W.L. Hunter
Nov 1, 2020
W.L. Hunter, 87, of Lake City, passed away on Sunday afternoon, November 1, 2020 at the North Florida Regional Medical Center after a sudden illness. He was born in Lake City on May 17, 1933 to the late Wilbur Vernon Hunter and Inez Huchingson Hunter Boggus. He has made the North Florida area his home most of his life...
Leon Houston Mathis, Jr.
Oct 31, 2020
In Starkville, MS, on Saturday, October 31, 2020, Leon Houston Mathis, Jr., 84 was received home by His Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.
A graveside "Celebration of Leon's Life" will be held at 10:00 am, Saturday, November 7, 2020 at Forest Lawn Memorial Gardens Cemetery in Lake City, Florida. Rev. Mark Mathis will officiate. An online guestbook...
David Gerald Wood
Oct 30, 2020
David Gerald Wood was born on the family farm in southern Columbia County. He graduated from Mason School in 1952 and joined the United States Air Force. Gerald married his childhood sweetheart, Kathleen Dicks, in 1956 and they spent 64 blessed years together. He served his country at home and abroad, including tours in England, Japan, Korea, Libya, the...
Charles William Hodgkinson, Jr.
Oct 30, 2020
Charles William Hodgkinson, Jr., 84, of McAlpin, passed away on Friday evening, October 30, 2020 at the North Florida Regional Medical Center in Gainesville. He was born in West Haven, CT on August 13, 1936 to the late Charles William, Sr. and Doloris Ramsey Hodgkinson. He has made McAlpin his home since 1993, moving here from Connecticut. He was...
Lora Grace Duncan
Oct 29, 2020
Lora Grace Duncan, 18, of Lake City went to be with her Lord and Savior on October 29, 2020. She was born on April 8, 2002 in Milledgeville, GA and lived in Sandersville, GA and Thomasville, GA before moving to Lake City. A 2020 graduate of Columbia High School, she was currently enrolled at Florida Gateway College. Grace loved hunting,...
Bradley Ray Fountain
Oct 26, 2020
Bradley Ray Fountain, 45, of Lake City, passed away suddenly on Monday, October 26, 2020. He was born in Lake City on December 9, 1974 to Joann E Arnette and the late Charles Ray Fountain. He has been a life-long resident of Lake City and was a Construction Worker by trade. He was a homebody type, who was a...
Patricia Ann Michaels
Oct 24, 2020
Patricia Ann Michaels, 77 of Live Oak, FL, passed away Saturday morning, October 24, 2020. Born in Worcester, MA, April 29, 1943, she lived most of her life in the greater New Haven area. She worked 30 years as a Letter Carrier in New Haven, CT for the US Postal Service at the Brewery Street office.
She...
Gary Lynn Sandlin
Oct 24, 2020
Gary Lynn Sandlin, 66, of Lake City, passed away on October 24, 2020 after a strong fight with PSP disease. Gary was born in Lake City, FL to Eloise Pearce and the late Preston H. Sandlin on November 9, 1953. He was a graduate of Columbia High School and the welding program at LCCC, now FGC. He loved his...
Marilyn "Bonnie" Govreau
Oct 24, 2020
Marilyn " Bonnie" Govreau, 89, of O'Brien, passed away early Saturday morning, October 24, 2020 at the Haven-Suwannee Valley Hospice Care Center after an extended illness. She was born in Watertown, Florida on December 28, 1930 to the late Mildred Webb and Claude Mathis. She loved all of God's creatures, especially dogs, cats and horses. In old western movies...
P.D. Cason
Oct 23, 2020
P.D. Cason, 95, of Lake City, passed away peacefully Friday morning, October 23, 2020, surrounded by his family. He was born in Lulu on October 21, 1925 to the late Talmadge DeWitt Cason and Jimmie Lois Anderson Cason. PD was a graduate of the Columbia High Class of 1943; from there he entered the US Navy, where his two...
