William Joe Everitt Sr.

William Joe Everitt Sr. obituary, Panama City, FL

William Joe Everitt Sr.

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William Everitt Obituary

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Funeral services will be at 11:00 a.m. on Tuesday, December 16, 2025 at Kent-Forest Lawn Chapel for Mr. William Joe Everitt, Sr., age 75, of Panama City, Florida, who died on Friday, December 12, 2025. Rev. Craig Brannon will officiate. Entombment will be at Forest Lawn Cemetery. Kent-Forest Lawn Funeral Home will direct the services.

Mr. Everitt was born in Panama City, Florida on July 11, 1950. He attended Panama Grammer, Jinks Junior High School, and graduated from Bay High School. He served in the United States Army National Guard and retired from the State of Florida with the Department of Children and Family Services.

He was preceded in death by his father, Reese S. Everitt; mother, Lela Mae Everitt Patterson.

Mr. Everitt is survived by his daughter, Stacy Dianne Everitt; son, William Joe Everitt, Jr.; grandchildren, Brandon Joseph Everitt and William Hiram Everitt; brother, Reese Jimmy "Jim" Everitt and his wife, Sarah Everitt; niece, Sommer Everitt Washburn; great nephew, Blake Washburn; and numerous other cousins, nieces, nephews and friends.

The family will receive friends on Tuesday, December 16, 2025 from 10:00 a.m. until 11:00 a.m. at Kent-Forest Lawn Funeral Home.
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2403 Harrison Avenue, Panama City, FL 32405

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