All Obituaries

Marjorie Means Brown, beloved mother, grandmother, great grandmother, friend and teacher, died peacefully at her home on July 17, 2019.  Marjorie was born in her family home in Mikesville, Florida, on August 14, 1918, daughter of Nina Green Means and David Asbury Means.  She was a graduate of Ft. White High School and the Florida State College for Women (now Florida State University), where she majored in Home Economics.  Upon returning to Lake City, she met her husband, Roy...

Timothy Robert Walker, 49, of Lake City, passed away Monday evening, July 15, 2019. He was born in Miami, Florida on November 9, 1969 to the late James Robert and Joann Grantham Edgerly. He has made Lake City his home for the past five years, moving here from the Miami/Central Florida area. He was currently employed by the University of Florida where he was a Computer Security Risk Analyst. Mr. Walker had his Master’s Degree and was nearly finished with his Ph.D. In his spare time, he...

Mr. Alan Richard English, 88, of Lake City, passed away on Sunday, July 14, 2019 at the North Florida Regional Medical Center after a sudden illness. He was born in Washington, D.C. on May 7, 1931. He was a Korean Conflict Air Force veteran, who after serving his four years, returned to the Miami, Florida area and lived there for over 45 years, before moving to Lake City over 20 years ago. He was an Aviation Engineer who worked for companies such as PanAm, DynAir and Kitty Hawk. In his spare...

Roy Drymon Markham, 89, passed away peacefully on July 16, 2019 at the Haven Suwannee Valley Hospice Care Center in Lake City, FL after an extended illness.  Roy was a native and lifelong Columbia Countian.  A descendant of Columbia county pioneers, he was born on June 1, 1930 at the home place on High Falls Road to Ralph Leighton and Myrtis Dortch Markham. Roy served as an Independent Duty Medic in the US Air Force, retiring after 20 years.  He then became a Registered Nurse...

Mr. L.C. “Bud” Norris, 89 of Lake City, passed away on Sunday, July 14, 2019 at the North Florida Regional Medical Center in Gainesville.  He was born in Lake City on September 14, 1929 to the late F.W. Norris and Lucretia Raulerson Norris.  Mr. Norris was a graduate of Columbia High School class of 1948.  He enlisted in the United States Navy and retired in 1968.  Following his service in the Navy he attended and graduated from Jones Business College in...

Gloria Fabian Molosso, 94, a longtime resident of Lake City passed away on Friday morning, July 5, 2019 at Plantation Oaks in High Springs. She is preceded in death by her loving husband of 67 years, Robert P. Molosso and her brother Ernest E. Hollingsworth, Jr. Gloria was born in Fort White to the late Ernest Enoch Hollingsworth and the late Aline Eadie Fabian. She was raised in Lake City by her mother, Aline and her step-father Benjamin Fabian.  She attended school and worked at the...

Mrs. Virginia Blanks Lee Merker, 75, of Lake City, passed away on Saturday, June 29, 2019 at the North Florida Regional Medical Center in Gainesville after a sudden illness. She was born in Homerville, Georgia on April 25, 1944 to the late Robert Ernest and Mary Easter Jordan Blanks. She has made Lake City her home most of her life and worked for the Southern Bell & Bell South Company as a Information Operator for over 30 years. She was a 1962 graduate of Columbia High School and in her...

Our precious mother, Molly Creecy Harriss, passed away June 22nd, 2019, at the age of 91. She was born in Gladewater, Texas on February 15th, 1928 to Edwin and Helen Barcus Creecy. As an only child, Molly lived a charmed life. When Molly was a teen, she played the piccolo in the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra and was also the Fort Worth Junior Tennis Champion. Molly moved to Georgia, Florida, Indiana, Virginia, and finally settled with her family back in Florida in Lake City in 1968. She...

Mr. Julian Stephen Collins, Jr., 55, of St. George Island, Florida, formerly of Fort White, passed away peacefully at his residence on Thursday morning, June 27, 2019 after a sudden illness. He was born in Lake City, Florida on December 13, 1963 to Julian Stephen Collins, Sr. and the late Lois Inez Waldron. He was an avid Florida Gator fan, was a fun loving guitarist who loved music. He also loved to be at the river cabin. He especially loved being around his grandchildren.   He is...

Emma Ruth Huddleston Bunn, age 85, passed away in Haven Hospice in Lake City, FL on June 26th, 2019.  She was born January 7th, 1934 in Gentry, TN to Beulah Mae and Harwood Huddleston.  Ruth worked for the FBI fingerprinting department in Washington, D.C. She met her husband, John Bunn II, in D.C. They were married for 66 years. Shortly after getting married, they moved to Illinois, Georgia, Virginia, Maryland, Tennessee and then to Lake City, FL in 1966. Ruth loved spending...