Obituaries 10-17-7

Brian R. Freeman

Brian Randall Freeman, 30, of Caryville died Sept. 30 at his home as a result of a house fire. He was born Jan. 21, 1977, in Lebanon, Tenn.

Freeman graduated from Holmes County High School and was employed by Family Dollar.

Survivors include his father, Phillip Wayne Freeman Sr., and stepmother, Blondell Freeman, both of Caryville; his mother, Susan Josey of North Carolina; a brother, Phillip Wayne Freeman Jr. of California; sister, Lori Catherine Hoskins and husband, Staff Sgt. Eric Hoskins of North Carolina; niece, Katlyn Hoskins and a nephew, Hunter Hoskins.

Services were held Oct. 3 in the funeral home chapel with the Rev. Aubrey Herndon officiating.

Burial was in Evergreen Baptist Church Cemetery with Peel Funeral Home of Bonifay directing.

Beverly Jensen

Beverly Jensen, 72, of Bonifay died Oct. 7 at her daughter's home. She was born April 30, 1935, in Tampa. She worked with Luenbergers' IGA for a number of years.

Survivors include her children, Yvonne Gary and husband, Mick, and Karen Jensen, all of Tampa, Jerry Jensen and wife, Teresa, Rhonda Walsingham and husband, Richard, and Paul Jensen, all of Bonifay; 19 grandchildren and one great-grandson.

Services were held Oct. 10 in the funeral home chapel with the Rev. Chester Padgett officiating.

Burial was in Myrtle Hill Garden of Memory in Tampa with James & Lipford Funeral Home of Graceville directing.

Betty J. Fears

Betty Jenice Fears, 43, of Blountstown died Oct. 3. She was born Oct. 30, 1963, in St. Petersburg to Wallace and Betty Lois (Pettis) Fears.

Survivors include her mother, Betty L. Fears of Chipley; two daughters, Jestiny Lee Fears of Tallahassee and Emily Ann Smith of Chipley; two brothers, Jerry Fears and John Fears, both of Chipley; and a sister, Julilee Conway of Chipley.

Memorial services were held Oct. 5 in First United Methodist Church, Chipley, with the Rev. Jerry May officiating.

Memorialization was by cremation with Brown Funeral Home of Chipley in charge of arrangements.

Michael Fielding

Michael William Fielding, 55, of Chipley died Oct. 6. He was born June 29, 1952, in Newburg, N.Y., to William W. and Ruth Irene (Shumaker) Fielding.

He had lived in Chipley for five years, moving there from Homa, La. He was of the Catholic faith and loved to read, visit the library, cook and plant flowers.

Survivors include his mother, Ruth Irene Fielding of Chipley; two sons, Nathan Fielding and Shaun Fielding, both of Vernon; a sister, Patti Peel and husband, Sheldon Peel of Chipley; several grandchildren and several nieces and nephews.

Graveside services were held Oct. 11 in Glenwood Cemetery with the Rev. Michael Orr officiating and Brown Funeral Home of Chipley directing.

Robert Brady

Robert Randall Provost Brady, 45, of Chipley died Oct. 6 at his home. He was born May 28, 1962, in Hialeah. He was a life-long resident of Chipley and was of the Baptist faith.

Brady was preceded in death by his father, Max Brady; paternal grandfather, James Brady, paternal grandparents, Hubert and Estelle Peacock, and his maternal grandfather, Warner Boyd.

Survivors include his mother, Gail Provost of Chipley; maternal grandmother, Inez Laney of Chipley; an uncle, Michael Boyd; aunt, Betty McCormick; sister, Kelly Nelson; two brothers, Erick Provost and wife, Elaina, of Chipley, and Michael Vosika and wife, Robin; two nephews and two nieces.

Funeral was held Oct. 10 at First Baptist Church with the Rev. Michael Orr officiating.

Burial was in Shiloh Cemetery with Brown Funeral Home of Chipley directing.

Memorial contributions may be made to First Baptist Church, P.O. Box 643, Chipley, FL 32428.

