B6 Orlando Sentinel SUNDAY, Deaths As the oldest child of North Carolina sharecroppers, Earline Bryant McCauley Harper knew life could be hard. But she relished play, too. She was a tomboy who loved sports and cars, and even knew how to take apart an engine. In an era when few women dared to fly, she earned a license. Harperdied Sept.
28of complications of pneumonia. She was 84. Born June23, 1924, to Samuel Earl Bryant and Et- tieMargaret Bryant in North Carolina, Earline Bryant studied secretarial science after graduating from high school. Armed with her new skills, she went to Washington and worked for the U.S. Census Bureau after World WarII broke out.
Within two years, however, she returned home to help her parents on theirtobacco farm after her brother went to war. In nearby Durham, N.C., she landed a job at a photography studio where the pho- tographers regularly took aerial photos. Earline talked them into teaching her to fly, and she soon earned a license. Once, she even flew a Piper Cub over her farm, buzzing her parents as they worked in the fields. was recalled daughterKaren Thompson.
Harper married three times and had four children. She spent most of her adult life in Durham, working as a clerk at Duke University and Duke University Hospital. In 1977, at age 53, she and her youngest child, Thompson, moved to Orlando. Harper worked as a billing clerk at Montgomery Ward department storeandthen as a manager of several retail stores in Pine Hills before retiring in 1989. She lived with Thompson and her husband, Greg, in Sorrento.
But Harper never gave up playing. She played darts in league into her 70s and continued her playfulness while baby-sitting her granddaughterZe- na. was a Thompson said. could throw a baseball and, believe me, Mama did not throw like agirl. She could still turn a cartwheel until two years ago.
She would ride anything with wheels on it. She rode go-karts and four- wheelers until the doctor told her she ride them In addition to Thompson, she is survived by sonsMax McCauleyof Lillington, N.C., and E. Thomas McCau- leyof Penhook, daugh- terPhyllis Thomasof Cameron, N.C.; nine grandchildren; two stepgrandchil- dren; 15 great-grandchildren; sistersLucille Thomas of Westvilleand Helen Baker of Kipling, N.C.; and brother Charles Bryantof Cummings, Ga. Linda Shrieves can be reached at or 407-420-5433. Lifelong tomboy Earline Harper never outgrew her sense of fun By LINDA SHRIEVES SENTINEL STAFF WRITER HARPER Brevard JOHN V.
DUELL 53, Melbourne Beach, died Thursday. Brownlie- Maxwell Funeral Home, Melbourne. LENITA LOUISE HYDES 71, Palm Bay, died Thursday. Palm Bay Funeral Home. RENEE M.
LeCHER 82, Indialantic, died Friday. Carey Hand Cox-Parker Funeral Home, Winter Park. MAURICE MICHAEL SPEAR 24, Titusville, died Saturday. Newcomer Family Funeral Home, Titusville. Lake JOHN P.
BURKE 57, Fruitland Park, died Sept.26. Tri-County Cremation and Funeral Home, Longwood. EARLINE B. HARPER 84, Sorrento, died Sept.28. National Cremation Society, Fruitland Park.
DANIEL JOSEPH SMITH 38, Groveland, died Thursday. Becker Funeral Home, Clermont. Orange SUSAN IRENE COLEMAN 68, Apopka, died Wednesday. Tri- County Cremation and Funeral Home, Longwood. JOSEFA COLLADO 81, Orlando, died Monday.
Funeraria San Juan, Kissimmee. JEANE COURTMAN 100, Winter Park, died Sept.26. Tri-County Cremation and Funeral Home, Longwood. GERALD GOLDFARB 56, Orlando, died Thursday. All Faiths Funeral Alternatives and Cremation Service, Orlando.
IKE HEARNS III 34, Orlando, died Wednesday. Funeral Home, Orlando. HORACE HILL 91, Orlando, died Friday. Funeral Home, Orlando. TIMOTHY R.
JONES 57, Ocoee, died Thursday. Collison Carey Hand Funeral Home, Winter Garden Chapel. JUAN F. MENDEZ REYES 47, Orlando, died Wednesday. Funer- aria San Juan, Kissimmee.
