Carrie Ina Brown
Oct 7, 2025
Mrs. Carrie Ina Brown, age 85 of Ocala and formerly of Lake City and White Springs, passed away Tuesday, October 7, 2025. Mrs. Brown was born in White Springs to the late Thomas Jefferson and Effie Rigsby Bryan and was a graduate of White Springs High School. She enjoyed reading and doing puzzles, traveling and gardening, was an avid...
Everett Lee Poarch Jr.
Sep 29, 2025
Everett Lee Poarch Jr., age 97 of Wellborn passed away Monday, September 29, 2025. He was born in Birmingham, Alabama on April 15, 1928, to Everett Lee Poarch Sr and Edrie Rosson Poarch. He married Martha Virginia Hart on March 21, 1953, in Birmingham Alabama. He served in the US Air Force in Japan and South Korea with the...
Brian David Fontaine Jr.
Sep 16, 2025
Brian D. Fontaine Jr. of Fort White passed away unexpectedly on Tuesday, September 16, 2025, at the age of 32. He was born on March 6, 1993, in Warwick, Rhode Island to Brian and Theresa Fontaine Sr. Brian was a 2011 graduate of Fort White High School. He loved cooking and gaming and was always willing to help others....
Judith "Judy" L. Coleman
Aug 28, 2025
Judy Coleman (87) of Lake City passed away peacefully on August 28, 2025. She was born Judith Lucille Giddens on Dec 11, 1937, in Avon Park FL to Ellis and Viola Giddens. After marrying James E Coleman on November 12, 1955, she spent most of her adult life in Maxville, Bryceville and Lake City FL. She worked for 25...
Virginia Vining Miles
Aug 26, 2025
Virginia Vining Miles, 82, a devoted wife, mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother, passed away peacefully on August 26, 2025, at Haven Hospice in Lake City, Florida. Born on May 25, 1943, in Lake City to Fred and Delma Vining, Virginia was a lifelong resident of the community she held so dearly. A proud member of Columbia High School’s Class of...
Joan Margaret Gay Pope
Aug 26, 2025
Joan Margaret Gay Pope, age 71, daughter of the late Frank and Louise Gay was born on June 15, 1954. She was a life-long resident of Columbia County and graduated from Columbia High School, class of 1972. She began her career in banking and retired from the Columbia County School System after nearly 30 years. She professed her faith...
Mary Ellen West Hodges
Aug 22, 2025
Mrs. Mary Ellen West Hodges, age 80 of White Springs, Florida passed away Friday, August 22 in the Willow Brook Assisted Living Facility, Lake City, Florida after an extended illness. Mrs. Hodges was born in Lumberton, North Carolina to the late Fred and Elizabeth Barnes West. She had been a resident of Columbia County since 1964 and was part...
Betty Rochelle (Hudson) Sims
Aug 13, 2025
Betty Rochelle Sims, 81 of Lake City, FL walked into the arms of her Lord and Savior on Wednesday, August 13, 2025, with her daughters at her side. She was born on September 10, 1943, in Homerville, GA to the late Carl and Grace Hudson. She was preceded in death by her husband, George Sims and her brother, Charles...
Mildred H. (Hurst) King
Aug 9, 2025
Mildred H. King, age 94 of Lake City, went home to be with the Lord on Saturday, August 9, 2025, after a long illness. She was born March 16, 1931, in Jasper, Florida to the late David Hurst and Pearlie Crews Hurst. She came to Lake City at an early age and graduated from Columbia High School in 1949....
Ellen Louise Gay
Jul 26, 2025
Ellen Louise Gay, (Class of ’68 Queen) 75, daughter of the late Frank and Louise Gay was born on June 26, 1950. She attended the public schools of Columbia County and was a graduate of the University of West Florida. She taught school for 38 years in Hamilton County. She loved her students, and they loved her. She professed...
