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REBECCA SEDWICK Obituary
ANN SEDWICK, 12
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LAKELAND - Rebecca "Becca" Ann Sedwick, 12, passed away Tuesday, September 9, 2013.
Becca was born October 19, 2000 in Sebring, FL. She was a student at Lawton Chiles Middle Academy.
Becca was preceded in death by her grandfather, Raymond Jones. She is survived by her mother Tricia & John Norman of Lakeland; and father Kim Sedwick; six sisters: Amy Sedwick, Brittany Norman, Summer Howard, Chyanne Sedwick, Lea-nna Corderre & Brooke Norman; three brothers: Cody Sedwick, Riley Sedwick & Cody Norman; grandparents: Patricia Jones, Sheila Hutcheson, Patricia Turmel, Linda Glover, John Sedwick and David Norman; nephew Bentley Walls; and many other family members & friends.
Family will receive friends Monday, September 16, 2013 from 9:00 am to 11:00 am at Whidden-McLean Funeral Home, 650 East Main Street in Bartow. Funeral service will be held Monday, September 16, 2013, at 11:00 am at Whidden-McLean Funeral Home. Burial will be at Oak Hill Cemetery in Lakeland. Memorials may be made to any branch of Community Southern Bank in honor of Rebecca Sedwick.
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Memories and Condolences
for REBECCA SEDWICK
Ariel
May 5, 2024
Hey princess! I love you so much. From the time we were in school together, you always made my day. I´m glad I got to know a beautiful, sweet angel as yourself. I´m so sorry you were dealt such a hard hand in life. You are in my thoughts forever. God keep you in His wings and in perfect peace. Rest easy my love,
Ariel
Miles
November 21, 2021
Via con dios, mi amigo ("Walk with God, my friend").
June 9, 2018
dear rebecca may you find peace and iam so sorry you were hurting and in pain maybe you will be at peace knowing iam in your thought and in my prayer. rip sweet little lady,
Courtney Cooper
August 4, 2015
May GOD bless you angel,,, I wish it was something I could have done to help you, because I would have, but now you're in the best hands, in heaven with our LORD,,,, GOD bless you. And your loved ones, and I pray for strength for everyone who has been touched by this Angel leaving earth so soon
Lisa Philip
July 13, 2015
Rest in Peace, Rebecca, may your death be not in vain
Erin S.
May 28, 2015
I'm so very sorry for your tragic loss. Praying for all the family and friends if this precious child of God. RIP sweet pea
melissa k
May 21, 2015
r.i.p
Seth Bailey
April 30, 2015
I didn't know her personally, but I read about her death. I am so sorry this happened. She was beautiful and did not deserve this.
melissa kent
April 15, 2015
im doing a report about you....plus i heard about you when i was in florida...rest in peace....
Brandon Patten
February 18, 2015
I read the articles about Rebecca, and wanted to send my condolences. No one should have to go through this kind of thing. She seemed like a terrific human being. Let us put an end to bullying around this nation and world once and for all. RIP Rebecca.
Julia Mrdak
November 30, 2014
I lost my little sister at 12 to cancer. Although we saw it coming it was literally the worst thing my family and I have ever had to go through. MY heart and prayers go out to your family. To the sisters of Rebecca: living without my little sister has been the hardest thing I have ever had to do. A special prayer goes out to you all
Steven Morris
September 6, 2014
I will always remember you Rebecca. I never got the chance to meet you in this life, but I look forward to meeting you in heaven someday.
Mia Brown
July 30, 2014
I love You Becca ?? This ones For you ????
July 12, 2014
So sorry for your loss. I just read the story is cosmopolitan magazine and it is heartbreaking. With time, I hope your tears and sadness are replaced by smiles and dear memories!!
renata orr
July 3, 2014
R.I.P Rebecca
Becky Kennedy
December 21, 2013
Becca you are an amazing little girl with a heart of Gold, with so much love and compassion for everyone. It is sad that you had to leave us all but I know you are in a safer place with our creator. He needed another precious angel to help him in the heavens above. God bless you and your family. Your spirit and love will always be with us. We love and miss you Becca
Brianna Spraggins
December 11, 2013
i love you and i am so sorry this happened to you i love you and your spirit will be with me forever and always
Brianna Spraggins (your cousin)
December 11, 2013
I miss you and i am so sorry this had to happen to you i love you and miss you
Mrs. Robert
December 11, 2013
May your Angel Wings surround your loved ones with your wonderful memories this first holiday. You and your family are in prayers during this Holy Season. Grace and comfort be with your family. RIP Angel
sally Steinberg
December 10, 2013
Becca you are an amazing young woman i wish we spent more time together before you left us..i love u becca!!! I will forever miss you and will never forget you my love...fly high....trish and family i love you all my thoughts and prayerz are with you now and always.
sally Steinberg
December 10, 2013
Becca you are an amazing young woman i wish we spent more time together before you left us..i love u becca!!! I will forever miss you and will never forget you my love...fly high....trish and family i love you all my thoughts and prayerz are with you now and always.