MARITZA RODRIGUEZ 48, Orlando, died Sept.7. Funeraria San Juan, Kissimmee. RANDOLPH H. RUCKER 66, Orlando, died Wednesday. All Faiths Funeral Alternatives and Cremation Service, Orlando.
RAMON SANTOS 28, Orlando, died Tuesday. Funeraria San Juan, Kissimmee. WILLIE JACK STEWARD 91, Orlando, died Friday. Funeral Home, Orlando. GLORIA DELL TYRE 60, Orlando, died Friday.
Funeral Home, Orlando. LEIBERT M. UNDERWOOD 65, Orlando, died Saturday. Union Park Memorial Chapel Funeral Home, Orlando. NELSON VELEZ 56, Orlando, died Tuesday.
Funeraria San Juan, Kissimmee. Osceola JOSE A. AMARO 45, Kissimmee, died Wednesday. Funeraria San Juan, Kissimmee. CRISTOBAL APONTE-RODRIGUEZ 81, Kissimmee, died Friday.
Grissom Funeral Home Crematory, Kissimmee. LENA M. AYALA 49, St. Cloud, died Saturday. Funeraria Porta Coeli, Kissimmee.
VIRGINIA A. BROWN 96, St. Cloud, died Wednesday. Fisk Funeral Home Crematory, St. Cloud.
MARIE MARICILE DITE DILE- JUSTE 75, Kissimmee, died Thursday. Mortuary, Orlando. CHARLES V. LAMB 87, St. Cloud, died Wednesday.
Fisk Funeral Home Crematory, St. Cloud. BLANCA LOPEZ 83, Kissimmee, died Wednesday. Funeraria San Juan, Kissimmee. ADANIVIA PEREZ SANTIAGO 62, Kissimmee, died Wednesday.
Funeraria San Juan, Kissimmee. Seminole THOMAS JOSEPH Le BAR 77, Maitland, died Friday. Baldwin- Fairchild Funeral Home, Goldenrod Chapel, Winter Park. WILLIAM W. MEYERHOFER 67, Fern Park, died Thursday.
Baldwin-Fairchild Funeral Home, Oviedo Chapel. NANCY DREW MILLER 88, Altamonte Springs, died Friday. Baldwin-Fairchild Funeral Home, East Altamonte Chapel, Altamonte Springs. ALICE W. OROSZ 84, Sanford, died Friday.
National Cremation Society, Oviedo. Volusia ALVIN WILLIAM BRADY 84, DeLand, died Thursday. Allen- Summerhill Funeral Home, DeLand. THOMAS RAYMOND FERREIRA 56, New Smyrna Beach, died Friday. Settle-Wilder Funeral Home, New Smyrna Beach.
HELEN MARGARET HILFORD 88, Deltona, died Wednesday. Sunrise Funeral Home, Sanford. CECILIA LAGESSE 85, Ormond Beach, died Friday. Tri-County Cremation and Funeral Home, Longwood. C.
WILLIAM McADAM 72, DeBary, died Wednesday. Lankford Funeral Home Crematory, DeLand. Out of Area SIMON A. CARRILLO 72, Cabudare, Venezuela, died Tuesday. Fu- neraria San Juan, Kissimmee.
Deaths in Central Florida But now, when time to start paying bills, credit markets are revenues are drying up. This affect construction of the Magic arena, which always was the priority among politicians if not the public. But the performing-arts center and Citrus Bowl could be in jeopardy, as well as the city budget. The biggest problem is with the resort tax. At the end of every year, Orange County counts up the money that it brings in.
The county keeps what it needs to pay off the convention center, the visitorsbu- reau and a long list of other items ranging from the Florida Classic to the downtown history center. Whatever is left goes to the city to pay for the arts center and Citrus Bowl. This year, the county will hand over about $9million. But there is no guarantee the city will get money the next year or the year after that. If the resort tax takes a dive, everybody does not share the pain.
