Obituary Listing

Apr 11, 2023

Shawn Robert Waldron, 32, of Lake City, passed away on Tuesday, April 11, 2023. He was born in Gainesville, Florida on July 7, 1990 and has made Lake City his home all of his life. He was a 2008 graduate of Columbia High School and a member of the Watertown Congregational Methodist Church. In his spare time, he enjoyed...

Apr 11, 2023

Lonnie Michael "Mike" Cushman, 74 of Lake City, passed away on Tuesday, April 11, 2023 at the Haven Hospice Suwannee Valley Care Center in Lake City.  He was born the middle child of three in Columbia, South Carolina to the late Lonnie Everett Cushman and Bessie Rae Law Cushman.  Mr. Cushman was raised in North Miami, Florida and was...

Apr 10, 2023

Deborah Lucille Platt, 66, of Lake City, passed away on Monday evening, April 10, 2023 at the Lake City Veterans Administration Hospital after an extended illness. She was born in Bradenton, Florida on November 4, 1956 to the late Eugene Platt and Lucille Elmore Platt. She was a US Navy Veteran, serving for over 17 years and worked with...

Apr 10, 2023

Shirley J. Munoz, age 81 of Lake City, passed away Monday, April 10, 2023.  She was born August 24, 1941 in Bradford County, Florida to the late Grover Aldridge and Annie Aldridge. Shirley attended Columbia High School until 1958.  She lived and worked in Gainesville, Florida until 1976 when she moved to California.  There, she married the love of...

Apr 6, 2023

James Closs (Buddy) Thompson Jr, 72, passed away on Thursday, April 6, 2023. He was born in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida on February 2, 1951. He lived in Ft. Lauderdale and Parkland, Florida before marrying Donna Wright in 1971 where they lived in Coral Springs, FL. He was an avid hunter, as many remember his airboat hunting stories he told,...

Apr 4, 2023

Robert Moulton, 71 of Fort White, passed away on Tuesday, April 4, 2023 at his home.  He was born in Ripley, Tennessee and was raised in both, Wellborn, Florida and Granite City, Illinois where he attended Granite City High School.  Mr. Moulton had made his home in Fort White since 1977 and worked for many years with Hunter Marine...

Apr 4, 2023

Ms. Donna Silvestri Wilson, 85, of Lake City, passed away on Tuesday, April 4, 2023, at the Bedrock Nursing and Rehab Center in Lake City. She was born in Chicago, IL on September 28, 1937. She lived most of her life in Orlando, FL; prior to moving to Lake City in 2008. She worked for the University of Central...

Apr 1, 2023

Junior Lee Chandler, 89 of Lake City, passed away on Saturday, April 1, 2023, at the HCA Florida Lake City Hospital.  He was born in West Hamlin, West Virginia to the late Bennie and Stella Lawson Chandler.  Mr. Chanlder served our country in the United States Army and worked for many years on the assembly line with General Motors...

Apr 1, 2023

Lynda Marie Holderfield, 75, of Fort White, passed away at her residence on Saturday, April 1, 2023, after a brief illness. She was born in LaGrange, Georgia on September 15, 1947 to the late Carion Billy Tumlin and Laura Esther Brown Tumlin. She has made the Fort White area her home since 1986, moving here from the Bryceville area....

Apr 1, 2023

Velda Adele Wilder, 92, of Live Oak, passed away peacefully early Saturday morning, April 1, 2023, at the Have Hospice - Suwannee Valley Care Center in Lake City after an extended illness. She was born in Dowling Park, FL on September 16, 1930, to the late Alvin Lucius Clark and Martha Avie Haye Clark. She has lived all her...

Mar 31, 2023

Brett Allen "Pooh Bear" Raulerson, 58 of Lake City, passed away on Friday, March 31, 2023 at the Haven Hospice Suwannee Valley Care Center in Lake City with his family by his side.  Mr. Raulerson was born and raised in Lake City, the sixth child of seven, to the late Jake and Betty Jo Wheeler Raulerson.  He worked for...

Mar 30, 2023

Michael Wayne "Mike" Russell, 75, of Lake City, passed away on Thursday, March 30, 2023 at the Malcom Randall VA Medical Center in Gainesville after a brief illness. He was born in Atlanta, GA on March 11, 1948, and has made the Lake City area his home since 1963. He was a member of the Bethlehem Baptist Church in...

Mar 28, 2023

Mr. David Earl Kelly passed away on Tuesday, March 28, 2023, at the Kindred Hospital in Tampa, FL, following an extended illness.  He was born on September 1, 1952, to the late Lonnie and Eula Lucille Grant Kelly.   He was educated in Columbia Public School System and graduated from Columbia High School in 1973.

David was a...

Mar 27, 2023

Josephine A. LeClerc, 87, of Lake City, passed away on Monday, March 27, 2023 at the Bedrock Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Lake City after an extended illness. She was born in Watertown, Florida on September 29, 1935 to the late Sim Kirby and Mae Bullard Kirby. She has made Lake City her home most of her life and...

Mar 27, 2023

Joyce Nettles Spurlock, 77, of Lake City, passed away peacefully on Monday morning, March 27, 2023. She was born in Lake City on December 20, 1945 to the late Steven Rich Nettles and Frances Catherine Wheatley Nettles. She has made Lake City her home for most of her life; and she worked for the Columbia County School District from...

Mar 25, 2023

Carolyn Young Griffis, 79, of Lake City, passed away at the HCA-North Florida Hospital in Gainesville on Saturday, March 25, 2023. She was born in Union County on June 23, 1943 and has lived all of her life in the Union County area until she moved to Lake City a little over 3 years ago. She worked as a...

Mar 25, 2023

Mr. Edgar William Poitevint, 84 of Gilchrist County, passed away on Saturday, March 25, 2023 at the Ayers Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Trenton.  Mr. Poitevint was born in Cross City, Florida the 5th of 6 children to the late Outler Henry Poitevint and Ruby Corine Yawn. He was raised in Lake City and was a graduate of Columbia...

Mar 24, 2023

Mrs. Betty J. Baker, 91, of Lake City passed away peacefully on Friday, March 24, 2023 at her residence surrounded by her loving family. A native of Coffee County, Alabama, Mrs. Baker was the daughter of the late George and Gladys Mae Kemp Stinson and had been a resident of Lake City since 1969. Mrs. Baker owned and operated...

Mar 23, 2023

Michael David "Mike" Vaughn, 67, of Lake City, formerly of Miami, FL, passed away on Thursday, March 23, 2023. He was born in Miami, Florida on February 19, 1956 to the late Robert Charles Vaughn and Yvonne Martin Vaughn. He graduated from Southwest High School in 1974 and was a Licensed Building Contractor, owning his own business along with...

Mar 22, 2023

Mrs. Kate M. Cason Alexander, 81, of Lake City passed away on Wednesday, March 22, 2023 at HCA Florida Lake City Hospital following a lengthy illness. Born in Ft. White, Florida she was the daughter of the late Carl C. and Wilma Douglas Cason and had been a resident of Ft. White and Lake City all of her life....