Obituaries

Dec 1, 2022

Mr. Daniel Ray Jordan, age 68, of Lake Butler, Florida passed away Thursday, Dec. 1, in the HCA Florida Lake City Hospital, Lake City, Florida following an extended illness. Mr. Jordan was born in the Mason city area of Columbia County and resided in Lake Butler, Florida for the past 40 years. He was employed as a game warden...

Nov 29, 2022

Mrs. Janice Diane Corbett, age 75 of Sanderson, passed away on Tuesday, November 29th.  She was born on January 19th, 1947, in LaGrange, Georgia, to E.K. and Fannie Abney. She had resided in Sanderson, Florida, for the last 25 years after moving from Brunswick, Georgia. Throughout her life she enjoyed gardening, canning her vegetables, and cooking meals for friends...

Nov 29, 2022

Susan Sweet, 73, of Lake City, FL, passed away on November 29, 2022.

Sue was born on April 12, 1949 to Samuel John Reed lll and Bertha V. Carlin Kato in South Wilmington Delaware. In 1966 Sue and her siblings moved to Florida. After Sue graduated from Pompano Beach High School in 1967, she went on to...

Nov 27, 2022

Mr. Daniel Dwight Prince, Sr., age 65, of Fort White, Florida passed away on Sunday, Nov. 27, in the Suwannee Valley Care Center, Lake City, Florida following a long illness. Mr. Prince was born in Lake City and lived most of his life in Lake City and the Fort White, Florida area. He worked as a pulp wood and...

Nov 26, 2022

Mrs. Verna Dowling Smith of Macclenny passed away peacefully at 91 years of age on Saturday, November 26, 2022, at Orange Park Medical Center. She was born on May 3, 1931, in Albany, Georgia, the third of eight children to Estelle Haire Dowling and Zimon Fletcher Dowling. She was a steadfast member of the Pentecostal Holiness faith and a...

Nov 25, 2022

Mr. William Leonard Spruill, age 56 of Starke, went to be with his Lord and savior after a long and courageous fight with cancer on Friday, November 25th surrounded by his loving family. Mr. Spruill was born on November 25th, 1966, to Leonard and Dianne Spruill and grew up in Maryland until moving to Florida where he lived out...

Nov 22, 2022

Lula Belle Haines, 73, of Sanderson went to be with the Lord peacefully on Friday, November 18, 2022.  Lou was born the third child of Grace and Roy Harvey.

She spent her entire life in Baker County graduating from Baker County High School.  She worked and retired from Northeast Florida State Hospital. After retiring she eventually worked...

Nov 21, 2022

James Gordon Langley, Sr. born on November 22, 1946, walked peacefully through the gates of Heaven surrounded by his family at the age of 75 on November 21, 2022. After a short but difficult battle following surgery, he made the noble decision that he was ready for the fight to be done and peacefully passed on.  He is survived...

Nov 21, 2022

Mr. Jerry Edwin Wilkerson, age 57, of Lake City, Florida passed away Monday, Nov. 21, in the Suwannee Valley Care Center, Lake City, Florida following an extended illness.  Mr. Wilkerson was born in Gainesville, Florida and had resided in Lake City, Florida all of his life. He worked as a sheet metal mechanic with HAECO Americas, Lake City, Florida...

Nov 10, 2022

A lifelong resident of Lake City, FL passed away early Thursday morning November 10, 2022 after a brief illness.  Born February 2, 1941 in Lake City, FL to James Fletcher Bishop, Sr. and Florrie Branan Bishop.  Graduated from Columbia High School in 1959, married his High School Sweetheart, LaNita Kiser.  Served 2 years Active and 4 years Inactive Duty...

Nov 8, 2022

Mrs. Linda Alice Mobley, age 74, of Macclenny, FL passed away Tuesday, November 8th in the Community Hospice Center, Jacksonville, FL after an extended illness. Mrs. Mobley was a native of Baker County and was a member of the Macedonia Church. She enjoyed crocheting and sewing, canning foods, and gospel music. Mrs. Mobley was a woman of God and...

Nov 7, 2022

Becky Salsbury (63) of Glen St. Mary, Florida, born July 19, led a life of service and dedication to her family.  Ms. Becky was always the definition of a lady exuding kindness and compassion with all she did.  She was a prominent member of the legal community in Northeast Florida for over thirty years.  She prided herself in the...

Nov 3, 2022

Jerry Wayne Sisk was 89 when he passed peacefully in his retirement living facility. He was very social, still reading and cracking his cute jokes until the days prior to his passing. He was married to Myrtle Kathleen (Kathy) Sisk for 63 years before she went to see the Lord in April 2019. Jerry was born on September 28,...

Nov 2, 2022

Mrs. Shirley Ann White, age 81, of Glen St. Mary, FL passed away Wednesday, November 2nd in the Macclenny Nursing and Rehab Center, Macclenny, FL following an extended illness. Mrs. White was born and raised in Baker County, FL and was a member of the Community Full Gospel Church, Sanderson, FL. She enjoyed camping, blue grass and gospel music,...

Nov 2, 2022

Mrs. Marilyn Joyce Norris, age 78, of Wellborn, Florida passed away Wednesday, Nov. 2, in Haven Hospice, Lake City, Florida. Mrs. Norris had resided in Wellborn, Florida all of her life. She was a self employed beautician in the Wellborn area for over 15 years. She was a member of the Fellowship Baptist Church of Suwannee County, Florida. She...

Oct 30, 2022

Mr. Kenneth Dwight Hunter, age 78, of Macclenny, Florida passed away on Sunday, October 30, in Haven Hospice, Orange Park, Florida following a long illness. Mr. Hunter was born in Starke, Florida to Mr. Roy and Elsie Hunter.  He served in the Army during the Korean War, and worked as a bridge painter for the painters union most of...

Oct 27, 2022

Mr. Joe Ray Kirkland, 78, passed away peacefully on Thursday, October 27, 2022, after a valiant battle with brain cancer.

Joe was born December 30, 1943, in Macclenny, FL, to John Stevenson Kirkland and Nova Irene Garrett. The youngest child of one of Baker County’s pioneer farm families, he quickly developed a deep love and appreciation of...

Oct 24, 2022

Mrs. Amanda Elaine Herndon, age 49, of Lake City, Florida passed away on Monday, Oct. 24, in the HCA Lake City Hospital, Lake City, Florida. She was born in Valdosta, Georgia and lived in White Springs, Florida before moving to Lake City, Florida forty years ago. She was a homemaker and enjoyed baking food for her family and friends...

Oct 23, 2022

Mr. Edward Vinson Prince, age 69, of Lake City, Florida passed away on Sunday, Oct. 23, in the Palms Nursing & Rehab Center, Lake City, Florida following an extended illness. Mr. Prince was born in Wellborn, Florida and had lived in Lake City, Florida since 1957. He was a truck driver working in the logging business and most recently...

Oct 21, 2022

Sally Mae Williams, 83, of Lake City, passed away on October 21st, 2022 after a brief illness. She was surrounded by family and friends.

Sally was born on July 28th, 1939 in Tennessee. Sally worked for years in the Columbia County Clerk of Court’s office. She went on to study nursing at Lake City Community College (now...