Orlando gets all the pain because it is cut off completely before any of the priorities lose a dime. Orange Mayor Rich Crotty left Buddy hanging out on a very thin limb when they inked this deal. And looking thinner by the day as resort-tax revenues have begun plunging at a rate not seen since 9-11. Back then, it crashed 12percent in one year, a number that is not out of the realm for the coming year. This shows the vulnerability of the tax.
Now imagine if the city sold bonds and planned to usethe tax to pay them off. And then there was aprolonged tourism slump, leaving Orlando with massive debt. The other big money source is the downtown taxing district. But that is flattening out and may even decline a bit as condo sales crash and construction wanes. But the city says itstill can sell $150million in construction bonds for the venues within six months, as well as pay for various incentives and myriad other infrastructure, a commuter-rail station, rent subsidies for failing businesses on West Church Street and a $25mil- lion reserve for the venues.
This comes as the city just raised its property-tax rate almost 15percent to help close a budget shortfall. Meanwhile, next year will be the worst in memory for government budgets as property values plunge, lowering assessments and revenues. On top of this, the city has taken out a $100million variable-rate loan to provide more money for the venues. The city is paying only the plans to pay off the principal when the venues are finished and property surrounding the current Magic arena is sold. But that land be worth $100million any time soon in this market.
And these are by no means the only riskson the table. The funding assumptions for the performing-arts center include $23million in donations that been raised yet. And, of course, there will be the inevitable cost overruns. Acautious man might put the Citrus Bowl on hold until the arts center is finished. But nobody ever accused Buddy of being cautious.
If he pulls this off, sending him up to take over for Henry Paulson. Mike Thomas can be reached at or 407-420-5525. THOMAS FROM PAGEB1 Our all with Our tears, Our faith trumphant our fears, All are with all with thee! Henry Wadsworth Longfellow FLEMING, D. passed away quietly at Hospice of the Comforter, Sept. 4.
Born in Rochester, PA Oct. 17, 1922, Bob was raised in Beaver, PA. He attended Wheaton College before being called into the Army during WW II. He served in Guam as a cryptographer. After the war, he graduated twice from Penn State, Horticulture (1949) and Recreation (1951).
He was the Recreation Director for Edgewood, PA, Barnesville, OH, and Winter Park, FL. Bob recruited high school students for Tusculum College, Webber and Jax. Stenotype Institute. Predeceased by his wife, Vivian Kirk, daughter Cynthia DeVine, NC, and brother Howard S. Bob is survived by his brother, Richard Beaver, PA; children Karen and Jerry Fay, Windermere, FL, Robert K.
and Kay Fleming, Winter Park, and son-in-law, Lei DeVine, NC; grandchildren Jarret and Greer DeVine, Kirk and Jill DeVine, Ben and Kara Gelnett, all of NC, Kevin Fay, GA, Ben and Heather Fleming McCoy, Orlando, Katherine (Kaley) and Sean Fleming, Winter Park; great grands, Kincaid and Cynthia DeVine. Bob was an ardent lover of his family, community youth, Bahia Shrine, Masonic Lodge and Penn State Athletics. In lieu of flowers, contributions can be made to Shriners Crippled Hospital, 20900 Rocky Tampa, FL 33607 or Winter Park Presbyterian Youth, 400 S. Lakemont Winter Park, FL 32792. COLLADO, JOSEFA, 81, of Orlando, Burial in Nicaragua.
"PAT" STEED. 1909 2008. Passed away Tuesday, September 23, 2008 at age of 99. A memorial service will be held on Friday, October 17, 2008 in the parlor, adjacent the main sanctuary at the First United Methodist Church of Orlando. In lieu of flowers, please make donations to The Russell Home For Atypical Children, 510 Holden Avenue, Orlando, FL 32839, who are trying to raise funds for better quarters for the 24 children under their care.
To acquire an ideal home on Anderson Road, they still need another $1million. Orange SMITH, DANIEL JOSEPH, 38, Groveland, died October 2, 2008 as the result of injuries sustained in a motorcycle accident. He was born December 1, 1969 in El Paso, TX son of Raymond Arthur Smith Diane Patricia Bennett Smith, who survive of St. Cloud. He was a local resident since 1991 and was a Senior Computer Technician for Smart Computers.
