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Lake City and surrounding areas

Frances Voncile Davis
Apr 5, 2011
Frances “Granny” Davis, 79, a resident of Lake City, Florida died April 5, 2011 at the Shands of Jacksonville Medical Center. Mrs. Davis was a lifelong resident of Lake City, Florida and is the daughter of the late Clyde and Annie Lee McGee Evans. She is preceded in death by her husband of forty-nine years, Ben T. Davis, Jr. and...

Thomas Eugene Bludsworth
Apr 5, 2011
Thomas Eugene Bludsworth, 88, a resident of Lake City, Florida passed away April 5, 2011 at the Avalon Nursing Home Lake City, Florida. Mr. Bludsworth was a native of Whigham, Georgia and is the son of the late William David and Sarah Ethel Brock Bludsworth. Mr. Bludsworth has resided in Lake City for the past six years and prior to...

Gordon Eugene "Gene" Pettyjohn
Mar 25, 2011
Mr. Gordon Eugene “Gene” Pettyjohn, age 73, of Lake City, Fla., died Friday, March 25, in the Shands Jacksonville Hospital, Jacksonville, Fla., following a brief illness. He was a native of Summerville, Georgia and had resided in Lake City, Fla., since 1951. He worked for the Department of Transportation of Florida for 47 years and retired as an asphalt engineer...

Dorothy Jean Douglas
Mar 19, 2011
Dorothy Jean Douglas, 80, a resident of O’Brien, Florida passed away March 19, 2011 at the Lake City Medical Center following an extended illness. Mrs. Douglas was a lifelong resident of Columbia County and is the daughter of the late Thomas Jefferson and Bertha Mae Grimes. She was of the Baptist faith and a homemaker. Survivors include Three Sons: Robert...

Oedis Walter Blanks
Mar 18, 2011
Mr. Oedis Walter Blanks, age 69, of Lake City, Florida died Friday, March 18, from injuries received in an automobile accident north of Live Oak, Fla. He was a native of Homerville, GA and had resided in Lake City since 1958. He was the son of the late Robert Earnest Blanks and Mary Jordan Blanks, was preceded in death by...

Mary Alice Kirby
Mar 15, 2011
Mrs. Mary A. Kirby, 94 of Lake City passed away on Tuesday, March 15, 2001 at The Health Center of Lake City. Mrs. Kirby was born in Suwannee County and had lived in Lake City since early childhood. She was the first of nine children to the late Joseph Allen and Geania Boswell Porter. Mrs. Kirby attended the Welcome Congregational...

Elise Rossee
Mar 13, 2011
Mrs. Elise Duncan Rose of Lake City, Fla. Went to be with her Lord on Sunday, March 13, in the Suwannee Valley Care Center, Lake City, Fla. Following an extended illness. Mrs. Duncan was born in Reidsville, Ga. And lived in Lake City for the past 75 years. She was a member of the Duncan family of Columbia County, a...

Doris Juanita Kerce
Mar 13, 2011
Mrs. Doris Juanita Kerce, 76 of Lake City passed away on Sunday, March 13, 2011. A native of Live Oak, Florida, Mrs. Kerce was a daughter to the late Josh Casteen and Louise Clayton Casteen Weeks. Mrs. Kerce moved to Lake City in 2008 from Lake Alfred, Florida where she had lived for forty years. When able she enjoyed dancing,...

Kenneth Otto Dicks,
Mar 10, 2011
Kenneth O. “Kenny” Dicks, Jr., 55, a resident of Lake City, Florida passed away Thursday March 10, 2011 at the Lake City Medical Center. Mr. Dicks was a lifelong resident of Lake City. He was a fourth generation farmer and was proud of the family farm sacrificing so that the farm would stay intact for future generations and passed his...

Doyle Cecil Cason
Mar 7, 2011
Mr. Doyle Cecil Caso , age 76, of Lake City, Fla. died Monday, Mar. 7, in the Suwannee Valley Care Center, Lake City, Fla. following an extended illness. He was born in Union County near the community of Lulu, Fla. and had resided in Lake City since 1972. He was the son of the late Cecil Dicks Cason and Gladys...

