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Willie Arthur Carroll
Oct 30, 2021
Willie Arthur Carroll, 82, of Lake City, passed away peacefully early Saturday morning, October 30, 2021 at the Haven-E.T. York Hospice Care Center in Gainesville after an illness. He was born in Falmouth, Florida on October 26, 1939 to the late Lonnie and Josie Warner Carroll. He has made Lake City his home for the last 42 years and...
David Anthony Creel
Oct 29, 2021
David Anthony Creel, 54, of Lake City, passed away on Friday, October 29, 2021 after a sudden illness. He was born in Lake City on October 1, 1967 to Rachel Helen Markham and the late John Larry Creel. He was a life-long resident of Lake City and a member of the Lake City Seventh Day Adventist Church. He was...
Elleon Sue Dorsett
Oct 26, 2021
Elleon B. Dorsett, "Sue", "SuSu", 83 of Branford, Florida, died October 26, 2021 in Lake City, Florida. Su-Su was born in Greenfield, Massachusetts, April 24, 1938 to Robert Adair Babcock and Lucia Sleeper. She was the sixth of eight children. She married Thomas L. Dorsett, Jr., her "Eternal Valentine" and best friend, February 14, 1963. She is survived by...
Catherine J Barrett
Oct 23, 2021
Catherine J. Barrett, 48 of White Springs, FL, passed away on Saturday, October 23, 2021. She was born in Plant City, Florida and had made White Springs her home for many years. She was of the Baptist faith and a member of Tabernacle Baptist Church. Mrs. Barrett ministered with her late husband, Charles Barrett, for many years. She enjoyed...
Donna Louise Race
Oct 23, 2021
Donna L. Race of Williston, Florida, formerly of St. Johns, Michigan, passed away October 23, 2021 at the age of 88.
Donna was born in Clinton County Michigan on April 2, 1933, to William and Ida (Marten) Schafer. She worked as a Ward Clerk at Clinton Memorial Hospital before retiring and moving "Up North" to Mancelona for...
Debra L. Larose
Oct 23, 2021
Debra L. LaRose, 64, of McAlpin, passed away on Friday, October 23, 2021 at the Lake City Medical Center after a brief illness. She was born in Olympia, Washington on October 13, 1957 to the late Robert Lawrence Roberts and Peggy Ellen McKinney Roberts. She has made McAlpin her home for the past 27 years, where she helped her...
Susan Louise Yelken
Oct 20, 2021
Susan Louise Yelken, 70, of Lake City, Florida passed away at Lake City Medical Center in Lake City, Florida on Wednesday October 20, 2021.
She was born in Dekalb, Illinois—the eldest of three daughters born to Keith D. Blumhardt and Virginia Mack Blumhardt on August 14, 1951. She was educated in both public and parochial schools in...
Major Robert E. Patterson
Oct 20, 2021
Robert E. Patterson, age 89, departed this world October 20, 2021 at his home in Lake City, Florida. He was born April 4, 1932 in Miami, Florida. He was preceded in death by his wife of 64 years, Nathetta, his parents John S. and Lydia Patterson, brothers John, Jr. and Gerald Patterson and sister Lydia Spears.
Robert...
Dwayne Brian Cormier
Oct 19, 2021
Dwayne Brian Cormier, 48, of Lake City, passed away on Tuesday evening, October 19, 2021 at the Shands University of Florida Hospital in Gainesville after an extended illness. He was born in Fort Lauderdale, Florida on August 11, 1973. He has made Lake City his home for most of his life and was a member of Old Providence Baptist...
Barbara Jean Matthews
Oct 18, 2021
Barbara Jean Matthews, 80 of Lake City, passed away on Monday, October 18, 2021, at home with her family. She was born in Valdosta, Georgia the middle child of three to the late Jack and Carrie Wood Barton. Mrs. Matthews was raised in Largo, Florida, she was a graduate of Largo High School class of 1959 and had made...