Surviving is his wife Sandra Jean Robinson Smith; his children Danielle (16); Jacob (12); Lillian (2); brothers Stephen Michael both of Austin, TX and several aunts, uncles cousins. The funeral service for Daniel Joseph Smith will be held at 4:00 PM on Tuesday, October 7, 2008 in the Becker Chapel with visitation from until service time. The family suggests that in lieu of flowers please consider donations to a fund for his daughter Lilly. He was loved by all and will be dearly missed. BECKER FAMILY FUNERAL HOME, 806 W.
Minneola Ave. (3 stop signs North of Highway 50 at 8th Street) Clermont, FL 34711. Telephone 352-394-7121. Lake Obituaries, Services, Memorials 58, of Winter Park, FL, died Saturday. September 27 at The Hospice of The Comforter in Altamonte Springs, FL.
Beth was born in McCormick County, SC on August 11, 1950 and her family moved to Lockhart in 1953. Her parents, Thomas and Jimmie Freeland preceded her in death. She is survived by her husband, Dennis Lawson of Winter Park; son, daughter- in-law and grandson Jeremy, Dawn and Reed Lawson of Orlando; brothers, Tommy and Michael Freeland; sister, Fran Strawn; niece, Trish Strawn; nephews, Michael and Chad Freeland; sons-in-love, Robert Ashworth, Joshua Watts and Ryan Sanford and daughter-in- love, Lisa Norton. Beth was an amazing wife, mother, grandmother, sister, mother-in-love and the perfect aunt. She was the owner of friends art gallery in Sanford until her health no longer allowed her to run the gallery.
She will be remembered as a person who was kind, compassionate, giving and who brought much love, light and laughter into this world and the lives of those who knew and loved her. There will be a memorial service held for her at Christ Church Unity, 771W Holden Orlando, FL 32839 on Saturday, October 11at In lieu of flowers, please make contributions to Eagle Wings Nursing Home Ministry, 771Douglas Ave, Winter Park, FL 32789 or The Hospice of The Comforter, 480 W. Central Parkway, Altamonte Springs, FL 32714. JONES, TIMOTHY RAY, 57, of Ocoee, Florida passed away suddenly on Thursday, October 2, 2008. He was born on March 6, 1951, in Boone County, West Virginia, the son of the late Ferris L.
and Bessie F. Jones. Timothy was predeceased by his stepmother, Dealia Jones. He is survived by his brothers, Jon and Mark, sister, Sarah and stepbrother Terry Chambers. A memorial service will be held on Sunday, October 5th at 4:00 PM at Collison Carey Hand Funeral Home.
In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to the American Diabetes Association, 1101North Lake Destiny Road, Suite 415, Maitland, Florida 32751. Services entrusted to COLLISON CAREY HAND FUNERAL HOME, 1148 East Plant Street, Winter Garden, Florida, 407-877-6700. KEITH, of Apopka passed away unexpectedly on September 19, 2008 from a massive stroke. He was 70. Wayne was born June 12, 1938 in the town of Martel, Ohio.
Upon his graduation in 1955 He served in the U.S. Marine Corps. During his service, he served at 8th and I Marine Barracks in Washington D.C. and was a member of the Silent Drill Team, traveling to Edinburgh Scotland to perform in The Military Tattoo. He also served on the Presidential Security Force traveling to South America with President Eisenhower.
He also did a tour of Vietnam. Following his military service, Wayne entered the data processing field until his retirement in 2000. Along with his wife Judie, he was active with the Apopka Civilian Police Academy. He was a member of the American Legion Post in Orlando and a life member of VFW Post 10147 in Apopka. Wayne was also a proud member of Mensa.
Wayne is survived by his wife, Judie, daughter Kim Gray of Tampa, and granddaughter Kristina of Georgia; two brothers, Tom Gray of Chicago and Frank Robey of Ohio, two sisters Randi Smarsh and Cindy Davis, both of Ohio. In addition to his parents, Merle and Kathryn Gray, he was preceded in death by sister, Nancy Rigney and son Keith Gray Jr. View obituaries online at OrlandoSentinel.com/obituaries. MILLER, FRANCES P. age 93, born in Fleming, KY, on December 7, 1914, passed away on October 2, 2008.
