Area Deaths

Adeline Demas, 74, of Brooksville, died Friday, May 23, at Hernando Care Center in Brooksville. She was born in Clarkson, Neb., and moved to the area one year ago from Tampa.

Ms. Demas served in the U.S. Navy and retired from the U.S. Postal Service.

Survivors include her daughters, Karen Henderson, Michelle Hamby, and Stacy Barth, all of Spring Hill; four grandchildren; and one great-granddaughter.

Arrangements by Brewer and Sons Funeral Homes, Seven Hills Chapel.

Kathy S. Turner, 52, of Spring Hill, died Thursday, May 22, at Spring Hill Regional Hospital. She was born in La Follette, Tenn., and moved to the area eight years ago from Cincinnati.

Mrs. Turner was a U.S. Postal Service carrier at the Aviation Loop Branch in Spring Hill. She was an Avon representative for more than 25 years.

Survivors include her husband, Earl; daughters, Nicole Haynes, of McRae, Ga., and Amanda Turner, of Spring Hill; four brothers, Johnny, Ronnie and Gerry Seale, all of Cincinnati, and Gary Seale, of Lafayette, Tenn.; one sister, Linda Gayle Martin, of Lafayette; and eight grandchildren.

Arrangements by Brewer and Sons Funeral Homes, Seven Hills Chapel.

Franklin D. "Frank" Marks, of Spring Hill, died Thursday, May 22, at his home. He was born in Grafton, W.Va., and moved to the area in 1985.

Mr. Marks retired as a millwright and was a member of the Union Local #1369 in Morgantown, W.Va.

Survivors include his wife, Georgette; son, Franklin, of Spring Hill; daughters, Danette Martin, of New Port Richey, and Valerie J. Keller, of Mannington, W.Va.; sisters, Kayrell Wilkerson, of Ocean City, Md., Loretta Bartkowiak, of Mount Vernon, Ohio, and Lera Novak, of Newark, Del.; brothers, David and Joseph Marks, both of Grafton; and three grandchildren.

Arrangements by Brewer and Sons Funeral Homes, Seven Hills Chapel.