SUSAN PROTER GAYLOR
Funeral services for Mrs. Susan Porter Gaylor, 38, of Port St. Joe will be held today at 2 p.m. EST in St. James Episcopal Church with the Rev. Jerry Huft officiating. Interment will follow in Magnolia Cemetery. Visitation will be held one hour prior to the funeral service at the church.
Gilmore-Southerland Funeral Home
Port St. Joe, Fla. 32456
MRS. SALLIE C. LYONS KNIGHT
Mrs. Sallie C. Lyons Knight, 99, of Panama City died Friday, December 3, 1999, at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Bernice Williams. She had been a resident of the area for almost four years, coming here from Bellville, Ala. She was a member of the Bellville Baptist Church in Alabama for eighty-three years prior to joining the St. John Baptist Church in Panama City. She completed high school in Evergreen, Ala., attended Alabama State College in Montgomery, Ala., for two years, and then taught in the public school system in Evergreen and Bellview for six years. In earlier years, Mrs. Knight was active in serving her church in the Sunday school, usher board, and the missionary society. Also, she was a member of Annie's Pride Chapter No. 669 Order of Eastern Star. Mrs. Knight is survived by her daughter, Mrs. Bernice Williams (Louis) of Panama City; twenty grandchildren; twenty-seven great-grandchildren; and many nieces, nephews, and friends. Funeral services for Mrs. Knight will be held Friday, December 9, l999 at Bellville Baptist Church, Bellville, Ala. with the Rev. Sidney Tucker, officiating. Interment will follow in the Bellville Baptist Church cemetery. The family will receive relatives and friends locally at 1504 Lincoln Ave.
Peoples Funeral Home
Marianna, Fla. 32446
Arthur E. Cutler, L.F.D.
CLIO EMANUEL YARBROUGH
Funeral services for Mrs. Clio Emanuel Yarbrough, 83, will be held on Friday, December 19, 1999 at 2:30 p.m. in Southerland Funeral Home Chapel. Interment will follow in Lynn Haven Cemetery. The family will be receiving friends at their home, 2084 N. Sherman Avenue, Panama City, tonight from 6 to 8 p.m.
Southerland Family Funeral Homes
LEONA CUNNINGHAM GOODE
Leona Cunningham Goode, 80, of Panama City Beach, died Thursday, Dec. 9, 1999, in a local hospital. She had been a resident of Bay County since 1986 moving here from Dothan, Ala. She attended Central Baptist Church of Panama City. She is survived by two daughters, Sandra Jackson and her husband, Dan, of Panama City Beach, Ellen Siemers and her husband, Richard, of Portland, Ore.; two sons, Raymond Goode and his wife, Linda, of Chesterfield, Mo., Ammon Roy Goode of Panama City Beach; two grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. Funeral services will be held Saturday at 11 a.m. in Wilson Funeral Home Chapel with Dr. Richard White officiating. Interment will follow in Memory Hill Cemetery, Dothan, Ala. The family will receive friends at the funeral home today from 6 to 8 p.m.
Wilson Funeral Home
Panama City, Fla.
KIT CARSON MASHBURN
Kit Carson Mashbum Sr., 69, of Port. St. Joe, Fla. went to be with our Lord on Thursday, Dec. 9, 1999, at his home. He was born in Southport, Fla., on Nov. 21, 1930, and has resided in Gulf County since 1932. While serving in the Army from 1948 to 1951 he was stationed in Korea and Japan. After leaving the Army he was employed by St. Joe Paper Co. and remained there until he retired in 1996 after 43 years of service. He was a member of United Paper Workers Local Union No. 379, and a member of V.F.W. He was an avid outdoorsman and enjoyed spending time with his children and grandchildren. He is remembered by his family and friends as being a loving and charitable person who always wanted to help those in need. Survivors include his wife, Helen; his sister, Estelle Marshall and husband Max of Panama City; two sons: Jerry Mashburn of Panama City, Kit Mashburn and wife Debbie of Apalachicola; two daughters, Pat Warfield and husband Tom of Panama City, Fla., and Teresa Nunnery of Panama City and their mother, Agnes Peavy of Panama City, Fla.; eight stepchildren: Billy Roberts, Sandy Roberts, Wanda Powell, Danny Roberts, Albert Roberts, Jimmy Roberts, all of Panama City, Martha Brock and husband Pat of Georgia and Alice Bigler and husband Doug of North Carolina; a special stepson that he raised, Sean Dowis and wife Ruby of Panama City; nine grandchildren; 12 step-grandchildren; one great-grandchild; and three step-great-grandchildren. Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. EST Sunday, Dec. 12 at Oak Grove Assembly of God Church in Port St. Joe with the Rev. David Fernandez officiating. Interment will follow at Mashburn Cemetery
in Youngstown, Fla. The family will receive friends at Comforter Funeral Home in Port St. Joe Saturday, Dec. 11 from 4 to 7 p.m.