She is survived by her son, W. Michael Miller, his wife, Beth Miller, and her grandchildren, Will Miller and Clara Frances Miller, all of Winter Park, FL. She was predeceased by her husband, William Earl Miller, in 1973. An accomplished jazz pianist even as a young girl, Frances was invited to play on Tennessee riverboats and for church revivals during the until the Great Depression, became a champion swimmer despite juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, and showed five-gaited horses in competition. She was also an expert marksman and loved ballroom dancing.
A straight A student, she trained as a laboratory technician in Chicago and then worked at Oak Ridge, Tennessee during World War II in a laboratory that was part of the Manhattan Project. After moving to College Park following the War, she continued to work in the medical field, volunteered as a Gray Lady at Princeton Elementary School, and later managed the office of an orthopedic surgeon for twenty years. Living adjacent to Dubsdread Golf Course, she became an accomplished golfer and played in many local golf events in the 1940s and 50s. Although widowed in 1973, she still assisted her son to graduate from college and then law school, and provided unflagging encouragement to him during his career as a lawyer and county court judge. Her loving babysitting even through her eighties, and patient listening until her death, made her beloved by her son and daughter-in- law, grandchildren, and all who had the privilege to know her.
A memorial service will be held on Tuesday, October 7, 2008, at 11AM, at the First United Methodist Church of Winter Park, 125 N. Interlachen Avenue, Winter Park. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that contributions be made to the SPCA of Central Florida, 2727 Conroy Road, Orlando, FL 32839. MENDEZ-REYES, JUAN, 47 of Orlando, Burial in Puerto Rico. July 29, 1956 October 1, 2008.
A private celebration of life for Mrs. Carla J. McKenzie, who passed away Wednesday, October 1, 2008, will be held privately for the family. Mrs. McKenzie was born July 29, 1956 in Indianapolis, Indiana and is survived by her husband, David McKenzie; mother, Edith Pavey; sisters, Sandra Brady, Donna Scabbo, and Barbara Slagter; children, Taylor and Zachary.
In lieu of flowers, the family suggest memorial contributions be made to www.pancan.org or hospice. Express condolences with our online obituary section. OrlandoSentinel.com/ obituaries 83, passed away September 30, 2008. Bill was born in Pavo, GA, January 17, 1925, to Thomas and Anna Lee Mount. He moved to Orlando with his wife Frederica Jean Mount soon after receiving a degree in pharmaceutical medicine from Mercer University in the He was active in the retail pharmaceutical industry, as Mount Apothecary, Orlando, for over 50 years.
He was an active member of First Presbyterian Church of Orlando as well as numerous civic and professional organizations and was acknowledged with multiple awards for exceptional service. first wife, Jean, passed away in 1992 after an extended illness. Two years later, at a school reunion in Moultrie GA, Bill was reacquainted with his childhood sweetheart, Barbara Kincaid Trimble, who had recently lost her husband. Not long thereafter, Bill retired and moved to Moultrie where Bill and Barbara were married. Bill was preceded in death by his first wife, Jean Mount; his second wife, Barbara Mount; brothers, Thomas Lee Mount and James Stewart Mount.
Bill is survived by his daughters, Mary Ann Brown (Lowrie Brown) of Groveland and Patricia Lynn Shaw of Winter Springs; stepchildren, Stuart Trimble, Polly Trimble Jackson, Quint Trimble and John Reid; as well as nine grandchildren and seven great grandchildren. In lieu of flowers, Bill requested that memorials be made to Trinity Baptist Church of Moultrie, GA or any charity of your choice. Memorial service to be held at 11AM, October 6th at Trinity Baptist Church of Moultrie, GA. Burial service to be held at 11AM, October 8th at the Greenwood Cemetery in Orlando. Visitation from 6-8PM October 7th at Carey Hand Colonial Funeral Home, 2811Curry Ford Road, Orlando.
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