Stroye Gaillard
December 9, 2013
Rest in peace Rebecca
kimberly vires
December 9, 2013
Rest in peace becca
Mary Capo
December 9, 2013
I love you so much baby girl. I wish I could have hugged you one last time <3 You should be here with us. I love and miss you and that will never change! Keep us safe down here <3
savannah jones
December 9, 2013
Rest in paradise
Becca ann
<3
Pat Jones
December 9, 2013
?†RIP In Gods Arms†?
Your mammy will continue to love you more every single day!
“How many lives have to be lost until people realize words do matter?”
~ Rebecca Ann Sedwick ~
In Memory Of Rebecca Sedwick
· 10/19/2000 - 09/09/2013 ·
Charles H. Miranda
November 22, 2013
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Your Love Will Always Be In My Heart.
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I'll Cling On To Your Love
In My Heart;
I Won't Let Go Of Your Love
In My Heart,
Your Love Will Remain In
My Heart Forever;
I'll Hold On To Your Love
So Tightly As Though It
Was Made Of Pure Gold,
Your Love Will Always Be
My Treasure;
I'll Seal Up Your Love
In My Heart,
I'll Cherish Your Love
In My Heart Forever;
Your Love Will Always Be
My Keepsake In My Heart,
Not Even Death Itself Can
Separate Your Love In
My Heart;
And I Won't Let Your Love
Wither Or Fade Away In
My Heart,
Your Love Will Always Linger
On And On In My Heart;
Your Love Will Always Be In
My Heart Forever.
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Charles H. Miranda
November 21, 2013
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To My Mommy And Daddy.
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Mommy And Daddy Don't You Cry
Any More For Me;
Be Happy For Me Your Loving
Daughter,
Cause My Sweet And Dear Guardian
Angel Had Came To Take My Little
Hands Mommy And Daddy;
She's So Pretty And Her Smile Is
So Beautifully And She Glows
So Brightly Like A Light,
There Were More Beautiful Lovely
Angels All Around Me Mommy And
Daddy;
They Were Singing Me Home To
Heaven With Such Beautiful Songs,
The Angels Illuminated The Night
Sky;
As My Sweet And Dear Guardian
Angel Had Taken Hold Of My Little
Hands,
To Take Me To Heaven To Be With
Jesus.
I Thank You Mommy And Daddy For
All Of Your Hugs And Kisses And
For All Of Your Love;
So Mommy And Daddy Don't You Cry
Any More For Me,
Be Happy For Me Your Loving
Daughter Always.
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Thanks.
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October 26, 2013
Our Hearts and Prayers are with all of you during this hard time for all of you. I cannot imagine what you are going through. God Bless.
October 18, 2013
May she rest in peace
October 17, 2013
Charles Fabbri
October 17, 2013
My thoughts and prayers are with you in your time of grief. May your memories bring you comfort.
Deloris Sexton
October 16, 2013
So sorry to hear of this. God bless you all....
October 16, 2013
My deepest sympathies to the family. Rest In Peace little one. :(
Crystal Tolentino
October 16, 2013
Heaven has gained another angel. Sending my thoughts and prayers always. RIP Babygirl
Lorie Elaine
October 16, 2013
God bless Becca and her family. May you find peace and comfort at this difficult time.
J Velasquez
October 16, 2013
We are lifting your family up in prayer. Our hearts and love are with you at this very trying time. Please know that the world is watching your story and sharing in your sorrow.
Matthew 11:28 Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.
October 15, 2013
I am so saddened to read of your daughters loss. I will keep Becca in my prayers for she is at peace now. God bless her family & friends she has left behind.
Patricia
October 15, 2013
There is a new angel in Heaven. God Bless you and your family.
The Steng family
October 15, 2013
How very sad. RIP little angel.
