Mr. Timoteo Alvarez Escobar, Jr. 79, passed away on Friday, December 1, 2023, at the Suwannee Valley Care Center (Haven Hospice) in Lake City following an extended illness. He is the son of the late Timoteo Raymond and Ernestine Alvarez Escobar. Tim had made Lake City his home for the past twenty years after moving here from Bristol, Tennessee he was of the Pentecostal faith and enjoyed fishing, preaching, and witnessing to others about Christ, spending time with his family, and telling stories to his grandchildren.

Tim is survived by his wife of sixty years Junita Escobar, Lake City, FL, four sons Timothy Raymond Escobar (Terry) Branford, FL; John Raymond Escobar (Rachael) Lake City, FL; David Raymond Escobar, Lake City, FL; and Ernest Alvarez Escobar, Lake City, FL. one daughter Marie Ann Escobar, Johnson City, TN; one brother Pete Escobar (Bonnie) Tampa, FL; eleven grandchildren and ten great-grandchildren and a host of nieces and nephews also survive.

A graveside service for Tim will be conducted on Tuesday, December 5, 2023, at 11:00 A.M. at Forest Lawn Memorial Gardens Cemetery in Lake City, FL. Interment will follow the graveside service at Forest Lawn Memorial Gardens Cemetery. Pallbearers will be Ernest Escobar, David Escobar, Ryan Escobar, and Andrew Escobar. Arrangements are under the direction and care of GATEWAY-FOREST LAWN FUNERAL HOME, 3596 S. US HWY 441, Lake City, FL, 32025, 386-752-1954. Please leave words of comfort for the family at www.gatewayforestlawn.com.