All Obituaries

Jean Rapp McCaleb, 97, passed away on Friday morning, May 20, 2022 at the Haven Hospice of Orange Park in Orange Park, Florida. She was born on April 26, 1925, in Washington Court House, Ohio, to Peter and Edna Rapp. She grew up in Beaver, Ohio, and moved to Columbus after graduation to work for an insurance company. After the war in 1946, she married her lifelong sweetheart, Rasselle Lee McCaleb. She owned and operated a beauty parlor in Columbus while her husband attended Ohio State...

Franklin Delano (Del) Cason, 88, of Lake City, passed away at Haven Hospice on April 20, 2022, after a lengthy illness. He was born in Lulu, Florida on November 29, 1933 to the late Talmadge Dewitt Cason and Jimmie Lois Anderson Cason. Del was a member of the Columbia High School Class of 1952 and he served in the U.S. Navy in 1956. He retired from the Florida Department of Revenue in March of 1993. He loved his life on the farm in south Columbia County with his wife of 66 years, Lillian...

Vivian Elaine Thurman Brown Williams, 49 of White Springs, passed away on Tuesday, May 17, 2022 at the Lake City Medical Center in Lake City.  She was born and raised in Dayton, Tennessee and had made White Springs her home for the past 30 years.  She was a member of the White Springs Congregational Holiness Church in White Springs for 22 years.  She loved boating on the river, fishing, attending and helping with her church family and spending time with her family, especially...

James R. Cason, 82 of Lake City, passed away on Saturday, April 16, 2022 at his home in Lake City.  He was born in Genoa, Florida to the late George Riley Cason and Nellie Hillhouse Cason.  Mr. Cason had lived in Lake City for the past 60 plus years having moved here from Hamilton County, Florida.  He worked for 39 years at Aero, now Timco, and retired in 2002.  He was of the Pentecostal faith and enjoyed fishing, riding in the woods looking for dear and working on cars...

Travis Lavon “Buddy” Lee, 83, of Lake City, passed away on Sunday evening, May 15, 2022 after a sudden illness. He was born in White Springs, Florida on December 13, 1938 to the late Labron and Mimmie Harris Lee. He has made Lake City his home most of his life and was a member of the Mt. Carmel Baptist Church. He retired from the Army National Guard after 30 plus years of service and also retired from the Occidental Corporation after 30 years of service. Prior to working with...

Peggy Wise Sanders passed away peacefully at Haven Hospice on May 14, 2022 after a long illness with Toxic Exposure Dementia. She was born in Lake City, Florida on March 20, 1934 to Robert Alfred Wise and Wilma Marie Wise (nee Moore).  She attended Columbia High School and later Lake City Community College.    Peggy was widowed at a young age when her husband, Robert “Bo” Sanders, passed away in 1969.  She went back to school after his passing to become a...

Danny Wayne Young, Sr., 62, of Largo, passed away on Sunday, May 8, 2022 at the Morton Plant Hospital in Clearwater, FL. He was born in Live Oak on March 14, 1960 to Margie Cannon Young and the late James Owen Young. He has made the Pinellas/Hillsborough County area his home for over the last 20 years, moving there from the Suwannee County area. He was self-employed in the sales industry for over 35 years and was currently contracted with the Fraternal Order of Police, helping them with...

Debra Louise Peek, 67 of Lake City, passed away on Sunday, May 8, 2022 at the North Florida Regional Medical Center in Gainesville.  She was born in Riverside, New Jersey and had made Lake City her home since 1993 having moved here from Jacksonville where she was raised.  Mrs. Peek worked for Eckerd Drug Stores and then continued with CVS in Lake City with over 25 years of employment with both.  She was a member of and made her church home at Christ Central Ministries in Lake...

Ralph Johnnie Douglas better known as “RJ” was born in Bell, Florida to the late William Isaac Douglas and Annie Conner Douglas on October 17, 1935. He gave his life to the Lord at a young age and was an active member of the Ft White Church of God since 1981. He married the love of his life, Nina Ann Ayers on February 27, 1960. The couple spent sixty wonderful years together before the Lord called her home on July 22, 2020. During their marriage, they adopted two beautiful...

Col. William Finley “Bill” Brown, US Army Ret., 78 of Lake City, passed away early Saturday morning, May 7, 2022, at his home with his family by his side.  He was born in Lake City the youngest of 8 children to the late Frank Herod Brown, Sr. and Iva Louise Brinson Brown.  Mr. Brown was raised in the Providence Community of Union County and was a graduate of Union County High School class of 1962.  He continued his education and earned his associate degree at the...