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Joseph Smith Ambros

Joseph Smith Ambros

Apr 23, 2018

Joseph Smith Ambros, 83 of Lake City, passed away on Monday, April 23, 2018, at the Veteran's Affairs Medical Center in Lake City.  He was born in Hamilton, Scotland the youngest of 9 children to the late John and Marijona Smith.  Mr. Ambros left his home in Hamilton, Scotland at the age of 17 and came to the United...

Emma Phyllis Duke

Emma Phyllis Duke

Apr 23, 2018

Emma Phyllis Hill Duke, 86, of Lake City, passed away on Monday, April 23, 2018, at Still Waters West in Lake City.  She was born on November 17, 1931 in Smithville, Mississippi to the late Allan and Agnes Hudnell Hill.  Mrs. Duke was a graduate of the University of Alabama with a Bachelor Degree in Vocational Home Making, Social...

Betty Louise Back

Betty Louise Back

Apr 17, 2018

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,...

John Paul Jones, Iii

John Paul Jones, Iii

Apr 15, 2018

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....

Ralph J Morton

Ralph J Morton

Apr 15, 2018

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...

Edward Taylor

Edward Taylor

Apr 12, 2018

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...

Beulah R. Wadford

Beulah R. Wadford

Apr 12, 2018

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...

Billy Ray Hooten

Billy Ray Hooten

Apr 10, 2018

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...

William Norman Robbins

William Norman Robbins

Apr 8, 2018

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...

Sharon D. Tuning

Sharon D. Tuning

Apr 6, 2018

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...

Christopher Clarence Raymond

Christopher Clarence Raymond

Apr 4, 2018

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...

Tommy Baisden

Tommy Baisden

Mar 31, 2018

Tommy Baisden, 59 of Lake City, passed away on Saturday, March 31, 2018, at Shands at the University of Florida Hospital in Gainesville with his family at his side.  He was born in Logan, West Virginia to the late Jack and Renee Entringer Baisden.  Mr. Baisden was a lifelong resident of Lake City and a member of the 1976...

Rachel Rhea Stone

Rachel Rhea Stone

Mar 30, 2018

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...

Tammy Kay Hicks

Tammy Kay Hicks

Mar 28, 2018

Tammy Kay Hicks, 57 of Lake City, passed away on Sunday, March 25, 2018, at the Lake Shore Hospital in Lake City.  She was born in Dayton, Ohio to the late Victor Keith Hicks, Sr. and Marilyn Marie Rohrer Hicks.  Tammy was a graduate of Lebanon High School class of 1979 and she attended the Lake City Community College...

Wesley Roland Bales

Wesley Roland Bales

Mar 24, 2018

Wesley Roland Bales, 62 of Lake City, passed away on Saturday, March 24, 2018 at the Haven Suwannee Valley Hospice Care Center in Lake City.  He was born in Live Oak, Florida and was a lifelong resident of Lake City and the North Florida area.  Mr. Bales graduated from Columbia High School class of 1973 and then earned his...

Kenneth Scott Macleod

Kenneth Scott Macleod

Mar 23, 2018

Mr. Kenneth Scott MacLeod, 58, of Lake City, passed away Friday evening, March 23, 2018 at his residence. He was born in Detroit, Michigan on October 18, 1959 to the later Kenneth Norman MacLeod and Beverly Oslund MacLeod. He has made Lake City his home since 1999, and was self-employed in the web developing industry. He attended Hopeful Baptist...

Antonia Rodriguez Trinidad

Antonia Rodriguez Trinidad

Mar 23, 2018

Antonia Rodriguez Trinidad, 85, of Lake City, passed away on Friday, March 23, 2018 at the North Florida Regional Medical Center after an extended illness. She was born in Caguas, Puerto Rico on January 20, 1933 to the late Francisco Rodriguez Pérez and Nicolasa Trinidad Moyet. She was a lifelong devout Catholic Church member. She was also involved with...

George Eldred Anderson

George Eldred Anderson

Mar 20, 2018

George Eldred Anderson, 76 of Lake City, passed away on Tuesday, March 20, 2018, at his home surrounded by family.  Mr. Anderson was born in Washington, North Carolina and was raised in Amelia Court House, Virginia.  He has made his home in Lake City since 1971 having moved here from Jacksonville.  He was a veteran of the United States...

Ella Mae Blanton

Ella Mae Blanton

Mar 20, 2018

Mrs. Ella Mae Blanton, 91, of Lake City, passed away peacefully early Tuesday morning, March 20, 2018, at the Solaris HealthCare in Lake City after an extended illness. She was born in Wellborn, FL, on May 13, 1926 to the late Perry Smith and Nannie Harper Smith. She has lived in the Lake City area all of her life...

Hugh Franklin Chasteen, Jr.

Hugh Franklin Chasteen, Jr.

Mar 18, 2018

Hugh Franklin Chasteen, Jr., 94 of Lake City, passed away on Sunday, March 18, 2018 at the Solaris HealthCare of Lake City.  He was born in Waycross, Georgia on November 8, 1923 to the late Hugh Franklin Chasteen, Sr. and Gail Sealy Crandall Chasteen.  Mr. Chasteen moved to Lake City at an early age and graduated from Columbia High...

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