Obituaries
Dixon family holding celebration of life for Sam Dixon on October 1
September 21, 2023
A rescheduled celebration of life for Sam Dixon will be held on Sunday, Oct. 1 at his (and Suzanne’s) residence, 2301 Williamsburg Way, Englewood (Placida/Cape Haze) between noon and 5 p.m.
The…
OBITUARY: Annie Parsons
September 21, 2023
Annie Elizabeth Oakley Parsons, 84, went to be with the Lord Tuesday, September 12, 2023. Annie was born to Cary and Mildred Oakley on July 10, 1939, in Dora, Alabama. Due to her ever-loving and d…
OBITUARY: Donna Adams
September 14, 2023
Donna High Adams passed away peacefully after a long illness on Sunday, Sept. 10, 2023 at her home in Birmingham, Ala. surrounded by her loving family and friends.
Donna was born January 29, 1…
OBITUARY: Robert Johnson
August 17, 2023
This generational pilot boat captain has crossed the bar
Capt. Robert W. Johnson passed away on Saturday, August 12, 2023 at his family home, the historic Quarantine House.
Robert was born o…
OBITUARY: Nelson Thomas
August 17, 2023
The sun was a little less bright the day when Nelson Thomas was taken from us just recently. He was an island son who was known to all and loved by many, and he spent the last years of his life ta…
EDITORIAL: We are all ‘somebody’ in the history of Gasparilla Island … for better, or for worse
August 17, 2023
There’s so much that has changed in our community in the last year or two. It’s difficult sometimes to wrap our minds around what has happened just since last September, much less the other change…
OBITUARY: Sackett Snow Cook
August 10, 2023
Sackett Snow Cook died peacefully August 1 at Westview on Main in Fairhaven MA, with his wife of 41 years, Mary Elizabeth (White) Cook, by his side.
He was born in Providence RI to Martha Sack…
OBITUARY: Joe D’Angelo
August 10, 2023
Sadly, our family announces that Joe D’Angelo departed this world on August, 1, 2023, at the youthful age of 86. He peacefully passed away at his home in Rotonda West, Florida.
Joe was born in…
OBITUARY: Lucy Hamilton
August 3, 2023
Lucy Battel Hamilton died peacefully on July 19, 2023 at her summer home in Cooperstown, New York surrounded by her loving family.
Known to all as “Bunny,” she was born in Buffalo, N.Y. on Nov…
OBITUARY: Bob Halford
July 27, 2023
Robert “Bob” Sidney Halford, 94, died Thursday, July 20, 2023 at his home surrounded by his family.
Interment will be held at a later date in Memorial Park Cemetery, Mason City, Iowa.
Visita…