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Recent Obituaries
Lake City and surrounding areas

Leonard Dewey Wilkinson
Oct 16, 2012
Mr. Leonard Dewey "L.D." Wilkinson, Sr., age 76, of Macclenny Fla. died Tuesday, Oct. 16, in the Acosta-Rau Center for Caring, Jacksonville, Fla. following an extended illness. He had been a resident of Macclenny, Fla. most of his life and resided near the Maxville community. He worked as a correctional officer for over 25 years and retired from the Lawtey...

Pamela Kathleen Pelt
Oct 16, 2012
Lake City Reporter Obituary Notice Ms Pamela Kathleen Pelt, 42 of Lake City passed away on Tuesday, October 16, 2012. Pam was born on Christmas Day in 1969 to Robert W. Pelt and Shirley Ann Blanton Pelt. She was raised in Macclenny and was a graduate of Baker County High School class of 1990. She was a member of Eastside...

David Ray Espenship
Oct 8, 2012
Mr. David Ray Espenship, age 58, of Lake City, Fla. died Monday, Oct. 8, at his residence. He was a life long resident of Lake City and worked as a construction superintendent with Bud Espenship Construction Company and Gator utilities of Lake City, Fla. for over 40 years. He enjoyed hunting and salt water fishing at Horseshoe Beach and Suwannee,...

Wayne William Kuelbs
Oct 7, 2012
Mr. Wayne William Kuelbs, age 70, passed away on Sunday, October 7, 2012 at the Lake City Medical Center. He was a son to the late Fritz and Lillian Burr Kuelbs and had lived in Lake City for the past 30 years. Mr. Kuelbs retired from Florida Power and Light with 27 years of employment and he was a member...

Anne Marie Oriole
Oct 6, 2012
Mrs. Anne Marie Oriole, 99, of Lake City passed away on Saturday, October 6, 2012 at the Health Center of Lake City. She was born in 1913 to the late Joseph and Josephine Arcara. Mrs. Oriole had lived in Lake City for the past five years having moved here from Boynton Beach, Florida, where she had lived for the previous...

Lavon Mikell Wilkerson
Oct 4, 2012
Mrs. Lavon Mikell Wilkerson, 80, of Macclenny, passed away on Thursday, October 4, 2012 at the Macclenny Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. She was born on May 21, 1932 in Baker County, Florida to the late Solomon Mikell and Evelyn Pierce Mikell. Mrs. Wilkerson worked as a school bus driver in Baker County for 19 years and loved to tell stories...

Debra Kay Gainey
Oct 4, 2012
Baker County Press Obituary Notice Ms Debra Kay Gainey, 50, of Macclenny, passed away on Thursday, October 4, 2012 at home surrounded by her family. She was born and raised in Baker County and was a graduate of Baker County High School class of 1980. Ms Gainey was a daughter to the late J.D. Gatlin and Frances Wilkerson Gatlin Crews....

Clinton Westberry
Sep 28, 2012
Mr. Clinton Westberry, age 84, of Glen St. Mary, Fla. died Friday, Sept. 28, at his residence following a long illness. He was born in Statenville, Ga. and had resided in Jacksonville, Fla. before moving to Glen St. Mary, Fla. forty years ago. He worked as a conductor with CSX and Atlantic Coastline Railroad, Jacksonville, Fla. for 38 years. He...

Phillip William Bosland
Sep 25, 2012
Mr. Phillip William Bosland, 67, of Lake City, passed away on Tuesday, September 25, 2012. He was a native of North Kingsville, Ohio and had resided in Albuquerque, New Mexico before moving to Lake City in 2008. He retired with the rank of First Sgt. from the United States Army after 20 years of service. During his service in the...

Beverly Gertrude Echevarria
Sep 22, 2012
Mrs. Beverly G. Echevarria, 72, of Baldwin, passed away on Saturday, September 22, 2012 at her home. She was born in Jacksonville to the late Lacy Anderson and Gertrude Johnson Anderson and had lived in Baldwin since 1975 having moved from Jacksonville. Mrs. Echevarria was generous thru the years with donations to help children in other countries with Bibles and...

