All Obituaries

Mr. John Paul Jones, III, 78, of Lake City, passed away Sunday evening, April 15, 2018 at his residence after an extended illness. He was born in Champaign-Urbana, Illinois on February 6, 1940 to the late John Paul Jones, Jr. and Marion Pecot Jones. He has made the Lake City area his home since 2003, moving here from Gainesville. He was a Christian. He graduated from Gainesville High School and the University of Florida with a Master degree in Education.  He was a Lieutenant with the...

Betty Louise Back, 74, of Lake City, passed away peacefully Tuesday morning, April 17, 2018 at the Haven Suwannee Valley Hospice Care Center in Lake City after an extended illness. She was born in Martinsburg, West Virginia on September 5, 1943 to the late Robert Foreman and Pauline Grogaard Foreman. She has made Lake City her home since 2006, moving here from Baltimore, Maryland. She was a homemaker all of her life; and in her spare time, enjoyed crocheting, cross stitching, being crafty...

Billy Ray Hooten, 79 of Lake City, passed away on Tuesday, April 10, 2018 at his home.  He was born in Columbia, South Carolina to the late Alton and Mildred Hooten, and was raised in Gainesville, Florida and attended Gainesville High School.  Mr. Hooten had made his home in Lake City since 1995 having moved here from Jacksonville.  He was preceded in death by his wife of 58 years, Robbie Jean “Bobbie Jean” Hooten, in January of 2018.  Also, preceding him...

Ralph J. Morton, 92, of Lake City, Fl., passed away peacefully on Sunday, April 15, 2018, following an extended illness. Born February 24, 1926 in Madison, NC, to the late Eulie E. Morton and Irma Ferguson. He was a U.S. Navy veteran during WWII stationed in Lake City, Fl..  He graduated from the first class of Lake City Forest Ranger School. Mr. Morton worked 25 years as Agency Management with Farm Bureau, and 10 years operating his own Cotton State Insurance Agency. He was...

Edward Taylor, 90 of Lake City, passed away on Thursday, April 12, 2018 at the Shands at Live Oak Medical Center in Live Oak.  He was born on April 5, 1928 to the late Clifton E. and Lessie Register Taylor, and was a lifelong resident of Lake City.  Mr. Taylor was a veteran of the United States Army serving during Korea and he retired from the Florida Department of Transportation in 1987 with 30 years of service.   He was preceded in death by five brothers; Carlton...

Beulah R. Wadford, 83 of Lake City, passed away on Thursday, April 12, 2018, at the Haven Suwannee Valley Hospice Care Center.  She was a lifelong resident of Lake City and a daughter to the late James Albert Rivers and Erma Josephine Roberts Rivers.  Ms. Wadford was a graduate of Columbia High School class of 1952.  She worked for many years as a switchboard operator with both, Southern Bell and Lake Shore Hospital.  Ms Wadford enjoyed cooking, growing flowers and...

Mr. William Norman Robbins, 78, of Fort White, passed away peacefully on Sunday morning, April 8, 2018 at the Suwannee Health and Rehab Center in Live Oak following an extended illness. He was born in Miami, FL on July 21, 1939 to the late George Benjamin Robbins and Merle Virginia Wilkes Robbins. He had made Fort White his home for the past twelve years having moved here from the Miami area. He was the Owner/Operator of W.N. Robbins Electric for over 35 years in Miami. Mr. Robbins was an...

Rachel Rhea Stone, 96 of Wellborn, passed away on Friday, March 30, 2018, at the Haven Suwannee Valley Hospice Care Center in Lake City.  She was born in Eldorado, Illinois to the late Steve E. Roberts and Cora L. Dorris Roberts.  Ms Stone first moved to Wellborn in 1988 from Jacksonville and had left Wellborn briefly for seven years having moved to Cairo, KY to assist with taking care of her mother.  She was a member of Wellborn United Methodist Church in Wellborn and...

  Mrs. Sharon D. Tuning, 74, of Lake City, passed away peacefully on Friday morning, April 6, 2018 at the Haven Suwannee Valley Hospice Care Center after an extended illness. She was born in Washington State on December 27, 1943 to Harold LaShure and Margaret LaShure. She has lived in the Lake City area since the summer of 1994, moving here from Philippi, West Virginia. She was a nursery worker for the Broaddus Hospital in Philippi, West Virginia for many years, where she...

Christopher Clarence Raymond, 85 of Lake City, passed away on Wednesday, April 4, 2018 at the Haven Suwannee Valley Hospice Care Center.  He was born in Madawaska, Maine to the late Henry and Regina Berward Raymond and was a veteran of the United States Army serving during the Korean War.  Mr. Raymond had lived in North Florida since 1973 having moved here from Wolcott, CT.  He, along with his late first wife Florence Ann Swarin Raymond, were house parents for the Florida...