Obituary Listing

Sep 11, 2018

Wayne Thomas Dicks, 75, of Union County, passed away on Tuesday, September 11, 2018 at the North Florida Regional Hospital in Gainesville following a sudden illness. He was born in Columbia County to the late Park Trammell Dicks and Evelyn Moore Dicks.  Mr. Dicks was raised in Chiefland, Florida and was a graduate of the 1960 class of Chiefland...

Sep 10, 2018

Dr. Jose Joaquin Goyenechea ("Pepe," as he was affectionately called by friends) passed away peacefully surrounded by loving family on Monday, September 10, 2018. Born in Santiago, Cuba, on December 5, 1923, he and his family made Lake City their home in 1971 after fleeing the oppressive communist government of his native land in 1964. During his childhood he...

Sep 7, 2018

Maria K. Rogers, 85 of Lake City, passed away on Friday, September 7, 2018, at the Haven Suwannee Valley Hospice Care Center in Lake City.  She was born in Budapest, Hungary to the late Stvan and Maria Rauth Kornoth.  Mrs. Rogers was raised in Hungary during the German occupation of WWII and she spent 3 years in a German...

Sep 5, 2018

Albert Donald Shaw, 78 of Lake City, passed away on Wednesday, September 5, 2018 at the Malcolm Randall Veteran's Affairs Medical Center in Gainesville.  He was born in Cross City, Florida to the late Barney Shaw and Ethel Vivian Kelly Shaw.  Mr. Shaw was a lifelong resident of Lake City and a member of the First Advent Christian Church...

Sep 4, 2018

Mrs. Ruth Braun Atwood of Lake City, Florida passed away peacefully after a valiant fight, the morning of September 4, 2018, at the age of 88.  She was born on May 13, 1930 in Cincinnati, Ohio, and was the daughter of Maximillian and Martha Braun.  She spent the majority of her youth in upstate New York until moving to...

Sep 3, 2018

Sherrill Ellen Strawder  passed away on September 3, 2018 at the Haven Hospice Care Center after a courageous battle with renal cancer. She was born on September 18, 1942 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma to Kenneth Mark and Beverly Ann (Reynolds) Burton. She had an older brother named Kirby Daniel Burton and shared a close bond with her parents and...

Sep 3, 2018

Walter was born in Philadelphia, PA.  In 1964 his parents moved to Lake City, Florida and purchased the Flamingo Motel which became the Flamingo Apartments in 1980.  Walter graduated from Columbia High School in 1965.  In 1966 he was drafted into the US Army where he was an MP and mechanic and was stationed in Italy.  He served two...

Aug 31, 2018

Edna Mae Munro, 74 of Lake City, passed away on Friday, August 31, 2018 at her home. She was born in Miami, FL, the middle child of three to the late Delmar Earl Brinson and Betty Jane Marlow Brinson.  Mrs. Munro had made North Florida her home since 1975 having moved to the area from the LaBelle and Ft....

Aug 29, 2018

Eric Greenwald was born on March 28, 1962 in Nashville, TN.  On August 29, 2018, he suffered a motor vehicle accident, and after a life of struggles, surprises, twists, turns, triumphs and ultimate victory, he went to be with his Lord, savior and friend, Jesus.

Upon graduating Tullahoma High School in 1980, he answered a patriotic call,...

Aug 29, 2018

Retired Battalion Chief Johnny Givens of Lake City, formerly of Dothan, Alabama, passed away August 29, 2018. He was the son of the late Benjamin Huston Givens and Mitsuye Givens. He grandparents were the Rev. B.C. and Alcie Givens.

Johnny retired after 28 years of service with the Dothan Fire Department where he was part of the...

Aug 26, 2018

Keith Gonzalo Graham, 62 of Lake City, passed away unexpectedly on Sunday, August 26, 2018 at his home.  He was born and raised in the Jacksonville area and moved to Lake City in 2002.  Mr. Graham graduated from Orange Park High School class of 1975 and worked for many years with Jefferson Smurfit in Jacksonville.  He also worked with...

Aug 21, 2018

Burl Jenkins, 77, of Lake City, passed away on Tuesday morning, August 21, 2018 at the North Florida Regional Medical Center after an extended illness. He was born to the late Carlton Elias and Jane Langford Jenkins in White Springs on March 12, 1941. He grew up and attended school here in Lake City, before joining the Navy after...

Aug 15, 2018

Joyce Ann Bottcher Anderson, 70 of Lake City, passed away on Wednesday, August 15, 2018 at the Haven Suwannee Valley Hospice Care Center in Lake City.  She was born in Sedalia, Missouri and was a graduate of Smith Cotton High School class of 1965.  Ms Anderson was a longtime resident of Sedalia, Missouri and she also lived in Homestead,...

Aug 14, 2018

Carlos Armando Santos, 47, of Orlando, passed away on Tuesday, August 14, 2018. He was born in Corinto, El Salvador on March 25, 1971. He has lived in the Orlando area the last year, but spent most of his adult life in the Lake City area. His true passion in life was spending time in the garden growing beautiful...

Aug 14, 2018

Laurence Rossignol, passed away on Tuesday, August 15, 2018, at the Haven Suwannee Valley Hospice Care Center in Lake City.  He was born on December 8, 1940 to the late Louie and Velma Rossignol.  Mr. Rossignol served in the United States Marine Corp and retired from the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission.

Survivors include his wife,...

Aug 12, 2018

Faye Anderson Ambrosine, 89, of Lake City, passed away peacefully on Sunday morning, August 12, 2018 at the Haven Suwannee Valley Hospice Care Center after an extended illness. She was born in Ware, Massachusetts on August 15, 1928 to the late Oscar Adolf Anderson and Gladys Gibbins Anderson. She has made Lake City her home since 1993, moving here...

Aug 10, 2018

Carol Boland Parrott, 80 of Lake City, passed away on Friday, August 10, 2018, at the North Florida Regional Medical Center in Gainesville.  She was born in Pinehurst, Georgia to the late William Killian Boland and Mattie Lucille McCall Boland.  Mrs. Parrott had lived in Lake City for the past 48 years having moved here from Jacksonville.  She was...

Aug 7, 2018

Peter Leo Blanchard spent nearly 55 great years on Earth before God called on him to spend eternity in Heaven (after he caught his last Red Sox game, of course). Pete passed away as the winning home run left the stadium on Tuesday, August 7th, surrounded by his family and friends.

He took tremendous pride in being...

Aug 7, 2018

Arthur W. Lowes, Jr., 67 of Lake City, passed away on Tuesday, August 7, 2018, at the North Florida Regional Medical Center in Gainesville.  He was born in St. Louis, Missouri to the late Arthur W. Lowes, Sr. and Margaret Dalton Lowes.  Mr. Lowes served in the United States Navy for 24 years and retired as a Navy recruiter. ...

Aug 6, 2018

James Everett Bell, Jr., 76 of Lake City, passed away on Monday, August 6, 2018 at the Haven Suwannee Valley Hospice Care Center in Lake City.  He was born in Paducah, KY to the late James E. Bell, Sr. and Mary Campbell Bell.  Mr. Bell had lived in Lake City for the past 34 years having moved here from...