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Betty Brock (Elizabeth)  Spedale

Betty Brock (Elizabeth) Spedale

Aug 9, 2020

Betty (Elizabeth) Brock Spedale, 82 of Lake City passed away peacefully Sunday morning, August 9, 2020. She was born in Asher, Kentucky on April 21, 1938 to Claude and Hazel Brock. She worked many years as a florist and caregiver. She lived in Lake City for many years and was of the Apostolic faith. She loved caring for others,...

Ethel Dicks Boyette

Ethel Dicks Boyette

Aug 7, 2020

Ethel Boyette, 84, of Lake City, passed away beautifully and peacefully on Friday evening, August 7, 2020.  She was born in Union County, Florida on May 5, 1936 to Ned Dicks and Ladora Pearce Dicks Nettles. She was employed many years by  the Columbia County  Clerk of Courts office until her retirement in 2001. She was a resident of...

Jonathan Lee “Jon” Powell

Jonathan Lee “Jon” Powell

Aug 6, 2020

Jonathan Lee "Jon" Powell, 49, of Lake City, passed away unexpectedly on August 6, 2020. Jon was born in OKay, Oklahoma on March 2, 1971, But spent his growing up years with his Papa Frankie and his loving Grandma Shirley (a/k/a 2nd Mama), in Lake Butler, Florida. Jon later moved to Lake City where he met and married the...

James Harvey Jackson

James Harvey Jackson

Aug 5, 2020

Mr. James Harvey Jackson, 81 of Lake City, passed away on Wednesday, August 5, 2020, at the Haven Suwannee Valley Hospice Care Center in Lake City with his family at his side.  He was born in Griffin, Georgia to the late Thomas Ellis Jackson and Willie Mae Palmer Jackson.  Mr. Jackson was a veteran of the United States Army...

Leroy "Bill" Nichols

Leroy "Bill" Nichols

Aug 2, 2020

Leroy "Bill" Nichols, 77, of Lake City, passed away of a broken heart at his home in Lake City. He was born in Bartow, FL, on February 11, 1943 to the late James W. "Lon" and Evelyn Tyson Nichols. He has made Lake City his home since 1969 and was of the Baptist faith. He worked for 31 plus...

Arthur Wayne Church

Arthur Wayne Church

Jul 31, 2020

Arthur Wayne Church - husband, Daddy, Papacorn, pastor, and friend - was welcomed into the presence of Jesus Christ on July 31st, 2020. He was 75 years old.

Brother Wayne was born on October 20th, 1944, in Lake City, Florida, to the late Mr. George Church and Mrs. Edith (Williams) Gilbert (Joseph Gilbert). He was the younger...

John Larry Creel

John Larry Creel

Jul 26, 2020

John Larry Creel born August 30, 1939 passed away Sunday July 26, 2020 at the VA Hospital in Lake City, FL. He was the baby of 14 children and a lifelong resident of Lake City who was loved and adored by many.

After graduating high school in 1959 he began his journey of masonry work with his...

Richard A. Lee

Richard A. Lee

Jul 26, 2020

Mr. Richard A. Lee, 74, life-long resident of Lake City, passed away peacefully Sunday morning, July 26, 2020 surrounded by his family after an extended illness. He was born on May 11, 1946 to the late Harry and Thetis Brown Lee. He was a member of the Parkview Baptist Church here in Lake City and retired from the City...

Gladys W Milligan

Gladys W Milligan

Jul 25, 2020

Gladys W. Milligan, 96 of Lake City, passed away on Saturday, July 25, 2020 at the Willow Brook Assisted Living in Lake City with her family by her side.  She was born in Dunnellon, Florida to the late Hector McNeil Wade and Gladys Barnett Wade.  Mrs. Milligan had lived most of her life in Lake City and was a...

Noffie Lee Carter, Jr.

Noffie Lee Carter, Jr.

Jul 24, 2020

Noffie Lee Carter, Jr., 48, of Lake City, passed away on Friday, July 24, 2020 at the Lake City Medical Center after a sudden illness. He was born in Gainesville, FL on February 13, 1972 to Noffie "Nick" Lee Carter, Sr. and Linda Carey Ramirez. He was a cook in the restaurant industry for many years and a life-long...

