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Recent Obituaries
Lake City and surrounding areas
Michael Brinson Flanagan
Jul 16, 2014
Mr. Michael Brinson Flanagan, age 65, of Fort White, Florida died Wednesday, July 16, in the Shands University of Florida Hospital, Gainesville, Fla. following a brief illness. He was born and raised in the Ellisville community of Columbia county and lived in Lake City most of his life. He was employed in the Columbia county school district for almost...
Walter Leroy Davis
Jul 12, 2014
Bishop Walter Leroy Davis, 69 of Macclenny, passed away unexpectedly on Saturday, July 12, 2014 at the Shands Hospital in Jacksonville. Mr. Davis was born in Baker County to the late Lewis Owen and Sarah Lee Fish Davis. He was a graduate of Baker County High School and a veteran of the United States Army. Mr. Davis pastored numerous...
Marshall Blaine "Pete" Peters
Jul 11, 2014
Mr. Marshall Blaine “Pete” Peters, 82 of Sanderson, passed away on Friday, July 11, 2014 at the Select Specialty Hospital in Gainesville. He was born in Logansport, Indiana to the late Otto E. and Mary Alice Peters. Mr. Peters retired from the United States Navy and made Baker County his home in 1970. He retired again from the Florida Department...
Freddie Scott Kent
Jul 9, 2014
Mr. Freddie Scott Kent, 56 of Lake City, passed away unexpectedly at his home on Wednesday, July 9, 2014. Mr. Kent was raised in Lake City and was a son to the late Paul and Thelma Kent. He enjoyed working with wood and he enjoyed his profession as a carpenter. Mr. Kent was of the Baptist faith and attended...
Carolyn Joyce Byrd
Jul 9, 2014
Lake City Reporter Notice
Mrs. Carolyn Joyce Byrd, 64 of Lake City, passed away on Wednesday, July 9, 2014 at her home. She was born in Lucedale, Mississippi to the late Archie and Florence Parnell Jones and was raised in Lake City. She enjoyed hunting and fishing. Mrs. Byrd was preceded in death by her...
Beverly Ann Starling
Jul 7, 2014
Mrs. Beverly Ann Starling, 56 of Macclenny, passed away on Monday, July 7, 2014 at the Ed Fraser Memorial Hospital in Macclenny. She was born in Albany, Georgia to the late Edward and Eula Mae Butts Pearson. Mrs. Starling served as the Dietary Director at Ed Fraser Memorial Hospital and the Frank Wells Nursing Home for 29 years. She...
Shelton William Pervis
Jul 6, 2014
Mr. Shelton William Pervis, 57 of Macclenny, passed away unexpectedly on Sunday, July 6, 2014 at the St. Vincent’s Medical Center in Jacksonville. He was born in Kissimmee, Florida and had lived most of his life in Baker County. He was preceded in death by his father, Ernest D. Pervis, Sr and his mother, Vertie...
Lona June Howard
Jul 1, 2014
Mrs. Lona June Howard, age 82, of Macclenny, Florida passed away Tuesday, July 1, in the Suwanne Valley Care Center, Lake City, Fla. following an extended illness. She was born in Bell, Florida and resided in Jacksonville, Fla. before moving to Macclenny, Fla. in 1975. She worked for Prudential Life Insurance Company, Jacksonville, Fla. for many years and worked...
Edna Mae Hancock
Jun 29, 2014
Mrs. Edna Mae “Nannie” Hancock, age 83, of Lake City, Florida died Sunday, June 29, in the Suwannee Valley Care Center, Lake City, Fla. following an extended illness. She was born in Statenville, Georgia and had resided in Lake City, Fla. since 1940. She worked for Dr. Jose Goyenechea in Lake City for many years and then became a...

David Allen Bush
Jun 28, 2014
Mr. David Allen Bush, 54 of Palm Harbor, FL, passed away on Saturday, June 28, 2014 at the Mease Country Side Hospital in Safety Harbor, FL. He was born in Atlanta, Georgia in 1960, raised in Lake City and a member of the Columbia High School class of 1978. He was an avid outdoorsman and reptile handler beginning at...