Pearl Elizabeth Stamper
Sep 21, 2012
Mrs. Pearl Elizabeth Stamper, age 93, of Lake City, Florida died Friday, Sept. 21, in the Suwannee Valley Care Center, Lake City, Fla. following an extended illness. She was a native of Obrien, Fla. and had lived in Lake City since 1936. She worked as a cook with the V.A. Medical Center and as a seamstress until her retirement. She...

Kathleen Lois Waldron
Sep 19, 2012
Mrs. Kathleen Lois Waldron, age 82, of Macclenny, Florida died Wednesday, Sept. 19, in the St. Vincent’s Medical Center, Jacksonville, Fla. Following a long illness. She was a native of Wellborn, Florida and had resided in Jacksonville, Fla. Before moving to Macclenny, Fla. In 1974. She was a homemaker and was preceded in death by her parents Thomas John Bailey...

Diana I Mate
Sep 17, 2012
Mrs. Diana Irene Mate, 43, of Lake City, went to be with her Lord on Monday, September 17, 2012 at the Veteran’s Affairs Medical Center in Lake City. She was born in Lamar, Colorodo in 1969 and had lived in Lake City for the past six years having moved here from Fairview Heights, Illinois. She proudly served her country in...

Betty Kinney Sidbeck
Sep 16, 2012
Ms Betty Kinney Sidbeck, 85 of Lake City passed away on Sunday, September 16, 2012 at the Country Side Manor Assisted Living Facility in Lake City. She was born in Lime Ridge, Wisconsin in 1927 to the late Rudy Kinney and Hazel Jackson Kinney. Ms Sidbeck had lived in Lake City since 1989 having moved here from Phoenix, Arizona having...

Bessie Louise Crump
Sep 15, 2012
Mrs. Bessie Louise Crump, age 94, 0f Sanderson, Fla. died Saturday, Sept. 15, in the Macclenny Nursing & Rehab Center, Macclenny, Fla. following a long illness. She was a native of St. Louis, Mo. and had resided in Sanderson, Fla. for the past 35 years. She worked as a proof operator with the Wellston Bank of Wellston, Mo. for over...

Tabitha Frances Guyton-Antico
Sep 5, 2012
Ms Tabitha Frances Guyton-Antico, 18, of Lake City passed away on Wednesday, September 5, 2012 from injuries sustained in an automobile accident. Tabitha was known by her family and friends as “Taba” and “Bob” by her special friends that she cared so much for. Tabitha was born in Cartersville, Georgia and lived most of her life in Lake City. Tabitha’s...

Billy Charles Folsom,
Sep 2, 2012
Mr. Billy Charles Folsom, Sr., of Sanderson, Fla. died Sunday, Sept. 2, at his residence following a long illness. He was a native of Austell, Georgia and lived in Heflin, Alabama before moving to Sanderson, Fla. six years age. He was employed as a truck driver for many years. He was of the Baptist faith and was a professional Santa...

Nedra Darlene Miller
Sep 1, 2012
Mrs. Nedra Darlene Miller, 70, of Lake City, passed away on Saturday, September 1, 2012 at the North Florida Regional Medical Center in Gainesville. She was born in Munday, West Virginia to the late George Maze and Ina Ellodene Mills Maze. She is survived by two sons, Ernest Jenkins of Madison and Dar Reynolds of Lake City; one daughter, Darlene...

Harriett Hicks
Aug 31, 2012
Mrs. Harriett Hicks, age 91, of Macclenny, Fla. died Friday, Aug 31, in the Ed Fraser Memorial Hospital following an extended illness. She was a native of Nashville, Tennessee and had resided in Port St. Lucie and Jacksonville, Fla. before moving to Macclenny, Fla. in 2009. She was a homemaker and a member of the United Methodist Church. She enjoyed...

Adhemar Francois Pourbaix
Aug 29, 2012
Mr. Adhemar Francois "Add" Pourbaix, age 71, of Lake City, Florida died Wednesday, Aug. 29, in the Suwannee Valley Care Center, Lake City, Fla. following a long illness. He was born in Miami, Florida and had resided in Lake City for the past 10 years. He owned a paint and body shop in Miami, Fla. for many years and was...
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