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Recent Obituaries
Lake City and surrounding areas
James Phillips Lough
Sep 26, 2018
Mr. James “Jim” Phillip Lough, age 63, of Macclenny, Florida died Wednesday, Sept. 26, at his residence. He was born in Chico, California and had resided in Macclenny, Florida for the past 36 years. He worked as an electronics technician and was an accomplished musician. He had a great love of knowledge, a unique sense of humor and lived...
Pauline Courson
Sep 25, 2018
Mrs. Pauline Woods Courson, age 88, of Lulu, Florida died Tuesday, Sept. 25, at her residence following a long illness. Mrs. Courson was born in Jasper, Florida and resided in Polk County, Florida before moving to Lulu, Florida in 1947. She worked as a seamstress with Lake Butler Apparel Company for over 30 years until her retirement. She was...
Irene B Arrington
Sep 13, 2018
Ms. Irene Arrington, age 91, of Lake City, Florida passed away on September 13, 2018, at Baya Point Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. She was born on August 18, 1927 in Crossville, Tennessee, to Fred and Maude Music Brown. She moved to Lake City, FL, in 1972 where she worked for the Columbia County School Board. She was a preacher’s...
Warren Davis
Sep 12, 2018
Mr. Warren E. Davis, age 75 of Macclenny, FL passed away September 12, in the Acosta Rua Center for Caring, Jacksonville, FL following an extended illness. Mr. Davis was born in Atlanta, GA and lived in Arizona before moving to Baker County, FL over a year ago. Mr. Davis held a Bachelor’s degree in accounting and worked as a...
Jacqueline Anne Sluder
Sep 11, 2018
Mrs. Jacqueline “Jackie” Anna Sluder, age 88, of Glen St. Mary, FL, passed away at St. Vincent’s Medical Center on September 11, 2018. She was born to Victor Roy and Ada McCaffrey on February 23, 1930 in Hartford, Connecticut. She lived in the Baker County area for the last 30 years. Mrs. Jackie loved the outdoors. She loved to...
Juanita Raulerson Baumwald
Sep 10, 2018
Juanita Raulerson Baumwald, age 89, is now present in the presence of her King and Savior. She was a resident of the Frank Wells Nursing Home, in Macclenny, Florida, for the last 4 years, where she loved to play BINGO! She was born to the late Charles and Genevieve Raulerson of St. George, GA. Along with her parents; she...
Jewel Loyd
Sep 4, 2018
Ms. Jewel Loyd, age 93, of Montgomery, Alabama passed away on September 4, 2018. She was born on January 22, 1925 in Pontotoc, Mississippi to Charles Russell and Molly Hall Russell. She was one of 8 children. Her and her late husband, James Wilson Loyd, lived in the Lake City, Florida area for many years. She was preceded in...
Herbert H. Ledford
Sep 4, 2018
Mr. Herbert H. Ledford, age 84, of Lake City, Florida, passed away peacefully on September 4, 2018 at the Suwanee Valley Care Center in Lake City. Mr. Herbert was born on January 17, 1934 in Mt. Sterling, Kentucky. After high school, Mr. Ledford made the decision to serve our country by joining the United States Air Force. In the...
Claudia "Sis" Pearl Bass
Aug 30, 2018
Ms. Claudia “Sis” Pearl Waters Bass, age 83, of Lake City, FL passed away on Thursday, August 30, 2018 at Bailey Manor in Winchester, TN. Claudia was born on January 22, 1935 in Wellborn, FL to the late James Floyd Waters, Sr. and Ludah Mae Harper Waters. She was raised in Suwannee County near Falmouth Spring. She graduated from...
Raymond Lamone Roach, Jr.
Aug 25, 2018
Mr. Raymond Lamone Roach, Jr., age 69, of Lake City, Florida passed away on August 25, 2018 at Lake City Medical Center. Mr. Roach was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts on December 31, 1948 to Raymond Roach, Sr. and Joan Gilligan Roach. Raymond was the oldest son of 8 children. He was a truck driver and moved to the Lake...
