Wanda Lavonia Fulford 
Wanda Lavonia Fulford, 90, of Cortez, died July 23.
She was born March 23, 1933, to James K. Fulford and Elizabeth Jones.
She was a proud native of the Cortez community and of her commercial fishing heritage.
She was married to the late Thomas “Blue” Fulford, a fishing legend and leader in the state among commercial fishers.
She was by his side as he fought a statewide net ban in the 1990s and strived to maintain the commercial fishing way of life.
She also was a homemaker and her original Cortez recipes were much sought after, including her smoked mullet spread.
A visitation for Wanda and Blue Fulford, who died in 2015, will be 5-7 p.m., Friday, Aug. 4, at Brown & Sons Funeral Homes & Crematory 43 Street Chapel. Condolences may be made to brownandsonsfuneral.com.
Mrs. Fulford is survived by sons Larry and Paul; daughter Terrie Cannon; three grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.