Obituaries

Nancy Welch Howze

Jan 23, 2023

Nancy Welch Howze, 81, of Port St. Joe, Florida, passed away peacefully at home on Monday, January 23, 2023. Nancy was born on February 20, 1941 in New Orleans, Louisiana to the late William Buford Welch and Myra Duggan Welch. Nancy graduated in 1958 from Francis T. Nicholls High School in New Orleans. Nancy was a 59-year member of...

Angela Yuri Gainer

Jan 21, 2023

Angela Yuri Gainer age 35 of Panama City, Florida passed away on Saturday, January 21, 2023 in an automobile accident. She was born in Korea on April 10, 1988 and spent most of her life in North Carolina. After marrying Edward “Buck” Gainer she became a resident of Florida where she worked for Veteran Evaluation Services as a claim...

Linda W. Bancroft

Jan 17, 2023

Linda W. Bancroft age 76 of Port St. Joe, Florida passed away on Tuesday, January 17, 2023 at her home. She was born in South Carolina on August 23, 1946 to the late Robert E. Walsingham and Cosetta Mae Darley. Linda spent most of her life in the Port St. Joe and Wewahitchka areas where she taught over thirty...

Lisa Jensen Combs

Jan 17, 2023

After a lifetime spent serving as a mother to over a 100 children, all while raising her two loving sons and the daughter she always wanted, the town of Wewahitchka lost the godliest of women on January 17, 2023.

Lisa Jensen Combs, age 67, was born on November 13, 1955 in Buffalo, New York to...

Dorothy Ann Hysmith

Jan 12, 2023

Mrs. Dorothy Ann Hysmith age 74 of Wewahitchka, Florida went home to be with her Lord on Thursday, January 12, 2023. She was born in Port Saint Joe, Florida on March 28, 1948 to the late Jesse Bryant Roberts and Annie Lee Roberts. She was a lifelong member of Westside Baptist Church in Wewahitchka, Florida and a full-time grandmother....

Peyton Wilkin Lane

Jan 7, 2023

Peyton Wilkin Lane, beloved colleague, friend, cousin, aunt, niece, sister, daughter, wife, mother, and grandmother, died Saturday, January 7, 2023, at the age of 57. She was born in Atlanta on March 18, 1965, to Haidee “Prissy” Bolton Wilkin and Peter Lawson Wilkin, Sr.

Peyton grew up in a musical family, and excelled at piano...

Vannessa Hicks

Jan 5, 2023

Vannessa Hicks, longtime resident of Eastpoint, Florida passed away on Thursday, January 5, 2023 at the age of 51. She was born in Pompano, Florida on December 24, 1971 to the late Willie Gordie and Iva Lea Mealer Gordie. Vannessa was an avid FSU fan and she enjoyed all sorts of flowers and gardening. She was known as a...

Mary Celie Cox Graham

Jan 5, 2023

Mary Celie Cox Graham age 88 of Port St. Joe, Florida went to her Heavenly Home on Thursday, January 5, 2023. She was born in Carrabelle, Florida on July 26, 1934 to the late Clinton Edgar Cox and Alice Violet Maige Cox. Mary spent the early part of her life in Port St. Joe and then lived throughout the...

Anna "Ruby" Gautreaux

Jan 3, 2023

Anna "Ruby" Gautreaux, went to her eternal home on January 3, 2023, at the age of 98. She was born in LaFourche Parish, Louisiana. She moved to Port St. Joe, Florida to marry the love of her life, Claude Gautreaux, in 1946 and remained until her death. She always loved her job of being a loving homemaker, wife, and...

Albert Stephen Magness Jr.

Dec 30, 2022

Albert Stephen Magness died unexpectedly in the early morning hours of December 30, 2022 from cardiac arrest. He was 72.

Albert is survived by his sons, Brian Patrick (Kristyn) and Matthew Christopher and three grandchildren, Brian, Nathan and Colin. He will be missed by his devoted companion, Belinda Brown and his loyal canine rescue, Ruger,...

William "Will" Wadsworth Mclemore

Dec 29, 2022

William Wadsworth McLemore of Port St. Joe, Florida, better known as Will to his friends and family, passed away on Thursday, December 29, 2022 at the age of 61. He was born in Montgomery, Alabama on June 27, 1961 where he spent most of his childhood. Will moved to Wewahitchka as a teenager and graduated from Wewahitchka High School...

Trina Sullivan

Dec 24, 2022

Erma Katrina Sullivan, more affectionately known as Trina, native of Apalachicola, Florida passed away on Saturday, December 24, 2022 at the age of 61. She was born on Saturday, February 4, 1961 in Apalachicola and spent her life in Franklin County where she managed convenient stores. Trina enjoyed crafts, sewing, and going to yard sales. Her most memorable times...

Virginia Lee Allington

Dec 23, 2022

Virginia Lee Allington age 72 of Eastpoint, Florida passed away on Friday, December 23, 2022 at her residence. She was born in Lacoochee, Florida on April 20, 1950 and had been a resident in Franklin County since 1979 coming from Nobleton, Florida. Virginia enjoyed going to yard sales, playing the lottery, eating candy, and all sorts of card games....

Wilma Gail Bateman

Dec 23, 2022

Wilma Gail Bateman age 62 of Eastpoint, Florida passed away on Friday, December 23, 2022. She was born in Apalachicola, Florida on July 6, 1960. Over the years Wilma spent time in Fort Myers, Apalachicola, Panama City, and Eastpoint, where she worked as a waitress. She loved beautiful sunsets on the beach and working with her hands in her...

William Glenn Franklin

Dec 22, 2022

William Glenn Franklin age 77 of Port St. Joe, Florida passed away on Thursday December 22, 2022 at his residence.

Arrangements will be announced by the caring staff of Comforter Funeral Home in Port St. Joe, Florida.

Myrtle Fox

Dec 17, 2022

Myrtle Fox age 81 of White City, Florida passed away on Saturday, December 17, 2022 in Panama City, Florida. She was born to Millie Ann and Doyle (Bud) Miller on February 27, 1941 in Blountstown, Florida. On July 11, 1959, Myrtle married her husband, the late Lanas Fox. The two were married for sixty years. She was employed with...

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...