Funeral Homes in Sanford, FL

Facts about the city

• Some of the notable people born here have been: Tony Collins (american football player), Renea Burns (registered nurse and legal nurse consultant), Jim Courier (presenter and tennis player), Reggie Branch (american football player), Jay McGovern (engineer and pilot), Tim Raines (baseball player and coach), and David Eckstein (baseball player).

Sanford is a port city in the central region of the U.S. state of Florida. It is the county seat of Seminole County. As of the 2010 census, the city had a population of 53,570. It is a principal city of the Orlando–Kissimmee–Sanford, FL Metropolitan Statistical Area, which was home to 2,134,411 people as of the 2010 census.Known as the "Historic Waterfront Gateway City," Sanford sits on the southern shore of Lake Monroe at the head of navigation on the St. Johns River. Native Americans first settled in the area thousands of years before the city was formed. The Seminoles would arrive in the area in the 18th century. During the Second Seminole War in 1836, the United States Army established Camp Monroe and built a road that is currently known as Mellonville Avenue. The city sits approximately 20 miles (32 km) northeast of Orlando.Sanford is home to Seminole State College of Florida and the Central Florida Zoo and Botanical Gardens. Its downtown attracts tourists with shops, restaurants, a marina, and a lakefront walking trail. The Orlando Sanford International Airport, which is in the heart of the town and headquarters the Aerosim Flight Academy (formerly the Delta Connection Academy), functions as the secondary commercial airport for international and domestic carriers in the Orlando metropolitan area. The city gained international media attention in 2012 following the shooting of Trayvon Martin.

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Sanford Obituaries

It was written by Orlando Sentinel on January 16th, 2020 that Mary miss "Mickie" Vogel died in Sanford, Florida.  Vogel was 70 years old and was born in Manitowoc, WI.  Send flowers to share your condolences and honor Mary miss "Mickie"'s life.

It was disclosed on January 15th, 2020 that Ashley Marie Howard (Smith) passed away in Jackson, Mississippi.  Ms. Howard was 22 years old and was born in Sanford, FL.  Send flowers to share your condolences and honor Ashley Marie's life.

It was reported on January 8th, 2020 that Norma T Ragsdale died in Sanford, Florida.  Ragsdale was 83 years old.  Send flowers to share your condolences and honor Norma T's life.

It was reported by Orlando Sentinel on December 13th, 2019 that Billie R Johnson died in Sanford, Florida.  Johnson was 75 years old.  Send flowers to express your sorrow and honor Billie R's life.

It was disclosed by Orlando Sentinel on December 5th, 2019 that Victor Freeman Lewis perished in Sanford, Florida.  Lewis was 80 years old and was born in Waltham, MA.  Send flowers to share your condolences and honor Victor Freeman's life.

It was disclosed by Orlando Sentinel on December 3rd, 2019 that Rodney Clinton Jr Carr perished in Sanford, Florida.  Carr was 78 years old.  Send flowers to express your sympathy and honor Rodney Clinton Jr's life.

It was noted by Orlando Sentinel on December 3rd, 2019 that Viola S Frank (Skinner) died in Sanford, Florida.  Ms. Frank was 90 years old.  Send flowers to share your condolences and honor Viola S's life.

It was written by Orlando Sentinel on November 14th, 2019 that Jeffrey Donald Kruger passed away in Sanford, Florida.  Kruger was 49 years old.  Send flowers to share your condolences and honor Jeffrey Donald's life.

It was revealed by Kalamazoo Gazette on October 8th, 2019 that Juanita Irving (Tabor) passed on in Paw Paw, Michigan.  Ms. Irving was 72 years old and was born in Sanford, FL.  Send flowers to express your sympathy and honor Juanita's life.

It was disclosed by Orlando Sentinel on June 2nd, 2019 that Matthew Christopher Condono passed away in Sanford, Florida.  Condono was 48 years old and was born in Portsmouth, OH.  Send flowers to express your sympathy and honor Matthew Christopher's life.

History

1912Image:Celery Growing, Sanford, FL.jpg Growing in c. An older agricultural and resort area, Sanford is home to the Delta Connection Academy, Seminole Community College and the Central Florida Zoo and Botanical Gardens. Believing it would become a transportation hub, he called it "The Gateway City to South Florida." Several groups of Swedish people were imported as indentured servants to do the back-breaking labor of establishing a new town and clearing the sub-tropical wilderness in advance of creating a citrus empire, arriving by steamboat in 1871. In 1913, Sanford became county seat of Seminole County, created from Orange County. The opening of Walt Disney World in October 1971 shifted the economy of Central Florida further toward tourism and residential development, the center of which is Orlando, Florida But because of Sanford's former preeminence as a trade center, the city retains a significant collection of older commercial and residential architecture, on streets shaded by Southern live oak oaks hung with Spanish moss.

The official website for the city of Sanford is http://www.sanfordfl.gov.