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Carol Joan Weeks of Apopka, Florida, passed away Tuesday, March 4, 2014, in Altamonte Springs, Florida.
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Dona Alice Leonard Dunn, 72, of Blountstown, Florida passed away Tuesday, March 11, 2014 after an extended illness. Dona was born in Blountstown August 21, 1941 to Donald and Alice Nelle (Jones) Leonard. She was a graduate of Blountstown High School and Florida State University. Dona taught Home Economics at Blountstown High School until her retirement. She was a member of Blountstown First United Methodist Church and an active member of Panhandle Pioneer Settlement. She was an avid gardener and was always involved with her grandchildren’s activities.
She was preceded in death by her father, Donald Leonard.
Survivors include her husband, James of Blountstown; two daughters, Deneen Mears of Blountstown and Amanda McCarthy and her husband, Scott of Niceville, Florida; eight grandchildren, Jay and Jordan Swinehart, Reagan and Trace Mears, J. D., Brady, Aidan, and Bryce McCarthy; her mother, Alice Nelle Leonard; three sisters, Ann Gardner and her husband, Jim of Panama City, Florida, Sharon Leonard-McCrone and her husband, Henry of Blountstown, and Dresa Barfield, also of Blountstown; several nieces, nephews, and a special friend, Sammy Davis.
The family will receive friends 6:00-8:00 p.m., Wednesday, March 12 at Adams Funeral Home. Funeral services will be at 3:00 p.m., Thursday, March 13 in the First United Methodist Church with Reverend Jim Jines officiating. Interment will follow in the Leonard Family Cemetery.
Flowers are accepted or memorial contributions may be sent to Panhandle Pioneer Settlement, 17869 NW Pioneer Settlement Road, Blountstown, FL 32424 or Covenant Hospice, 4215 Kelson Avenue, Suite E, Marianna, FL 32446.
Adams Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements. Phone is 674-5449 and you may offer online condolences to the family at adamsfh.com.
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A search for a Bristol man is underway on the river near the Estiffanulga Landing in Liberty County. Sources say Curtis Anders, 52, was thrown from his vessel Sunday morning just after putting in at the landing. He is believed to have hit an obstruction in the water. A man in a nearby camp house heard him yell for assistance and spotted him in the water, attempting to remove his jacket. The witness called 911 then approached to help, but could not locate Anders. Anders' boots and ice chest have been recovered. His boat was found spinning in the water. Search and Rescue volunteers from Liberty, Calhoun and Gulf counties, along with the Liberty County Sheriff's Office, the Calhoun County Sheriff's Office, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, Florida Highway Patrol, area prison search teams, local firefighters and other volunteers are assisting in the search that began around midday Sunday and continued through most of the night. Volunteers were back out at daybreak. Please keep the Anders family in your prayers.

Mr. Robert Crisson, 93, of Panama City, FL, passed away early Wednesday morning, March 5, 2014, in Panama City.
Robert was born on February 2, 1921 in Brookland, NY, and had lived in Panama City for the past eight years, coming from Baltimore and Long Key, FL. He loved the water and was an avid sailor. During Roberts early childhood he grew up in Puerto Rico. He was a veteran of WWII serving in the United States Army. Robert received his Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering from Texas A&M College and retired from AT&T.
Robert was preceded in death by his parents, Charles Haywood Crisson and Mary Gertrude (Darrell) Crisson; and brother, Retired Colonel Ernest John Crisson.
Survivors include his wife of 64 years, Ruby Crisson, of Panama City, FL, who was the love of his life and best friend; two nephews, Ernest John Crisson, Jr., of Puerto Rico, and Richard Charles Crisson of New Port, RI; a niece, Marilyn D. Casanova, of Puerto Pico; and a sister-in-law, Diana A. Crisson, of Puerto Rico.
Funeral services will be held Saturday, March 8, at 1:00 pm (CST) at Peavy Funeral Home Chapel with Chaplain Craig Brannon officiating. Interment will follow in Nettle Ridge Cemetery in Blountstown. The family will receive friends Friday, March 7, from 6:00 pm until 8:00 pm (CST) at Peavy Funeral Home.
All arrangements are under the direction of Marlon Peavy at Peavy Funeral Home in Blountstown (ph. 674-2266). [Full Story »]