All Obituaries

On June 20,2019 the angels carried Remy Shawna Austin to be with her family in heaven. Remy was born on July 12, 2017. She was always happy and dancing around and talked to everyone she encountered. Remy had a love for music, Tigger, hot wheels, dinosaurs, and her favorite stuffed animals, which she referred to as her Jackass and Vampirina.  Remy is survived by her parents Brandi Harper & Tyler Austin, Aunts Krystal Early (Kevin), Stefanie Austin (Jorge) and Kayla Brown (Timmy),...

  Mrs. Gladys Cain Sellers, age 93, of Niceville, passed away Sunday evening, July 14th. She was born October 19, 1925, to the late Sam and Annie Tolbert Russell. Gladys was preceded in death by her husbands, Dan C. Cain and Dewey Sellers and one son, Dannis L. Cain Sr.  Gladys was a long-time resident of Valparasio and Niceville.  She was a member of the 1st Baptist Church of Valparasio.  Gladys is survived by two grandsons, Dannis L. Cain Jr. of Niceville and...

  Maurreen Perecko, age 75, of Niceville, FL passed away on Monday, July 8, 2019 surrounded by her family. She is survived by her daughter; Mary Catherine Baker ( Ray), two grandchildren; William and Zoe, as well as her brother -in-law; Richard Sarnosky and many nieces and nephews. There will be a time of visitation held on Wednesday, July 17, 2019 from 9-10am at Heritage Gardens Funeral Home, with Funeral service beginning at 10am. Interment will follow in Heritage Gardens Cemetery.

Mary Collins, age 82, of Niceville, Florida passed away peacefully on July 12, 2019. Mary was born in New Orleans, Louisiana on October 22, 1936. Mary graduated from St. Charles Borromeo Catholic High School and Loyola University of the South. She married John Andrew Collins on June 18, 1966 and was a Medical Technologist until raising her family. Mary was preceded in death by her parents Wilbert James Wetzel, Sr and Ilma Mollere Wetzel, her brothers, Wilbert James Wetzel, Jr and Carl...

Louie (Lou) Judson Williams of Mossy Head, Florida passed away peacefully June 17, 2019.  He was born April 21, 1930 in Conecuh County, Alabama, to Louie and Hattie (McNorton) Williams.   He is survived by his: son, Lee Williams of Baker, Florida; daughter, Dr. Joy Williams of Baldwin County, Alabama; brother Rudolf (Julia) Williams of Fort Walton Beach, Florida; sister Myrtice (Williams) Ellis of Castleberry, Alabama; and numerous nieces and nephews. Also survived by special...

On Monday, June 10, 2019, Alice Mae Maddox passed away. She was born in Lee County, North Carolina on July 20, 1932. Alice was a long-time resident of Niceville. She was preceded in death by her husband, MSgt. Walter G Maddox, and her two sisters, Mildred Hand and Marie Harris. Alice is survived by her son, Walter Gene Maddox, his partner, Sandra Hall and her beloved grandson, Graden Maddox. There will be a time of visitation held on Friday, June 14, 2019 from 10-11am at Heritage Gardens...

It is to the glory of God that Rev. Dr. Ernest Dewey Walker lived and it is in God’s glory that he now resides. Born to Ernest D. Walker, Sr. and Ruby Rose Wyatt Walker on January 6, 1926, in Fairfield, Alabama, Ernest was the brother to Wanda (Broomall) and Robert Walker. Drafted into the Marines, he served in the Pacific Theater from 1944-1946 and fought at the Battle of Sugar Loaf Hill in Okinawa. Upon his return, Mr. Walker earned a bachelor’s degree from Howard College (now...

Barbara Ann Tharpe, 75, of Niceville, FL, gained her angel wings on May 21, 2019 at Carington Manor in Crestview FL. Barbara was born in Newfoundland Canada to Leonard and Margret Nelson on April 7, 1944.  She graduated from Choctawhatchee High School in Fort Walton Beach, FL in 1962.  She married TSGT Ret. Roy Colin Tharpe on April 6, 1963 at Hurlburt Field, FL. She worked as a seamstress for Vanity Fair for 5 years.  She worked at Vanguard Bank as a data processor and a...