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Kent Lee Freed

Kent Lee Freed

Jun 10, 2016

Kent Lee Freed, 62, of Ft. White, Fl., passed away on Friday, June 10, 2016 at North Florida Regional in Gainesville, Fl.

Born October 13, 1953 in Elkhart, IN to the Late Riley Bill Freed and Mary Ann Kirby Freed. Mr. Freed was employed with the Gainesville Police Department from 3/16/81 - 7/31/01.  After retirement he worked...

Ora Lee (Harrell)  Witt

Ora Lee (Harrell) Witt

Jun 7, 2016

Mrs. Ora Lee Witt, 90, passed away on Tuesday, June 7, 2016, at Solaris Health Care of Lake City. Ora was born in Hamilton County, the daughter of the late Lorin and Sadie [Sistrunk] Harrell. She was a loving mother, grandmother, great grandmother, and friend who enjoyed fishing, sewing, doing needlework and crocheting. She retired in 1979 from Western...

Pamela O Knighton

Pamela O Knighton

Jun 1, 2016

Pamela O. Knighton, 73 of Lake City, passed away on Wednesday, June 1, 2016 at the Haven Hospice Suwannee Valley Care Center in Lake City.  She was born in Portland, Maine to the late Gerald and Annette Chasse Kelso.  Mrs. Knighton had made her home in Lake City since 1976 having moved here from Miami, FL.  She was a...

Raymond Theodore Lafaso

Raymond Theodore Lafaso

May 31, 2016

Mr. Raymond T. LaFaso passed away suddenly on Tuesday, May 31, 2016 at a relatives home in Deland, FL at the age of 79.  Born in Hackensack, New Jersey, Mr. LaFaso served in the Air Force for 8 years.  Mr. LaFaso made his home in Lake City for the past 14 years having previously lived in Hendersonville, NC and...

Julius Long, Jr.

Julius Long, Jr.

May 25, 2016

Mr. Julius Long, Jr., 75 of Lake City, passed away on Wednesday, May 25, 2016 at the hospital unexpectedly. He was born on October 15, 1940 in Jacksonville, Florida to  Madelyne Murray Long and the late Julius Long, Sr. Mr. Long had made his home in Lake City since 1995 having moved here from Jacksonville, Florida. He served in...

George Evan Perry

George Evan Perry

May 25, 2016

Mr. George Evan Perry, 71 of Lake City, passed away on Wednesday, May 25, 2016 at his home following a brief illness.  He was born in Miami, Florida to the late George Alvin and Hazel LaVerne Hill Perry.  Mr. Perry had made his home in Lake City since 1971 having moved here from Miami.  He was a graduate of...

Johnny Thomas Waldron

Johnny Thomas Waldron

May 24, 2016

Johnny Thomas Waldron, 74 of Lake City, passed away on Tuesday, May 24, 2016 at the Lake City Veteran's Affairs Medical Center.  He was born in Lake City to the late MK and Beulah Thomas Waldron.  Mr. Waldron was a 1959 graduate of Columbia High School where he lettered in football and was a proud Columbia Tiger.  He then...

Joseph L. "Joey" Roberts

Joseph L. "Joey" Roberts

May 23, 2016

Mr. Joseph L. "Joey" Roberts, 49, of Lulu passed away Monday, May 23, 2016 from injuries sustained in an ATV accident. A native and lifelong resident of Lake City, Joey was the son of William C. and Wilma Z. "Zeke" Cason Roberts. He graduated from Columbia High School in 1987 and was a Sergeant at Baker Correctional Institution and...

Patricia Helen Livingston

Patricia Helen Livingston

May 20, 2016

Ms. Patricia Helen Livingston, 86, of Lake City, passed away on Friday, May 20, 2016 at the North Florida Regional Medical Center in Gainesville.  She was born in Bath, NY to the late Dwight Addison and Ruth Elizabeth Coe Robinson and had made her home in Lake City for the past 5 years having lived many years in Clearwater,...

Katherine (Robinson)  Creel

Katherine (Robinson) Creel

May 19, 2016

Mrs. Katherine Creel, 83, passed away on Thursday, May 19, 2016 in the Suwannee Valley Care Center (Haven Hospice). Katherine was born in Columbia County, Florida, the daughter of the late Amon G. and Alpha A. [Dicks] Robinson and had remained here all her life. She attended Mason City and was on the school, Girls Basketball Team.  Katherine was...

