Submitted by Fischer on Mon, 09/14/2015 - 16:41
Emily Bavar Kelly broke one of the biggest stories in Central Florida history when she was an editor at the Orlando Sentinel. In 1965, she discovered and wrote that it was Walt Disney who was buying thousands of acres of rural land southwest of Orlando, and that he planned to build a new theme park there.
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Submitted by Fischer on Mon, 09/14/2015 - 16:33
Betsy Holloway died on Tuesday, March 25, 2008. She was born in Durham, NC, on April 4, 1938, the only child of Joseph Ira and Ruth Gates McBroom. After attending the Durham public schools and graduating from Durham High School, she received her B.A. degree in English from Duke University in 1958.
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Submitted by Fischer on Mon, 09/14/2015 - 15:55
Virginia Collins Bryan, a volunteer for numerous civic and church organizations, died Monday at Orlando Regional Medical Center from complications of Parkinson's disease. Virginia was a fifth-generation Floridian from a pioneer Umatilla citrus family in Lake County. She was an active member of St. Michael's Episcopal Church and numerous charitable groups.
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Submitted by Fischer on Mon, 09/14/2015 - 15:44
Friends and family remember Grace Warlow Barr as a vivacious, fun-loving woman who was a gracious hostess, a good cook and a loving mother and friend. An Orlando native and lifelong resident, Grace was perhaps best known for her cooking. As a Sentinel editor, she wrote columns and shared her recipes with readers during a newspaper career that spanned 27 years. In 1971 Sentinel-Star Publications released a compilation of her recipes in a cookbook, Cooking with Grace.
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Submitted by Fischer on Sun, 09/13/2015 - 18:49
Orlando lost one of its greatest philanthropists with the death of Gracia Andersen, widow of former Orlando Sentinel publisher Martin Andersen. Mrs. Andersen donated millions of dollars to cultural and nonprofit organizations in the Orlando area. She preferred to make her gifts without fanfare, but now that she has passed, she is receiving the recognition she shunned in life.
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Submitted by Fischer on Sun, 09/13/2015 - 17:54
Nancy Hardy Harberger died peacefully on December 31, 2011 after a long illness. Nancy was born June 21, 1925 in Augusta, Georgia, she was the daughter of Dr. Eric West Hardy and Madolon Moore Hardy. A graduate of Agnes Scott College, she had resided in Orlando since 1952. Early in her adult life Nancy combined a love of the outdoors with keen organizational skills as staff member with the Girl Scouts of America, serving as Executive Director in Columbus, Georgia, and Assistant Director in New Orleans, Louisiana.
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Submitted by rudy0924 on Tue, 09/08/2015 - 15:02
Eunice Mae Counts, age 77 years, entered eternal life July 1, 2005 in Tulsa, OK. She was born February 9, 1928 in Wymore, NE, to Floyd and Gladys (Sprague) Philippi. Eunice married the love of her life, Earl N. Counts, April 10, 1948 in Tulsa. She was a wonderful homemaker and longtime member of Metro Faith Christian Church. She always had ice cream at her house for her beloved grandchildren and she never stopped waving from the porch until you were out of sight.
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Submitted by cgwoods on Sat, 08/29/2015 - 01:21
Harry Edwin Behnamann was born in Sigourney, Iowa, on March 17, 1892. His parents were Louis Diedrich Behnamann (born 2 August 1871) and Bertha Elizabeth Gann (born 28 October 1871 in Germany). He had one brother Alfred Leo who never married but worked for the railroad.
Harry's father Louis was labeled a laborer (plowshare) in the 1900 census, and worked in the Rock Island Arsenal in 1910.
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Submitted by lindajrogers on Fri, 08/28/2015 - 12:11
MOUNDVILLE Ruth Kate Strickland Barks, age 87, of Moundville, died March 8, 2011, at Hospice of West Alabama. Services will be 11 a.m. Saturday at Memory Chapel Funeral Home with Jerry Koster officiating. Burial will follow in Memory Hill Gardens with Memory Chapel Funeral Home, a Dignity Memorial Provider, directing. Visitation will be Friday night from 6 to 8 p.m. at the funeral home.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Leonard Barks, a sister Catherine Farley; two brothers Clyde Strickland and Ray Strickland; and her parents.
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Submitted by lindajrogers on Fri, 08/28/2015 - 12:07
Moundville- Leonard W. "Toots" Barks, age 79 of 475 Duncan Loop Rd., Moundville, died May 22, 1998, at DCH Regional Medical Center. Services will be held Wednesday, 2 p.m. at Memory Chapel with Bro. Jerry Koster and Bro. Don Smith officiating. Burial will follow in Memory Hill Gardens with Memory Chapel Funeral Home directing.
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Submitted by cgwoods on Thu, 08/27/2015 - 14:44
Grace Marie (Reicherter) Behnamann was born in Silver Lake, Kansas, on August 29, 1897. Her parents were Albert F. Reicherter (born 23 October 1857) and Emma Eugenia Cones (born 5 December 1870). She was the second of five sisters with a youngest brother: Lavergne Eugenia, Faye, Ethel Louise, Doris, and Albert Otto.
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Submitted by cgwoods on Wed, 08/26/2015 - 15:48
Rodger Benton Wood was born in Grosse Pointe Farms, Michigan, on February 2, 1929. His parents were Clinton Webster Wood (born 9 November 1899) and Gladys Evelyn Hippler (born 27 September 1902). He had three younger brothers, Clinton Wood, Jr., John Willis Wood, and James Hancock Wood, who all preceded him in death.
Rodger's father Clinton Wood worked for Phil Wood Industries, Ltd., in Windsor, Ontario, Canada, where he met Rodger's mother Gladys Hippler.
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