Obituary Listing

May 4, 2016

Mr. Loyd "Buddy" Stacy, Jr., 56 of Lake City, passed away on Wednesday, May 4, 2016 at the Haven Hospice Suwannee Valley Care Center in Lake City.  He was born and raised in Orlando, Florida to the late Loyd and Betty Louise Summers Stacy, Sr. and had lived in Lake City for the past 30 years.  Loyd was a...

Apr 30, 2016

Mrs. Carolyn G. Estevez, 75 of Lake City, passed away on Saturday, April 30, 2016 at the Solaris Healthcare of Lake City.  She was born in Miami, Florida to the late Mitchell and Anna Titman Sapp.  Mrs. Estevez had made her home in Lake City since 1974 having moved here from Tampa.  She enjoyed sewing, crocheting, ceramic crafts and...

Apr 26, 2016

Mr. Daniel Emory Booz, Jr. 79, of Lake City, passed away Tuesday morning surrounded by his loving family at his residence after dealing with lung and brain cancer for seven years. Dan was born in Richmond, Virginia on January 16, 1937 the son of Daniel Emory Booz, Sr. and Elizabeth Dorset Gilliam Booz. The family moved to south Florida...

Apr 25, 2016

Eddy (Bond) Giddens, 72, a long time resident of Lake City, born in New Orleans, passed away April 25th from medical complications. She is survived by her daughter, Heather Jones and her 2 grandchildren, Hannah Neice and Dakota Bowdoin as well as her bothers, Mike Bond and Buddy Bond and sisters, Marylou (Bond) Carlton and Susie (Bond) Crews, and...

Apr 25, 2016

Mrs. Helen J. Wilson, 94 of Lake City, passed away on Monday, April 25, 2016 at the Baya Pointe Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Lake City.  She was born in St. Louis, MO to the late James and Helen Belcher Wallace.  Mrs. Wilson was raised in St. Louis, MO and met and married her late husband of 48 years,...

Apr 22, 2016

Mary Katherine "Katie" Slanker, age 35 of Apopka, Florida, passed away suddenly on Friday, April 22, 2016.  She was an active member of Journey Christian Church and enjoyed volunteering.  She was attending college to earn her degree in business and was a very dedicated office manager for a travel agency.  Her favorite thing to do was to spend time...

Apr 20, 2016

Sandra Paulene Joyce, 72 of Lake City, passed away on Wednesday, April 20, 2016 at the Haven Hospice Suwannee Valley Care Center.  She was born in Atlanta, Georgia to the late Andrew and Willie Mae Cody Turner.  Mrs. Joyce had made her home in Lake City since 2000 and was a longtime resident of Lakeland, Florida.  She was of...

Apr 20, 2016

Katherine Edith Myer, 75, passed away on Wednesday evening, April 20th, 2016. Edith was born in Lake City, Florida, the daughter of John and Vera (Keen) Dampier.  She was a loving mother, grandmother and great grandmother, who devoted her love and time to the care of her family. Edith instilled in her daughters a love for sports, and she...

Apr 16, 2016

Mr. Jonathan B. Hardee, 25, of Lake City passed away Saturday, April 16, 2016 from heart complications as a result of Marfans Syndrome. Born in Gainesville to Scott and Shannon Brock Hardee, he had been a resident of Lake City for his entire life and graduated from Ft. White High School. Jonathan was a devoted to his family and...

Apr 10, 2016

Janet Hoover Schmucker, age 73, passed away peacefully April 10, 2016 at Haven Hospice in Lake City, Florida.  She was the loved daughter of the late Eugene W. Hoover and Wilma Chauncey Hoover of Fairfax, Va.  She is survived by her sister, Joyce Hoover Ogden (William) and her brother, Jay Chauncey Hoover (Yun Cha).  She loved visiting with her...

Apr 8, 2016

Mrs. Carol June Thomas Brethour, age 86, passed away Friday, April 8, 2016, at Good Samaritan Society of Hays, Kansas. She was born August 31, 1929, in Lake City, Florida to the late Milo and Knox (Barris) Thomas and was also preceded in death by her husband, John R. Brethour Sr., brother Milo Thomas and brother James (Bones) Thomas....

Apr 2, 2016

Mrs. Frances Peek "Fran" Ward, 96, of Lake City passed away April 2, 2016 at Avalon Healthcare under Haven Hospice Care in Lake City following a lengthy illness. A native of Starke, FL, Mrs. Ward was the daughter of the late Sinclair L. and Mira Darby Peek and was preceded in death by her husband, Roy Ward in 1991...

Apr 1, 2016

Roselle Brantley, 82, of White Springs, Fl., passed away on Friday, April 1, 2016 at Shands Live Oak.

Born on June 15, 1933 in Ellabell, Ga., to the late Robert Dixon and Ruthen Cannon.  Mrs. Brantley moved to White Springs, Fl., in 1965. She has been a member of First Baptist of White Springs for...

Mar 28, 2016

Mrs. Joan D. Boone, 80, passed away Monday morning, March 28, 2016. Joan was born in Neptune, New Jersey to Alice [Rogers] Pankuch and the late Walter Bennett and has lived in Lake City for the past 22 years. She was a loving wife, mother, grandmother and great grandmother, who devoted the majority of her time, to the care...

Mar 25, 2016

On March 25, 2016, Dr. Robert (Bob) Ezell Marks, Sr., a long-time resident of Lake City, passed away at home after a brief battle with pancreatic cancer.  He was preceded in death by his parents, Jacob Loy Marks and Dorothy Rule Marks, his brothers, Dr. James Loy Marks and William Louis Marks, and his sister Mary Ann Marks.  He...

Mar 19, 2016

On Saturday, Jesus showed up in a mighty way and took our mother home with Him.  Mom had been ill for some time and was ready to join her blessed Savior in heaven..  She did not suffer and went peacefully surrounded by family and close friends singing hymns and songs of praise around her bed.  She was preceded in...

Mar 18, 2016

Lewis Jacob Egnatovich , 94, with heavy hearts we are saddened today at the loss of Lewis Jacob Egnatovich (Lou).  On December 7, 1941, the Japanese Fleet bombed Pearl Harbor.  They killed 429 of his shipmates on board the U.S.S. Oklahoma, but not him.  On Friday, March 18, Lou died peacefully at the age of 94, cancer did what...

Mar 15, 2016

Mr. Gordon Joseph Cook, 97 of Lake City, passed away on Tuesday, March 15, 2016 at the VA Hospital in Lake City.  Mr. Cook was the oldest of 3 children to the late Charles and Mary Louise Powell Cook.  He was a self-made man who quit school in the 7th grade to help support his mother and two younger...

Mar 11, 2016

Mr. Maxie Dell Markham, 91 of Lake City, passed away on Friday, March 11, 2016.  He was a lifelong resident of Columbia County and a son to the late William Walter and Donnie Hancock Markham.  Mr. Markham was a WWII Veteran of the United States Army and served in the Occupational Force in the European Theatre.  Mr. Markham retired...

Mar 9, 2016

Mrs. Mary Lee Kearney, 96, went home to be with her Lord and Savior, Wednesday, March 9, 2016. She was born in Falmouth, Florida to the late Henry Washington and Nore Lee [Boyette] O'Hara and had lived in Lake City for the past 23 years. Mrs. Mary was a dedicated wife, mother, grandmother, and great grandmother.  Mary Lee enjoyed...