Obituaries

Nov 13, 2014

Mrs. Zelmer Mae Ellis, age 89, of Lake City, Florida died Thursday, Nov. 13, in the Suwannee Valley Care Center, Lake City, Florida following a long illness. She was born in Bear Creek, Alabama and lived in Paw Paw, Michigan before moving to Lake City, Florida in 1973. She owned and operated Ellis Child Care Center in Lake City...

Nov 11, 2014

Mr. Roland  Louis  Villarreal, age 49, of Live Oak, Florida died  Tuesday, Nov. 11,  in the Suwannee Valley Care Center, Lake City, Florida following  and extended illness.   He was born in San  Antonio, Texas and resided in Poteet, Texas before moving   to Lake City, Fla.  He had resided in Live Oak, Florida for the past four years.  He  worked ...

Nov 5, 2014

Mr. David M. Aldridge, age 89, of Macclenny, Florida died Wednesday, Nov. 5, in the V.A. Medical Center, Lake City, Florida following an extended illness. He was born in Memphis, Tennessee and lived in Jacksonville, Florida before moving to Macclenny, Florida in 1973. Mr. Aldridge served in the United States Navy as a tail gunner and served in WWII and...

Nov 5, 2014

Mr. Curtis W. Nelson, age 73, of Macclenny, Fl. died Wednesday, Nov. 5 at his residence following an extended illness. He was a veteran of the United States Marine Corp and was very proud to have served his country. He took very little time for himself but enjoyed fishing. Mr. Nelson is at peace knowing he is greatly loved and...

Oct 31, 2014

Mrs. Betty Jean Tressler, age 55, of Macclenny, Florida died Friday, Oct. 31, in the Acosta-Rau Center for Caring, Jacksonville, Florida following an extended illness. She was a native of Starke, Florida and had resided in Macclenny, Florida since 1987. She was a homemaker and member of the Glen Friendship Tabernacle Church, Glen St. Mary, Fla. She loved working...

Oct 30, 2014

Ralph Davis, 87, died on Thursday, Oct. 30, at his Glen St. Mary farm with his family by his side. Born, August 17, 1927, in a boxcar at the 17 Mile Turpentine Camp, to Bill and Gladys Davis; he was the second of 6 boys. On November 24, 1949, he married Dorothy Bradley, of Glen St. Mary. Mr. Davis...

Oct 28, 2014

Mr. John Leonard Moore, age 87, died Tuesday, October 28, 2014 in the VA Medical Center, Lake City, Florida.  He was born in New Lenox, Illinois on August 8, 1927 to Augusta Meyer and Willis Moore.  He resided in High Springs, Fla. before moving to Lake City, Fla. 14 years ago.  He was proud to have served in the...

Oct 19, 2014

Mr. Paul Thomas Morton, Sr., age 71, of Lake City,  Florida  died  suddenly on  Sunday,  Oct. 19, in the V.A. Medical Center, Gainesville, Florida.  He was born in Tifton,  Georgia  and  resided in Lakeland, Florida for many years before moving to Lake City, Fla. in 2000.  He owned  and  operated  Morton’s  Plumbing Company in Lakeland, Fla. for over 35...

Oct 17, 2014

Mr Thomas Edward Rowley, Junior passed away on October 17, 2014 just two months after celebrating his 90th birthday.Thomas was born in New York City to Thomas Edward Rowley and Bridget Jordan Rowley, both of whom were born in Ireland. He served in the Army Air Corp during World II. He was employed as a meteorologist with the National...

Oct 17, 2014

Buleah “Jeanette” Conner, age 76, of Glen St Mary, Florida went to be with our Lord peacefully on October 17, 2014 with her family gathered around her.  She was born in Jacksonville, Florida on May 10, 1938 to the late Paul Raulerson and Buleah Prevett Raulerson.

Jeanette’s survivors include her husband Floyd.  Son’s Mike Conner...

Oct 10, 2014

Mrs.  Joanne  Sylvia  Keiter, age 81, of Lake City, Florida died Friday, Oct. 10, in The  Health Center of Lake City, Florida following a sudden illness.  She was born in Wellborn, Florida  and  graduated from Wellborn High School in 1951.  She then moved to  Cedar  Bluff, Alabama and then to  Lake City, Florida in 1971.  She was a homemaker...

Oct 2, 2014

Michael (Mike) Bruce Wilder, age 60, of Glen St. Mary, Fla. died at his residence on October 2, with his family by his side. He was born in Cincinnati, Ohio on July 4, 1954 to the late Grover Rothwell Wilder and the late Dolores Polly Wilder. He worked as a HVAC Installer for over 37 years. He enjoyed fishing and...

Oct 1, 2014

God took his greatest Gator fan home on October 1, 2014. Mr. Dennis Alvin Yarborough was born in Jacksonville, FL, but lived most of his life in Macclenny. He retired as a master mechanic from King Edward Cigars in 1993 after 44 years. He was a member of Chaffee Road Church of Christ and a veteran of the Army National...

Oct 1, 2014

Mr. Fred Eugene Gross Jr., age 62, of Sanderson, Fla. died Wednesday, Oct. 1, in the Orange Park Custead Care Center, Orange Park, Fla. Mr. Gross was born in Columbus, Ohio and resided in Jacksonville, Fla. before moving to Baker County over 30 years ago. He served in the United States Air Force and worked at Ameristeel in Baldwin,...

Sep 25, 2014

Mr. Wayne Blair Brandies, age 73, of Glen St. Mary, Florida died Thursday, Sept. 25, in the Ed Fraser Memorial Hospital, Macclenny, Florida following a sudden illness. He was born in Callahan, Florida and had resided in Glen St. Mary, Fla. for 19 years. He retired from the U.S. Army as SSG E-6 after twenty years of service. He...

Sep 17, 2014

Mrs. Holly Jean Mann, age 43, of Macclenny, Florida passed away Wednesday, September 17, in the Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, Florida following an extended illness. She was born in St. Louis, Missouri and lived in Jacksonville before moving to Macclenny over thirty years ago. Mrs. Mann held a real estate license and spent many years as a Board Member of the...

Sep 6, 2014

Frankie M. Harvey was born June 15, 1931, in Macclenny, Florida, and passed away September 6, 2014, at the age of 83.  She was the daughter of Romey Lee and Lettie Rhoden Thomas and was preceded in death by her husband of 50 years, Ernest Harvey, Jr.

Frankie graduated...

Sep 3, 2014

Mr. James Arnold Davis, “Uncle Jim”, age 70,  of Lake City, Florida died  Wednesday, Sept. 3,  in the Suwannee Valley Care Center,  Lake City, Florida following an extended illness.  He had resided in Lake City, Florida all of his life where he owned and operated  Davis Trucking Company.  He attended the Lake City Church of God and enjoyed working...

Sep 1, 2014

Mr. Clyde Wayne Carey, age 75, of Glen St. Mary, Florida died Monday, Sept. 1, in the Acosta-Rau Center for Caring, Jacksonville, Fla. following an extended illness. He was born in Navasota, Texas and lived in Rhode Island before moving to Baker County in 1974. He served with the U.S. Navy for 20 years and retired in 1976 as a...

Aug 29, 2014

Mr. Shelby Byrd Stephens, age 85, of Glen St. Mary, Florida died Friday, August 29, in the Baptist Medical Center Downtown, Jacksonville, Florida following a long illness. He was born in Daytona Beach, Florida and resided in Baldwin and Jacksonville, Fla. before moving to Glen St. Mary, Fla. in 1989. He retired as a chief petty officer with the...