Ann McPherson
October 15, 2013
Your beautiful daughter is now in the arms of our Lord, my heart breaks for your family
October 15, 2013
Becca, I didn't know you but I wish I could have! I've read your story and my heart goes out to your family! Watch over your family and comfort them! May you fly high, and RIP! <3
Jessi D.
October 15, 2013
This is absolutely heartbreaking. My deepest sympathies go out to your family. Hopefully you can one day find peace knowing that your sweet girl is in a more beautiful place than this.
Fly with the Angels Babygirl <3
APRIL MICHALEC
October 15, 2013
My thoughts and prayers are with you. RIP sweet angel.
S.R
October 15, 2013
This is absolutely heartbreaking. As a mother of 2 teen daughters this is unimaginable. My prayers go out this this family and my heart goes out to this beautiful young lady who's life was lost way too soon. May you rest in peace
September 27, 2013
Have expressed my sympathies on here already. Just wanted you to know you all are still in my prayers. Becca is free of pain and an angel watching over you with her tender love. May hope and her loving memories sustain you. So sorry..
Eileen
September 27, 2013
With deepest sympathy for you pain tat you suffered. No words can be expressed to you that may convey what you must feel right now. Psalms 72:12,13 gives hope for the things to come.
John Jones
September 26, 2013
I never really knew Rebecca but I did meet her one time an I jus wanted to send my condolences to her Family an friends my prayers go to you rip Rebecca gone but never forgotten
September 21, 2013
You're Beautiful Becca is no longer in any pain, my heart goes out to you I understand your pain, Becca is laid to rest next to my precious son Nicolas. Please contact me, I belong to a wonderful support group of parents who have lost children. I wouldn't be hear today if it wasn't for them . My thoughts and prayers are with you and your family
cathy cutrer
September 21, 2013
Your precious daughter is no longer in pain.Rebecca is buried next to my son Nicolas, I know the pain of losing a child and my heart goes out to you, I go to a wonderful support group of parents who have lost their children right here in Lakeland
September 19, 2013
John 10:28-30 “I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish; no one can snatch them out of my hand. My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all; no one can snatch them out of my Father's hand. I and the Father are one.”
Marc S. Corpus Christi, TX
toney valentin
September 19, 2013
No words can express to your family of your grief. May peace and justice comfort you in time.
September 17, 2013
i didn't know you but wish i had.i know i will never forget you. moms doing a great job.sing loud so she may hear.
Ashley M
September 17, 2013
May your daughter Rest In Peace! My sympathies to your family
Hector R.
September 17, 2013
I am so sorry for your loss and so sad Rebecca had to suffer, but she is in peace now and can love you freely.
Jen Williamson
September 16, 2013
There are no words. God Bless you sweet angel!
Gwen H.
September 16, 2013
My heart breaks when I think of how Rebecca must have felt in her last moments. She was a precious young woman, and should still be here. Rest in peace, Rebecca. May your family find comfort in their happy memories of you during this difficult time.
Dawn Phillips
September 16, 2013
My heart is so heavy for your great loss, RIP Rebecca fly with the angels, watch over and protect your loved ones. My God be with you all today and the days, months and years to come, always know that you have a special Angel watching over you.
marie messina
September 16, 2013
My heart goes out to Becca and her family im am lost for words i pray for comfort and strength knowing she is at peace with Jesus and I pray that God will help you get through this God bless you all
September 16, 2013
My heart goes out to the family. My daughter goes to LCMA and she would of loved to meet her "she is always a special friend in my heart".Jasmine
September 16, 2013
My heart goes out to the family, rest in peace. LCMA friend my daughter would have love to be friends with her, "she is a special friend in my heart". Jazz
Kathy Koczwara-Dietz
September 16, 2013
May God bless you and your family in this time of sorrow.
Isabel Braggs
September 16, 2013
Heavens newest Angel will always be with you. Praying for peace for your family.
Scott Chamberland
September 16, 2013
Please accept my Deepest Sympathies
Denise Newcomb
September 16, 2013
I am so sorry that you lost your beautiful daughter. She is an angel now with wings. Our heart and prayers are with you all. Love you you all.
Sherry Anderson
September 15, 2013
My prayers go out to you and your family. The senseless and tragic death of your beautiful 12 year old daughter, Becca, is just heartbreaking. My heart aches for you and words cannot express the sorrow... There can be no greater loss than you have suffered. I am truly sorry. May God bring you peace.
