Juanita Louise Coyle 03/04/1940 to 04/10/2023 Juanita Louise Coyle, 83 passed away peacefully on April 10, 2023 in hospice care with family by her side. She was born on March 4, 1940 in Tampa, FL, to Minnie Lee (Polk) and Roy Wilcox Brown. She graduated from Jefferson High School in 1958, and started working at GTE (Verizon) as an Information Operator at the age of 18. Juanita advance through many positions with GTE/Verizon before retiring for the first time in 1993. She spent some time caring for her grandchildren before deciding to go back to work at Verizon for a few years as a contractor. As a teen, Juanita enjoyed dancing and one of her favorite dance partners was her older brother, Ishmael. Juanita was a big fan of the NASL Rowdies in the late 1970's into the 1980's. One of her favorite trips was to New York City for the Soccer Super Bowl to watch the Rowdies versus the New York Cosmos. She also loved to watch tennis, ice skating, gymnastics and college football, especially Florida State Football. Juanita was on several bowling teams/leagues with GTE. She enjoyed coaching at Palm River Lanes where both of her sons, Dwayne and Keith, and her nieces Dawn and Maria, bowled. Later, her grandchildren, Morgan, Logan and Dalton started bowling and she enjoyed coaching and supporting all of them in numerous leagues or traveling to tournaments around the state. Juanita loved music. Elvis was a favorite, and she really enjoyed country music. If you were in her car don't even think about changing the radio station when she was driving. She loved attending concerts of more well-known artists, as well as stopping to listen to Dennis Lee and other acts at the Florida State Fair and Strawberry Festival. Juanita loved movies and made many friends by attending sneak previews of movies. She enjoyed live shows at the Performing Arts Center. It didn't matter if the show was a Broadway type production, Blue's Clues Live or Disney on Ice, she was going and taking a niece or her grandchildren with her. She also enjoyed eating out with friends and family. Juanita was preceded in death by her parents; her partner of many years, Frank Keller; and cousins. She is survived by her beloved sons, Dwayne Kemp (Jackie) and Keith Coyle (Jennifer); her brother Ishmael Brown; her grandchildren, Morgan, Logan and Dalton Kemp and John Ryan; as well as multiple cousins, nieces and nephews. She will be deeply missed. As per Juanita's request, there will be no service. --
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