Deborah Walker Bellet

BELLET, Deborah Walker, 54, died June 18, 2009, after a year-long courage-ous battle with cancer. She was a resident of Hernando County' s Pine Island and an associate at Seaside Realty. She was also the author of the cookbook, "Feast or Famine." Deborah died at Hernando-Pasco Hospice, where she was compassionately cared for by staff and where her husband, Fred Bellet, family and friends were in constant attendance. Deborah was born in Monroe, Mich., and lived her life in Florida and Tennessee. She was an environmental activist whose most recent project was Living Green: an Earth Day Celebration, which took place in April in Hernando Beach. She was also an advocate of HR676, The National Healthcare Referendum. She campaigned for President Barack Obama and fought hard for the overhaul of the nation' s ineffectual healthcare system. Deborah Walker Bellet is survived by her husband, Fred Bellet, a photojournalist for "The Tampa Tribune" The Florida Communications Group; her sons, Jeremiah D. Vincent of Oak Ridge, Tenn., and Christopher R.C. Vincent of West Palm Beach, Fla.; and her daughter, MacKenzie E. Shipe of Pine Island; her brother, Earl Walker of Monroe, Mich., and her sisters, Bette Rodey of Monroe, Mich., Deanna Ansell of Skiatook, Okla., Peggy Miller of Monroe, Alma Sweet of Cache, Okla., and Claudette Siar of St. Petersburg, Fla. She was the proud grandmother of nine. The family will receive friends for a celebration of life 6-9 p.m. Tuesday, June 23, near Pine Island' s Alfred A. McKethan Park, at the family' s home on Pine Island Drive, County Road 495. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Hernando-Pasco Hospice Care Center on Cortez Boulevard in Brooksville, Fla.