On Thursday, Feb. 25, Ridge Community High School Principal Angela Clark announced that Ladona Brigman, an English teacher at the school, has died of heart-related issues. Her death was not related to COVID-19, per the statement.
Former Navy veteran, prize-winning journalist and Bartow businessman Al Palmer, 91, died Dec. 14, 2020, at Good Shepherd Hospice in Auburndale.
Former Polk County School Board members Debra Smith Wright and Lee “Alex” Wheeler died recently.
James (Jimmy) Lesage, 60, passed away July 17, 2020 in Grantville, GA. He was born September 7, 1959 in Peoria, IL, to the late James Alphonse Lesage and Mary Kay (Flynn/Lesage) Maas. Jimmy loved anything mechanical and spent down time ‘tinkering’, rebuilding and creating. Over the years he …
HAINES CITY – Members of the Haines City Commission took a moment of silence Sept. 3 to reflect on the passing of former mayor Philip James Hinkle, who died Aug. 22 at age 58.
FROSTPROOF – Ben Hill Griffin III, 78, died peacefully at his Frostproof home on Saturday.
HAINES CITY – The memories shared online by friends and family paint a picture of a man respected and admired.
