John Ashley Jones
Oct 12, 2025
John A. Jones, 49, of Lake City, passed away on Sunday night, October 12, 2025 in Lake City following a brief illness. He was born in Memphis, TN on September 2, 1976, and has made Lake City his home since 1986, moving here from that area. He was a graduate of the Lake City Christian Academy as well as...
Laurie Jeanne Augustin
Oct 10, 2025
Laurie Jeanne Augustin, 67, of Lake City, passed away on Friday morning, October 10, 2025 at her residence surrounded by her family, after an extended illness. She was born in Saginaw, Michigan on March 20, 1958 to the late William Phinney and Rita Roy Phinney. She has made Lake City her home since 1998, moving here from the Pompano...
Prabhjot Kailash Purohit
Oct 9, 2025
Prabhjot (Gill) Purohit was born September 7, 1950, to Sardar Col. (Ret) Balwant Singh Gill & Sardarni Jal Kaur Gill, in Jullandar, Punjab, India. Her early childhood was that of a typical Army Brat, whilst her Father was deployed along the Indo-China borders and it's active war zones. However, her own memories were limited to growing up in Srinagar,...
William Michael Massey
Oct 8, 2025
Mr. William Michael Massey, 76, passed away on Wednesday, October 8, 2025, at the Suwannee Valley Care Center in Lake City, FL, following an extended illness. He is the son of the late Albert Broughton and Dorothy Clarke Massey. William lived in Lake City for the past thirty-six years after moving here from St. Petersburg, FL. He worked with...
Lynda Koon Conner
Oct 8, 2025
Lynda Koon Conner, 81 of White Springs, passed away on Wednesday, October 8, 2025 at the E.T. York Care Center in Gainesville. She was born and raised in High Springs, the third of four children, to the late Jack P. Koon and Flora Rouse Koon. Mrs. Conner was a graduate of Santa Fe High School class of 1962 and...
Theresa Marie Willoughby
Oct 6, 2025
Theresa Marie Willoughby, 64, of Lake City, passed away on Monday evening, October 6, 2025 at the HCA Florida- Lake City Hospital, after a sudden illness. She was born in Providence, RI on May 8, 1961. She worked as a Beautician for a number of years before ill health forced her to retire. She has made Lake City her...
Michael W. "Mike" Lominack
Oct 6, 2025
Michael Wayne "Mike" Lominack, 69 of Lake City, passed away on Monday, October 6, 2025 at the HCA Florida Lake City Hospital in Lake City. Mr. Lominack was born in Lakeland, Florida, the middle son of three, to the late William Robert Lominack and Peggy Lou Roysdon Lominack. He graduated from Lakeland Senior High School class of 1973 and...
Wynell H. Pillars
Oct 3, 2025
Mrs. Wynell H. Pillars passed away peacefully at her residence on Friday, October 3, 2025. A native of Santa Rosa County, Florida, she was the daughter of the late Cecil and Coralee Kight Harris.
She loved sewing, reading, and, more recently, spending time doing word searches and playing iPhone games that kept her sharp. Her greatest happiness...
Laurie Ann Wheeler
Sep 29, 2025
Laurie Ann Wheeler, 63 of Live Oak, passed away at her home on Monday, September 29, 2025. She was born in Lake City, Florida, the fourth of five children to the late Leon Wheeler and Annie Payne Wheeler. Laurie was raised in Lake City and had made Live Oak her home for the past 25 years. She enjoyed camping,...
Michelle Iva Janson
Sep 29, 2025
Michelle Iva Janson, 78, of Lake City, passed away on Monday morning, September 29, 2025 at the Bedrock Rehabilitation of Lake City, after a brief illness. She was born in Dayton, Ohio on June 3, 1947 to the late Jerome Packnett and Geraldean Weeks Packnett. She has made Lake City her home since 1989, and served her country in...
