Benjamin Harrison Key
Jul 24, 2011
Benjamin Harrison Key, 69, a resident of Ft. White, Florida passed away July 24, 2011 at the North Florida Regional Hospital. Survivors include his wife, Marilyn J. Key, Ft. White, Fl., One daughter: Brenda (Mark) Kiefer, Meshoppen, PA one son: Bryan Key, St. Cloud, Fl. Four sisters: Juanita (Ted) Miller, Ft. White, Fl., Carol Bronson, St. Cloud, Fl., Teresa (Gregg)...
Wade Gerald George
Jul 20, 2011
Mr. Wade Gerald George, 91 of Lake City passed away on Wednesday, July 20, 2011 at the Haven Hospice Suwannee Valley Care Center in Lake City. He was a native of Leavittsburg, Ohio and a son to the late Lee Earl and Ella Mae Allen George. Mr. George had lived in Lake City for the past 26 years having moved...
H. Muriel Spiess
Jul 16, 2011
Mrs. H.Muriel Spiess, 90 of Lake City passed away on Saturday, July 16, 2011 at her daughters home in Live Oak. A native of Patterson, New Jersey, Mrs. Spiess had lived in Lake City since 1996 having moved here from Venice, Florida. She was a daughter to the late Arthur and Hazel Reader Cronk and was of the Presbyterian faith....
Thelma Williams Lowe
Jul 4, 2011
Mrs. Thelma Williams Lowe, 92 of Ft. White passed away on Monday, July 4, 2011 at the North Florida Regional Medical Center in Gainesville. Mrs. Lowe was a daughter to the late Ressie and Matilda Raulerson Williams and lifelong resident of Columbia County and Ft. White. She attended schools in Ft. White, was the owner and operator of Lowe’s Tubeland...
Juanita "Tiny" Brittain
Jul 2, 2011
Mrs. Juanita “Tiny” Brittain, wife of the late pastor, Carson Brittain, passed away on July 2, 2011, after a brief illness. Mrs. Brittain was born in Puncheon Camp, Tennessee, on September 9, 1916, and grew up in Knoxville. She met her future husband at Carson Newman College in Jefferson City, TN, and they were married on Thanksgiving Day of 1940....
Hughy Lee "H.L." Sistrunk
Jul 1, 2011
Mr. Hughy Lee “H.L.” Sistrunk, 79 of Lake City passed away on Friday, July 1, 2011 at the Lake City Medical Center in Lake City following a brief illness. Mr. Sistrunk was born in Live Oak, Florida and was raised in Lake City. He was a graduate of Columbia High School class of 1949, had served in the Florida National...
Jeffie Framces Sweat
Jun 27, 2011
Jeffie Frances Sweat, 82 a resident of Lake City, Florida passed away peacefully at her home June 27, 2011. Mrs. Sweat is preceded in death by her husband, Ellery Lee Sweat, daughter, Sharon Ann Zeman and son, Ellery (Terry) Lee Sweat, Jr. She is the daughter of the late Jeph and Willie Hill and was born in Lake City, Florida....
Lillie Edna Forsyth
Jun 26, 2011
Lillie Edna Forsyth, 73, a resident of Lake City, Florida passed away June 26, 2011 at the Suwannee Valley Care Center, Lake City, Florida. Mrs. Forsyth was a native of Lake City, Florida and the daughter of the late Millage Durrance and Edna Norris Durrance. She graduated from the Columbia High School class of 1956 and moved to Jacksonville where...
Oren Robert "Butch" Lewis,
Jun 14, 2011
Mr. Oren Robert "Butch" Lewis, Jr., age 64, of Lake City, Fla. died Tuesday, June 14, in the VA Medical Center, Gainesville, Fla. following an extended illness. He had resided in Lake City most of his life. He was the former owner of Oren Robert Lewis Heating and Air Conditioner and a Navy Veteran of the Vietnam War. He was...
Leona Thompson
Jun 13, 2011
Leona Keen Norris Thompson, 87, passed away peacefully on June 13, 2011, at Haven Hospice in Lake City, Florida. She was born on July 8, 1923, and was among eleven children born to the late James and Wealthy Ann Thomas Keen and was raised in the Deep Creek area of Columbia County. She was a member of Our Redeemer Lutheran...
