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Lake City and surrounding areas
Elaine C Carey
Feb 1, 2022
Mrs. Elaine C. Carey, age 77, of Glen St. Mary, FL passed away Tuesday, February 1st at Memorial Hospital Jacksonville, FL. Mrs. Carey was born in Valdosta, GA and moved to Glen St. Mary, FL in 1954 where she lived out the rest of her life. Mrs. Carey was a member of First Baptist Church of Macclenny for many...
Dean Allen Scheffler
Jan 29, 2022
Mr. Dean Allen Scheffler, age 62, of Lake City, Florida passed away at his residence following a sudden illness. Mr. Scheffler was born in Nelsonville, Ohio and resided in Clermont, Florida before moving to Lake City, Florida four years ago. He was a former sales manager for Jeld-Wen Windows & Doors of Charlotte, N.C. and with 35 years of...
Helen Byrd
Jan 29, 2022
Mrs. Helen Marie Byrd, age 85, of Glen St. Mary, FL passed away Saturday, January 29 in the Ed Fraser Memorial Hospital after an extended illness. Mrs. Byrd was born in Miami- Dade County to the late Eulie and Edith Taylor Richardson. She was a lifelong resident of Baker County and a member of the Manntown Congregational Holiness Church....
Cecil "Pop" Sands
Jan 28, 2022
Mr. Cecil “Pop” Sands, age 86, of Macclenny, Florida died Friday, Jan. 28, in the Douglas Center Community Hospice, Baptist Medical Center Downtown, Jacksonville, Florida following a long illness. He was born in St. George, Georgia and had resided in Macclenny, Florida for over 70 years. He worked as a custodian with the Baker County School System for over thirty...
Evelyn Margaret Combs
Jan 25, 2022
Mrs. Evelyn Margaret Combs, age 105, of Macclenny, Florida died Tuesday, Jan. 25, in the Frank Wells Nursing Home, Macclenny, Florida following an extended illness. Mrs. Combs resided in Macclenny, Florida most of her life. She was a homemaker and a member of the Macclenny Primitive Baptist. She was preceded in death by her husband Ralph Combs, two sons,...
Vernum Lee Hodges
Jan 23, 2022
Mr. Vernum Lee Hodges, age 73, of Fort White, Florida passed away Sunday, Jan. 23, in the Lake City Medical Center, Lake City, Florida. Lee will lovingly remembered as Torah (teacher), a devoted husband, brother, father, granddad and great-granddad. He lit up the room with his smile and his words of wisdom. He worked as a bee keeper, commercial...
Cornelia Bates
Jan 22, 2022
Mrs. Cornelia “Neal” Bates, age 98, of Moniac, Georgia passed away on Saturday, Jan. 22, following an extended illness. She was born in Moniac, Georgia and lived in Jacksonville, Florida for many years before moving back to Moniac, Georgia in 1993. She worked as a product technician inspector with Jefferson Smurfit Corporation for 36 years until her retirement in...
Dr. Gary "Doc" Dopson
Jan 21, 2022
Dr. Gary “Doc” Dopson, age 77, of Macclenny, FL passed away Friday, January 21, at his home following an extended illness. Doc was born in Macclenny, FL to the late Herod and Murel Rhoden Dopson. He was a lifelong resident of Baker County and a graduate of the Baker County High School, Class of 1962. After graduation Doc attended...
Sarah Hague
Jan 19, 2022
Mrs. Sarah Jane Hague, age 90, of Baldwin, Florida died Wednesday, Jan. 19, at her residence following a long illness. Mrs. Hague was born in Rock Mart, Georgia and lived in Jacksonville, Florida before moving to Baldwin, Florida 50 years ago. She was a homemaker and member of the Baldwin Church of God. She enjoyed playing cards with her...
Charles "Billy" Livingston
Jan 15, 2022
Mr. Charles William (Billy) Livingston, age 60 of Macclenny, FL passed away on Saturday, January 15, 2022. Billy was born on November 27, 1961 in Jacksonville, FL to Bill and Mary Livingston. He graduated from Baker County High School in 1980 where he met the love of his life, Laura Maloy. Billy and Laura decided to share their life...
