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Alton J. Crews

Alton J. Crews

Dec 10, 2012

Mr. Alton J. Crews, age 67, of Glen St. Mary, Fla. died Monday, Dec. 10, at his home after a long illness. He was born in Jacksonville, Fla. on March 19, 1945 and was a life long resident of Baker County. He was the son of the late Andrew Jackson Crews, Sr. and was preceeded in death by his brother,...

Gracie Lee Poitevint

Gracie Lee Poitevint

Dec 8, 2012

Mrs. Gracie Lee Poitevint, age 80, of Macclenny, Fla. died Saturday, Dec. 8, in the St. Vincents Medical Center, Jacksonville, Fla. following a brief illness. She was born in Bainbridge, Ga. and lived in Lake City, Macclenny, and Callahan, Fla. for most of her life. She was the daughter of the late Henry Outler and Ruby Corine Yown Poitevint. She...

Anne Theresa Chiafair

Anne Theresa Chiafair

Dec 4, 2012

Anne Tuozzo Chiafair 7/24/19 - 12/4/12 was married to Francis Joseph Chiafair July, 1941 until his death April 26, 1997. She was born in Brooklyn, N.Y. and lived most of her life in Garden City, N.Y. and wintered in Boynton Beach, Fl. She leaves behind three sons and their families, Dan Chiafair (Diane) Ft. White, FL and granddaughter Diana Roberts...

Prue Faulk Reeves

Prue Faulk Reeves

Dec 2, 2012

Mrs. Prue Faulk Reeves, age 84 of Wellborn, went to be with her Lord and Savior on Sunday, December 2, 2012 at the Lake City Medical Center following a long illness. She was born in Whiteville, NC to the late Carrie Victoria Faulk. Prue will be remembered by her family and many dear friends for her love of flowers and...

Margaret Lucille Oglesbee

Margaret Lucille Oglesbee

Nov 22, 2012

Mrs. Margaret Lucille Oglesbee, age 85, of Baldwin, Florida died Thursday Nov. 22, 2012 at her residence following an extended illness. She was born in Dallas, Georgia and lived in Vero Beach, Fla and Glenville, Ga. before moving to Baldwin, Fla two years ago. She was a retired dispatcher with a taxi cab company in Vero Beach, Fla. She was...

Alvin Edward Duren

Alvin Edward Duren

Nov 21, 2012

Mr. Alvin Edward Duren, age 82, of Orange Park, Fla. went to be with the Lord on Wednesday, November 21, 2012. Born in Okahumpka, Fla. he had resied in Orange Park for 51 years. He was the son of the late Willie W. and Olla Rebecca Duren. Alvin was a loving and devoted husband, father, grandfather, brother, and friend. He...

William Brady Brinkley

William Brady Brinkley

Nov 19, 2012

Mr. William Brady Brinkley, Sr., age 76, of Lake City, Fla. died Monday, Nov. 19, 2012 in the Haven Hospice Suwannee Valley Care Center, Lake City, Fla. He was born and resided in Lake City all of his life. He owned and operated Brinkley Electric Heating and Air, Lake City, Fla. for over thiry-five years until his retirement in 2009....

Minnie Lee Wallin

Minnie Lee Wallin

Nov 14, 2012

Mrs. Minnie Lee Wallin, age 66, of Lake City, Florida died Wednesday, Nov. 13, in the Shands at University of Florida Hospital, Gainesville, Fla. from injuries received in an automobile accident on Nov. 9th near Brooksville, Fla. She was born in Lake City and lived in Hollywood and Ft. Myers, Fla. before moving back to Lake City in 1993. She...

Willie Charles "Bunk" Jenkins

Willie Charles "Bunk" Jenkins

Nov 13, 2012

Mr. Willie Charles “Bunk” Jenkins, 90 of Lake City, went to be with the Lord on Tuesday, November 13, 2012 at the Haven Hospice Suwannee Valley Care Center. He was born in 1922 in Tampa, FL to the late William Wylie Jenkins and Jennie Mykell Jenkins, raised in Suwannee County and lived most of his life in Columbia County. Mr....

Rose Pate Thompson-Monte

Rose Pate Thompson-Monte

Nov 8, 2012

Mrs. Rose Pate Thompson-Monte, age 68, of Jacksonville, Fla. died Thursday, Nov. 8 in the St. Vincent's Medical Center South, Jacksonville, Fla. following an extended illness. She was born in Asheville, N.C. and had resided in Jacksonville, Fla. for the past 40 years. She was preceded in death by her parents, Jack and Cora Lee Pate Edwards Creason. She was...