Willie L. Bostic

Willie (Leechie) Bostic, 60, of Campbellton died Oct. 4 at Campbellton-Graceville Hospital in Graceville. He was born May 16, 1947, to the late King David and Pinkey Lee Bostic. He was their first child.

He attended Leon County schools and worked in the construction industry. He married Willie B. Bostic and joined the St. Mary Missionary Baptist Church in Jacob City under the Rev. R.C. McGriff.

Surviving, in addition to his wife, are two sons, Bob A. Bostic and wife, Chastity, with the U.S. Air Force in Okinawa, Japan, and Charles A. Bostic of Campbellton; six stepchildren, Mitchell Mickey and wife, Kay, of Columbia, Md., Gloria Jean and husband, Victor, Michael Anthony and wife, Lucy, Henry Charles and Thomas Jerome, all of Jacob City, James Jr. and wife, Lori, of Campbellton; three sisters, Willie B. Sylvester of Jupiter, Geraldine Thomas and Annie Bostic, both of Fort Myers; an aunt, Jennie B. Watford of Madrid, Ala.; many cousins and other relatives.

Services were held Oct. 13 in the funeral home chapel with the Revs. George Bowers, R.C. McGriff and Riley Henderson officiating.

Burial was in St. Phillip Cemetery in Slocomb's Antioch community with McKinnie Funeral Home of Campbellton directing.

Dorothy M. Barnes

Dorothy Mae (Jackson) Barnes, 67, of Marianna died Oct. 5 at her home. A life-long resident of Jackson County, she was a member of the Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses in Marianna.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Joseph C. and Estelle Blair Jackson.

Surviving are her husband of 46 years, Harold Barnes of Marianna; one daughter, Debra Barnes Duncan and husband, Don, of Round Rock, Texas; one son, Keith Barnes of Marianna; two brothers, Neal Jackson of Tampa, Bobby Jackson and wife, Lois, of Cottondale; five grandchildren, and one great-granddaughter.

Services were conducted Oct. 8 at Maddox Chapel with Bro. Michael Clark officiating.

Burial was in Riverside Cemetery with James & Sikes Funeral Home, Maddox Chapel, directing.

Ruth M. Dryden

Ruth M. Dryden, 93, of Marianna died Oct. 7 at her home. A native of Moriah Center, N.Y., she had lived in Jackson County for many years.

She was former owner of C&M Grocery Company of Birmingham, Ala., and owned Circle D Ranch and Western Shop. She loved to travel, work in the yard and in the family-owned business at Circle D. She was of the Methodist faith.

Dryden was preceded in death by her husband, George Eastman Dryden, in 2002, and a stepson, George Eastman Dryden Jr.

Survivors include one son, Matt C. Dryden and wife, Barbara, of Marianna; two daughters, Mildred "Sister" Klingemann and husband, Howard, of Bonifay, and Mary Jo Gibson of St. Petersburg Beach; three stepdaughters, Dotsey Hofferman of Wisconsin, Mary Ellen Dryden of Chapel Hill, N.C., and Alice Terri Jordan of Virginia Beach; caregivers, Shirley Rhynes, Joyce Webb, Vicki Godwin, Izetta Butler, DeLoris Gillette, Rosa Pollock and Erica Barnes; 16 grandchildren and 27 great-grandchildren.

Funeral was held Oct. 10 at Maddox Chapel with the Rev. Jackie Register officiating.

Burial was in Pinecrest Memorial Gardens with James & Sikes Funeral Home, Maddox Chapel, directing.

Mattie Ham

Mattie Lou Ham, 88, of Graceville died Oct. 6 at her home. She was born March 18, 1919, in Jackson County, the eleventh of twelve children born to John Wesley and Mattie Osia Bruner Cooley.

She was educated in Jackson County schools, and was a member of the Damascus Baptist Church.

Ham was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, James Horace Ham; five brothers, Gus Cooley, David Cooley, George Cooley, Ernest Cooley, John Wesley Cooley Jr. (Dock); and six sisters, Litha Sheffield, Margie White, Callie Shiver, Eunice Callaway, Martha Doris Hicks (Snooks), and Sarah Crutchfield.

