Jean Clare Norton Woodfin
Sep 25, 2025
Jean Clare Norton Woodfin, 80, of Lake City, passed away peacefully on Thursday morning, September 25, 2025 at the Haven Hospice – Suwannee Valley Care Center in Lake City, after an extended illness. She was born on August 4, 1945 in Baltimore, MD to the late Louis & Evelyn Wagner. She worked for over 50 years with CSX Railroad,...
Emma Loyd Robinson
Sep 24, 2025
Ms. Emma Loyd Robinson, 90, passed away on Thursday, September 24, 2025, at Solaris Health Care in Lake City, surrounded by her family, following an extended illness. She is the daughter of the late John Henry and Inez Annie Weeks Loyd and was preceded in death by her husband in 2015 of sixty-five years Edward Robinson. She was a...
Tonya Marie Laplant
Sep 23, 2025
Tonya Marie LaPlant, 41 of Lake City, passed away on Tuesday, September 23, 2025 at the Haven Hospice Suwannee Valley Care Center in Lake City. She was born in Charleston, South Carolina and had made her home in Lake City since 1995. Tonya was a graduate of Columbia High School class of 2002. She was a Christian and of...
Lois Dortch Martin
Sep 21, 2025
Lois Dortch Martin, formerly known as Lois Dortch Ritch, passed away peacefully on September 21, 2025, in Gainesville, Florida, at the age of 88, following complications from a massive stroke. She was born on September 25, 1936, in Lake City, Florida, where she spent the majority of her life, with the exception of a brief adventure in Horseshoe Beach...
Carol Elizabeth Adams Burnett Crews
Sep 20, 2025
Ms. Carol Elizabeth Adams Burnett Crews, 84, passed away on Saturday, September 20, 2025, at the Suwannee Valley Care Center (Haven Hospice) following an extended illness. She is the daughter of the late Jesse and Dorothy Howell Adams. and is preceded death in by her first husband of 32 ½ years Wilber A. (Buddy, Smiley) Burnett and then four...
Charles Edward "Chuck" Crews, Jr
Sep 18, 2025
Mr. Charles Edward "Chuck" Crews, 52, of Lake City, passed away on Thursday, September 18, 2025, at the Shands Hospital in Gainesville following a sudden illness. A native and lifelong resident of Lake City, he attended local schools here in Columbia County and graduated from Columbia High School in 1991. Chuck attended Florida State University and was employed by...
Carolyn Dampier Kirby
Sep 17, 2025
Carolyn Dampier Kirby, 85, of Lake City, passed away on Wednesday, September 17, 2025. She was born in Lake City on April 22, 1940, to the late Calvin Howard Dampier and Ouida Keen Dampier. She has made Lake City her home all of her life, and served as the Columbia County Supervisor of Elections from 1982 until her retirement...
Jack Robert Hudson
Sep 17, 2025
Jack Robert Hudson, 88, of Lake City, Florida, passed away peacefully on September 17, 2025. He was born on March 15, 1937, to Clyde and Myrtle (Seabolt) Hudson.
Jack proudly served his country in the U.S. Marines, U.S. Army, and retired from the U.S. Coast Guard. His life was marked by devotion to his family, service to...
Priscilla "Pat" Jean Lumbert
Sep 15, 2025
Priscilla "Pat" Jean Lumbert 92 of Lake City, passed away on Monday, September 15, 2025 at the Rehabilitation Center of Lake City. She was born in Tampa, Florida to the late Jesse E. Paris, Jr. and Marie L. Hopkins Grause. Mrs. Lumbert had made Lake City her home for many years and was a longtime member of Calvary Baptist...
William “Bill” L. Hilton
Sep 14, 2025
William "Bill" Leslie Hilton was taken home to his Savior on September 14, 2025. Bill was born on June 19, 1948 in Ardmore, Oklahoma. He graduated from Broken Bow High School in Broken Bow, Oklahoma. After graduation, Bill joined the United States Navy on October 11, 1965. While in the Navy, Bill served three tours in Vietnam. His last...