Lee Manwell
September 15, 2013
R.I.P.
The LaFerrara Family
September 15, 2013
I want Rebecca's Mom, Dad, Sisters, Brothers and Family and Friends that love her so much that my prayers are with yall during this difficult time. Know that she will always be with y'all she lives in y'all's heart forever you have the wonderful memories to carry y'all everyday. May GOD be with y'all always until y'all meet again.
September 15, 2013
Toy Aspiro
September 15, 2013
Have comfort in knowing Becca is no longer suffering. May the sweet memories of her help you find peace
Diamond Hoskins
September 15, 2013
I miss my best friend and god bless.
S.P. Lakeland Mom
September 15, 2013
My thoughts and prayers to Becca's family and friends. I live in the area and drive by the memorial everyday. Praying for peace and comfort to you during this difficult time. Rest in peace sweet girl. Heaven has a beautiful Angel watching down on you.
Melissa Wise
September 15, 2013
Dear Ones. Blessings for your family are filling my heart. The light of your beautiful daughter is now bright enough for all of us to see. Peace
elijah johnson
September 15, 2013
I miss you.
bianca mitchell
September 15, 2013
My 12 year old son misses her and it hurts his heart to see her empty chair in class. What a sweet, beautiful girl. My deepest condolences from my family to yours.
Mary Hamilton
September 15, 2013
Thoughts and Prayers are with you at this very difficult time.
cathy, cebo mitchell
September 14, 2013
Our thoughts and. Prayers are with you and your family during
This time of sorrow . Becca rest in peace little angel
the carter family
September 14, 2013
my daughter was just getting to know rebecca last year. we are so sorry for your loss. may the angels wrap there wings around your family to help you though this difficult time.
Alyssa Lee
September 14, 2013
I still can't believe you're gone. I will forever miss you, Becca. Rest in Paradise. <3
September 14, 2013
My family and I, teacher friends and the community around you are so sorry for your loss. There are no words that can give you comfort at this time of grief. Therefore, lean on the Great Comforter and allow Him to help you and give you peace. We will be praying for your family throughout the days as you cope with your loss.
-The Caldwell Family
September 14, 2013
may the light of jesus surround your family in peace.
Lexie Lynn
September 14, 2013
I'm sorry for your loss, Just know Becca will always be by your side & Gudieing you in the right direction, She was such a sweet girl & it's sad to know she's gone so soon, It's heartbreaking to know someone so innocent got took from us! Love You always Becca! ??
Whidden-McLean Funeral Home - Bartow
September 14, 2013
Offering our deepest condolences during this difficult time.
Joey Jarvis
September 14, 2013
Comfort and Prayers go out to Family.
teresa b
September 14, 2013
from my family to yours we would like to say we are very sorry for your loss my daughter went to school with your daughter last year and i wish they could have met.r.i.p sweet child of god.
Robin M
September 14, 2013
I give my condolences to her parents and family members. I cannot even imagine what you must be going through. May God be with in this time of mourning.
Mrs.Robert
September 13, 2013
May you know I am thinking and praying for Rebecca's family, her beloved sisters and brothers. I offer comfort and healing in your deepest grief that your loving memories of Becca sustain you. I am sincerely sorry and pray God surrounds her with His all powerful love.
kelly osip
September 13, 2013
my heart just breaks for your beautiful daughter. i am praying for your family.
Abby Tyree
September 13, 2013
May you soar with your fellow angels !! R.I.P. Heavenly Angel !!
The Fisher Family
September 13, 2013
our deepest condonlences to your family duing this time of grief. know u have a beautiful angel watching over u always.
Lynn Driver
September 13, 2013
My prayers are with you,so sorry for your loss,my heart is breaking..R.I.P Beautiful Angel.
Rebecca Newton
September 13, 2013
I will forever love and miss you. RIP Sweet Girl!!!
Rebecca Newton
September 13, 2013
You were taken from us way to soon. I will always remember how your smile could light up a room, your heart was made of gold and how much fun you were to be around. You will always have a special place in my heart. Heaven got a beautiful angel when they got you. RIP Sweet Girl.
The Johnson's
September 13, 2013
Praying for your family.
September 13, 2013
I just saw the article of your beautiful daughter, Rebecca. Please know that you and your family are in my thoughts and prayers.
September 13, 2013
May this precius young girl spread her wonderful wings and watch over her family until they meet again. My prayers and prayers of many others are with you.
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