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  • Marla Goetz Wingate

    Marla Goetz Wingate

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    Date of Birth

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    December 17, 1981

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    Date of Death

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    December 20, 2016

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    Location

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    Pataskala, Ohio

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    Cause of Death

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    Amniotic Fluid Embolism

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    Who She Was

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    Her Story

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    Marla Anne Wingate, age 35, of Pataskala Ohio, passed away December 20, 2016. She was born December 17, 1981, in Columbus Ohio to Gerald Goetz and Sandra Yinger.

    She graduated with her Bachelors of Business from Mt Vernon Nazarene University. Marla was a member of Faith life Church in Pataskala. She was known to have a fun loving personality. Marla enjoyed working with children at her Church’s Children’s Ministry. She was a huge fan of The Ohio State and Notre Dame Football. She loved her Pug Lexie. Fall and Christmas were her favorite time of the year. Marla was elated to be a mommy.

    Preceded in death by her maternal Grandparents, Harold and Shirley Yinger; her paternal grandparents, Sylvester and Juliann Goetz; uncle, Harold “Soni” Yinger; and aunt, Janet Yinger

    Survived by her husband, Fred Wingate; daughter Makenna “Mak” Rae Wingate; father, Jerry (Cheryl) Goetz; mother Sandra Yinger ; sisters Cassie (Dusty Ford) Hobart, Lauren (Billy Lauber) Graessle; brother, Cole “Bubby” Hobart; numerous aunts, uncles, cousins and nieces and nephews; and friends.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_column_text css=”” el_class=”profile-links-header”]

    Memorials

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    Memorials

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  • Mindy Sloan Velasquez

    Mindy Sloan Velasquez

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    Date of Birth

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    April 12, 1981

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    Date of Death

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    November 30, 2016

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    Location

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    Winter Park, Florida

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    Who She Was

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    Her Story

    [/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=””]Mindy Sloan Velasquez, 35, and unborn baby boy, passed away on Wednesday, November 30th, 2016, surrounded by family. She was born on April 12th, 1981, and spent most of her early years in Johnson City prior to relocating with her family to Florida. She graduated from Lake Howell High School in Winter Park, Florida, and attended Seminole State College in Sanford, Florida.

    Mindy worked many years in the retail industry, but enjoyed being a homemaker at the time of her passing. She was artistic and loved music. Mindy had a beautiful singing voice and was a gifted writer. She had a beautiful spirit and caring heart, but most of all, she loved her Lord and her family, and was loved and cherished by them.

    Mindy was preceded in death by Grandparents, William Edsel Carden, Gladys Sparks Arnold and Brenda Wagner Sutherland; Aunt and Uncle, Linda and Monty Wagner, Unicoi.

    Those left to cherish her memory include her husband, Edvin Gabriel Velasquez; Children: Zachary (13), Isabella (4), and Andrew (19 months); Parents: James “Jim” and Hope Snowden, Johnson City, and Dustin and Tammy Greene, Mooresburg; Grandparents: HD and Brenda Carden, Johnson City; Brother: Andrew “Andy” Carpenter, Kingsport; Sister and Brother-in-law: Sarah Carpenter Goodyear, and husband, Garrett, Belle Chasse, LA; Step-sister and Husband: Julie Snowden Gallagher, and husband, Joseph, Lewes, DE; Step-brothers: Jim Snowden, and wife, Tonya, Portland, OR, and Michael Snowden, Lewes, DE; Aunts and Uncles: Darrell and Helen Wagner, Johnson City and Jerry and Jenny Lockett, Winter Park, FL; Nieces and Nephews: Hayden, Isaac, Kainen, Grayson, and Korah. Several cousins also survive.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_column_text css=”” el_class=”profile-links-header”]

    Memorials

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  • Tiffani Smitherman Bowen

    Tiffani Smitherman Bowen

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    Date of Birth

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    September 1, 1990

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    Date of Death

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    May 27, 2019

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    Location

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    Clanton, Alabama

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    Cause of Death

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    Deep Vein Thrombosis

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    Who She Was

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    Her Story

    [/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=””]Tiffani Rae Smitherman Bowen, age 28 of Jemison, passed away suddenly on May 27, 2019 at St. Vincent-Chilton Hospital in Clanton. She was born in Montgomery, Alabama on September 1, 1990; the daughter of Donald Ray Smitherman and the late Shannon Gail Noe.