Doris Catledge

Doris Catledge

May 19, 2016

Ms Doris Catledge, 84 of Lake City, passed away on Thursday, May 19, 2016 at her home surrounded by her family.  She was born in Quitman, GA, one of six children to the late Olin and Maud Waldron Catledge.  Ms Catledge had made her home in Lake City for the past 40 years having moved here from Jacksonville.  She...

Helen Faye (Eyester)  Kalb

Helen Faye (Eyester) Kalb

May 15, 2016

Mrs. Helen Faye Kalb, 91, went home to be with her Lord & Savior, on Sunday, May 15, 2016 at the Suwannee Valley Care Center (Haven Hospice). Helen was born in Connellsville, Pennsylvania, the daughter of the late Luther C. and Rebecca [Lee] Eyester and had lived in Lake City for the past 38 years. She was a caring...

Charles M Myers

Charles M Myers

May 13, 2016

Mr. Charles M. Myers, 76 of Lake City, passed away on Friday, May 13, 2016 at the Haven Hospice Suwannee Valley Care Center in Lake City. He was born in Essex, New Jersey to the late Curtis B. and Florence Bellinger Myers and had made Lake City his home since 1988 having previously been a long time resident of...

William A. Jones

William A. Jones

May 13, 2016

Mr. William A. Jones, 78 of Lake City, passed away on Friday, May 13, 2016 at the Lake City Medical Center in Lake City.  He was a lifelong resident of Lake City and the sixth child of seven to the late Gussie and Eva Mae Finley Jones and was of the Baptist faith.  Mr. Jones was a lifelong farmer...

Joanne Marie Shaw

Joanne Marie Shaw

May 12, 2016

Joanne Marie Shaw, resident of Lake Butler, Florida, passed away on Thursday, May 12, 2016 at the age of 79.  Joanne was born to Ben and Virginia Georgeson on May 11, 1937 in Madison, Wisconsin.  Joanne spent her earlier adult years in Fort Lauderdale, Florida as co-owner of Griffin Lake Retirement Community with her then husband Roger Sessler.  After...

Charles Richard "Chuck" Baker, Jr.

Charles Richard "Chuck" Baker, Jr.

May 12, 2016

Mr. Charles Richard "Chuck" Baker, Jr., 60 of Lake City, passed away on Thursday, May 12, 2016 at Shands at the University of Florida in Gainesville. Chuck was born in Chicago, Illinois and was raised in Lake City. He loved to cook out and have camp fires. Chuck enjoyed golfing, playing billiards and following the Florida Gators. He enjoyed...

Kathy M Wilson

Kathy M Wilson

May 9, 2016

Mrs. Kathy M. Wilson, 67, of Lake City passed away peacefully on Monday, May 09, 2016 at Suwannee Valley Care Center Haven Hospice in Lake City. A native of Atlanta, Mrs. Wilson had lived in Lake City since 2001 having moved here from Atlanta. She was of the Presbyterian faith and enjoyed gardening, was a member of the Lake...

Sheridan Shackelford Harper

Sheridan Shackelford Harper

May 6, 2016

Sheridan Shackelford Harper was born in St. Augustine, Florida on August 7, 1943, to longtime residents of Lake City, Florida, the late David "Pete" and Effie Mae "Sunny" Shackelford, died on May 6, 2016.  Sheridan was raised in Lake City, Florida and attended the University of Florida, was a member of the Chi Omega sorority and graduated with a...

John E. Norris

John E. Norris

May 6, 2016

John Ewing Norris, 92, of Lake City passed peacefully into the loving and joyful embrace of our Heavenly Father surrounded by his family on Friday afternoon at the E.T. York Care Center in Gainesville. A native of Hartwell, Georgia he was the son of the late Guy H. and Ophelia C. Norris. He served in WWII in the U.S....

Clifton Edgar      "Lucky" Luck

Clifton Edgar "Lucky" Luck

May 5, 2016

Clifton Edgar "Lucky" Luck , 70, passed away at his home in Chiefland, Florida, on Thursday, May 5, 2016. Cliff was the son of Ora Lee [Harrell] Luck and the late Charles Edwin Luck. He was born in Lake City, Florida and has lived in Chiefland, Florida, for the past several years. Cliff was a caring father, and grandfather,...

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