Chandubhai Haribhai Patel

Chandubhai Haribhai Patel

Jul 23, 2020

Chandubhai Haribhai Patel, son of Haribhai Dhoribhai Patel and Dahiben Patel, was born on June 8, 1931 in the state of Gujarat, India. He was the fifth of seven siblings. Surrounded by loving family and friends, Chandubhai's gentle spirit passed away peacefully at home in Lake City, Florida on July 23, 2020. C.H., as he was called by many,...

Richard Arnold Lucas, Jr.

Richard Arnold Lucas, Jr.

Jul 21, 2020

Richard Arnold Lucas, Jr., 71 of Lake City, passed away at his home on Tuesday, July 21, 2020.  Mr. Lucas was born and raised in Coudersport, Pennsylvania to the late Richard Arnold Lucas, Sr. and Cora Day Lucas.  He made his home in Lake City since 2005 having moved here from Boca Raton, Florida.  Mr. Lucas served in the...

Carolyn Roberta Courson

Carolyn Roberta Courson

Jul 21, 2020

Carolyn Roberta Courson, 82 of Lake City, passed away on Tuesday, July 21, 2020, at the Lake City Medical Center following a brief illness.  She was born in Jacksonville, Florida to the late Robert Lee Clark and Elmira Richardson Clark.  Mrs. Courson had made her home in Lake City since 1965 having moved here from Jacksonville.  She was a...

Janet Rosbury Babinec

Janet Rosbury Babinec

Jul 20, 2020

Janet Rosbury Babinec went to be with the Lord on July 20, 2020.

Janet was born on July 19, 1948 in Lansing, Michigan to her parents, Oscar and Margaret Rosbury. Janet was a resident of Columbia County for 31 years and was a member of Elim Baptist Church. Janet was a faithful Christian and when she was...

Dr. Leopold B Leblique

Dr. Leopold B Leblique

Jul 20, 2020

Dr. Leopold Benjamin Leblique, II, 94 of Lake City, passed away at North Florida Regional Medical Center on Monday, July 20, 2020.  Dr. Leblique was born in Newcastle-on-Tyne, England and was a graduate of the University of Durham, Kings College, Bachelor of Science, with honors in Physics.  He graduated from Leopold-Franzens University, Innsbruck, Austria with a Doctor of Medicine...

Ouida Powell Hanna

Ouida Powell Hanna

Jul 19, 2020

OUIDA POWELL HANNA, 98, passed away peacefully on July 19, 2020, at her home in Tampa, after a long decline. She was born in Brinson, GA in 1922, to William Jefferson and Minnie Wells Powell. She graduated from Brinson High School and Georgia State Woman's College (now Valdosta State University). She met her future husband, James, in Bainbridge, GA,...

Dolores "Dolly" Santos Denina

Dolores "Dolly" Santos Denina

Jul 16, 2020

Dolores Naguiat Santos Denina was born March 15, 1940 in Porac, Pampanga, in the central Luzon region of the Philippines, the youngest of 3 daughters.   After completing high school in Porac, she moved to Manila to attend and was forever a proud graduate of the Far East University medical technology program.  One day while attending a Mu Sigma Mu...

Wayne E. Roseke

Wayne E. Roseke

Jul 15, 2020

Wayne E. Roseke, 78 of Lake City, passed away on Wednesday, July 15, 2020, at the Haven Suwannee Valley Hospice Care Center in Lake City.  He was born in West Palm Beach, Florida to the late Roy H. Roseke and Muriel L. Newbury Roseke.  Mr. Roseke had made his home in Lake City since 1987 having moved here from...

Garrett Russell Loch

Garrett Russell Loch

Jul 13, 2020

Garrett Russell Loch, 21, of Lake City, passed away on July 13, 2020 from a motorcycle accident. He was born in Gainesville on March 23, 1999 to Michael Allen Loch and Selena Kuhn Loch. He has been a life-long resident of Lake City and was a 2018 graduate of Columbia High School. He worked for Nextran for over a...

Chase Andrew Gebo

Chase Andrew Gebo

Jul 12, 2020

Chase Andrew Gebo, 28, of Fort White, passed away suddenly on Sunday morning, July 12, 2020. He was born in Loxahatchee, Florida on March 26, 1992 to Danny and Tammi Musgrave Gebo. He has made Fort White his home since 2005 and was a 2010 honors graduate of Fort White High School; where he played football until 10th grade...

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