Obituary Listing

Mar 24, 2024

Mr. Helmut Otto Passberger, 81, was born in Germany on November 11, 1942, as the youngest of four siblings. At the age of eighteen, he was sponsored to come to the United States and live in Wisconsin. He later moved to Tampa, Florida to be with his brother, Gary. Where he would later meet his future wife Joan through...

Mar 21, 2024

Linda Lorraine Hall, 70, of Lake City, passed away on Thursday, March 21, 2024 at the HCA Florida – Lake City Hospital, after a brief illness. She was born in Putnam, CT on November 6, 1953 to the late David Howe and Lorraine Moreira Howe. She has made Lake City her home since the early '90s, moving here from...

Mar 21, 2024

John S. Howard, 100, of Lake City, passed away on Thursday evening, March 21, 2024 at the Bedrock Rehabilitation Center of Lake City. He was born in Dallas, Texas on August 11, 1923 to the late John Howard and Julia Munos Howard. He was a State of Florida general contractor and served his country in the United States Navy...

Mar 21, 2024

Laura Ruth Norris Crapps, 69, of Lake City, Florida, passed away on March 21, 2024, at HCA Florida North Florida Hospital in Gainesville, Florida, following a brief illness.

She is survived by her loving husband Peat Crapps, and sister, Mary Anne Norris, of Alachua, Florida. She was born in Lake City on February 10, 1955, to the...

Mar 19, 2024

Mr. Dale Philman, 85 of Lake City, passed away on Tuesday, March 19, 2024 at the HCA Florida North Florida Hospital in Gainesville surrounded by his family. Mr. Philman was born in Bell, Florida to the late Sydney and Rella Lu Reeta Thomas Philman.  He was a graduate of Bell High School class of 1956.  Following high school, Mr....

Mar 17, 2024

Roy Harold Mann, Jr 84, passed away on Sunday, March 17, 2024, at the UF Health Shands Hospital in Gainesville, FL of heart failure. He is the son of Roy Harold and Edna Sparkman Mann. Mr. Harold was a graduate of Troy State and the University of Georgia.  Early in his career, he was a teacher and coach. He...

Mar 10, 2024

Reverend Mark Edward Spradley, 51, passed away unexpectedly on Sunday, March 10, 2024, He is the son of Buck and Annette Spradley. Mark is preceded in death by his father Buck Spradley, one brother David "Mike" Spradley, his father-in-law Hollis Warner, his maternal grandmother Mildred Carter, and his fraternal grandparents Joe and Myrtle Spradley. Mark called Lake City his...

Mar 10, 2024

Thomas (Toby) George Markham, 81, of Lake City, FL entered his eternal home on March 10, 2024. Toby was Jeanne Markham's loving husband for 50 years. He was born in Jacksonville, FL, to the late Nolan and Benita Markham on Oct. 12, 1942, graduated Columbia High School in 1960, then joined the US Army in 1963.

He...

Mar 10, 2024

Leo Register, 93, of Lake City, passed away on Sunday morning, March 10, 2024 at his residence, surrounded by his family. Leo was born on March 30, 1930, being raised in northern Columbia County. On January 14, 1946, he joined the United States Navy, serving on the USS Albany and was honorably discharged on December 21, 1951. He met...

Mar 7, 2024

Ophalee Gilreath Vanover, age 87, passed away on March 7, 2024. She was born on April 14, 1936 in Duck Run, Kentucky to the late George Kelly Bryant and Maggie Loretta Hicks of Whitley City, Kentucky. She is preceded in death by her son, Mike Gilreath and 11 brothers and sisters. She is also preceded in death by her...

Mar 5, 2024

William Randal "Randy" Anderson, Sr., 81, of Lake City, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, March 5, 2024 at the Haven Hospice - Suwannee Valley Care Center in Lake City, after and extended illness. He was born on July 17, 1942 in Georgia to the late Ottis William "Sam" Anderson and Minnie Lee O'Steen Anderson. He was a life-long Florida...

Mar 4, 2024

Mr. Timothy Ryan Ratliff, "Timmy" 55, was born February 10, 1969, in Gainesville, FL. His parents William Robert Ratliff, Jr. and Mary Ann Toledo Ratliff. Both parents preceded him in passing. They loved him very much. When he was little, he had a head full of white hair and everybody called him Cotton Top. Growing up, he was a...

Mar 4, 2024

Thomas Edward "Tom" Morrison, 92, of Lake City, passed away on Monday, March 4, 2024 after a brief illness. He was born in Cleveland, Ohio on August 15, 1931 to the late Francis Joseph Morrison and Agnes Lucille Kloutvor Morrison. He has made Lake City his home since the early 1970s and was retired from the Marine Corps after...

Mar 4, 2024

Patricia D. Rooks, 80 of Lake City, passed away on Monday, March 4, 2024 at the HCA Lake City Hospital.  She was born in Marianna, Florida to the late Wilbur Daniels and Fronnie Peacock Daniels.  Ms Rooks was a graduate of Jackson County High School in Marianna and had made her home in Lake City for over 50 years. ...

Mar 2, 2024

Mr. Kevin John Samuel "Bubba" Ogburn, Jr. 25, passed away on Saturday, March 2, 2024, after injuries sustained in an automobile accident. He is the son of Kevin Ogburn, Sr., and Daisy Ogburn. He was preceded in death by his paternal grandmother Bobbie Strader, an aunt Jamie Curry, and his cousin Duston Hall. He has lived in Lake City...

Mar 2, 2024

Betty Mae Smith, 77 of Branford, passed away on Saturday, March 2, 2024 at the HCA Lake City Hospital.  She was born at home in Bell, Florida, the second oldest of six children to the late Leonard "Buck" and Dolly Mae Herrin Conner.  Ms Smith was a lifelong resident of Branford and was a graduate of Bell High School...

Mar 2, 2024

Ronald McGinness, age 90 of Lake City, passed away on Saturday, March 2, 2024 at his home.  Mr. McGinness was born in Irvington, NJ the second youngest to the late Charles Thomas McGinness and Wilma Schmidele McGinness.  He was surrounded by love his whole life, and never ran out of love.  He always stuck by his wife's side until...

Feb 28, 2024

Dwight Emory Boozer, 57, Assistant Fire Chief of Lake City Fire Department, passed away on Wednesday evening, February 28, 2024 at the Haven Hospice – Suwannee Valley Care Center in Lake City, after a brief illness. He was a life-long resident of Lake City, born on May 15, 1966 to Patricia Ann Wattles Boozer and the late Emory Lamar...

Feb 27, 2024

Mr. John William Cox, Jr. 72, passed away on Tuesday, February 27, 2024, at the VA Medical Center in Lake City, FL following an extended illness. He is the son of the late John William and Yvetta Green Cox, Sr. He has lived all over Florida before settling and making  Wildwood, FL his home for the past two years,...

Feb 26, 2024

Cristopher Alid Cruz Aleman, 23 of Lake City, died on Monday, February 26, 2024 at his home in Lake City.  Cristopher was born and raised in San Gerardo, San Miguel, El Salvador and had made Lake City his home since 2016.  He worked with his family at the Italian Pizzeria and Restaurant in Lake City,  where he worked ever...