Robert Owen Smith at the age of 89 passed away peacefully on Tuesday, August 08, 2023 surrounded by family. Beloved Husband, Father, Gandaddy, Grandaddy and Great Grandaddy was born on April 28th, 1934 in Orlando, Florida. He was the son of the late Edward Owen Smith and Marie Stover Smith.

Bob resided in Clarcona Florida “Clark’s Corner”. His family, one of the original settler of this small community, were successful citrus and cattle farmers. After graduating Apopka Memorial High School in 1952, he enlisted in the U.S. Army where he earned the rank of Specialist Fourth Class. While stationed in Fort Rucker, Alabama, he met his wife, Margaret. They were married in Echo, Alabama in 1959. Then, they moved back to Clarcona where he worked at various lumber companies, including B.L. Watters Lumber Co., and later as an owner of Lumber Jacks, now Ace Hardware, where he retired. He was a lifelong member and usher of First Baptist Church of Apopka. Bob a very generous man, was one of the charter members of the Foliage Sertoma Club of Apopka and in 1989 was honored with the Service to Mankind Award.

Bob is survived by his loving wife of 64 years Margaret Ann (Newsome) Smith, his daughter and son in law Cindi and Jeff Bowden, son and favorite daughter in law Chris and Roni Smith, his five gradchildren: Haley and Josh Byers, Lauren and Nick Nesta, Kirsten and Zack Kozial, Robert Lescher and Julia Bowden; and five great grandchildren Owen, Henry and Annabelle Byers, Aria and Bella Nesta, and many other close family members.

There will be a celebration of life at Loomis Funeral Home, at 420 W. Main Street, Apopka, Florida 32712 on August 15, 2023 at 12:15 p.m., followed by a short graveside service at Highland Memory Gardens.

Nicole Marie Brutus, 79 of Kissimmee, Florida returned to heaven on Tuesday, August 8, 2023.

Nicole was born in Cape Haitien, Haiti. She was the daughter of Belony and Carmela Theodore. She moved to Kissimmee, Florida twenty -one years ago from Queens Village, New York. Nicole was a retired Health Care worker and a member of Holy Redeemer Catholic Church in Kissimmee, Florida. She was a loving wife, mother, grandmother and great grandmother.

Nicole is survived by her loving husband of 58 years, Ernst Brutus of Kissimmee, Florida. Her sons Stanley Ives Brutus and his wife Hephzibah of Kissimmee, Florida. Randolph Eves Mary Brutus of Kissimmee, Florida. Her daughters Tanya Brutus of Port St. Lucie, Florida, Rachelle Brutus-Bush and her husband William of Pine Bush, New York, and Nathalie Marie Brutus of Kissimmee, Florida.

Nicole’s brothers are Jean Robert Theodore of Miami, Florida, Fritz Theodore and his wife Elma of Brooklyn, New York, Dr. Joseph Theodore and his wife Monique of Boca Raton, Florida, Pierre Theodore and his wife Denise of Miami, Florida; her sister Solange Valles of Clearwater, Florida. She is survived with 19 grandchildren and 2 great grandchildren.

The family will receive friends on Wednesday, August 16, 2023 from 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. at Conrad & Thompson Funeral Home.

A mass of christian burial will be celebrated on Thursday, August 17, 2023 at 11:00 a.m. at Holy Redeemer Catholic Church, 1603 N. Thacker Ave., Kissimmee, Florida with Father Raul Marquez (Fr. Hugo) as celebrant.

Nicole will be laid to rest following the Mass on Thursday at Rose Hill Cemetery., Kissimmee, Florida.

Theresa Marie Adcock passed away at home surrounded by her loving family on August 3, 2023. She was born on June 29, 1947 to Lee Livingston Terry and Helen Francis Hill at Emory Hospital in Atlanta, Georgia.

She graduated from Boone High in Orlando, Florida. Theresa graduated from University of Alabama Huntsville with a Bachelors of Science in Nursing and a minor in English. She did hospital nursing in Florida in the cities of Pensacola, Tallahassee, Dade City and Orlando as well as the Virginia and Washington D.C. areas. She also did home healthcare nursing.

She was an avid reader who loved a good mystery and loved bird watching. Theresa was a compassionate loving person and always stood up for the little guy. She was a truly loyal person and would fiercely defend those that she loved and cared for.

She is survived by her husband of over 42 years, John Phillip Adcock and 2 sons, Timothy Mark and Sean Halley. She was dearly loved by her husband and sons and will be missed. She is a born again Christian and is in the presence of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.

It is always difficult saying goodbye to someone we love and cherish. Family and friends must say goodbye to their beloved Damian Montanez of Kissimmee, Florida, who passed away at the age of 36, on August 9, 2023.

A funeral ceremony will be held on Wednesday, August 16, 2023 from 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. At the Funeraria San Juan – S. John Young Parkway, located at 3189 S. John Young Parkway, in Kissimmee.

It is always difficult saying goodbye to someone we love and cherish. Family and friends must say goodbye to their beloved Juana Elvira Ramirez of Auberry, California, who passed away at the age of 87, on August 9, 2023.

A funeral ceremony will be held on Tuesday, August 15, 2023 from 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. At the Funeraria San Juan – Simpson, located at 2700 Simpson Rd. in Kissimmee.