Steven Thomas Roach
Aug 24, 2018
Mr. Steven Thomas Roach, age 61, of Lake City, Florida passed away on August 24, 2018 at his home. Mr. Roach was born in Hollywood, Florida on February 8, 1957 to Raymond Roach, Sr. and Joan Gilligan Roach. After school, Mr. Roach served our country by joining the United States Army and earned the M-16 Rifle Marksman Badge. After...
Frank Bosley
Aug 22, 2018
Mr. Frank A. Bosley, age 72 of Homosassa, FL passed away Wednesday, August 22 in the Oak Hill Hospital, Spring Hill, FL. Mr. Bosley was born in Akron, OH and lived many places, including Warren, MI and Baker County, FL before moving to Homosassa, FL two years ago. Mr. Bosley retired from the United States Army as an SFC after...
Escoe Starling
Aug 19, 2018
Mr. Escoe Starling, age 83, of Macclenny, Florida, passed away on August 19, 2018 at St. Vincent’s Riverside Hospital. Mr. Starling was born on March 10, 1935 to Manning and Addie Davis Starling. He was a life-long resident of Baker County. He worked in the logging industry and on heavy equipment. Mr. Starling was an avid woodsman and loved...
Janice Geraldine Thiesen
Aug 16, 2018
Mrs. Janice Geraldine Thiesen, Age 80, of Lake City, Florida died Thursday, Aug. 16, in the Suwannee Valley Care Center, Lake City, Florida following a long illness. Mrs. Thiesen was born in Nokomis, Saskatchewan, Canada and had resided in Sarasota, Florida before moving to Lake City, Florida in 1991. She was preceded in death by her husband, Vester Albert...
Sue Fayola Sandlin
Aug 14, 2018
Mrs. Sue Fayola Sandlin, age 76, of Maggie Valley, North Carolina died Tuesday, Aug. 14, in the Homestead Health Care Facility, Clyde, N.C. following an extended illness. Mrs. Sandlin was born in Franklin, N.C. and resided in Waynesville, N. C. before moving to Lake City and Branford, Florida. She worked in the medical field in Lake City as a...
Allene Griffis
Aug 13, 2018
Ms. Allene Griffis, age 90 of Glen St. Mary, Florida passed away Monday, August 13th in the Macclenny Nursing and Rehab Center, Macclenny, Florida. Ms. Griffis was born in Sanderson, Florida and was a lifelong resident of Baker County, Florida. She was a homemaker who loved her family, enjoyed her pets, flowers, and growing a garden. Ms. Griffis is preceded...
Howard Bulthuis Sr
Aug 10, 2018
Mr. Howard Bulthuis, Sr., age 84, of Lake City, Florida died Friday, Aug. 10, in the Suwannee Valley Care Center, Lake City, Florida following a long illness. Mr. Bulthuis had resided in Lake City, Florida all of his life and was the former owner-partner of H & R Hardware, retired as a staff sergeant with the Florida National Guard...

Martha Jean Goodwin
Aug 8, 2018
Mrs. Martha Jean “Aunt Mott” Goodwin, age 82, of Fort White, Florida died Wednesday, Aug. 8, in the Suwannee Valley Care Center, Lake City, Florida following an extended illness. She was born in McRae, Georgia and lived in Polk county, Florida before moving to Lake City, Florida in 1991. She worked many years in the citrus industry in south...
Sarah Louisa Jordan
Aug 8, 2018
Mrs. Sarah Louisa Jordan, age 91, of Lake City, Florida died Wednesday, Aug. 8, in the Solaris Healthcare Nursing Center, Palatka, Florida following a long illness. Mrs. Jordan was born in Arcadia, Florida and resided in Orlando and White Springs, Florida before moving to Lake City, Florida. She was a homemaker and worked with her husband in the family...
Nettie Ruth Anderson
Aug 5, 2018
Mrs. Nettie Ruth Anderson, age 88, of Cross City, Florida died Sunday, Aug. 5, 2018 at North Florida Regional Medical Center, Gainesville, Florida. She was born and raised in Baker County, Florida and resided in Mayo, Florida before moving to Cross City, Florida 20 years ago. She was a homemaker, child care provider and enjoyed camping, fishing and gardening....
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