Jerry Quick, age 86, passed away on January 16, 2021. Your prayers and condolences are appreciated and comforting to his family.    

Margaret M. Luckie was taken to her heavenly home by our gracious Lord on Sunday, January 10, 2021 at the age of 91. A memorial service will be held Friday, January 15th at 2pm at First Baptist Church, Fort Walton Beach, Florida with visitation at 12:30pm. Masks and social distancing are requested. The officiating minister is Dr. Wade Humphries. The service will be live streamed. She was born on August 7th, 1929, in Alabama to Mattie and Charlie Madaris. She married William Clark Luckie,...

Michael Bonnwell Brewer Whitlock 1937-2021 Michael (Mike) Whitlock (83), born July 29, 1937, in Hagerstown, MD, passed away January 8, 2021, at her home in Fort Walton Beach, FL.  Mike was a devoted and loving wife, mother, grandmother, and great grandmother.  She was raised in Arlington, VA, graduated from Washington-Lee High School, and started working for the Department of the Navy in the Pentagon while attending night school at George Washington University. In 1959 Mike...

John Hoover, passed away on January 7, 2021. Your prayers and condolences are appreciated and comforting to his family.  Arrangements are pending and will be announced.  

Miguel Vega, age 70, passed away on January 7, 2021. Your prayers and condolences are appreciated and comforting to his family.    

Bonnie Ann Gale passed away in her home on January 4, 2021. She was born August 26, 1958 to the late Randolph and Martha May (Pritchett). We will remember you … A Sister, a Mother, an Aunt, a Grandmother, and a Friend. Bonnie accepted a Christian walk in her life. For most of her life, Bonnie resided in Fort Walton Beach, Florida. She worked for 15 years at Pryor Middle School, and the rest of her career she worked at Fort Walton Beach High School (until retirement). Bonnie was...

Louis Gomez III, passed away on January 3, 2021. Your prayers and condolences are appreciated and comforting to his family.  Visitation will be at McLaughlin Mortuary Chapel from  1 - 3 pm on January 22, 2021.  

Paolina Reed Franklin, 86, of Destin, FL, passed away peacefully January 1st with family by her side. She was born April 3rd, 1934 to Blanche Hill and Antonio Paolo Galante in Guisborough, Yorkshire, England. Paolina grew up in England during WWII which profoundly impacted her outlook on life. Following her education, while working at Brize Norton Royal Air Force Base, she met 1st Lt Jack Aubrey Poore who was deployed to Brize Norton and they became engaged.  She moved to the States in...

Frances Crissman, age 86, passed away December 31, 2020. The family appreciates your thoughts and prayers at this time. Frances will be laid to rest at a graveside service in Woodlawn Cemetery in Durham, North Carolina, January 12, 2021 at 2:00 pm. 

Robert Steven “Steve” Friend Steve Friend, age 65, a resident of the Fort Walton Beach area since 1969, went home to be with Jesus and to be reunited with his loving family on December 30, 2020, unexpectedly. Steve was born in Jackson, Michigan on October 6, 1955. He was the loving and proud son of Simon Wayne and Lottie Neal Bryant. Being an Air Force Brat, Steve lived in several different states. He was a 1974 graduate of Niceville High School, a 1976 graduate of the then...