Marjorie Elizabeth Lott
Jul 1, 2025
Ms. Marjorie Elizabeth Lott, age 89 of Lake City, passed away Tuesday, July 1, 2025. She was born in San Antonio, Texas to the late Noah and Marjorie Heath and lived in the Lake City area for most of her life. A registered nurse, Ms. Lott was proud to care for the veterans at the VA Medical Center for...
Patricia Gail Williams
Jun 27, 2025
Mrs. Patricia Gail Williams passed away Friday, June 27, 2025, at the age of 78. She was born in Lake City to the late Travis and Ethel Guthrie Hall, was a lifelong resident and spent twenty-five years as a payroll clerk at the VA Medical Center in Lake City. Mrs. Williams was a wonderful wife, mother and friend and...
Jason Edward Frame
Jun 15, 2025
Mr. Jason Edward Frame, age 48, of Lake City, Florida passed away on June 15, 2025 in Tallahassee, Florida. He was born in Vineland, New Jersy and had resided in Lake City since 1996. He was a computer repair specialist. He was preceded in death by his grandparents, Clifford and Helen Frame and Joseph and Lena Mosley. He is...
Charity Alisa (Keen) Calhoun
May 28, 2025
Charity Alisa Calhoun, age 63 of Lake City, passed away Wednesday, May 28, 2025. She was born in Lake City to the late Robert D. and Mary E. (Bedenbaugh) Keen Sr. Having grown up in White Springs, Ms. Calhoun was a 1979 graduate of Hamilton County High School and a member of First Baptist Church of White Springs. She...
Ronald Potter
May 26, 2025
Mr. Ronald Potter, age 72 of Lake City, passed away at his home and surrounded by loved ones on Monday, May 26, 2025. Mr. Potter was born in Kentucky and spent his young adulthood serving in the US Navy aboard the USS Hermitage (LSD-34). Upon separation from the Navy, he became a truck driver and was employed by AMX...
Randolph "Randy" Jackson Horton
May 8, 2025
Randolph “Randy” Jackson Horton, a lifelong Columbia County resident, passed away Thursday, May 8, 2025, at the age of 65. Randy was a member of the 1977 graduating class of Columbia High School and was the owner of Westside Truck and Auto. He was an avid collector of cars and loved traveling the country on his motorcycle. He is...
Linda Louise Glover
Apr 12, 2025
Mrs. Linda Louise Glover, age 72 of Luraville, Florida, passed away Saturday, April 12, 2025. She was born in Live Oak, Florida to the late Willis and Ada Brannon Register. Mrs. Glover was a twenty-six-year Luraville resident, coming from White Springs, Florida, where she lived the majority of her life. She was the co-owner of and worked at LTS...
Rebecca Alice Greene
Apr 7, 2025
Rebecca Alice Greene, a forty-five-year Lake City resident and formerly of Fort Lauderdale, passed away Monday, April 7, 2025 at the age of 89. She was born in Shelby, North Carolina to the late Raymond Lee and Gladys Mode Greene. She was a homemaker in every sense of the word. She enjoyed caring for her family, was a good...
Lewis Ray Townsend Jr.
Apr 7, 2025
Mr. Lewis Ray Townsend, Jr. age 76, of Lake City, Florida, passed away on April 7, 2025, in the HCA North Florida Hospital, Gainesville, Florida. He was born in Cross City, Florida and lived in Lake City, Florida most of life. He worked with L.R. Townsend & Sons Timber Company for many years and was co-owner of Triple R...
Edwin Doyle Graham
Apr 4, 2025
Edwin Doyle Graham 90 of Lake City, Florida passed away peacefully April 4, 2025. He was preceded in death by the love of his life, his beloved wife, Margarette Ernesteen Graham; his parents, Clemon and Loca Belle Graham; his brother, Hargaret Graham; sister, Camilee Coates; and his children, Melissa Freeman and Eddie Graham. Edwin is survived by his daughters,...