Nathan L. Baker

Nathan L. Baker

Nov 5, 2012

Mr. Nathan L. Baker, age 80, of Glen St. Mary, Fla. died Monday, Nov. 5, in the St. Vincent's Medical Center, Jacksonville, Fla. following an extended illness. He was born in Chipley, Fla. and lived in Tampa and Baldwin, Fla. before moving to Glen St. Mary, Fla. in 1967. He was the son of the late George H. and Rosie...

Elizabeth Anne Combs

Elizabeth Anne Combs

Nov 2, 2012

Mrs. Elizabeth Anne Combs, age 66, of Macclenny, Florida dies Friday, Nov. 2, in the Baptist Medical Center, Jacksonville, Florida following a long illness. She was born in Jacksonville, Fla. and resided there until moving to Macclenny, Fla. fourteen years ago. She was the daughter of the late John Joseph and Jette H. Slone Beatty, Jr. She was preceeded in...

Louise "Weezey" Gainey

Louise "Weezey" Gainey

Nov 2, 2012

Mrs. Louise “Weezey” Gainey, 65, of Taylor, passed away on Friday, November 2, 2012 at her home. She was born in Lake City in 1947 to the late Eullie W. Richardson and Edith L. Taylor Richardson. Mrs. Gainey has been a lifelong resident of Baker County and retired in 2011 from the American Enterprise Bank in Macclenny. She was a...

Elizabeth Marlene Holmes

Elizabeth Marlene Holmes

Nov 1, 2012

Mrs. Elizabeth Marlene Holmes, 42 of Glen St. Mary, passed away on Thursday, November 1, 2012 at the North Florida Regional Medical Center in Gainesville. She was born in Jacksonville to the late Jack S. Hinson, Sr. and Madeline Virginia Croft Hinson and had lived all of her life in Baker County. Marlene was of the Baptist faith and loved...

Earl "Buck" North,

Earl "Buck" North,

Nov 1, 2012

Mr. Earl Julian “Buck” North, Sr., 86, of Lake City, passed away on Thursday, November 1, 2012 at the Veteran’s Affairs Medical Center in Gainesville. He was born in Columbia County, Florida as the only child to the late Sherrod Sheffield North and Elsie Ola Green North. Mr. North was a lifelong resident of Columbia County and a Captain for...

Harvey Dubose Devane

Harvey Dubose Devane

Oct 30, 2012

Mr. Harvey DuBose DeVane, Sr., 92, of Lake City, Fla., died Tuesday, Oct. 30, in the Haven Hospice Suwannee Valley Care Center, Lake City, Fla. following an extended illness. He was born in Jacksonville, Fla. and had resided in Lake City for over 85 years. He was co-owner of Eagle-DeVane Clothing Store for 42 years until his retirement in 1982....

M Arlene Watkins

M Arlene Watkins

Oct 28, 2012

Mrs. M. Arlene Watkins, 84, of Lake City, passed away on Sunday, October 28, 2012 at the Haven Hospice Suwannee Valley Care Center in Lake City. She was born in White Haven, PA in 1927 to the late Robert L. Yohey and Mildred Driggs Yohey. Arlene, as she was known by her family and friends, graduated from White Haven High...

Claire E Hitaffer

Claire E Hitaffer

Oct 18, 2012

Mrs. Claire E. Hitaffer, 80, of the Ellisville Community, passed away on Thursday, October 18, 2012. She was born in West Newberry, Mass. in 1931 to the late Joseph Marchand and Rita Marie Marceau Marchand. Mrs. Hitaffer had lived in Ellisville since 1981 having moved here from Miami. Her hobbies included gardening, doing crossword and jigsaw puzzles, crocheting and cooking....

Doris Eloise Yeoman

Doris Eloise Yeoman

Oct 17, 2012

Mrs. Doris Eloise Yeoman, 89, of Lake City, passed away on Wednesday, October 17, 2012 at the North Florida Regional Medical Center in Gainesville. She was born in Montgomery, Alabama to the late Ira D. Odom and Lula Beatrice Morrison Odom. She married James V. Yeoman in 1940 and he preceded her in death in 1987. Mrs. Yeoman attended Berea...

Rosemary Motherwell

Rosemary Motherwell

Oct 16, 2012

Mrs. Rosemary Motherwell, age 68, of Sanderson, Florida died Tuesday, Oct. 16, in the Acosta-Rau Center for Caring, Jacksonville, Fla. following an extended illness. She was a native of Memphis, Tennessee and had resided in Green Cove Springs, Fla. before moving to Sanderson, Fla. in 1994. She worked as a store manager for numerous McDonald's Restaurants until her retirement from...

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