Survivors include two daughters, Margaret Ann Hughes and husband, Jimmy, of Lynn Haven; Barbara Hinson and husband, Hubert, of Graceville; four grandchildren and three great-granddaughters.

Funeral was held Oct. 9 at Damascus Baptist Church with Dr. Jerry Oswalt and Rev. Chester Padgett officiating.

Burial was in the church cemetery with James & Lipford Funeral Home of Graceville directing.

Memorials may be made to Damascus Baptist Church Cemetery Fund, 5083 Highway 77, Graceville, FL 32440, or Hospice of the Emerald Coast, 4374 Lafayette St., Marianna, FL 32446.

Ruby Best

Ruby Best, 79, of the Poplar Springs community near Graceville died Oct. 10 at her home. She was born July 6, 1928, in Graceville to the late Charles A. and Florida Watford Armstrong.

She was a homemaker and a member of Bethel Baptist Church.

Survivors include her husband, James Best of Graceville; two sons, Lawrence Peters of Tallahassee, Frankie Wilson and wife, Ginger, of Ozark; four daughters, Diane Sims and husband, Wayne, Debbie Wilson, Karen Stoe and husband, Ben, all of Graceville, and Carolanne Yates of Panama City; a sister, Katherine "Kat" Parrish of Panama City, 14 grandchildren and 15 great-grandchildren.

Funeral was held Oct. 12 at Bethel Baptist Church with the Revs. Kent Lampp and Chester Padgett officiating.

Burial was in the church cemetery with James & Lipford Funeral Home of Graceville directing.

Memorials may be made to Bethel Baptist Church Building Fund, 1349 Hwy. 173, Graceville, FL 32440.

Kina L. Worley

Kina Louise Worley, 75, of Vernon died Sept. 16 at Bay Medical Hospital in Panama City. She was born Feb. 6, 1932, in Chipley to Bud and Nancy (Pitts) Long.

Worley had lived in Vernon since 1993, moving there from Tampa. She was of the Baptist faith.

Survivors include a son, David O. Worley of Vernon; two daughters, Nancy Gayle Boswell and Lillie Elaine Blattner, both of Vernon; three sisters, Marie Hayes of Chipley, Bibbie Barefield of Alabama and Mathel McFadden of Wausau, eight grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren.

Brown Funeral Home of Chipley was in charge of funeral arrangements.

James (JayCee) Phipps

James Linwood Christopher Phipps, infant son of James and Holly Phipps of Bonifay, died Sept. 18 at USA Children's and Women's Center in Mobile, Ala. He was born Sept. 11, 2007.

In addition to his parents, he is survived by his grandparents, Mike and Cynthia Pettis of Bonifay, Walter and Kathy Phipps; his great-grandparents, Charles A. and Mary Fay Pettis of Bonifay; numerous aunts, uncles and cousins.

A graveside funeral service was held Sept. 20 in Carmel Cemetery with the Rev. Tommy Moore officiating and Sims Funeral Home of Bonifay directing.

James D. Collins

James Doyle Collins, 76, of Chipley, died at the Southeast Alabama Medical Center, in  Dothan, Ala. He was born on March 9, 1931 in Chipley to Henry and Dorothy (Lawrence) Collins.  Collins was of the Assembly of God faith and a member of the Chipley First Assembly of God Church. He had resided in Chipley since moving from Arcadia in 1971.

He was preceded in death by three brothers, Thurman, John and Tommy Collins.

Survivors include his wife Augina Collins, of Chipley; two sons, James Doyle Collins, Jr., of Pearland, Texas, Michael Anthony Collins and wife Starla, of Chipley; two daughters, Augina Paulette Barrentine and husband Michael, of Tallahassee and Patricia Ann Carlton and husband Chris, of New Smyrna Beach; a brother, Joe Collins and wife Minnie, of Chipley; 11 grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren.

Funeral services were held Oct. 14 at the First Assembly of God Church with the Rev. Dallas Pettis officiating.

Interment followed in the Piney Grove Cemetery with Brown Funeral Home directing.