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Barbara Fleming Lee

Barbara Fleming Lee

Nov 24, 2022

Barbara Fleming Lee, 68, passed away Thursday, November 24, 2022, at Haven Suwannee Valley Hospice Care Center surrounded by her family after an extended illness. Barbara, born January 17, 1954, was the daughter of Rudolph and Willie Mae Fleming, lifelong residents of Lake City, FL. She was a loving wife, mother, and "Mamaw" who enjoyed spending time with her...

Betty Jean (Bodiford)  Koon

Betty Jean (Bodiford) Koon

Nov 23, 2022

Betty Jean Bodiford Koon, 87 of Lake City, passed away on Wednesday, November 23, 2022 at the Haven Hospice Suwannee Valley Care Center in Lake City following an extended illness.  She was born on February 1, 1935 in Lake City, Florida to the late David F. Bodiford and Julia Eloise Wilder Bodiford and had made Lake City her home...

Dora Coley Langley

Dora Coley Langley

Nov 22, 2022

Dora Coley Langley, 79, of Lake City, passed away peacefully early Tuesday morning, November 22, 2022 at the Haven Hospice – Suwannee Valley Care Center after a brief illness. She was born in Wayne County, NC on May 25, 1943 to the late Freeman Coley and Dora Mae Crumpler Coley. She has made Lake City her home for the...

Margie Jean Lawrence

Margie Jean Lawrence

Nov 21, 2022

Ms. Margie Jean Lawrence, 80, passed away on Monday, November 21, 2022, at the Bedrock Rehabilitation and nursing center in Lake City, FL; following an extended illness. She is the daughter of the late Charles Monroe and Mildred Hyers McEhenney she is preceded in death by her husband Jesse Lawrence. After coming here from White Springs, FL, Margie had...

Alma R (Owens)  Williamson

Alma R (Owens) Williamson

Nov 20, 2022

Alma R. Williamson, 93 of Live Oak and former longtime resident of Lake City, passed away on Sunday, November 20, 2022 at the Haven Hospice Suwannee Valley Care Center.  Mrs. Williamson was born in Jasper, Florida on August 22, 1929, the 4th of 5 children, to the late Lake G. Owens and Ruth Geiger Owens.  She lived in numerous...

John Tanner Williamson, Jr.

John Tanner Williamson, Jr.

Nov 17, 2022

Mr. John Tanner Williamson, Jr. 64, passed away on Thursday, November 17, 2022, following an illness. He is the son of the late John Tanner Williamson, Sr. John is preceded in death by his step-father James Lones and one niece. He had made Lake City his home for the past twenty years after moving here from Portsmouth, Virginia, John...

Jack Lee King

Jack Lee King

Nov 14, 2022

Mr. Jack Lee King, 91, of Lake City, Florida, went to be with his Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ on Monday, November 14, 2022. He grew up in Galena Park, Texas and moved with his wife and two children to Lake City, Florida in 1970, where he continued his career of 41 years at Occidental Chemical Corporation.

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Violet Green Seay

Violet Green Seay

Nov 11, 2022

Violet Green Seay, 102, was born on January 26, 1920 in the Greenfield area of Lake City, Florida to George W. & Arie B. Green. She passed away in her sleep in November 11, 2022 under Hospice Care at Solaris Healthcare in Lake City, where she had been recovering from a broken leg since last November.

She...

George Brooks Etheridge, Jr.

George Brooks Etheridge, Jr.

Nov 10, 2022

George Brooks Etheridge, Jr., 71, of Lake City, passed away peacefully on November 10, 2022 after a hard-fought battle with cancer. He was born on February 26, 1951 to the late George and Betty Etheridge. Brooks was a graduate of Columbia High School class of 1969 where he excelled in all sports. He received a football scholarship to Clemson...

Iris Juanita Norris

Iris Juanita Norris

Nov 9, 2022

Iris Juanita Norris, 76, passed away on Wednesday, November 9, 2022 at the North Florida Regional Medical Center in Gainesville.  She was born in Lake City, the only child, to the late Murray Marcus Hillhouse and Rosa Lee Harrell Hillhouse.  Mrs. Norris lived most of her life in Lake City and had previously worked for Hasty House, the Texaco...

