FLORIDA TIMES UNION
Jacksonville, Florida
Thursday, February 16, 1978Funeral Services for William W. (Bill) Deen, Sr., of 806 E Moody Blvd, Bunnell, who passed away Tuesday, will be held at 2:30 p.m. Thursday at the Bunnell First Methodist Church, the Rev. Ed Murphin, Pastor, officiating. Interment will be in Espanola Cemetery.
Calling hours at the funeral home will be from 9 a.m. until noon Thursday and at the church from 1 p.m. until the hour of service.
Mr. Deen was born in Dinner Island, St Johns CO, FL and was the son of the late William Henry Deen and Minnie Mae Johnston Deen, both pioneer family settlers of Flagler County. He was a prominent Flagler County farmer and a veteran of World War II. Mr. Deen was a member of the First United Methodist Church of Bunnell and the American Legion.
He was president elect of Benjamin E. Dupont Camp, Sons of Confederate Veterans, Director of the Hastings Potato Growers Association, Director of the Florida Fruit and Vegetable Association, past president of North Florida Potato Council, first past president of the Deen Family Association, a member of the Flagler Soil Conservation District, and was a former member of the Florida Inland Navigation District,
Survivors include his wife, Freda; a daughter, Mrs. Delores Eure of Zellwood, FL, a son William W. Deen, Jr., of Bradenton, Fl, 3 sisters, Mrs. Mary Ketus Holland, Jacksonville; Mrs. Amorette Wills of Bunnell, and Mrs. Myra Conner, of Baxley, GA: a brother, Joh Curtis Deen of Bunnell; 2 granddaughters and 2 grandsons.
In lieu of other remembrances, the family requests donations to the Bunnell First Methodist Church Building Fund. Craig Funeral Home, Bunnell, in charge.
THE FLAGLER TRIBUNE
Bunnell, Florida
Thursday, February 16, 1978William W. "Bill" Deen, 63, of 806 E. Moody Blvd., Bunnell, died Tuesday after a brief illness at Bunnell General Hospital.
A native and lifelong resident of Flagler County who was born at Dinner Island, Mr. Deen was the son of the late William Henry Deen and Minnie Mae Johnston Deen, both pioneer settlers of the county.
Deen was a prominent Flagler County farmer, a veteran of WW II, a member of Bunnell First United Methodist Church and a member of American Legion Post 115.
He was president elect of the Benjamin E. Dupont Camp of the Sons of Confederate Veterans, director of Hastings Potato Growers Association, director of Florida Fruit and Vegetable Association, past president of the Deen Family Association, a member of the Florida Soil Conservation District and a former member of the Florida Inland Navigation District.
Survivors include his wife, Freda; one daughter, Mrs. Delores Eure of Zellwood, Fla.; a son, W. W. Deen Jr. of Bradenton; three sisters, Mary Ketus Holland of Jacksonville, Amorette Wells of Bunnell and Myra Conner of Baxley, Ga.; one brother, John Curtis Deen of Bunnell; two granddaughters and two grandsons.
Funeral services will be held Thursday, Feb. 16, at 2:30 p.m., in Bunnell First United Methodist Church, with the Rev. Ed Murfin officiating.
Internment will be in Espanola Cemetery.
Craig Funeral Home, Bunnell is in charge.
