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Lake City and surrounding areas
Main Outlaw
Feb 21, 2012
Mr. Main Outlaw, age 88, of Macclenny, Fla. died Tuesday, Jan. 21, in the VA Medical Center, Lake City, Fla. following a long illness. He was a native of Moniac, Georgia and had resided in Macclenny, Fla. for the past 65 years. He worked as a truck driver for Southern Concrete Co. Jacksonville, Fla. for 28 years until his retirement...
Loice Alene Porter
Feb 15, 2012
Mrs. Loice Williams Porter, 96 of Fort White passed away early Wednesday morning, February 15, 2012 at her home. She was the oldest of nine children to the late Ressie and Matilda Raulerson Williams. Mrs. Porter was a lifelong resident of Fort White and Columbia County. She married Mr. Roy Porter on March 24, 1934 and together they made their...
Gamal Nasser Rukab
Feb 12, 2012
Gamal “Jimmy” Rukab, 50, died peacefully at home after an extended illness Sunday, February 12, 2012 in Lake City, Florida. He was born September 4, 1961 in Jacksonville, Fl. to the late Nasser Awad Rukab and Evelyn Shunnarah Rukab. He graduated from the Robert E. Lee High School Class of 1979, after school he worked in the management field. He...
Craig Nathan Lents
Feb 9, 2012
Mr. Craig Nathan Lents, 61 of Mayo passed away on Thursday, February 9, 2012 at his home. He was born in Lake City, Florida to the late Nathan Lents and Dolly Mae Fairley and was a longtime resident of Mayo. Mr. Lents was a twelve year veteran of the United States Army and had previously worked as an insurance adjuster...
Bonnie Lee Larisy
Feb 6, 2012
Bonnie Lee Larisy, 94, a resident of Lake Charles, LA died February 6, 2012 at the St. Patricks Hospital following an extended illness. Mr. Larisy was born in Camilla, Georgia to the late Marshall and Ada Larisy. After graduating from high school, he met his wife Ruth in Lake City, F., He worked with a water well company. In the...
James Henry Durden
Feb 5, 2012
Mr. James H. "Jim" Durden, beloved husband, father and head of the Durden family has passed away Feb. 5, 2012 terminating a long illness. A native of Florida, he was the son of Earl Columbus Durden and Varice Nipper and foster parents McHenry and Jessie Mae Brown. He was a Navy veteran of the Vietnam War and of the Baptist...
Robert Ellis Ridgeway
Feb 4, 2012
Robert Ellis Ridgeway, 73, a resident of Lake City, Florida passed away February 4, 2012 at the Baya Pointe Nursing and Rehab Center after a brief illness. Mr. Ridgeway was a lifelong resident of Columbia County, Florida and is the son of the late Esther Sheppard. He was a member of the Church of the Nazarene and was employed with...
Phillip Ressie Barton
Feb 4, 2012
Mr. Phillip Ressie Barton, 60 of Macclenny died Saturday, February 4, 2012 at the home of his son following an extended illness. He was a lifelong resident of Macclenny and worked as an insulator in the heating and air-conditioning construction industry for thirty-four years until his retirement in 2006. He was a member of the Asbestos Union Local #13 of...
Joan Pearl Smith
Feb 3, 2012
Mrs. Joan Pearl Smith, 56, of Macclenny, Florida died Friday, February 3, 2012 in the St. Vincents Medical Center, Jacksonville, Fl. following a brief illness. She had resided in Macclenny, Florida all of her life. She worked as a beautician for many years until ill health forced her retirement. She enjoyed crocheting and playing games on her computer. She was...
Robert Henry Humphries
Jan 30, 2012
Mr. Robert H. “Bob” Humphries, 78 of Lake City passed away on Monday, January 30, 2012 at the St. Vincent’s Medical Center in Jacksonville. He was a native of Duncan’s Creek, North Carolina and son to the late Summie and Carrie Gettys Humphries. Mr. Humphries was a retired United States Air Force Veteran with a career that spanned 20 years...
