Obituaries

Jan 22, 2019

Ms. Alma Elizabeth Canady, age 91, of Macclenny, Florida passed away, Tuesday, January 22 at her home following a long illness. Ms. Canady was born in Macclenny, Florida to the late Charney and Lear Crews Garrett. She lived for over 50 years in Jacksonville, Florida and moved back to Baker County, Florida to retire over 25 years ago. Ms....

Jan 19, 2019

Ms. Linda Diane Griffith, age 57, of Macclenny, Florida died Saturday, Jan. 19, at her residence following a sudden illness. Ms. Griffith had resided in Macclenny, Florida all of her life. She was a homemaker, attended the Glen Friendship Tabernacle and enjoyed spending time with her friends and playing cards. She was preceded in death by her parents, Richard...

Jan 14, 2019

Mrs. Andrea Jo Ravan, age 51, of Macclenny, Florida passed away, Monday, January 14 in the St. Vincent’s Riverside Medical Center, Jacksonville, Florida following a brief illness. She was born in Jacksonville, Florida and had resided in Macclenny for the last 25 years. She worked as a data entry specialist for CSS construction Solution and Supply Company for the...

Jan 7, 2019

Mr. Gary T. Webber, age 67 of Baxter, FL passed away Monday, January 7 in the St. Vincent’s Medical Center, Jacksonville, FL following an extended illness. Mr. Webber was born in Jacksonville, FL and lived Bowden, GA before moving to Baker County, FL five years ago. He was a master pressman by trade and spent many years working for...

Jan 5, 2019

Mr. Gilbert “Gil” Leon Ravan, Jr., age 51, of Macclenny, Florida died Saturday, Jan. 5, in the Ed Fraser Memorial Hospital, Macclenny, Florida. He was born in Jacksonville, Florida and had resided in Macclenny, Florida for the past 25 years. He worked as a garage door installer in the construction industry most of his life. He was an avid...

Jan 5, 2019

Mr. Joseph “Joe” Auther Anderson, II, age 65, of St. George, Georgia die Sunday, Jan. 5, at his home following an extended illness.  He was born in Jacksonville, Florida and had resided in the Georgia bend near St. George, Georgia for the past 25 years. He was part owner of Southeastern Coating of Lake City, Florida for 16 years...

Jan 1, 2019

Mr. Robert Lee Scragg, age 91, of Lake City, Florida died Tuesday, January 1, in Suwannee Health and Rehab Center, Live Oak, Florida. Mr. Scragg was born in Huntington, West Virginia and moved to Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, in the 1970’s but has resided in Lake City since 2008. Mr. Scragg worked as a scientist and an inventor and started...

Dec 30, 2018

Mr. Richard “Ricky” Edward Parker, age 66, of Lake City, Florida died Sunday, Dec. 30, in the Suwannee Valley Care Center, Lake City, Florida following an extended illness. Mr. Parker was born and raised in Lake City, Florida and was the son of the late James Mills and Lillian Aileen Matthews Parker. He was a licensed certified public accountant...

Dec 30, 2018

Mrs. Carol Lynne Hodges, age 77 of Glen St. Mary, FL passed away Sunday, December 30 in the St. Vincent’s Medical Center Riverside, Jacksonville, Florida following an extended illness. Mrs. Hodges was born in Winston Salem, North Carolina to the late Carl and Edith Stack Settle. Mrs. Hodges lived in Jacksonville, Florida before moving to Baker County, Florida over...

Dec 25, 2018

Mr. William Joseph Robinson, age 72, of Lake City, Florida died Tuesday, Dec. 25, at his home following a brief illness. He had lived in Lake City all of his life and worked as a meat packer for Gold-Kist Packers, Live Oak, Florida for thirteen years before his retirement. He attended the Lake City Church of God and enjoyed...

Dec 25, 2018

Mrs. Vannessa Rhoden, age 61, of Glen St. Mary, Florida died Tuesday, Dec. 25, at her home following an extended illness. Mrs. Rhoden was born in Sanderson, Florida, and resided all of her life in Baker County, Florida. Mrs. Rhoden was a homemaker who loved spending time with and taking care of her family. She enjoyed making artificial floral...

Dec 24, 2018

Mr. James Edward Harper, age 67, of Lake City, Florida died Monday, Dec. 24, in the V.A. Medical Center, Lake City, Florida following a long illness. Mr. Harper was born in Tifton, Georgia and resided in Jacksonville, Florida before moving to Lake City, Florida 40 years ago. He worked as a tanker driver for Anderson-Columbia Company, Lake City, Florida...

Dec 23, 2018

Mrs. Allene Ford Hall, age 80, of Lake City, Florida died Sunday, Dec. 23, in the Suwannee Valley Care Center, Lake City, Florida following an extended illness. Mrs. Hall was born in Columbia county and resided most of her life in Lake City, Florida. She was a homemaker and of the Holiness Church of God faith. She enjoyed being...

Dec 17, 2018

Cynthia Marie Mitchell Couch was born June 13, 1940 in Syracuse, NY.

Cynthia passed away peacefully with family on December 17, 2018 at North Florida Regional Hospital.

She was preceded in death by the love of her life her husband of 57 years Herman Dexter Couch Jr., her parents Phillip O. Mitchell and Yvette Catherine  ...

Dec 17, 2018

Mr. Marlen Pearl Roberts, age 94, of Lake City, Florida died Monday, Dec. 17, at his home following an extended illness. Mr. Roberts was born in Galien, Michigan and resided in Doraville, Georgia for over 40 years before moving to Lake City, Florida one year ago. He worked as an industrial engineer all of his life, his last employment...

Dec 12, 2018

Ms. Beverly Gayle Mann, age 70 of Macclenny, Florida passed away Wednesday, December 12 in the St. Vincent’s Medical Center, Jacksonville, Florida after a long illness. Ms. Mann was born in Valdosta, Georgia to the late Malcolm B. and Jessie Mae Hightower Horne. She lived in Ft. Worth, Texas for several years but spend most of her life in...

Dec 12, 2018

Mrs. Irene Brown Dugger, age 96, of Taylor, Florida died Wednesday, Dec. 12, in the Acosta-Rau Center for Caring, Jacksonville, Florida following a brief illness. Mrs. Dugger was born in the Taylor community of Baker County and resided in Jacksonville, Florida for many years before moving back to Baker County in 1979. She worked as a key punch operator...

Dec 8, 2018

Mr. Roy Luneal Mosely, age 78, of Branford, Florida died Saturday. Dec. 8, in the Suwannee Valley Care Center, Lake City, Florida following a long illness. Mr. Mosely was born in Miami, Florida and lived in Ft. Myers, Florida and Lake City, Florida for over 20 years before moving to Branford, Florida four years ago. He worked as a...

Dec 6, 2018

Mr. Joey "Bubba" Michael Rhoden, Jr., age 18, of Hilliard, Florida passed away on Thursday, December 6, at his residence. Joey was born on October 26, 2000 in Waycross, Georgia to Joey Michael Rhoden, Sr. and Crystal Howard Rhoden. He was raised in St. George, Georgia for 15 years before moving to Hilliard, Florida three years ago. Bubba was...

Dec 2, 2018

Mr. Arlie Windol Combs, Sr., age 79, of Macclenny, Florida died Sunday, Dec. 2, in the Ed Fraser Memorial Hospital, Macclenny, Florida following an extended illness. Mr. Combs was born in the Taylor community of Baker County and resided in Jacksonville, Florida before moving to Macclenny, Florida in 1994. He worked as a computer analysts with Prudential Insurance Company...