Comforter Funeral Home
Port St. Joe, Fla. 32456
CARL R. HOPPER
Mr. Carl R. Hopper Sr., 67, of St. Joe Beach, passed away Wednesday, Dec. 8, 1999, in Port St. Joe. A native of Detroit, Mich., he has been a resident here for the past 23 years. He worked for St. Joe Natural Gas Co., and later for the City of Mexico Beach. He also served as Chief of the Mexico Beach Volunteer Fire Dept. Survivors include his wife, Joyce Hopper of St. Joe Beach; his children: Carl Hopper and wife Lynn of Jonesboro, La., Chuck Hopper and wife Jewell of St. Joe Beach, Christine Quintanilla and husband Victor of Port St. Joe, and Jodie Hopper and Shaun Thomason of St. Joe Beach; 14 grandchildren; three brothers: Al Hopper, Ricky Hopper both of Nevada, and Walter Gleeson of Alaska; one sister, Carol Francis of Kentucky; and a brother-in-law, Ray Cartwright and wife Joyce of Tampa. The funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. EST Saturday, Dec. 10 at the graveside in Holy Hill Cemetery, conducted by the Rev. A. O. Boyette. Interment will follow. He will lie in state at Comforter Funeral Home this evening from 7 to 9 p.m.
Comforter Funeral Home
Port St. Joe, Fla. 32456
MR. AND MRS. CARROLL C. AND MELBA J. WILLIAMS
Mr. and Mrs. Carroll C. and Melba J. Williams, married for 43 years, died together on Wednesday, Dec. 8, 1999. Carroll and Melba had been a residents of Bay County since 1973, moving here from Colorado Springs, Colo., after Carroll's retirement from the Air Force. They had spent their retirement years together as entrepreneurs involved in many different businesses in the area including a restaurant, a motel, and a taxi company. She was a smart businesswoman, a homemaker, and a loving mother and grandmother. She attended Auburn University. Carroll was a retired Master Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force and served his country for 26 years during the World War II, Korean, and Vietnam eras. He always had a joke to tell, but always taught his sons to be men of integrity. Carroll and Melba were members of Central Baptist Church. Together they are survived by sons: Greg Williams and his wife Tammy of Parker, Fla., Bruce Williams and his wife Lisa of Lynn Haven, Fla.; and grandchildren: Corinne Williams, Chelsey Williams, Nathan Williams, Christopher Hobden, Matthew Hobden and Ashley Meyers. Carroll is also survived by brothers: Hubert Williams and his wife Edna of Marianna, Fla., Charles Williams and his wife Barbara of Bradenton, Fla.; sisters: Merle Moody and her husband David of Springfield, Fla., and Marie Burgess and her husband Jack of Norfolk, Va. He is preceded in death by his parents, Howard and Florida Ethel Williams. Melba is survived by brothers: Charles Shipp and his wife Barbara of Atlanta, Ga., Calvin Shipp and his wife Geraldine of Roanoke, Ala.; and a sister, Allene Bennett and her husband Cary also of Roanoke, Ala. She is preceded in death by her parents, William Thomas 'Tan' and Jessie Horton Shipp. Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Monday, Dec. 13, 1999, at Kent-Forest Lawn Funeral Home Chapel with Dr. Richard White officiating. Interment will follow at Forest Lawn Memorial Cemetery
with military honors accorded by Tyndall Air Force Base Honor Guard. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 5 to 8 p.m. on Sunday, Dec. 12, 1999.
Kent-Forest Lawn Funeral Home
BARBARA JANETTE KENDRICK BUSBY
Memorial services for Barbara Janette Kendrick Busby, 56, who died on Tuesday at her home in Lynn Haven, following an 18 year battle with cancer, will be held at Wilson Funeral Home in Panama City at 2 p.m. today Honorary pallbearers will be Bay High School Class of 1961 Reunion Committee, Ladies' Wednesday morning breakfast group, Mr. Austin Haulman, Carroll Howell, Buddy Martin, Gary Marsh and Wayne Spillers. Barbara's ashes will be scattered at sunset from a Windjammer ship into the Caribbean near the island of Grenada, accompanied by the raising of the sails, the playing of Amazing Grace and the firing of a cannon. Memorial contributions may be made to MD Anderson Cancer Center, 1515 Holcombe Blvd., Houston, Texas 77030, or to the charity of your choice.
Wilson Funeral Home
Panama City, Fla.
LEONA CUNNINGHAM GOODE
Funeral services for Leona Cunningham Goode, 80, of Panama City Beach, who died Thursday, Dec. 9, 1999 in a local hospital, will be held today at 11 a.m. in Wilson Funeral Home Chapel with Dr. Richard White officiating. Interment will follow in the Memory Hill Cemetery, Dothan, Ala.
Wilson Funeral Home
Panama City, Fla.
CAROLYN CELESTINE HALL
Funeral services for Carolyn Celestine Hall of Port St. Joe, Fla., will be held today at 1 p.m. in Gilmore-Southerland Funeral Home Chapel. Interment will follow in Forrest Hills Cemetery.
Gilmore-Southerland Funeral Home
Port St. Joe, Fla. 32456