Ruby Wila Stormant
Jan 28, 2012
Mrs. Ruby Wila Stormant, age 81, of White Springs, Florida passed away on January 28, 2012 at her daughter’s home following an extended illness. She was born in Lake City, Fla., then moved to White Springs, Fla. and stayed until the death of her husband. She then moved in with her daughter, Katrina Hiers. She worked at the sewing factory...
William Singleton Young
Jan 26, 2012
Mr. William Singleton Young, age 84, of Macclenny, Florida died Thursday, Jan. 26, at his residence. He was a native of Baldwin, Florida and had resided in Portland, Oregon before moving to Macclenny, Fla. 30 years ago. He worked as a clerk with Seaboard-Coastline Railroad in Baldwin, Fla. and then retired with Burlington-Northern Railroad in Portland, Oregon. He was a...
Freddie Morris Reynolds,
Jan 22, 2012
Mr. Freddie Morris Reynolds, Sr., age 69 of Moniac, GA died Sunday, January 22 in the Shands Jacksonville Hospital, Jacksonville following and extednded illness. He was a lifelong resident of Moniac, Georgia and worked construction and remodeling homes, was a former chicken farmer and self employed truck driver. He was a member of the Moniac Baptist Church, loved fishing and...
John Malcolm Courson
Jan 20, 2012
John Malcolm Courson, 74, a resident of Lake City, Florida passed away January 20, 2012 at the Lake City Medical Center. Mr. Courson was born in Union County, Florida and is the son of the late James Lavern and Lula Dukes Courson. He has resided in Lake City for the past forty-seven years and prior to living in Lake City...
Stanley Edgar Steinhaus
Jan 19, 2012
Stanley Edgar Steinhaus, 92, a resident of Lake City, Florida passed away January 19, 2012 at the Lake City V. A. Medical Center. Mr. Steinhaus was born in Port Huron, Michigan and is the son of the late John and Pearl Steinhaus. He had resided in Lake City for the past ten years and prior to living in Lake City...
Eddie Berry Canady
Jan 18, 2012
Mr. Eddie B. "E.B." Canady, Jr., age 85, of Macclenny, Fla. died Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2012. He was a native of Jacksonville, Fla. and then retired to Macclenny, Fla. in 1997. He worked with the U.S. Post Office, served as a deputy sheriff under three different sheriff's of Duval county. He retired as a real estate investor and was owner...
Jessie Lee
Jan 18, 2012
Mrs. Jessie Mae Dortch Lee, age 85, of Jacksonville, Fla. died Wednesday, January 18, 2012 at Ed Fraser Memorial Hospital, Macclenny, Fla. She was born in Lake City, Fla. to the late John and Elsie Tyre Dortch. Mrs. Lee was preceded in death by her husband, Willard Lee, her parents, her brothers Leonard, Bill, Johnny, and Jerry Dortch, and her...
Margaret Doris Fraser
Jan 16, 2012
Mrs. Margaret Doris Fraser, age 88, of Macclenny, Fla. died Monday, Jan. 16, in the St. Vincents Medical center, Jacksonville, Fla. after a short illness. She was born in Jacksonville, Fla. and had resided in Macclenny, Fla. most of her life. She had worked at Northeast Florida State Hospital and later was employed as an x-ray technician with Ed Fraser...
Buford James Edwards
Jan 11, 2012
Mr. Buford James Edwards, 90 of Lake City passed away on Wednesday, January 11, 2012 at the Malcolm Randall VA Medical Center in Gainesville. He was a native of Crawford, Georgia and son to the late Ernest James and Clara Pope Edwards. Mr. Edwards was a veteran of the United States Army serving during World War II in the European...
Georgina Myers
Jan 9, 2012
Georgina Myers, 71, passed away in St. Petersburg, Fl. on January 9, 2012 after a long illness. Georgina was born in Portugal, but spent most of her life in Lake City, Florida where she was known for her kind spirit and love for others. Georgina loved to garden and was once awarded the Lake City Garden Clubs "Lawn of the...
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