Gloria "Sue" Beasley
Jan 14, 2022
Mrs. Gloria Jean Beasley, age 80, of Macclenny, FL passed away Friday, January 14 in the St. Vincent’s Medical Center, Middleburg, FL. Mrs. Beasley has been a resident of Baker County, FL since 1979 when she moved from Jacksonville, FL. Mrs. Beasley was a Christian who was strong in her faith. She worked as a welder in a man’s...
Virginia "Dianne" Greene
Jan 14, 2022
Mrs. Virginia “Dianne” Greene, age 78, of White Springs, Florida died Friday, Jan. 14, in Solaris Healthcare of Lake City following an extended illness. Dianne was raised in Columbia County and graduated from Columbia County High School in 1961 when the class voted Dianne “The Wittiest” They make grins grow where there was only a grouch before! The year...
Jerome Lund
Jan 12, 2022
Mr. Jerome H. Lund, age 81, of Macclenny, FL passed away Wednesday, January 12 in the Haven Hospice Suwannee Valley Care Center, Lake City, FL after an extended illness. Mr. Lund has been a resident of Baker County, FL since 1975 when he moved from Meridan, MS. Mr. Lund was born in Williston, ND to the late Harry and...
Alfred "Bobby" Mershon
Jan 5, 2022
Mr. Alfred Robert “Bobby” Mershon, age 83, passed away Wednesday, Jan. 5, in the Parklands Rehab & Nursing Center, Gainesville, Florida following a long illness. Mr. Mershon resided in Lake City, Florida all of his life. He worked for the Florida Department of Transportation, then he retired and went to work for CARC Lake City for over 15 years...
Henry Harell Horton, Sr.
Jan 5, 2022
Mr. Henry Harell Horton, Sr., age 81, of Lake City, Florida passed away peacefully at home on Wednesday morning, January 5, 2022 after a prolonged illness. He was born in Lulu, Florida April 3, 1940 to the late Rev. James Kitchen Horton and Rev. Ola Mae Boston Horton. He retired from the U.S Army after 20 years of service,...
Margaret Elizabeth Crane Bierce
Jan 5, 2022
Margaret Crane Bierce was born in Alexandria, Virginia on April 2, 1919 and reared in Summit, New Jersey. At the age of 7 she and her family moved to Tampa where she lived until moving to Jacksonville with her husband Harry Bierce in 1952. She resided in Jacksonville until 2017 when she moved to Macclenny to live with one...
Paulette Macdonald
Dec 30, 2021
Mrs. Paulette Kent MacDonald, age 75, of Lake City, Florida passed away Thursday, Dec. 30, in the Suwannee Valley Care Center, Lake City, Florida following an extended illness. She lived most of her life in Columbia County and graduated from Columbia High School in 1964. She enjoyed reading and working in her yard. She retired from the Columbia County...
Mickie Marie Canaday
Dec 29, 2021
Mrs. Mickie Marie Canaday, age 78, of St. George, Georgia died Wednesday, Dec. 29, at Ed Fraser Memorial Hospital, Macclenny, Florida. Mrs. Canaday was born and raised in Macclenny, Florida and moved to Moniac, Georgia in 1973 where she lived the rest of her life. She worked for Northeast Florida State Hospital as a nurse assistant. Mrs. Canaday was...
Duston Dwayne Hall
Dec 26, 2021
Mr. Duston Dwayne Hall, age 27, of Lake City, Florida passed away Sunday, Dec. 26, in the North Florida Regional Medical Center, Gainesville, Florida. Mr. Hall was born in Gainesville, Florida and resided in Lake City, Florida all of his life. At the time of his death he was employed as a lead warehouseman with U.S. Cold Storage, Lake...
Nira Louise Broshar
Dec 20, 2021
Nira Louise (Greene) Broshar passed away peacefully December 20, 2021. Born at home in rural north Alabama near Oneonta January 1, 1934, Louise was the 2nd of 6 children born to Willie Clyde Greene & Cora Lee Rayford Greene.
She met & married her husband of 68 years, William Grant Broshar (Bill) of Moravia, Iowa when he...
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