Timothy Lanier Deaton

Timothy Lanier Deaton was born on September 1, 1943, in Haines City, Florida, the son of Charles Hinton Deaton and Leola Hazel “Dodie” Willis. He grew up in Polk County. The 1950 census finds the family in Haines City, and by 1959 he was living in Lakeland.

On his 20th birthday, September 1, 1963, Tim married Carol Diane McKendree at Palma Ceia Baptist Church in Tampa. The young couple lived on Euclid Avenue in Tampa, where their daughters Amber and Lanette were born in 1964 and 1965.

In 1969 Tim married Lynn Luedtke and made his life in North Florida, living in Lynn Haven and, for many years, Tallahassee, where he worked in real estate. He died in Tallahassee on January 16, 2022, at 78, and is buried there.