John Mark Higgs, Jr
Feb 23, 2024
Mr. John Mark Higgs, Jr. 35, passed away on February 23, 2024, following a sudden illness. He is the son of the late John Mark Higgs, Sr. and Brenda Kimbrell. He was preceded in death by one Uncle Jeffers Harvey Kimbrell. Mark had made Lake City his home all his life and attended Christ Central Ministries, he enjoyed spending...
Carl William Bullard, Sr.
Feb 23, 2024
Carl William Bullard, Sr, of Olustee and Lake City, passed away peacefully, at home on February 23, 2024, at age 79. He leaves behind a loving and devoted wife and family who will miss his steady guidance and love in their lives.
Carl came from humble beginnings but went on to build Lake City Glass over 50...
Susan Lee Pittman
Feb 20, 2024
Susan Lee Pittman, 42 of Lake City, passed away on Tuesday, February 20, 2024, at the Lake City Medical Center. Susan was born in Fort Myers, Florida the youngest of three children, to the late Billy Hiram Wallin and Minnie Lee Hill Wallin. The family lived in Fort Myers and moved to Lake City where she graduated from Columbia...
Dr. David Jay Overholt
Feb 19, 2024
Dr. David Jay Overholt, 46, of Lake City, Florida, passed away on Monday, February 19, 2024.
A Celebration of Life Service for Dr. Overholt will be held on Sunday afternoon, March 3, 2024, at 3:00 P.M. in the Gateway-Forest Lawn Memorial Chapel with Dr. Patrick Woloszyn officiating. The family will receive friends for a time of visitation...
Russell "Russ" Busscher
Feb 19, 2024
Russell Clayton "Russ" Busscher, 64 of Lake City, passed away on Monday, February 19, 2024, at his home with his family under the care of Community Hospice. Russ was a lifelong resident of Lake City and a graduate of Columbia High School class of 1978. He was the former owner and operator of Russ' Used Car Store in Lake...
Ernestine G. Saunders
Feb 18, 2024
Mrs. Ernestine G. Saunders, 94, of Lake City died Sunday, February 18, 2024 at Shands at UF in Gainesville. A native of Columbia County, she was the daughter of the late Henry Nathan and Allie Pearce Greene and had lived her whole life in Lake City. Mrs. Saunders graduated from Columbia High School in 1947 and had worked at...
Jesse James Johnson
Feb 17, 2024
Jesse James Johnson, better known as Buck (short for Buck Shot), was born on November 11, 1926. He went to be with the Lord on February 17, 2024. Buck was born three years before the start of The Great Depression, though he said they were so poor they never noticed a difference. Buck grew up in an old, wooden...
Albert Earl Nettles
Feb 17, 2024
Albert Earl Nettles, 77 of Lake City, passed from this life on Saturday, February 17, 2024 at his home. He was born in Union County to the late Seth and Mabel Shaw Nettles. Mr. Nettles was raised in Lake City and was a graduate of Columbia High School class of 1964. He worked for the Florida Department of Transportation...
Alma Jordan
Feb 15, 2024
Ms. Alma Jordan, 76, passed away on Thursday, February 15, 2024, at her residence following an extended illness. She is the daughter of the late Alvin Olen and Vassie Weaver Johnson. She is preceded in death by her husband Coy Jordan and five brothers: Roy Alvin Johnson, Jr., Jesse James Johnson, Van Olen Johnson, and Rex Olen Johnson; three...
Hallie Peyton Lee
Feb 15, 2024
Hallie Peyton Lee, 2 months old and precious daughter of Clayton Lee and Ilyssa Perkins, returned to Heaven on Thursday February 15, 2024 at her home. Hallie was born in Gainesville, Florida and brought so much joy to her family. Hallie was preceded in death by one sister, Lakelee Perkins.
Survivors include her father and mother, Clayton...
