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Charlton Leach Ivester

Charlton Leach Ivester

May 12, 2018

CMSGT Charlton L Ivester, USAF retired, 90, of Lake City, Fl., was called by the Big Chief in heaven on Saturday, May 12, 2018 at his residence surrounded by his family.

He was born December 8,1927 in Carrollton, Georgia to the late Joseph Lewis Ivester and Ora Lee Leach Ivester. He served in the United States Navy...

Craig Anthony Gunderson

Craig Anthony Gunderson

May 10, 2018

Craig Anthony Gunderson, 34 of Lake City, passed away on Thursday, May 10, 2018.  He was born in Houston, Texas to the late Darlene Johnson.  Craig was an avid Florida Gator fan and he enjoyed swimming, free diving, traveling abroad, golfing and fishing.  He was currently working at United States Cold Storage and had been for the past 5...

Stacie Drisko Nettles

Stacie Drisko Nettles

May 8, 2018

Stacie Drisko Nettles, 50, of Gainesville, passed away peacefully on Tuesday evening, May 8, 2018 at the Haven E.T. York Care Center in Gainesville after an extended illness.

Celebration of life services for Stacie will be conducted on Saturday, May 26, 2018 at 10:00 A.M. in the Gateway-Forest Lawn Memorial Chapel. In lieu of flowers, the family...

Denver Franklin Dicks

Denver Franklin Dicks

May 6, 2018

Denver F. Dicks, 91, died May 6, 2018 at his residence in Lake City, Florida. Denver was born on December 27th, 1926 in what was then Union County at a home always referred to as the" Dan Knight Place." He was the 6th child of Thomas and Georgia Johns Dicks. He was the last remaining grandchild of Joseph and...

Ricky Joe King

Ricky Joe King

May 4, 2018

Mr. Ricky Joe King, 64, of Lake City, passed away Friday, May 4, 2018 at the Shands University of Florida Hospital in Gainesville following an accident. He was born in Coleman, Alabama on April 25, 1954 to the late Edward Dewel King and Esther Fay Trussell King. He has lived in the Lake City area the last ten years,...

Marilee Myers

Marilee Myers

May 3, 2018

Mrs. Marilee Myers, 75, of Lake City, passed away early Thursday morning, May 3, 2018 at the Shands University of Florida Hospital in Gainesville after a extended illness. She was born in Sheridan, Wyoming on June 22, 1942 to the late Richard "Dick" Bentzen and Gail Bentzen. She has made Lake City her home since 1988, moving here from...

Kevin D Dunn

Kevin D Dunn

Apr 29, 2018

Kevin D. Dunn, age 59, a longtime resident of Madison and Lake City Florida died on Sunday, April 29, 2018, at the VA Medical Center in Lake City. Kevin was born in St. Charles, MO, on July 17, 1958, to the late Charles John & Margaret Irene (Burris) Dunn. Kevin moved in 1971 to Miramar, Florida. He attended St....

Kenneth Edward Witt

Kenneth Edward Witt

Apr 29, 2018

Kenneth Edward Witt, 84, of Lake City, passed away Sunday morning, April 29, 2018 at the Haven Suwannee Valley Hospice Care Center in Lake City after an extended illness. He was born in Columbia County on July 16, 1933 to the late Horace and Clarice Bailey Witt. He has been a life-long resident of Lake City, was a 1951...

William Edward "Skip" Mursell, Jr.

William Edward "Skip" Mursell, Jr.

Apr 25, 2018

William Edward "Skip" Mursell, Jr., 70, of Lake City, passed away Wednesday afternoon, April 25, 2018 at the North Florida Regional Medical Center in Gainesville after a sudden illness. He was born in East Orange, New Jersey on July 2, 1947 to the late William Edward Mursell, Sr. and Marjorie Cunningham Mursell. He has made Lake City his home...

Donald Timothy Tuell

Donald Timothy Tuell

Apr 23, 2018

Mr. Donald Timothy Tuell, 64, of Lake City, passed away Monday evening, April 23, 2018 at the Lake City Medical Center after a sudden illness. He was born in Washington County, Virginia on February 4, 1954 to the late Donald and Rose Pruitt Tuell. He has made Lake City his home since 1998, moving here from the MacClenny area....

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...

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