Obituaries

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...

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...

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...

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....

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...

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,...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...