Lorene J Parrish
Feb 13, 2024
Lorene Jenkins Parrish, 86, of Lake City, passed away on Tuesday, February 13, 2024 at the North East Georgia Medical Center in Dahlonega, Georgia, following a brief illness. She was born in Lake City, Florida to the late Linzie and Clifford Dorminey Jenkins. Mrs. Parrish was a charter member of Lantern Park Baptist Church in Lake City.
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Virgil Allan Beauchemin
Feb 11, 2024
Mr. Virgil Allan Beachemin, 42 passed away on Sunday, February 11, 2024, at the HCA Hospital in Ocala, FL. He is the son of Franklin Allan Davis and Paula Shinall. Virgil had made Lake City his home all his life and he enjoyed fishing, shooting, working in his yard, and spending time with his family.
Virgil is...
Patricia Murphy Masters
Feb 11, 2024
Patricia Murphy Masters, 69, of Lake City, passed away on Sunday afternoon, February 11, 2024, after losing her battle to cancer. She was born in Morristown, New Jersey on May 5, 1954 to the late Thomas Murphy and Elizabeth Treverrow Murphy. She moved to Lake City, FL with her family in the late 1960's. She is a graduate of...
Charles Joseph Harackiewicz
Feb 8, 2024
Charles Joseph Harackiewicz, age 60 of Lake City, passed away on Thursday, February 8, 2024 at the HCA Florida Lake City Hospital. Charles was born in Miami, Florida and raised in Homestead where he was a graduate of South Dade High School class of 1981. He had made his home in Lake City for the past fifteen years. In...
Henry Elmer Cantrell
Feb 8, 2024
Henry Elmer Cantrell, 97 of Lake City, passed away peacefully at home on Thursday, February 8, 2024, with his family by his side. He was born and raised in Whitewood, Virginia to the late Joseph Samuel Cantrell and Arminda Jane Boyd Cantrell. Mr. Cantrell was a graduate of Whitewood High School and he later earned his Bachelor Degree in...
Virgie Deanna Carter Breeden
Feb 7, 2024
Virgie Deanna Carter Breeden, 45, of Lake City, passed away on Wednesday morning, February 7, 2024, after a brief illness. She was born in Goldsboro, NC on November 11, 1978 and has lived most of her life in Lake City. She was a 1998 CHS graduate and obtained her nursing degree in Steubenville, Ohio from Trinity Medical School. In...
Sharon F Johnson
Feb 4, 2024
Sharon F. Johnson, 70 of O'Brien, passed away on Sunday, February 4, 2024, at the HCA Florida Lake City Hospital. She was born in New Port Richey, Florida to the late Daniel Edwards and Frances Parker Edwards. Mrs. Johnson had made the Lake City and Wellborn area her home since 1988 having previously been a longtime resident of Tampa. ...
Jesse Lee Murrill
Feb 4, 2024
In loving memory, Jesse Lee Murrill peacefully passed away at home on February 4, 2024, surrounded by his cherished family. Born in Tampa, FL, on June 12, 1952, to Daniel Wallace Murrill and Betty Jo Waldron, he married Cynthia Douberley Murrill on June 2, 1984, sealing their eternal bond in the Salt Lake Temple on August 10, 1993. Jesse,...
Douglas Wade Handy
Feb 3, 2024
Funeral services for Mr. Handy will be conducted on Saturday, February 17, 2024 at 11:00 AM in the Gateway-Forest Lawn Memorial Chapel. Private interment will follow the service. A time of visitation with the family will be one hour prior to the service from 10:00 AM to 11:00 AM at the funeral home.
Rex Monroe Silvers
Feb 2, 2024
Rex Monroe Silvers, 91 of Lake City, passed away on Friday, February 2, 2024, at his home. He was born in Burnsville, North Carolina to the late Joseph Ervin Silvers and Cordelia Silvers. Mr. Silvers was a longtime resident of Lake City and worked for many years with Hackney Brothers. He enjoyed gardening; woodworking, tinkering and he could build...
