Obituaries

Mar 30, 2022

Mr. Calvin Willis Stafford, age 85, of Glen St. Mary, FL passed away on Wednesday, March 30 at his home. Mr. Stafford was born in Jacksonville, FL to the late Oreadus and Cleo Prevatt Stafford. He lived in Baker County for the majority of his life and was a member of the Macclenny Primitive Baptist Church. Mr. Stafford was...

Mar 29, 2022

Mr. Daniel William Rella, age 75, of Fort White, Florida died Tuesday, March 29, in the North Florida Regional Medical Center, Gainesville, Florida following a brief illness. Mr. Rella was born in Flint, Michigan and lived in Big Pine Key, Florida before moving to Fort White, Florida 21 years ago. Mr. Rella served in the U.S. Navy for over...

Mar 29, 2022

Mr. Curly John Hunt, age 75, of Macclenny, Florida died Tuesday, March 29, in the Memorial Hospital, Jacksonville, Florida following an extended illness. Mr. Hunt was born in Sellers, South Carolina and resided in Jacksonville, Florida before moving to Macclenny, Florida 40 years ago. He worked as a coating inspector with Sherwin-Williams Paint Company for over 22 years until...

Mar 26, 2022

Mrs. Edith Mae Cheshire, age 87, of Fort White, Florida passed away on Saturday, March 26, in the Lake City Medical Center, Lake City, Florida following an extended illness. Mrs. Cheshire was born in Nortonville, Kentucky and resided in White Springs, Florida for over 50 years before moving to Fort White, Florida eight years ago. She was a homemaker...

Mar 20, 2022

Mr. Billy Ray Register, age 69, of Sanderson, FL passed away Sunday, March 20th in the St. Vincent’s Riverside Hospital, following a brief illness. Mr. Register was born in Jacksonville, FL and lived many years in Louisiana before returning back to Baker County, FL in 2012. He was a physician and was employed with the State of Louisiana for...

Mar 20, 2022

Mrs. Anabelle Burnham, age 78, of Lake City, Florida died Sunday, March 20, in Solaris Healthcare, Lake City, Florida following an  extended illness. Mrs. Burnham was born in Bonita Springs, Florida and resided in Jasper and White Springs, Fla. before moving to Lake City, Florida 55 years ago. She was employed as a correctional officer with the Columbia County...

Mar 19, 2022

Mrs. Kathrine Myrie Pryde, age 80, of Macclenny, FL passed away Saturday, March 19 in the St. Vincent’s Riverside Hospital following a brief illness. Mrs. Pryde was born in Macclenny, FL and was a lifelong resident of Baker County. She worked as a healthcare professional at NEFSH for 37 years and was the secretary for New Hope Church for over...

Mar 10, 2022

Mrs. Zella Mae Hudson, age 81, of Lake City, Florida passed away Thursday, March 10, at her home surrounded by her family after an extended illness. Mrs. Hudson was born in Davin, West Virginia and resided in LaBelle, Florida before moving to Lake City, Florida 16 years ago. She was a homemaker and member of the Evangel Church of...

Mar 3, 2022

Mrs. Betty Jean Wiggins, age 80, of Glen St. Mary, Florida died Thursday, March 3, at her home with her family beside her following an extended illness. She was born in Brantley, Alabama and had resided in Baker County for the past 74 years. She worked with the food service department at Baker County School Systems schools for over...

Mar 2, 2022

Mr. Stephen “Steve” Scott Kelch, age 53, of Lake City, Florida passed away at Memorial Hospital, Jacksonville, Florida after a brief illness. Steve was born on September 9, 1968 in Cincinnati, Ohio. He then proceeded to move to Lake City, Florida where he has resided since 1997. Steve has worked for the Columbia County Department of Corrections for the...

Feb 25, 2022

Mrs. Lois Chisholm, age 99, of Moniac, GA passed away at her home on Friday, February 25. Mrs. Chisholm was born in St. George, GA to the late Lewis and Pennie Wester Batten. She was a long time member of the Moniac Baptist Church and a previous Worthy Matron of the Eastern Star. Mrs. Chisholm enjoyed sewing, baking, gardening,...

Feb 19, 2022

On February 19, 2022, Ruby Lee Anderson passed away peacefully after a brief illness. Ruby was born to Alfred and Polly Sweat and lifelong resident of Macclenny, FL. She is survived by her son Johnnie Dewayne (Barbara) Anderson of Lake City, daughter Tammy Anderson of Macclenny, five grandchildren, Derek, Dustin, Coleby, Tera & Savannah (Matthew), 2 great-grandchildren, Rylee &...

Feb 19, 2022

Mr. Isaac “Dick” Davis Jr., age 87, of Macclenny, Fl passed away Saturday, February 19 in the St. Vincent’s Riverside Hospital following an extended illness. Mr. Davis was born to the late Isaac and Loma Raulerson Davis in Sanderson, FL. He was a lifelong resident of Baker County and was a member of the New Hope Church. Mr. Davis worked...

Feb 17, 2022

Betty Thrift Abdulla, 83, of Macclenny, Florida passed away to be with her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ on Thursday, February 17, 2022, at Orange Park Hospital after a brief illness. She was born on July 2, 1938, to the late Lonnie and Beatrice (Stokes) Thrift in Mociac, Georgia. She was a graduate of the 1956 class of Baker...

Feb 16, 2022

Mr. Leonard Alton Douglass, age 95, of Bell, Florida passed away at his home on the Suwanee River where he resided for the last 20 plus years. Mr. Douglass was born on February 5th, 1927 in Lulu, Florida. A native of the area, he graduated from Branford High School as the first student council president. Upon joining the Navy,...

Feb 14, 2022

Sylvia entered Eternal Rest at 7:15pm on 14 February 2022 after a long and valiant struggle with Dementia/Alzheimer’s and has rejoined her previous departed husband of (37) years, Robert Harrison DuPriest, Sr..

Sylvia was born on 9 December, 1935 in Union County, Florida. She received her High School Diploma from Lake City High School of Lake City,...

Feb 11, 2022

Friday February 11th, Pauline Faye (Cunningham) Hattenstein went to be with her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. At the age of 93, she lived a full and wonderful life. A Godly woman born in Wagoner, a small town in Eastern Oklahoma, she grew up on the family homestead. Raised by her parents Robert Harmon Cunningham and Ada Mae (Wheeler)...

Feb 10, 2022

Mr. William Leslie Johnson, age 83, of Glen St. Mary, Florida passed away Thursday, Feb. 10, in the Orange Park Medical Center, Orange Park, Florida following an extended illness. Mr. Johnson was born in Coolidge, Georgia  and resided in Jacksonville, Florida before moving to Glen St. Mary, Florida in 1976. He worked as an instrumentation specialist with Union Camp...

Feb 7, 2022

Mrs. Ernestine Daniels, age 92, of Lake City, Florida passed away Monday, Feb. 7, in the Baya Point Nursing Home, Lake City, Florida following a long illness.  Mrs. Daniels was born in   Newport, Tennessee and had resided in Lake City, Florida for the past 63 years. She worked as a beautician for over thirty years in the Lake City...

Feb 7, 2022

Mrs. Carol Jean Finley, age 68, of Macclenny, Florida passed away on Monday, Feb. 7, in the St. Vincent’s Riverside Community Hospice, Jacksonville, Florida following an extended illness. Mrs. Finley was born in Jacksonville, Florida and attended Baker County schools. She moved away from Macclenny, Florida for many years but returned in 1990. She was employed as a school...