Tommie Louise Holland
Nov 30, 2024
Ms. Tommie Louise Holland, 91, passed away on Thursday, March 20, 2025, at the Solaris Health Care and Rehab Center in Lake City, FL following an extended illness. She is the daughter of the late Thomas Hinton and Clara Roberson Steele. Ms. Tommie had made Lake City her home for the past forty-seven years after coming here from Vero...
Igdalia Dominica Oteiza
Nov 29, 2024
Igdalia Dominica Oteiza, 94, of LakeCity, passed away on Friday, November 29, 2024 at Solaris HealthCare Lake City. She was born in Havana, Cuba to the late Antonio Perera and Isabel de Armas. Mrs. Oteiza had resided in Lake City for the past 53 years, having previously lived in Thomasville, GA, Valdosta, GA, Chestertown, MD, Wilmington, DE, Atchison, KS...
Carol Lorraine Stewart
Nov 29, 2024
Carol Lorraine (Fahrni) Stewart, 89, passed peacefully at home under hospice care on November 29, 2024, in Lake City, FL. A visitation will be held at 3:15 pm on Wednesday, December 4 at Gateway- Forest Lawn Funeral Home, followed by a brief service at 4:00.
Carol was born in Deadwood SD and grew up as one of...
Franklin Earl West
Nov 29, 2024
Franklin Earl West was born September 7, 1942, in Charleston, SC to the late Dwight Ellison West and Ruth Corine Rush. He was a resident of Columbia County since 2005 and a member of the International Painters and Allied Trades Industry Union. Frank answered the Master's call on November 29, 2024, in the love and comfort of his home....
Laura Lee Howell
Nov 27, 2024
Laura Lee Howell, 57, passed away in the early hours of Wednesday, November 27th, 2024 at her home with family. She was a wonderful person and touched many people's lives throughout her life. She had a passion for gardening and being outdoors. She was a loving mother of 4 children and 12 grandchildren, who she loved so dearly.
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Harry "Curt" Lang
Nov 26, 2024
Harry Curtis "Curt" Lang, 57, of Lake City, passed away suddenly on Tuesday, November 26, 2024 after an automobile accident. He was born in Lake City on January 4, 1967 to the late Harry and Ruth Lang. He was of the Baptist Faith and worked all of his life as a Truck Driver, and for the last ten years...
Belinda Lee Millis
Nov 25, 2024
Belinda Lee Millis, 59 of McAlpin, passed away on Monday, November 25, 2024 at her sons home. She was born in Cherry Point, North Carolina and had recently moved to McAlpin. Belinda was a very accomplished photographer and enjoying capturing those special moments. Ms. Millis was a loving mother and care giver to all.
She is survived...
Verna Mae Smith
Nov 25, 2024
Verna Mae Smith, 87 of Lake City, passed away on Monday, November 25, 2024 at the Bedrock Rehabilitation and Nursing Center of Lake City. She was a native and lifelong resident of Columbia County and daughter of the late Ray and Agnes Lewis. Mrs. Smith was a member of Pine Grove Baptist Church of Lake City and also the...
Faustin "Dusty" Gallegos, Iv
Nov 23, 2024
Mr. Faustin "Dusty" Gallegos, IV, 77, passed away on Saturday, November 23, 2024, at the HCA FL Lake City Hospital following an extended illness. He is the son of the late Faustin and Dorothy Marie Gallegos, III, and was preceded in death by one daughter Yvonne Gallegos Pendarvis and one sister Valerie Weaver. Dusty had made Lake City his...
Mary Ellen Jarvis Fishburne
Nov 22, 2024
Mary Ellen Jarvis Fishburne, 72, passed away unexpectedly on Friday, November 22, 2024, at the HCA FL Lake City Hospital. She was born in Syracuse, New York on June 27, 1952. The Jarvis family moved to Lake City, Florida in May 1954. Mary Ellen graduated from CHS with the class of 1970 and went on to graduate from Lake...
