Ernest Fred Lombard

Mr. Ernest Fred Lombard of Esto, Florida passed away Friday, December 12, 2014 in the Wiregrass Rehabilitation and Nursing Home. He was 75.

Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Wednesday, December 17 in the chapel of Sorrells Funeral Home & Crematory in Slocomb with Minister Jim Simmons officiating.  Burial will follow in the Esto Community Cemetery.

The family will receive friends at the funeral home Tuesday from 2:00 until 4:00 p.m.

Mr. Lombard was born January 17, 1939 in Maine to the late Phyllis Tuttle Lombard and Raymond Lombard Jr.  As a proud veteran, Mr. Lombard honorably served in the United States Navy during the Vietnam War.  He possessed a kind spirit, never met a stranger and will be dearly missed. Mr. Lombard was a member of the Church of Christ.

Survivors include his wife, Mildred Lynn Martin Lombard, Esto, FL; four daughters: Suzanne Bowen (Michael), Pensacola, FL, Jill Jenkins (Robert), Marietta, GA, Lisa Lombard, Pensacola, FL and Deborah Stokes, Largo, FL; five sons: Curtis Stokes,  AK, John Stokes, Champagne, IL,  Danny Stokes, Pensacola, FL, Jeffrey Lombard, Horshan, PA and Thomas Lombard, Nashville, TN; sister, Patty Lombard, PA; sixteen grandchildren; nine great grandchildren; several nieces, nephews and other extended family and friends.