Patricia Ann Morris
Sep 14, 2025
Patricia Ann Morris, 78, of Lake City, passed away on Sunday, September 14, 2025 at the Haven Hospice- Suwannee Valley Care Center in Lake City after an extended illness. She was born in Jacksonville, Florida as the second of four children on October 21, 1946 to the late Francis D. Manucy and Lucille Allbritton Manucy. She has made Lake...
Mary Elizabeth Griffin
Sep 13, 2025
Mary Elizabeth Griffin born on May 17, 1939, passed away peacefully, in her sleep, at home on September 13, 2025 at the age of 86 years old. Mary was widowed at the age of 26 and successfully raised four children as a single Mother. She was predeceased by her Mother and Father, Vianna Rewis and Willie Stewart; her brothers...
Rose Bassett Parnell
Sep 13, 2025
Ms. Rose Bassett Parnell, 82, passed away on Friday, September 13, 2025, at the Suwannee Valley Care Center (Haven Hospice) following an extended illness. She is the daughter of the late Lester Merle and Violet Blizzard Bassett, and she is preceded in death by her two sons, whom she loved very much, Jeff and Steve Kelch, and two sisters,...
Virginia R. Little
Sep 13, 2025
Virginia Rose Amerson Little, 92, passed away on Saturday, September 13, 2025, at Solaris Health Care in Lake City, FL. Virginia was born in Columbia County, Florida to the late Samuel Everette Amerson and Essie Mae King Amerson. She was a member of the First Advent Christian Church in Lake City, FL. She enjoyed her daily Bible readings and...
Linda Dyal Johns
Sep 12, 2025
Linda Dyal Johns, beloved wife, mother, grandmother, and cherished friend, passed away on September 12, 2025, at the age of 74. She was born in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, to Otis and Edna ("Peggy") Dyal on February 20, 1951, the youngest of four siblings. Raised on the farm, Linda's connection to the land and animals was deep, and she was...
Jo Ann Torrans
Sep 12, 2025
Jo Ann Fletcher Torrans, a beloved wife, mother, MiMi, friend and dedicated educator, passed away peacefully on September 12, 2025, just two weeks shy of her 76th birthday. Born and raised in Quincy, Florida, to Marcellus and Myra Rebecca Marcellus Fletcher, Jo Ann faced an early life of adversity with the loss of her parents at a young age....
Ruth Kneavel Hill Mather
Sep 10, 2025
Ms. Ruth Kneavel Hill Mather, 79, passed away on September 10, 2025, at the UF Health Shands Hospital in Gainesville, FL following an extended illness. She is the daughter of the late Melvin Andrew and Clara T Himmel Kneavel she was preceded in death by one brother George Kneavel and one sister Pauline Henson. She had made Live Oak,...
Barbara Jean (Kampmeyer) Cooke
Sep 8, 2025
Barbara Jean "Aunty Barb" Kampmeyer Cooke, 79, of Lake City, Florida, passed away peacefully on Monday, September 8th, 2025
Born March 26th, 1946 in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Barbara was the daughter of the late Edward and Sylvia Kampmeyer. She grew up with siblings Marlene, June, Ervin, Gary, and John, carrying with her the warmth and kindness that...
Susan Ann (Bucey) Mckee
Sep 6, 2025
Susan Bucey McKee, 78, of High Springs, Florida, died at her home on September 6, 2025. Susan Bucey McKee was born Susan Ann Bucey on November 11, 1947, in East Cleveland, Ohio to Robert Wesley Bucey and Ann A. Tanzler. Susan moved to Zephyrhills, Florida, as a child, where she grew up in the community she loved, and graduated...
Steven W Brooker
Sep 5, 2025
Steven W. Brooker, 69 of Lake City, passed away on Friday, September 5, 2025 at the Select Specialty Hospital in Gainesville. Mr. Brooker was an only child to the late John William Brooker, Jr. and Beulah Frances Cason Brooker. He was born in Bellingham, Washington and had lived numerous places during his father's military career and made Lake City...
