Barry Ryan Young
Aug 15, 2024
Barry Ryan Young, 48 of Branford, passed away on Thursday, August 15, 2024 at the Lake City Medical Center from injuries sustained in a vehicle accident. Ryan was a lifelong resident of Branford and a graduate of Branford High School class of 1994. He worked for 20 years with the Florida Department of Corrections at the Mayo Correctional Institute...
Rosa Lee Wilder
Aug 14, 2024
Ms. Rosa Lee Wilder, a lifelong resident of Lake City, FL, 94 passed away on Wednesday, August 14, 2024, at the Suwannee Valley Care Center in Lake City, FL. following an extended illness. She was the daughter of the late Julian I. and Ollie Ellen Hill Little. She was preceded in death by her husband of seventy years William...
Randy C. Acklin
Aug 13, 2024
Randy Cornell Acklin, 77, of Lake City, passed away peacefully on Tuesday afternoon, August 13, 2024 at his residence following an extended illness. He was born in Walnut Ridge, Arkansas on July 18, 1947, the oldest of three children to the late Gorden Acklin and Joyce Ham Acklin. He served his country in the United States Navy, where he...
Jo Neal Ward
Aug 12, 2024
Mrs. Jo Neal Ward, 81, of Lake City passed away on Monday, August 12, 2024 at the Haven Hospice Suwannee Valley Care Center following a lengthy illness. A native of Blairsville, GA, she was the daughter of the late Neal W. and Elena Martha Nix Collins and had been a resident of Lake City since 1973. Mrs. Ward retired...
Pastor Melvin J. Owen
Aug 10, 2024
Pastor Melvin J. Owen, 84 of Wellborn, Florida, passed away on Saturday, August 10, 2024 at the Haven Hospice Suwannee Valley Care Center in Lake City. He was born in Lake City, the oldest of three sons, to the late Davis Hawkins Owen and Katie Gertrude Mikell Owen. Pastor Owen was raised in Olustee and was a graduate of...
Ronald Otis Travis
Aug 8, 2024
Mr. Ronald Otis Travis, 75, passed away on Thursday, August 8, 2024, at the HCA Florida North Florida Hospital in Gainesville, FL following an extended illness. He was the son of the late Dayton and Cleve Doss Travis, and is preceded in death by his brother Dennis Travis. Mr. Ronald had made Ft. White his home since 1985 after...
Betty Lou Austin
Aug 8, 2024
Ms. Betty Lou Austin, 77, passed away on Thursday, August 8, 2024, at Solaris Rehab Center in Lake City, FL. following an extended illness. She is the daughter of the late John Henry and Pauline Beatrice Gaskins Greene. Ms. Betty is preceded in death by her husband Terry Austin, one son Joe Austin, and a sister JoAnne Greene. Ms....
Dorothy Renee Brown
Aug 8, 2024
Dorothy Renee Brown, 65 of Lake City, passed away on Thursday, August 8, 2024 at the Ormond Rehab and Nursing Center in Ormond Beach. She was born in Fort Myers, Florida and had made Lake City her home all of her life.  Mrs. Brown was of the Baptist faith and a member of Hopeful Baptist Church. She enjoyed shopping,...
Linda B. Pennington
Aug 6, 2024
Linda Bryant Pennington, 79, of Lake City, passed away peacefully on Tuesday morning, August 6, 2024 at the Haven Hospice – Suwannee Valley Care Center in Lake City, after a brief illness. She was born on June 24, 1945 to the late Lloyd Bryant and Essie Brown Bryant. She has made Lake City her home most all of her...
Karl Eugene Biehl
Aug 5, 2024
Karl Eugene Biehl, 57 of Lake City, passed away on Monday, August 5, 2024 at his home following a brief illness. Karl was born in Point Pleasant, West Virginia to the late Gene Autry Biehl and Shirley Spurlock Biehl. He was a lifelong resident of Lake City and a graduate of Columbia High School class of 1985. Karl loved...