Linda L Shelton
Oct 20, 2020
Linda L. Shelton, 71 of Lake City, passed away on Tuesday, October 20, 2020, at the Haven Suwannee Valley Hospice Care Center. She was born the 2nd to the youngest of 19 children to the late Gilbert and Gertrude Ford Stewart, in Middletown, Delaware. In 1994, Mrs. Shelton moved to the Port St. Lucie and then the Bradenton, Florida...
Elmer Wheeler, Jr.
Oct 19, 2020
Elmer Wheeler, Jr., 77, resident of Lake City, FL, passed from this life Monday, October 19, 2020 after a brief illness. He was a life-long resident of Lake City, born on April 11, 1943 to the late Betty Register Lovelace and Elmer Wheeler, Sr.. He started his career with manufactured housing in sales. He worked with the State of...
Bobbie Sue Blanton
Oct 18, 2020
Mrs. Bobbie Sue Blanton, 96, of Lake City died on Sunday, October 18, 2020 at the Suwannee Valley Care Center. Mrs. Blanton was a lifelong resident of Columbia County and graduated from Columbia High School in 1941 where she played on the girls' varsity basketball team. Mrs. Blanton was a member of Parkview Baptist Church and was an active...
Johnnie Mae Silvers
Oct 17, 2020
Johnnie Mae Silvers, 81 of Lake City, passed away on Saturday, October 17, 2020, at the Orange Park Medical Center in Orange Park. She was born in Greenville, Florida to the late Johnny Cranford Barclay and Florie Mae Lewis Barclay. Mrs. Silvers had been resident for past 45 years having moved here from Jacksonville. She was of the Baptist...
Hal Crews
Oct 17, 2020
Mr. Hal Crews, 71, of Lake City, passed away on Saturday afternoon, October 17, 2020 at the Lake City Medical Center after an extended illness. He was born in Dade City, FL on November 29, 1948 to the late Harold Calvin Crews and Madria Mizell Crews. He was of the Methodist faith and has lived in Lake City for...
Mary Ellen Mclendon
Oct 15, 2020
Mary Ellen McLendon, 78, of Lake City, passed away on Thursday evening, October 15th 2020 at the Haven-Suwannee Valley Hospice Care Center after an extended illness. She was born in Miami, FL on December 6, 1941 to the late Raymond and Thelma Mae Sensiba McLendon. She has made Lake City her home since 1988, coming here from the Miami...
Eva Diane (Hill) Winkleman
Oct 15, 2020
Eva Diane Hill Winkleman, 65, of Lake City, passed away peacefully on Thursday morning, October 15, 2020 at her residence after an extended illness. She was born in Lake City on March 24, 1955 to the late James H. and Gladys Waldron Hill. She has lived in the Lake City area most of her life and was in the...
Verlon Lowell Hall, Sr.
Oct 13, 2020
Verlon Lowell Hall, Sr., 88 of Lake City, passed away at his home on Tuesday, October 13, 2020. He was born in Randolph County, Indiana to the late James Everett Hall and Rena Lavirl Zipperer Hall. Mr. Hall was raised in Lake Park, Georgia, was a graduate of Clyattville High School class of 1947 and had been a resident...
Leo Allen Brinkley, Iii
Oct 11, 2020
Leo Allen Brinkley, III, 55 of St. Augustine, passed away on Sunday, October 11, 2020. He was born in Jacksonville, Florida to the late Leo Allen Brinkley, Jr. and Flora Mae McBride Brinkley. Allen was raised in Lake City and was graduate of Columbia High School Class of 1983. Allen then continued his education at the University of Florida...
Harry J. Loranger, Jr.
Oct 11, 2020
We are sad to announce that on October 11, 2020 at the age of 79, Harry J. Loranger, Jr, passed away at his home in Fort White, Florida. Harry was born on September 27, 1941 to Flora (St. Onge) and Harry J. Loranger, Sr. He loved to play his guitar, sing and draw. He also enjoyed riding his Harley...