Dana Brown Kingery
Nov 21, 2024
Mrs. Dana Brown Kingery, 80, passed away on Thursday, November 21, 2024, at the HCA Florida Lake City Hospital in Lake City, FL. Dana was born September 23, 1944, in Wilmington, NC. She is the daughter of the late Charles Robert and Ethel Bailey Brown and is preceded in death by one brother Charles Robert Brown, Jr. Dana had...
Anthony Ray Staley
Nov 21, 2024
Anthony Ray Staley, 66, of Live Oak, Florida, passed away at home on November 21, 2024. Ray was born on December 16, 1957, in Caro, Michigan, to Earl and Jean (Vargo) Staley. He was a hardworking man who loved his family, his friends, and his community. Ray never met someone he didn't love and treated everyone he encountered with...
John Raymond Escobar
Nov 19, 2024
Mr. John Raymond Escobar, 58, passed away on Tuesday, November 19, 2024, at Shands of UF in Gainesville, FL following an extended illness. John is preceded in death by his father Timoteo A. Escobar, Jr. John had made lake city his home for the past thirty years after moving here from Lake County, FL. he was of the Pentecostal...
James Moore, Jr.
Nov 19, 2024
James Moore, Jr., 95 of Lake City, passed away on Tuesday, November 19, 2024 at the Haven Hospice Suwannee Valley Care Center. Mr. Moore was a native of North Carolina and the oldest of three children to the late James Moore, Sr. and Eva Coggins Moore. He retired from the United States Air Force and went on to work...
William Joseph Kinney
Nov 18, 2024
William Joseph Kinney, 87 of White Springs, passed away on Monday, November 18, 2024 at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Gainesville. He was born the youngest of five children to the late Frank and Eva Carey Kinney, in Shaftsbury, Vermont. Mr. Kinney had made his home in White Springs since 1994 having previously lived in the South Florida...
James "Jim" Emerson Goodloe, Sr.
Nov 16, 2024
James Emerson "Jim" Goodloe, Sr., 67, of Lake City, passed away on Saturday morning, November 16, 2024 at the Haven Hospice – Suwannee Valley Care Center in Lake City after a brief illness. He was born in Jacksonville Florida on November 4, 1957; and was the son of the late Robert and Margaret Goodloe. He was a US Army...
Gertrude Marie Goss
Nov 15, 2024
Gertrude Marie Goss, 91 of Lake City, passed away on Friday, November 15, 2024 at the Haven Hospice Suwannee Valley Care Center in Lake City. Mrs. Goss was born and raised in the South Florida area and had made her home in Lake City for many years. She attended school in Wellborn and was a graduate of Columbia High...
David Nicholas Rountree
Nov 12, 2024
David Nicholas Rountree, a beloved and cherished man known for his kind, loving and generous heart left us on Tuesday, November 12, 2024 at the age of 83. Born on January 15, 1941 to the late Isaac Nicholas Rountree and Phoebe Elizabeth Summers Rountree. David is survived by his loving wife of over 50 years, Mary M Rountree; sons,...
Norman Lebert
Nov 10, 2024
Norman LeBert, 89, of Wellborn, passed away peacefully on Sunday evening, November 10, 2024 at the Haven Hospice – Suwannee Valley Care Center in Lake City after an extended illness. He was born in New Bedford, Massachusetts on October 14, 1935 to the late René and Antoinette LeBert. He was a United States Navy Veteran, where he retired as...
Billie "Billy" Griffin
Nov 10, 2024
Mr. Billie "Billy" Griffin, 77, of Lake City passed away on Sunday, November 10, 2024. A native of Ray City, Georgia, the son of the late Edgar and Bessie Martin Griffin, he had lived in Adel, GA before moving to Lake City in 1972. Bill enjoyed fishing, hunting, working in his shop and especially spending time with his family....