Natalie Joan Clowser
Aug 4, 2024
Natalie Joan Clowser, 82, of Wellborn, passed away on Sunday, August 4, 2024 at the Haven Hospice – Suwannee Valley Care Center in Lake City, after an extended illness. She was born in Alderson, West Virginia on January 28, 1942 to the late Ambrose Ayers and Sallie Aycock Ayers. She was a homemaker all of her life and was...
Earl Maxie Wainwright
Aug 4, 2024
Earl Maxie Wainwright, 91, of Lake City went to be with his Lord and Savior on Sunday, August 4, 2024, at Haven Hospice Suwannee Valley Care Center in Lake City. A native of Penney Farms, FL, he was the son of the late Newnan Crews and Leila Irene Wainwright. He joined the Florida National Guard in 1952 and served...
Nancy S. Hunter
Aug 4, 2024
Nancy S. Hunter, 88, of Lake City, passed away peacefully on Saturday evening, August 3, 2024 at the Solaris Healthcare of Lake City, after an extended illness. She was a life-long resident of Lake City, born on April 26, 1936 to the late Charles H. Hunter and Ada I. Owens Hunter. She was the Valedictorian of the Columbia High...
Barbara M. (Miller) Kurtz
Jul 31, 2024
Barbara M. Kurtz, 83 of Lake City, passed away on Wednesday, July 31, 2024, at her home. She was born in Jacksonville, Florida, the oldest of five children to the late George William Miller, Jr. and Martha Ingram Miller. Mrs. Kurtz was raised in Jacksonville and was a graduate of Englewood High School class of 1959. She had made...
Robert Earl Lee
Jul 29, 2024
Robert Earl Lee, 88 of Wellborn, passed away on Monday, July 29, 2024 at the Macclenny Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Macclenny. Mr. Lee was born Argyle, Georgia to the late Joseph Earl Lee and Teary Corbett Lee. He was raised in Homerville, Georgia, was a graduate of Clinch County High School and served our country in the United...
Margie Irene (Buckholts) Smith
Jul 29, 2024
Irene Buckholts Smith of Lake City, Florida passed away on Monday, July 29, 2024. Mrs. Smith was 93 years old and was the oldest of eight children born to the late John Robert and Carrie Mae Buckholts. She was of the Baptist faith and was a member of The Cross Church in Ellisville, Florida.
Mrs. Smith was...
Pastor Jerry Garfield Hurt, Sr.
Jul 25, 2024
Pastor Jerry Garfield Hurt, Sr., 89, of High Springs, passed away on Thursday, July 25, 2024, at his residence after a brief illness. He was born in Norfolk, Virginia on November 12, 1934, to the late James Garfield Hurt and Shirley Juanita Jones Mousel (Frederick William Mousel, his step-father). He has made the Alachua/High Springs area his home over...
Judy Ann Beavers
Jul 25, 2024
Judy Ann Beavers, 78 of Lake City, passed away on Thursday, July 25, 2024 at the Haven Hospice Suwannee Valley Care Center in Lake City. She was born in Genesee County, Michigan to the late George Ecker and Betty Jane VanSlyke Ecker. Ms Beavers had made her home in Lake City for the past five years having moved here...
Robert James Collins, Jr.
Jul 24, 2024
Mr. Robert James Collins, Jr., 59, passed away on Wednesday, July 24, 2024, at his residence in Live Oak, FL. surrounded by his friend Mary Matarese. He was born and raised in Lake City, FL., and was a member of the graduating class of Columbia High School in 1983. He served in the United States Army and enjoyed kayaking...
Richard John Ornowski
Jul 23, 2024
Richard John Ornowski, a former State Trooper and proud Marine, passed away on July 23rd, 2024. He was born on October 19, 1954, to the late John Ornowski and Mary Sofchuk. Richard leaves behind his beloved wife, Margarita Ornowski, and their four sons, Brian Ornowski (Kathleen), Pito Velez (Julie), Christopher Hueck (Kailey), and Loudendorff Hueck. He also leaves behind...