James "Jimmy" Wood

James "Jimmy" Wood

Nov 7, 2022

James Earl "Jimmy" Wood, 62, of Lake City, passed away on Monday, November 7, 2022. He was born in Folkston, Georgia on September 15, 1960 to the late Leroy Wood and Bobbie Nell McCuin Wood. He has been a life-long resident of the Lake City area and was a Carpenter by trade. In his spare time, he enjoyed fishing,...

John Colson

John Colson

Nov 4, 2022

Elvin Spencer "John" Colson, 87 of Lake City, passed away at his home on Friday, November 4, 2022 due to recent heart issues and cancer.  He was a lifelong resident of Lake City and only son to the late Spencer Elvin Colson and Myra Kinard Colson.  Mr. Colson worked and retired from the Florida Department of Transportation as a...

Betty Ruth Jones

Betty Ruth Jones

Nov 2, 2022

Ms. Betty Ruth Jones, 90, passed away on Wednesday, November 2, 2022, in the North Florida Regional Medical center in Gainesville, FL following an extended illness. Betty was the daughter of the late Samuel and Adel Ellis Godbold and is preceded in death by her husband Colquitt "Rick" Jones and is also preceded in death by two brothers Elbert...

Kathleen Margaret Wood

Kathleen Margaret Wood

Nov 2, 2022

Kathleen Margaret Dicks Wood was born on the family farm in southern Columbia County.  She graduated from Mason School in 1954 and married her childhood sweetheart, David Gerald Wood, in 1956.  They enjoyed 64 blessed years of marriage. She had worked as a hair stylist, seamstress, and sewing factory supervisor. She volunteered with Haven Hospice for nine years. She...

Earl Hartwell Strickland, Jr

Earl Hartwell Strickland, Jr

Nov 1, 2022

Mr. Earl Hartwell Strickland, Jr. 73, passed away Tuesday morning November 1, 2022, at the Suwannee Valley Care Center (Haven Hospice) in Lake City, FL following an extended illness. He is the son of the late Earl Hartwell and Joyce Long Strickland Sr. and is preceded in death by one sister Rebecca Strickland.

Earl made his home...

Vernon Mosely Crews

Vernon Mosely Crews

Oct 30, 2022

Vernon Mosely Crews, 93 of Lake City, passed away on Sunday, October 30, 2022 at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Lake City.  He was born in Olustee, Florida, September 2, 1929 to the late William M. "Will" Crews and Florence Stalvey Crews.  Mr. Crews attended the Old Mason School and Columbia High School.  Before joining the Army Air...

Franklin "Sonny" Weaver

Franklin "Sonny" Weaver

Oct 30, 2022

Franklin "Sonny" Weaver, 84, of Lake City, passed away peacefully on Sunday morning, October 30, 2022 after an extended illness. He was born in South Charleston, West Virginia on June 26, 1938 to the late Joseph Weaver and Minerva Demastus Weaver. He has made Lake City his home since 2006, moving here from the Tampa area. He worked in...

Gertrude Howard

Gertrude Howard

Oct 28, 2022

Gertrude Howard, 86, of Lake City, passed away peacefully on Friday evening, October 28, 2022 after an extended illness. She was born in Jacksboro, Texas on November 19, 1935 to the late Cecil and Lois Opal Pierce Ogle. She has made Lake City her home for a number of years and was a Homemaker all of her life. In...

John North Howell

John North Howell

Oct 28, 2022

John North Howell, 72 of Lake City, passed away on Friday, October 28, 2022 at his home.  Mr. Howell was born in Lake City to the late John Carroll Howell and Thelma Inez North Howell.  Mr. Howell was a graduate of Columbia High School class of 1968 and served for 12 years with the Florida National Guard.  He retired...

Joseph P Hebert

Joseph P Hebert

Oct 28, 2022

Joseph P. Hebert, 90 of Lake City, passed away on Friday, October 28, 2022 at the Haven Hospice Suwannee Valley Care Center.  He was born in Chacahoula, Louisianna to the late Emanuel and Aline Breaux Hebert.  Mr. Hebert had made Lake City his home since the 1960's.  He had lived in numerous places during his service in the United...

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