW of Tacoma, Washington. Former resident of Hardee County.
Died November 9, 1932. Funeral services on November 11, 1932 in Tacoma,
Washington.
Friday, December 9, 1932
The Florida Advocate
MRS. ALICE MADDOX BRYAN, age 79. "Pioneer Resident." Born January 27,
1854 in Covington, Georgia. Died Sunday, December 4, 1932 in Wauchula Infirmary.
Funeral services on Monday at Methodist Church, Wauchula. Rev. J. T. Mitchell of
Homeland in charge of service. Burial in Orlando. Survivors: Brothers Alex,
Jeff, Henry and Chipley Maddox, Wauchula; sister Mrs. Gertrude Metheny, of
Wauchula; Six children: William Edward of Independence, KS., Mrs. Bessie Smith,
Paletto; Mrs. Polly Suttles, of Wauchula; Jim, of Macon, GA; John of Obita
Springs, LA; Matt Bryan of Lakeland. Resident of area for 28 years.
MRS. SARAH C. PETTEWAY, age 83. Died at her home in Tampa on Friday.
Member of Primitive Baptist Church for almost sixty years. Services at her home
in Tampa. Elder M. L. Gibert, Dade City, and Rev. E. J. DeVane, Plant City in
charge of services. Burial in Jacksonville, NC. Mother of fourteen children.
Survivors: seven sons; G.A., William R., and Judge W. Raleigh Petteway, Tampa;
L. S. and C. N. Petteway, Lakeland; J. J. Petteway, Wauchula; Frank T. Petteway,
Jacksonville, NC; two daughters, Miss Nannie J. Pettewauy, Tampa, and Mrs. E. M.
Walton, Jacksonville, NC. Pallbearers were grandsons: Judge H. C. Petteway,
Lakeland; Gordon Petteway, Bartow; Sam W. Petteway, Dunellon; Robert Petteway,
Lawrence Petteway, Lewis Petteway, and Earl Petteway, Tampa; Roy Petteway,
Wauchula.
Friday, December 16, 1932
The Florida Advocate
MRS. J. R. DURRANCE, age 68 and son, ROLAND DURRANCE, age 33.
Automobile accident on Monday. Mrs. J. R. Durrance died on Monday. Roland
Durrance died Wednesday morning in Arcadia hospital. Double funeral services
held in Arcadia on Thursday afternoon. Rev. C. Fred Blackburn in charge of
services. Burial in Lily. Mrs. Durrance was mother of Mrs. M. C. Kayton and Mrs.
Marion Thompson, Wauchula; survived by several children (not named.)
(See funeral notice from December 23, 1932)
H. B. V. TURNER, Age 54, of Arcadia also died as result on Wednesday as
result of same accident mentioned above. Survived by widow and two children.
L. H. ALTMAN. "Pioneer." Born in Polk County, FL on September 22, 1863;
Died in Arcadia hospital December 10, 1932. Moved to Arcadia in 1919. Moved to
Wauchula in 1927. Funeral services at Primitive Baptist Church in Wauchula. Rev.
E. J. DeVane in charge of services. Burial at New Hope Cemetery. Operated a drug
store. Survivors: Widow, Mrs. Bell Altman; Children J. E. Altman, Wauchula;
Frank C. Altman, Dawson, GA; Burke Altman, Cleveland, OH; Sam Altman, Arcadia;
Mrs. J. R. McLendon, Greenville, SC; Mrs,. oren Lamb, Ft. Myers; Ralph Altman,
Tampa; Brother B. T. Altman of Wauchula; Three sisters, Mrs. George Sherman,
Chicora; Mrs. Tom Clements, Plant City, Mrs. John Dishong, Dover, FL.
MRS. MATILDA PADGETT, age 72. "Pioneer." Died at home in Ft. Green on
Monday morning. Funeral services at Bethlehem Cemetery on Tuesday afternoon.