Emma Lou Tew
Jun 27, 2014
Mrs. Emma Lou Tew, 88 of Macclenny, passed away on Friday, June 27, 2014 at the Ed Fraser Memorial Hospital in Macclenny. She was a daughter to the late George Tennyson and Emma Stevens Chesser. Mrs. Tew had lived in Macclenny since 1994 and had previously lived in Washington County, Florida and Callahan, Florida. ...
John William Walker
Jun 26, 2014
Mr. John William Walker, 62 of Macclenny, passed away on Thursday, June 26, 2014 at the Acosta-Rua Center for Caring in Jacksonville following an extended illness. He was born on July 4, 1951 in Live Oak, Florida to his parents, Auvil “Bo” Walker and Betty Byrd, and has resided in Baker County since childhood. He...
James Curtis Phillips
Jun 16, 2014
Mr. James Curtis Phillips, Sr., age 58, of Sanderson, Florida died Monday, June 16, at his residence following a sudden illness. He was born in Jacksonville, Fla. but lived in Sanderson, Fla. all of his life. He was the owner of C.P.’s Concrete Works which did concrete finishing projects. He was a member of the First Baptist Church, Macclenny, Fla.,...
Lawrence "Larry" Dupree
Jun 15, 2014
Mr. Lawrence W. “Larry” Dupree, age 70, of Glen St. Mary, Fla. died Sunday, June 15, in the Ed Fraser Memorial Hospital, Macclenny, Fla. following an apparent heart attack. Larry had resided in Macclenny and Glen St. Mary, Fla. all of life. He worked for many years in management with Woolverton Oldsmobile, Jacksonville, Fla. He was a member of...
Mayse Wesley Holliday
Jun 13, 2014
Mr. Mayse Wesley Holliday, 76 of Lake City, passed away on Friday, June 13, 2014 Shands at the University of Florida in Gainesville. He was the oldest of four children to the late Orian A. and Annette Bishop Holliday. Mr. Holliday was a graduate of Columbia High School class of 1957 and a veteran of the Florida National Guard. ...
Charlotte Marie Truluck
Jun 11, 2014
Mrs. Charlotte Rossi Truluck, 63 of Lake City, passed away on Wednesday, June 11, 2014 at the North Florida Regional Medical Center in Gainesville. She was the youngest of four children to the late Rewis and Winifred Stansel Rossi. Mrs. Truluck lived most of her life in Lake City and was a graduate of Columbia High School class of...
Maggie Leanne Shook
Jun 10, 2014
Jazz musician J.J. Johnson once said, "Jazz is restless. It won't stay put and it never will!" Like the music she studied, taught, and performed, our precious Maggie LeAnne Shook has not stayed put, leaving us to be with her Lord on June 10, 2014. Maggie was a member of Macclenny Primitive Baptist Church. She graduated from Douglas Anderson...
Evelyn Soloman
May 28, 2014
Mrs. Evelyn Solomon, age 83, of Macclenny, Fla. died Wednesday, May 28, in the Orange Park Medical Center, Orange Park Fla, following a brief illness. She was born in St. George, Ga. and resided in Jacksonville, Fla. most of her life and then moved to Macclenny, Fla. 12 years ago. She worked as a food processor with Painter Poultry,...
Edward B Pearce
May 26, 2014
Mr. Edward Brian Pearce, age 85, of Jennings, Fla., died Monday, May 26, in the Lake Park of Madison Nursing Home, Madison, Fla. following a long illness. He was born in Lulu, Fla. and resided in many Northeast Florida communities before moving to Jennings, Fla. in 1978. He was gentleman and a lifelong Florida cowboy, working with cattle and...

Fred Henry Taylor
May 23, 2014
Mr. Fred Henry Taylor, Jr., age 82, of St. Petersburg, Fla. died Friday, May 23, in the Jacaranda Manor Nursing Home, St. Petersburg, Fla. following a long illness. Mr. Taylor had resided in Macclenny and Baker County all of life until ill health forced him to reside in St. Petersburg, Fla. He worked as a carpenter in the construction industry...
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