Obituary Listing

Aug 11, 2019

The Rev. Albert F. Donovan, MDiv, 91, of Lake City, was promoted to glory on Sunday, August 11, 2019 at the Lake City VA Medical Center. Born March 2, 1928 in Boston, Massachusetts, he lived a life of service to others. Joining the U.S. Army Air Corp in World War II, he was a POW in the Philippines. Al...

Aug 11, 2019

Mr. Rickey Smith, 64 of Lake City, passed away on Sunday, August 11, 2019, at home with his family at his side.  He was a lifelong resident of Lake City and a son to the late Rema L. Smith and Gladys Little Smith.  Mr. Smith was a graduate of Columbia High School class of 1972 and he also attended...

Aug 5, 2019

Mrs. Ruby Louise Vining Colson, 79, of Lake City, passed away on Monday morning, August 5, 2019 after an extended illness at the Haven Suwannee Valley Hospice Care Center.  She was a lifelong resident of Lake City and the fifth of seven children to the late Kie and Maggie Allbritton Vining.  Mrs. Colson was a graduate of Columbia High...

Aug 1, 2019

Lake City, FL - It is with great sadness that the family of Deaker Johnson Sterling III, 80, announces the unexpected passing of a legacy on August 1, 2019. He was born December 6, 1938 in Camden, New Jersey, to the late James Sterling and Adelaide Sterling.

He was a dedicated employee of Anderson and Columbia for...

Jul 30, 2019

Dr. Francisco José Ravelo, 76 of Lake City, passed away suddenly at the Lake City Medical Center Tuesday evening, July 30, 2019. He was born in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic on August 22, 1942 to the late José de Jesús Ravelo, Jr. and Hertha María Lembcke. He and his wife moved to the United States in 1968, where he...

Jul 28, 2019

Rhonda Z. Flowers, 66, of Lake City, passed away on Sunday afternoon, July 28, 2019 at her residence after a sudden illness. She was born in Miami-Dade County on April 19, 1953 to the late Henry McCoy and Ada Janet Tyre Flowers. She has made Lake City her home most of her life and was a nurse by trade....

Jul 26, 2019

Mrs. Worth Denetta Morris, 84 of Live Oak, went home to be with the Lord on Friday, July 26, 2019, at her home. She was born in Baltimore, Maryland on January 3rd, 1935 and had lived in Live Oak since 2000. Mrs. Morris and her husband, Doyle Tryon Morris were longtime residents of Naples, FL. Worth worked in the...

Jul 25, 2019

Mrs. Odella Jean Cason, 60, of Lake City died Thursday, July 25, 2019 at Haven Hospice Suwannee Valley Care Center in Lake City following an extended illness. A native and lifelong resident of Lake City, Jean was the daughter of the late Odell and Jane Downing but was lovingly raised by Ewell and Essie Stalvey. She retired from the...

Jul 23, 2019

Martha Gertrude Waters, 92, of Lake City, passed away peacefully on Tuesday morning, July 23, 2019 at her residence after an extended illness. She was born in Guntersville, Alabama on October 7, 1926 to the late Charles McKinley and Velma King Chamlies. She has lived most of her life in the Lake City area and was a homemaker. She...

Jul 20, 2019

Frances J. Russell, was born on November 14, 1931 in Mountain City, TN (Johnson County). Frances went to be with the Lord on Saturday evening, July 20, 2019 at Haven-Suwannee Valley Hospice Care Center in Lake City, FL, at the age of 87.

She is survived by her sons, Jack R. Russell (Rhonda), Timothy L. Russell (Beth);...

Jul 17, 2019

Marjorie Means Brown, beloved mother, grandmother, great grandmother, friend and teacher, died peacefully at her home on July 17, 2019.  Marjorie was born in her family home in Mikesville, Florida, on August 14, 1918, daughter of Nina Green Means and David Asbury Means.  She was a graduate of Ft. White High School and the Florida State College for Women...

Jul 16, 2019

Roy Drymon Markham, 89, passed away peacefully on July 16, 2019 at the Haven Suwannee Valley Hospice Care Center in Lake City, FL after an extended illness.  Roy was a native and lifelong Columbia Countian.  A descendant of Columbia county pioneers, he was born on June 1, 1930 at the home place on High Falls Road to Ralph Leighton...

Jul 15, 2019

Timothy Robert Walker, 49, of Lake City, passed away Monday evening, July 15, 2019. He was born in Miami, Florida on November 9, 1969 to the late James Robert and Joann Grantham Edgerly. He has made Lake City his home for the past five years, moving here from the Miami/Central Florida area. He was currently employed by the University...

Jul 14, 2019

Mr. L.C. "Bud" Norris, 89 of Lake City, passed away on Sunday, July 14, 2019 at the North Florida Regional Medical Center in Gainesville.  He was born in Lake City on September 14, 1929 to the late F.W. Norris and Lucretia Raulerson Norris.  Mr. Norris was a graduate of Columbia High School class of 1948.  He enlisted in the...

Jul 14, 2019

Mr. Alan Richard English, 88, of Lake City, passed away on Sunday, July 14, 2019 at the North Florida Regional Medical Center after a sudden illness. He was born in Washington, D.C. on May 7, 1931. He was a Korean Conflict Air Force veteran, who after serving his four years, returned to the Miami, Florida area and lived there...

Jul 5, 2019

Gloria Fabian Molosso, 94, a longtime resident of Lake City passed away on Friday morning, July 5, 2019 at Plantation Oaks in High Springs. She is preceded in death by her loving husband of 67 years, Robert P. Molosso and her brother Ernest E. Hollingsworth, Jr.

Gloria was born in Fort White to the late Ernest Enoch...

Jun 29, 2019

Mrs. Virginia Blanks Lee Merker, 75, of Lake City, passed away on Saturday, June 29, 2019 at the North Florida Regional Medical Center in Gainesville after a sudden illness. She was born in Homerville, Georgia on April 25, 1944 to the late Robert Ernest and Mary Easter Jordan Blanks. She has made Lake City her home most of her...

Jun 27, 2019

Mr. Julian Stephen Collins, Jr., 55, of St. George Island, Florida, formerly of Fort White, passed away peacefully at his residence on Thursday morning, June 27, 2019 after a sudden illness. He was born in Lake City, Florida on December 13, 1963 to Julian Stephen Collins, Sr. and the late Lois Inez Waldron. He was an avid Florida Gator...

Jun 26, 2019

Emma Ruth Huddleston Bunn, age 85, passed away in Haven Hospice in Lake City, FL on June 26th, 2019.

She was born January 7th, 1934 in Gentry, TN to Beulah Mae and Harwood Huddleston.

Ruth worked for the FBI fingerprinting department in Washington, D.C. She met her husband, John Bunn II, in D.C. They were...

Jun 22, 2019

Our precious mother, Molly Creecy Harriss, passed away June 22nd, 2019, at the age of 91. She was born in Gladewater, Texas on February 15th, 1928 to Edwin and Helen Barcus Creecy. As an only child, Molly lived a charmed life. When Molly was a teen, she played the piccolo in the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra and was also...