BARTOW, FLORIDA – Ralph B. Alspaugh of Winter Haven, passed away Monday, August 3, 2009 at Bartow Regional Medical Center.  

He was 74.  A native of Taylorsville, North Carolina, Ralph moved here in 2000 from North Carolina.  He was a retired Mathematician from Northern Telecom, was a U.S. Army veteran, and a member of Abiding Savior Lutheran Church in Winter Haven. 

Ralph is survived by his wife:  Audrey M. Alspaugh of Winter Haven; his children:  Blanton Alspaugh of Boston, MA, Kevin Alspaugh of Davidson, TN, Gary Alspaugh of Sparta, TN, Ronald Glenn Walters of Hollywood, MD, Daniel Braxton Berry of Bellview, OH, Debra Walters West of Palm Beach Gardens, FL, Crystye Berry Dukes of St. George, SC; his mother:  Louise Alspaugh of Oakridge, TN, his brother:  David Alspaugh of Oakridge, TN, and his sisters:  Mary Henderson of Memphis, TN, and Judy Rosenberg of Oakridge, TN.  Ralph also has 11 grandchildren, and 2 great-grandchildren.