Foy Mae Dafner Durrance
Sep 28, 2025
Our precious sister, aunt, stepmother, and devoted friend, Foy Mae Dafner Durrance Andrus, passed away peacefully in her home on Sunday, September 26, 2025. Foy was born on September 8, 1926, in Lake City, Florida, to William Oscar Durrance and Cleo Dafner (Bullard) Durrance. She was the third of ten children born to Oscar and Cleo. Although Foy never...
Aileen Agnes Dahlberg
Sep 27, 2025
Aileen Agnes Dahlberg, 100, of Lake City, passed away peacefully on Saturday, September 27, 2025 at Solaris Healthcare of Lake City after a brief illness. She was born on May 26, 1925 in New York City to the late Fred and Agnes Johnson. Aileen graduated from Julia Richman High School in New York City. She married Leonard on September...
Kimberley "Kim" Edge Green
Sep 26, 2025
Kimberly "Kim" Edge Green, 56, of Lake City, passed away on Friday morning, September 26, 2025 at the HCA Florida – Lake City Hospital. She was born in Conyers, GA on April 18, 1969 and has made Lake City her home since 1986. Kimberly had a kind and giving heart, and absolutely loved being with her family and friends....
Jean Clare Norton Woodfin
Sep 25, 2025
Jean Clare Norton Woodfin, 80, of Lake City, passed away peacefully on Thursday morning, September 25, 2025 at the Haven Hospice – Suwannee Valley Care Center in Lake City, after an extended illness. She was born on August 4, 1945 in Baltimore, MD to the late Louis & Evelyn Wagner. She worked for over 50 years with CSX Railroad,...
Emma Loyd Robinson
Sep 24, 2025
Ms. Emma Loyd Robinson, 90, passed away on Thursday, September 24, 2025, at Solaris Health Care in Lake City, surrounded by her family, following an extended illness. She is the daughter of the late John Henry and Inez Annie Weeks Loyd and was preceded in death by her husband in 2015 of sixty-five years Edward Robinson. She was a...
Tonya Marie Laplant
Sep 23, 2025
Tonya Marie LaPlant, 41 of Lake City, passed away on Tuesday, September 23, 2025 at the Haven Hospice Suwannee Valley Care Center in Lake City. She was born in Charleston, South Carolina and had made her home in Lake City since 1995. Tonya was a graduate of Columbia High School class of 2002. She was a Christian and of...
Lois Dortch Martin
Sep 21, 2025
Lois Dortch Martin, formerly known as Lois Dortch Ritch, passed away peacefully on September 21, 2025, in Gainesville, Florida, at the age of 88, following complications from a massive stroke. She was born on September 25, 1936, in Lake City, Florida, where she spent the majority of her life, with the exception of a brief adventure in Horseshoe Beach...
Carol Elizabeth Adams Burnett Crews
Sep 20, 2025
Ms. Carol Elizabeth Adams Burnett Crews, 84, passed away on Saturday, September 20, 2025, at the Suwannee Valley Care Center (Haven Hospice) following an extended illness. She is the daughter of the late Jesse and Dorothy Howell Adams. and is preceded death in by her first husband of 32 ½ years Wilber A. (Buddy, Smiley) Burnett and then four...
Charles Edward "Chuck" Crews, Jr
Sep 18, 2025
Mr. Charles Edward "Chuck" Crews, 52, of Lake City, passed away on Thursday, September 18, 2025, at the Shands Hospital in Gainesville following a sudden illness. A native and lifelong resident of Lake City, he attended local schools here in Columbia County and graduated from Columbia High School in 1991. Chuck attended Florida State University and was employed by...
Carolyn Dampier Kirby
Sep 17, 2025
Carolyn Dampier Kirby, 85, of Lake City, passed away on Wednesday, September 17, 2025. She was born in Lake City on April 22, 1940, to the late Calvin Howard Dampier and Ouida Keen Dampier. She has made Lake City her home all of her life, and served as the Columbia County Supervisor of Elections from 1982 until her retirement...