    Tiffani was a loving wife, mother, daughter, sister, and friend to many. There are no words to fully describe Tiffani, and the light and joy that she brought to so many people. Her greatest joy in life was being a mother to her precious boys.

    She is survived by: Husband, Todd Bowen of Jemison; Son, Kai Bowen; Twin-Sons, Kase and Knox Bowen; Father, Ray (Kim Wells) Smitherman; Brother, Tyler (Brooklyn) Smitherman; Sister, Amy (Derrick) White; Grandmother, Carolyn (Jo) Wells; Grandmother, Robyn Rigsby; Mother-in-Law, Dawn DeVaughn; Sister-in-Law, Shanda Bowen; Nephews, Keaton Sullivan and Cooper Smitherman; and Nieces: Halle Sullivan, Mallie Smitherman, and Raelynn Smitherman.

    She is preceded in death by: Son, Inf. Kru Bowen; Mother, Shannon Noe; Brother, Dustin Lane Paulk; Grandfather, Donald Wayne Smitherman; and Father-in-Law, Reggie Bowen.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_column_text css=”” el_class=”profile-links-header”]

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    Memorials

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  • Tricia Drake Pless

    Tricia Drake Pless

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    Date of Birth

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    August 2, 1979

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    Date of Death

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    August 2, 1979

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    Location

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    Elberton, Georgia

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    Who She Was

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    Her Story

    [/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=””]Mrs. Tricia Joy Drake Pless, 37, of Calhoun Falls Highway, Elberton, wife of Charles Edward Pless, Jr. passed away on Friday, December 23, 2016, at her residence.

    Mrs. Pless was born August 2, 1979 in Elberton, GA to Thomas D. Drake, Sr. and Tammy R. Childs. She was a homemaker and member of Flatwoods Pentecostal Holiness Church.

    Survivors include her husband Charles Edward Pless, Jr.; daughter Isabella Pari’ Pless; parents Thomas D. Drake, Sr. and Tammy R. Childs; siblings: Tara Bri’anne Drake, Tia Deanne Corbin, Tori Lynnelle Corbin, Jason Corbin, Thomas David Drake, Jr. and many nieces and nephews and a great number of aunts, uncles and cousins.

    She was preceded in death by her twin children Jackson Monroe Pless and Charlotte Erin Pless and a sister Karibeth Corbin.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_column_text css=”” el_class=”profile-links-header”]

    Support Her Family

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    Memorials

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  • Michelle Reaves

    Michelle Reaves

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    Date of Birth

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    1984

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    Date of Death

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    January 15, 2020

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    Location

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    San Diego, California

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    Cause of Death

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    Hemorrhage

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    Who She Was

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    Support Her Family

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    Articles

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  • Briahna Gerloff

    Briahna Gerloff

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    Date of Birth

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    July 3, 1997

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    Date of Death

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    January 23, 2016

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    Location

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    Pottstown, Pennsylvania

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    Cause of Death

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    Cardiovascular

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    Who She Was

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    Her Story

    [/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=””]Briahna Gerloff, 18, and her daughter, Kayliana, of Second Street, Pottstown passed away Saturday, January 23, 2016 at the Pottstown Memorial Medical Center.

    Born in Philadelphia, Briahna is the daughter of Stanley Gerloff and the late Michele (Olock) Gerloff. Kayliana was born in Pottstown.

    Briahna was employed as a server at Friendly’s Restaurant, Pottstown. She was a Junior Firefighter for the Phillies Fire Co. of Pottstown.

    Briahna is survived by her father, Stan Gerloff, and a brother, Stosh Gerloff; maternal grandmother, Linda Olock; paternal grandmother, Diana Saindon and her husband Jacques, and paternal grandfather, Stanley Gerloff and his wife Sandra.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_column_text css=”” el_class=”profile-links-header”]

    Support Her Family

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    Memorials

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    Articles

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