Rev. Sam Durrance in charge of services. Born in Georgia; pioneer of Ft. Green
section. Survivors: two brothers, N. R. Albritton, Ft. Green Springs; T. A.
Albritton, Saraosta; one sister, Mrs. Martha Cochran, Avon Park.
(Also see December
23, 1932)
HENRY SEARLES, age 75. Died Wednesday. Lived on Clay Street, south part
of Wauchula. Born in North Carolina. Services at Wauchula Cemetery on Thursday.
Authorities had not been able to locate any relatives.
Friday, December 23, 1932
The Florida Advocate
HEADLINE STORY: "CARL S. CARLTON KILLED ON HUNT." "POPULAR WAUCHULAN VICTIM
OF ACCIDENT."
"Body Brought Here Wednesday: Funeral on Friday."
CARL S. CARLTON, age 53, Killed on Wednesday morning in the Everglades. Funeral services to be held Friday at Baptist Church in Wauchula. Burial will be in Wauchula Cemetery. Born at Carlton homestead five miles East of Wauchula. Attended Stetson University. Former Vice President and cashier of Carlton National Bank. Director of Wauchula Farmers Supply Company, Secretary and Treasurer of J. G. Anderson company, President of Wauchula Investment Company; member of Baptist Church, the choir, and Hardee County Singing convention. Home located on East Bay Street, Wauchula. Married first to Miss Daisy Platt, of Lily (died 16 years ago.) Survivors of Carl and Daisy: Mrs. Allan Z. Olliff, Wauchula; Mrs. J. R. Saunders, Augusta, GA. Carl married about 10 years ago to Miss Emma Edwards. Survivors include widow Emma and son, Albert, age 5. Other survivors: Mother Mrs. Martha Carlton, one sister and seven brothers; Mrs. Ella Southerland, Charlie J., Thomas N., Alton H., Gettis S., all of Wauchula; Governor Doyle Carlton, of Tallahassee; Dr. Leland F. Carlton, of Tampa, and Leffie M. Carlton, of Wauchula.
"DURRANCE FUNERALS HELD LAST THURSDAY: Funerals Among Largest in DeSoto County History."
MRS. J. R. DURRANCE, 71 and ROLAND DURRANCE, 33 Services held at Arcadia
Methodist Church. Rev. C. Fred Blackburn in charge of services. Assisted by Rev.
Karl Koestline. Burial in Lily Cemetery. Mrs. Durrance survived by children N.
C. Durrance, Cleveland, OH; Mrs. Ethel Hendry, Arcadia, R. N. Durrance, Sebring,
J. H. Durrance, Zolfo Springs; O. L. Durrance, Gainesville; Dr. F. _______,
Houston, TX; Mrs. M. C. Kayton, Wauchula, Mrs. Marion Thompson, Wauchula, and
Mrs. J. _______, Clevland, OH
GEORGE MCCALL. Died in Lakeland on Sunday morning. Funeral on Tuesday in
Lakeland. Former resident of Wauchula; formerly employeed by Beeson Brothers
Drug Store. Left Wauchula in 1920. Member of Wauchula Lodge F & AM, Disabled
Veterans. Survivors, mother, Mrs. T. G. Lipscomb, Savannah, GA; son George
McCall, Jr., brother Walter F. McCall, Way Cross, GA; two sisters, Mrs. E. D.
Cason and Mrs. N. F. Yarborough, Lakeland.
TILDA PADGETT.
"Aunt Tilda." Born May 11, 1860, Ft. Green. Died December 12, 1932. Survivors:
Grandson Robert Cochran; Canal Point, two brothers, Tom Albritton, Bee Ridge;
Hiram Albritton, Ft. Green, sister, Mrs. Martha Cochran, Avon Park. Rev. Sam
Durrance in charge of services. Burial in family cemetery at Bethlehem. Member
of Ft. Green Baptist Church. Notice says she was the third member of her family
to die in three months and 18 days. Brother J. W. Albritton preceded her in
death by two years; John, five months; W. L. Albritton, two months.
