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William Sterling Callicoat

March 8, 1941 — October 5, 2021

William S. Callicoat, Sr., 80 years of age, resident of Sebring, FL, passed away October 5, 2021, at the Advent Health Hospital, in Sebring, FL.

William was born in Huntington, W. VA His father, Raymond A Callicoat, his mother, Helen Marie Tignor, moved to Augusta GA. Later, as a teenager, the family moved to Miami, FL. William graduated from Miami Jackson High School, in Miami, FL After MJHS, he attended Linsey Hawkins Technical School, where he received a Tech Degree as a Dental Technician; went to the Navy during Viet Nam War, for 4 years. He was a Medic for the Armed Forces. Back to FL after serving as a Dental Tech, in the USS Independence Ship.

William married his wife Vilma, in Miami, FL. William attended Miami Dade Junior College, and the University of Miami, where he graduated, as a Math Teacher, and later a Master Degree in Systems Management from USC Far East Division. William worked for DOD Dependent Schools overseas, for over a decade, as a Math Teacher, and later as an Administrator with Computers, in Okinawa, Japan, and Seoul, South Korea. William and family moved back to USA, continuing still working, with DOD, at the Accounting and Finance Center, in Denver, CO. William later, also worked for the Bureau of Land Management, where from, he retired. William became an independent Contractor in Denver, CO, after his retirement from Govemment; William worked for 2 more years, in Cheyenne, WY, for the state of WY, where William retired again, and moved his family to Shelton, WA, where William lived for over a decade, and finally moving back again to Florida, where he resided in Sebring, for the last 4 years, at Highlands Ridge.

William is survived by his wife Vilma of years, his sons William S. Callicoat, Jr., his wife Jeana, and granddaughter Felicity, in WA; Walter C. Callicoat, in CO, and his daughter Hanna; niece Lori Hawkins, in FL William's older son Raymond Callicoat, passed away July 2018, in WA.

William is loved, and will be greatly missed by his wife and family.

Arrangements entrusted to:

Stephenson-Nelson Funeral Home

4001 Sebring Parkway

Sebring, FL 33870

Online condolences may be left at:

www.stephensonnelsonfh.com

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