Mr. Hughy Lee “H.L.” Sistrunk, 79 of Lake City passed away on Friday, July 1, 2011 at the Lake City Medical Center in Lake City following a brief illness. Mr. Sistrunk was born in Live Oak, Florida and was raised in Lake City. He was a graduate of Columbia High School class of 1949, had served in the Florida National Guard and retired from Seaboard Coastline, now CSX, with 37 years of employment. Mr. Sistrunk had lived in Lake City for the past 20 years having moved here from Cedar Key where he lived following his retirement. He was a former member of the First Baptist Church of Cedar Key and currently the Lake City First Christian Church.
Mr. Sistrunk is survived by his wife, Marjorie Sistrunk, Lake City, one daughter, Karen Bicknell (Wayne), Atlanta, GA, his mother, Mildred Sistrunk, Lake City and two grandsons, Ian J. Bicknell, Atlanta, GA and Brian D. Bicknell, Athens, GA.
Funeral services for Mr. Sistrunk will be conducted on Wednesday, July 6, 2011 at 11:00 A.M. in the Chapel of Guerry Funeral Home with Rev. Ray Shaw and Rev. Arthur Peterson officiating. Interment will follow at 4:00 P.M. at Cedar Key Cemetery in Cedar Key, Florida. Visitation with the family will be one hour prior to the service from 10-11:00 A.M. on Wednesday.