Gerald "Jerry" Franklin
Oct 17, 2021
Gerald "Jerry" Van Franklin was born in Atlanta, Georgia on August 1, 1945.  He peacefully passed with his wife and two daughters by his side on October 17, 2021 at the age of 76.
He is survived by his wife Eileen Hillengas Franklin; daughters Karen Franklin and Angela Sine-Paparella; grandchildren Casey Carter, Andrew Sine, Mitchell Young, and...
Ida Mae Parrish
Oct 16, 2021
Ida Mae Parrish, 81, of Lake City, passed away on Saturday, October 16, 2021 at the Shands University of Florida Hospital in Gainesville after an extended illness. She was born in Trenton, New Jersey on March 23, 1940 and has made Lake City her home since 2016, moving here from Miami, FL. She was known to be a "Pistol"...
Albert "Al" J. Waters, Jr
Oct 14, 2021
Albert J. "Al" Waters, Jr., 61 of Lake City, passed away on Thursday, October 14, 2021 at his home in Lake City. Al was born and raised in Lake City to the late Albert J. Waters, Sr. and Vivian Lucille Shaw Waters. He was a lifelong resident of Lake City, a graduate of Columbia High School class of 1977...
Jo Ann Theresa Pettigrew
Oct 12, 2021
JoAnn Theresa Pettigrew, 83 of Lake City, passed away on Tuesday, October 12, 2021, at Solaris Healthcare. She was born in Miami, Florida to the late Alexander J. Goode and Essie Luverne Fillingim Goode. Mrs. Pettigrew had made Lake City her home since 1988 having moved here from Palm Bay, Florida, where she had been a longtime resident. She...
Evelyn Royals Cribbs
Oct 12, 2021
Evelyn Marie Royals Cribbs, 91, of Lake City, passed away early Tuesday morning, October 12, 2021 after an extended illness. She was born in Jasper, Florida on January 30, 1930 to the late Johnny Rufus Eddins and Mattie Stacey Eddins. She has made Lake City her home since 1968, moving here from Waycross, GA. She was a waitress for...
Johnny Eugene Brown
Oct 11, 2021
Johnny Eugene Brown, 66 of Lake City, passed away on Monday, October 11, 2021 at the Lake City Medical Center. He was born the youngest of 9 children to the late Epstine Brown and Fannie Belle Mason Brown. Mr. Brown was a lifelong resident of Lake City and was of the Baptist faith. He worked in the construction industry...
Russell Leroy Mcdaniel, Jr.
Oct 11, 2021
Russell Leroy McDaniel, Jr., 44, of Green Cove Springs, formerly of Lake City, passed away suddenly on Monday, October 11, 2021. He was born in Gainesville on April 17, 1977. Â He has lived most of his life in Lake City, moving to Green Cove a little over 4 years ago. He was a painter in the construction industry and...
John Allen Boger
Oct 10, 2021
John Allen Boger "Suwannee John", 83, of Lake City, passed away at home on Sunday, October 10th, 2021 under hospice care. John is survived by his wife, Victoria Boger "Miss Vicky"; brothers, Guerry (Jana) Boger of Naples, FL and William (Dorothy) Boger of Martinsburg, VA; daughters, Tammy (David) Holcomb of Adaerville, GA, Melanie Boger of South Georgia and Monica...
Joe Harden Wood, Jr.
Oct 10, 2021
Joe Harden Wood, Jr., age 67, went to be with the Lord on October 10, 2021 after a hard fought battle with cancer. Joe was born on March 17, 1954 in Muskogee, Oklahoma to Joe Harden Wood, Sr. and Constance Wood. Joe has lived in the Branford, FL area for the last 33 years with his family. Joe was...
Emma I Schlegel
Oct 8, 2021
Emma I Schlegel passed away peacefully on Friday, October 8, 2021 at the Lake City Rehab after a brief illness. She was born in Valley View, PA on October 5, 1924, where she spent all of her childhood. She had recently moved to Lake City to be closer to her daughter and family. Emma was a wonderful mother and...
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