Obituaries

Stephen "Steve" Kenneth Norris

Dec 14, 2022

Stephen Kenneth Norris, better known as Steve to his family and friends, went to his eternal home on Wednesday, December 14, 2022 at the age of 62. He was born in Ridgeland, South Carolina on September 5, 1960 and moved to Wewahitchka, Florida in 1976. Steve graduated from Wewahitchka High School in 1978 and moved to Port St. Joe...

James B. Carnahan

Dec 11, 2022

James Carnahan, 68, Mexico Beach, Florida, died December 11, 2022, losing an 18-month-long battle with anal cancer. James grew up in Eastchester, New York and graduated from Eastchester High School. He enlisted in the United States Navy in 1976 and was commissioned as an officer in 1988. He retired from the Navy in 1997 while assigned to the Joint...

Tommie Clark Godwin

Dec 10, 2022

Tommie Clark Godwin age 79 of Wewahitchka, Florida passed from this life on Saturday, December 10, 2022. He was born on May 24, 1943.

No services are planned at this time.

Arrangements are entrusted to the caring staff of Comforter Funeral Home in Port St. Joe, Florida.

Orton Charles Douglas Jr.

Dec 9, 2022

Orton Charles Douglas Jr. age 73, passed from this life on Friday, December 9, 2022 in Wewahitchka, Florida. He was born on October 17, 1949 in Orlando, Florida and moved to Gulf County in 1989. Orton worked for many years as a long distance truck driver and was a jack of all trades. He enjoyed boat rides, hunting, and...

Walter Eugene Albert

Dec 7, 2022

Walter Eugene Albert age 87 of Port St. Joe, Florida passed away on Wednesday, December 7, 2022. He was born in Islip, New York on January 25, 1935.

Walter  retired from the United States Airforce. He was a loving husband, father, and grandfather.

No services are planned at this time.

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Peggy Louise Adams

Dec 6, 2022

Peggy Louise Adams age 84 of Mexico Beach, Florida passed away peacefully surrounded by her family on Tuesday, December 6, 2022 in Panama City, Florida. She was born on August 27, 1938 in Mingo County, West Virginia to the late Theodore Moore and Ida Star Moore. Peggy spent most of her life in Kentucky where she worked as a...

Wandal D. Money M.D.

Dec 5, 2022

Dr. Wandal D. Money age 75, passed away peacefully on Monday, December 5, 2022 at his home in Eastpoint, Florida. He was born in Port St. Joe, Florida on September 27, 1947. Wandal attended and graduated from Southern Nazarene University with his pre-med degree. He then attended University of Arkansas where he received his medical degree and served his...

Farrah-Jade Monroe Watts

Dec 2, 2022

Farrah-Jade Monroe Watts was called to Heaven on Friday, December 2, 2022. She was 21 years old. Born September 22, 2001 to Brittany Gay and the late Anthony Watts.

She is survived by her mother, Brittany Gay, stepfather Ellis Maxwell, sisters Addison Watts, Ellany and Avery Maxwell, two brothers Camron and Chace Maxwell, a loving...

Bernice M. Whitfield

Nov 29, 2022

Bernice M. Whitfield age 87 of Wewahitchka, Florida passed in Panama City, Florida on Tuesday, November 29, 2022. She was born in Caryville, Florida on February 26, 1935 and spent most of her life in Gulf County where she worked in the seafood industry shucking oysters. Bernice enjoyed watching westerns on TV and loved going out to eat.

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Fred Clayton Anthony

Nov 24, 2022

Fred Clayton Anthony, of Apalachicola, Florida passed away in Tallahassee, Florida on Thursday, November 24, 2022 at the age of 55. He was born in Apalachicola, Florida on May 31, 1967 to Delma Fred Anthony and Annette Braswell Anthony. He was the baby of his family and doted on by his parents and two older sisters. After graduating from...

William "Mike" Michael Laplante

Nov 23, 2022

William Michael LaPlante, better known as Mike, passed away at his residence in Mexico Beach, Florida on Wednesday, November 23, 2022 at the age of 75. He was born in Iowa on July 29, 1947 to the late Leo and Ola LaPlante. Mike was a Vietnam Veteran who served as an infantryman, conducting reconnaissance missions under Echo Troop, 5-7...

Carol Ann Dare

Nov 23, 2022

Carol Ann Dare, age 85, passed away peacefully on November 23, 2022 while her son and her daughter lovingly stood by her bedside. She was born in Pawtucket, Rhode Island on December 2, 1936 where she grew up ice skating on snow covered ponds and caring for her two younger sisters. Her daughter had just moved Carol to Port...

David Anthony Weber

Nov 19, 2022

David Anthony Weber age 66 of Port St. Joe, Florida passed away on Saturday, November 19, 2022 in Panama City, Florida. He was born in Watervliet, Michigan on June 20, 1956. David was a veteran of the United States Military and spent his life traveling around the country as a boilermaker before moving to Gulf County in 2012. He...

Laura Jean Taylor

Nov 9, 2022

Laura Jean Taylor passed away on November 9, 2022 to be with her Lord and Savior, her husband, family and friends. Laura’s passing was exactly 18 years from the day that her husband, the Reverend Oliver Taylor passed away. While attending the First United Methodist Church in Port St. Joe, she was active in the United Methodist Women’s Group,...

Edward "Eddy" Coker

Nov 3, 2022

Edward Lee Coker, more affectionately known as Eddy passed away in Wewahitchka, Florida on Thursday, November 3, 2022 at the age of 60. He was born on November 7, 1960 in Birmingham, Alabama.

Memorialization will be by cremation.

Arrangements are entrusted to the caring staff of Comforter Funeral Home in Port...

Charles Cleckley

Nov 2, 2022

Charles Cleckley, a lifelong resident of Wewahitchka, Florida went home to be with the Lord on Wednesday, November 2, 2022 at the age of 87. He was born in Indianapolis, Indiana on January 8, 1935.

He was raised by his grandparents Mossie and Julia Cleckley and Stella “Granny” Tillman from childhood. They all attended Honeyville...

Philip Allen James

Nov 2, 2022

Philip Allen James age 67 of Wake Forest, North Carolina passed away on Wednesday, November 2, 2022 in Port St. Joe, Florida.

No local services are planned at this time.

Arrangements are entrusted to the caring staff of Comforter Funeral Home in Port St. Joe, Florida.

Michael Anthony Roemer

Nov 1, 2022

Michael Anthony Roemer, age 63, of Wewahitchka, FL, passed away Tuesday, November 1, 2022. He was born April 4, 1959, to the late William F. Roemer, Jr. and Jo Ann Taunton Roemer. He is also preceded in death by a brother, Jeffrey Andrew Roemer, and by wives Karen Roemer and Debbie Roemer. He is survived by his brother, Gary...

Nancy Kay Marsh

Oct 31, 2022

Nancy Kay Marsh 82 passed away on October 31, 2022.

Nancy was born to Eugene and Verda Toney in Richmond, Indiana on June 18, 1940. She moved to Florida in the summer of 1968.

Nancy was preceeded in death by her parents, husband Richard Marsh, and her siblings Robert Toney, Thomas...

Alvin Gadson Newell

Oct 28, 2022

Alvin Gadson Newell lifelong native of Apalachicola, Florida passed away in Tallahassee, Florida on Friday, October 28, 2022 at the age of 68. He was born on August 15, 1954 to the late Otis Newell and Alma Green Newell. Alvin worked for the St. Joe paper mill for twenty-four years and was currently working in the jail as a...