Mildred Ricks Jeffrey, age 84, of Bartow, FL, died Sunday, May 17,
2015, at home. She was a member of the Macedonia Missionary Baptist Church, Bartow, FL.

She is survived by five daughters: Evelyn Brown, Gainesville, FL,
Wandann Ricks, Gainesville, FL, Virginia (Williams) Cuthbert, Hawthorne, FL, Trudie Newton, Winter Haven, FL and Shawanda Jones, Orlando, FL; eight sons: Michael Newton, Bartow, FL, Richard Newton, Gainesville, FL, Kenneth Newton, Gainesville, FL, William(Constance) Newton, Bartow, FL, Jerome Wilson, Tarpon Spring, FL, Tellas Barnum, Gainesville, FL, and Kendall Newton, Gainesville, FL.


Arrangements are being handled by Gause Funeral Home, 625 S. Holland
Parkway, Bartow, FL where the family will receive friends from 5:00 PM to 7:00 PM, Friday, May 22, 2015. Funeral service will be at Macedonia Missionary Baptist Church, 1460 Seminole Trail, Bartow, FL at 11:00 AM, Saturday, May 23, 2015.

Interment will be at Wildwood Cemetery, Bartow, FL.