Franklin Edward Clyatt,
Jun 7, 2011
Mr. Franklin Edward Clyatt, Sr., 83 of Lake City passed away on Tuesday, June 7, 2011 at the Lake Shore Hospital in Lake City. Mr. Clyatt was born in Providence, Florida to the late Brewster and Louise Fralick Clyatt and live all of his life in Lake City. He was a veteran of the United States Army Air Corp during...
Ruth Witt Larisey
Jun 3, 2011
Mrs. Ruth Witt Larisey, 89 of Lake City passed away on Friday, June 3, 2011 at the Avalon Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center in Lake City. A native of Columbia County, Florida, Mrs. Larisey was a daughter to the late John J. and Iva Criswell Witt. Mrs. Larisey was a graduate of Mason City High School and along with her husband,...
James Lafayette Maloy
May 25, 2011
Mr. James LaFayette “Red” Maloy, 77, died at his home in Macclenny, Fla., on May 25. He was born May 19, 1934 in Samson, Ala. James, affectionately known as “Pa” by the many children he helped raise, moved to Jacksonville, Fla. as a young boy with his family. After leaving Landon High School in the early 1950’s he began a...
Robert Rondal Barton
May 25, 2011
Mr. Robert Rondal Barton, age 62, of Macclenny, Fla. died Wednesday, May 25, in Lake City, Fla. following an extended illness. He was born and resided in Macclenny, Fla. all of his life. He was a former correctional officer with the Raiford State Prison until his retirement. He was preceded in death by his son, Robert R. Barton, Jr. and...
Frances Evangeline Crockett
May 24, 2011
Mrs. Frances Ware Crockett, age 81, of Macclenny, Fla. passed away May 24, 2011. She was born to the late Harry and Lottie Roberts Ware on May 7, 1930, and was preceded in death by her late step-father, Ray Phillips. Survivors include her husband, W.J. “Billy” Crockett, Sr. of 62 years: Children, daughter Veatrice “Vickie” Crockett: sons, W.J. Crockett, Jr....
James Langley Niblack,
May 18, 2011
Mr. James Langley Niblack, Jr., 73 a resident of Chambrell in Ocala, Florida passed away on Wednesday, May 18, 2011 at the Munroe Regional Medical Center in Ocala. He was born in Jacksonville, Florida to the late James Langley and Clarissa Godfrey Niblack. Mr. Niblack was a graduate of Columbia High School in Lake City, he attended the University of...
Hazel Harvey Taylor
May 18, 2011
Mrs. Hazel Harvey Taylor, 82 of Glen St. Mary passed away on Wednesday, May 18, 2011 at the St. Vincent’s Medical Center in Jacksonville. A native of Delray Beach, Florida, Mrs. Taylor resided in Baker County all of her life and was a daughter to the late Lloyd and Daisy Rhoden Harvey. She graduated from Sanderson High School class of...
Jack Glenn Rankin
May 17, 2011
Jack Rankin of Lake City, FL, died peacefully at Haven Hospice on May 17, 2011. He was born June 2, 1939, in McKeesport, PA, the son of Emerson (Red) and Helen K. Rankin. He moved to St. Petersburg, FL in 1956 and graduated from Northeast High School the following year. He graduated from the University of South Florida in the...
Betty Nell Thornton
May 9, 2011
Mrs. Betty Nell Thornton, age 63, of Jennings, Fla. died Monday, May 9, 2011 in the South Georgia Medical Center, Valdosta, GA following an extended illness. She was a native of Twin City, Georgia and had resided in Orlando, Fla. for over 30 years before moving to Jennings, Fla. in 2006. She worked as a cosmetologist for over 20 years...
Doyle Clark Leslie
May 9, 2011
Mr. Doyle Clark Leslie, 67 of Lake City passed away on Monday, May 9, 2011 at Shands at the University of Florida Hospital in Gainesville. He was a native and life long resident of Lake City and son to the late Lloyd Clark and Lola Witt Leslie. Mr. Leslie graduated from Columbia High School class of 1961, served for two...