Wynelle Meeks Hewett
Mar 5, 2011
Wynelle Meeks Hewett, 82, a resident of Lake City, Florida passed away March 5, 2011 at the Lake City Medical Center following a lengthy illness. Mrs. Hewett was a lifelong resident of Lake City, Florida and is the daughter of the late James Napoleon and Lois Smith Fraser Meeks. She is preceded in death by her husband of fifty-four years...

Lucille Claude Bishop
Feb 16, 2011
Mrs. Lucille Claude Bishop, 89 of Lake City passed away on Wednesday, February 16, 2011. A native of Albert Lea, Minnesota, Mrs. Bishop moved to Lake City during World War II while she was in the Navy and stationed at the Lake City Naval Air Station. She worked for Rountree-Moore Ford as the office manager and retired with over 30...

Carolyn Witt Mann
Feb 13, 2011
Mrs. Carolyn Witt Mann, 74, of Lake City, Fla. following a long illness. She had resided in the Ellisville community of Columbia County all of her life and was the daughter of the late Norman Monroe Witt and Lelia Corine Cox Witt. She and her late husband, Marion H. Mann, owned and operated Mann Farms in the Ellisville community for...

Colt Lee Holland
Feb 2, 2011
Colt Lee Holland, 3 months, passed away on Monday, February 7, 2011 at the Shands at Lake Shore Hospital. Master Holland was born in Gainesville, Florida and attended the Vineyard Church of Lake City, Florida. He is preceded in death by Maternal Great Grandfather, Howard H. Fraser and Leon K. Mason and Paternal Great Grandfather, William Clarence Walkup. Survivors include...

Donald William Bryne
Jan 23, 2011
Donald William Bryne was born September 17, 1935 and passed away at The Suwannee Valley Care Center, Sunday, January 23, 2011. Don was recognized worldwide in the aquatic plant field. He was founding member in the First Aquatic plant growers association of Florida. He started Suwannee Labs, Inc. 45 years ago, which is an aquatic plant business. They ship aquatic...

Gloria Jean Stormant
Jan 22, 2011
Miss Gloria Jean Stormant, age 51, of Lake City, Fla. died Saturday, Jan. 22, in the Shands st the University of Florida, Gainesville, Fla. following an extended illness. She was born in Lake City and lived in White Springs, Fla. before moving to Lake City 30 years ago. She worked as a cashier with S&S Food Stores and B&B Food...

Martha Nix Duval
Jan 20, 2011
Mrs. Martha Nix Duval, age 64, of Glen St. Mary, Fla. died Thursday, Jan. 20, at her residence. She was a long time resident of Baker County and sucessful owner of Martha's Styles & Cuts for Guys & Gals in Macclenny, Fla. She was a loving and devoted wife, mother and Mema. Martha always put the needs of others before...

Charles Oran Yost
Jan 17, 2011
Mr. Charles Oran Yost, age 81, of Jacksonville died Monday, January 17 in the St. Vincents Medical Center in Jacksonville following a brief illness. He was a native of Fallsmills, Virginia and had resided in Jacksonville for 57 years. He owned and operated Yost Welding and Maintenence Service for many years and was named in 1974 the Southeastern U.S. Engineer...

Lottie Bell Wilkinson
Jan 17, 2011
Mrs. Lottie Bell Wilkinson, age 81 of Taylor, Florida died Monday, January 17 in the Macclenny Nursing and Rehab Center in Macclenny following a long illness. She was a native of Homerville, Georgia and had resided in Taylor, Florida most of her life. She was a homemaker and enjoyed making clothes and doing seamtress work, fishing and cooking meals for...

Ella Mae Ruis
Jan 16, 2011
Mrs. Ella Mae Ruis, age 76, of Lake City, Fl. died Sunday, January 16, 2011 in the North Florida Regional Medical Center, Gainesville, FL. following an extended illness. She was a native of Winnabo, North Carolina and had resided in Fort White and High Springs, Fl. before moving to Lake City in 1974. She was the daughter of the late...
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