Messenger, Wallace “Skip” 63 of St Petersburg died of COPD on 9/15/2014 at Suncoast Hospice, Pinellas Park, FL. Born in Paterson, NJ; he moved to St Petersburg, FL in 1960, attended Dixie Hollins High School and served in the US Marine Corps. A civil War buff, and an avid Dallas Cowboy fan, he was the owner of Battlefield Press Printing. He is survived by his two sons; Kevin and Nathan Messenger of Tallahassee, FL, a daughter, Lindsay Maxedon of Gretna, LA, four sisters, Jeanne Bruggeman, Donna Blakeley and Judy Heinchon of St Petersburg, FL and Darlene Vazquez of Ledgewood NJ, a brother, Richard Messenger, four Grandchildren and his cat Creamsicle. In lieu of flowers donations may be made to Campaign to Preserve Gettysburg, Gettysburg Foundation, PO Box 4629, Gettysburg, PA 17325 or Friends of Strays 2911 47th Ave N. St Petersburg, FL 33714.
