Wilfred N. Hargrove, Sr.
Posted: March 5, 2009
Wilfred Nathaniel Hargrove, Sr., age 80, left this earth to be with his Lord on Saturday, February 28, 2009. Services will be held in Lakeland, FL, at the Harvest Assembly of God at 12:00 noon on Saturday, March 7, 2009 with the family receiving visitors the hour prior to the service. Interment will be at the Oak Hill Cemetery. Memorials may be sent to the Missions Dept of Harvest Assembly of God, memo to Wilfred Hargrove Memorials. Arrangements by Central Florida Casket Store & Funeral Chapel. Wilfred was born October 28, 1928, in Opine, Alabama. He lived and worked throughout the south Alabama and Florida Panhandle area until 1965 when he moved his family to Columbus, MS. In 1980 he moved to Mobile, AL where he resided until moving to Lakeland, FL in 1994. He was an insurance agent for Liberty National Life Insurance prior to moving to Lakeland, where he then worked his retirement years at JCPenney’s. He is preceded in death by his parents Francis & Edie Stanley Hargrove, and his brother – Eldridge all of Crestview, Florida; his brother – Hubert of Dothan, AL, and sister – Mildred Nobles of Florala, AL. He is survived by his wife – Patsy Everage Hargrove; two daughters – Ramona (Stephen) Chitty of Columbia, SC; and Donna (Duane) Sholar of Lakeland, FL; two sons – Nat (Wendy) Hargrove of Lakeland, FL, and Roy Allan (Valerie) Hargrove of Lancaster, PA; thirteen grandchildren and one great-grandchild. He is also survived by two sisters – Doris (James) Seymour of Ocean Springs, MS, and Sarah (Foye) Brunson of Lakeland, FL; and two brothers – Hobbie (Betty) Hargrove of Florala, AL and Leon (Pat) Hargrove of Alabaster, AL. The family wishes to extend special thanks to his loving caregivers at Highland Lake Center in Lakeland, FL.