Obituary Listing

Oct 4, 2018

Mrs. Diane Smith Edenfield, 62, of Lake City, passed away unexpectedly on Thursday, October 4, 2018 at the Shands Regional Medical Center in Lake City. She was born in Homerville, Georgia on November 22, 1955 to Margie Irene and the late Calvin Smith. She has been a life-long resident of the Lake City area and was a paralegal for...

Oct 1, 2018

Patricia Ann Lamb Cason "Patsy" Roberts, 72, of Lake City, went to be with the Lord

unexpectedly following post-surgical complications on Monday, October 1, 2018, at

North Florida Regional Medical Center in Gainesville. Patsy, affectionately known by her grandchildren and many others as "Mamu", was born May 12, 1946 in Decatur, TN to the late...

Oct 1, 2018

Donnie Edward Free of Lake City, FL, 69, passed away on Monday, October 1, 2018. Donnie was born on November 29, 1948 in Decatur, Alabama to the late James Edward Free (Father), Hilda B. Free (Mother) of Decatur, AL.

Donnie is survived by his fiancé and soul mate, Barbara Scott of St. Johns, FL, three children, Ashley...

Sep 27, 2018

Sheila Leitch age 85 passed away peacefully on Thursday

September 27, 2018. She was born December 28, 1932 in Caterham Surrey England to Ellen (Grover) and James McKechnie.

Many of her childhood years she spent living and witnessing WWII in England. She would share stories of living underground in shelters and coming out after the...

Sep 26, 2018

Mrs. Sarah M. "Corky" Knox, 72, of Lake City, passed away on Wednesday morning, September 26, 2018 at the Shands Lake Shore Regional Medical Center in Lake City after an extended illness. She was born in Lake City on April 12, 1946 to the late Bernice Jones Morton and Ralph J. Morton. She was a life-long resident of Lake...

Sep 23, 2018

Mrs. Mary Lillian "LIL" Whiddon, 89, of Lake City died Sunday, September 23, 2018, at Baya Pointe Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Lake City. A native of Tifton, GA, Mrs. Whiddon had lived in Tifton and Quincy, FL before moving to Lake City in 1958. She retired as the comptroller for Intra-America Mobile Homes, was of the Baptist Faith,...

Sep 23, 2018

Ms. Ruby Inez Zeigler Davis, 97, of Blairsville, Georgia, formerly of Lake City, passed away peacefully on Sunday morning, September 23, 2018 after an extended illness. She was born in Howell, Georgia on October 15, 1920 to the late Carroll and Ethel Touchton Zeigler. She moved to Lake City in 1937. She was preceded in death by her loving...

Sep 16, 2018

Albert Marvin Smith, 73, of Providence, passed away at his home on Sunday, September 16, 2018 surrounded by his family and friends.  He was born the third child of seven in Lake City, Florida to the late Albert Stanton Smith and Dorothy Tyson Smith.  Mr. Smith was a lifelong resident of Providence and a graduate of Union County High...

Sep 13, 2018

Michael David "Mike" Huggins, 62 of Lake City, passed away on Thursday, September 13, 2018, at the North Florida Regional Medical Center in Gainesville.  He was born in Lake City to the late Luther Jackson Huggins and Glenda Claire Christie Huggins.  Mike lived most of his life in Lake City and was a graduate of Columbia High School class...

Sep 12, 2018

James Robert Lones, Sr., 80, of Lake City, passed away on Wednesday, September 12, 2018, at the Good Samaritan Nursing Home in Dowling Park.

He was born November 20, 1937 in Knoxville, TN., to the late Paul Lones and Clara Flora Lones. Mr. Lones served in the United States Air Force for 28 years and served in...

Sep 11, 2018

Wayne Thomas Dicks, 75, of Union County, passed away on Tuesday, September 11, 2018 at the North Florida Regional Hospital in Gainesville following a sudden illness. He was born in Columbia County to the late Park Trammell Dicks and Evelyn Moore Dicks.  Mr. Dicks was raised in Chiefland, Florida and was a graduate of the 1960 class of Chiefland...

Sep 10, 2018

Dr. Jose Joaquin Goyenechea ("Pepe," as he was affectionately called by friends) passed away peacefully surrounded by loving family on Monday, September 10, 2018. Born in Santiago, Cuba, on December 5, 1923, he and his family made Lake City their home in 1971 after fleeing the oppressive communist government of his native land in 1964. During his childhood he...

Sep 7, 2018

Maria K. Rogers, 85 of Lake City, passed away on Friday, September 7, 2018, at the Haven Suwannee Valley Hospice Care Center in Lake City.  She was born in Budapest, Hungary to the late Stvan and Maria Rauth Kornoth.  Mrs. Rogers was raised in Hungary during the German occupation of WWII and she spent 3 years in a German...

Sep 5, 2018

Albert Donald Shaw, 78 of Lake City, passed away on Wednesday, September 5, 2018 at the Malcolm Randall Veteran's Affairs Medical Center in Gainesville.  He was born in Cross City, Florida to the late Barney Shaw and Ethel Vivian Kelly Shaw.  Mr. Shaw was a lifelong resident of Lake City and a member of the First Advent Christian Church...

Sep 4, 2018

Mrs. Ruth Braun Atwood of Lake City, Florida passed away peacefully after a valiant fight, the morning of September 4, 2018, at the age of 88.  She was born on May 13, 1930 in Cincinnati, Ohio, and was the daughter of Maximillian and Martha Braun.  She spent the majority of her youth in upstate New York until moving to...

Sep 3, 2018

Sherrill Ellen Strawder  passed away on September 3, 2018 at the Haven Hospice Care Center after a courageous battle with renal cancer. She was born on September 18, 1942 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma to Kenneth Mark and Beverly Ann (Reynolds) Burton. She had an older brother named Kirby Daniel Burton and shared a close bond with her parents and...

Sep 3, 2018

Walter was born in Philadelphia, PA.  In 1964 his parents moved to Lake City, Florida and purchased the Flamingo Motel which became the Flamingo Apartments in 1980.  Walter graduated from Columbia High School in 1965.  In 1966 he was drafted into the US Army where he was an MP and mechanic and was stationed in Italy.  He served two...

Aug 31, 2018

Edna Mae Munro, 74 of Lake City, passed away on Friday, August 31, 2018 at her home. She was born in Miami, FL, the middle child of three to the late Delmar Earl Brinson and Betty Jane Marlow Brinson.  Mrs. Munro had made North Florida her home since 1975 having moved to the area from the LaBelle and Ft....

Aug 29, 2018

Eric Greenwald was born on March 28, 1962 in Nashville, TN.  On August 29, 2018, he suffered a motor vehicle accident, and after a life of struggles, surprises, twists, turns, triumphs and ultimate victory, he went to be with his Lord, savior and friend, Jesus.

Upon graduating Tullahoma High School in 1980, he answered a patriotic call,...

Aug 29, 2018

Retired Battalion Chief Johnny Givens of Lake City, formerly of Dothan, Alabama, passed away August 29, 2018. He was the son of the late Benjamin Huston Givens and Mitsuye Givens. He grandparents were the Rev. B.C. and Alcie Givens.

Johnny retired after 28 years of service with the Dothan Fire Department where he was part of the...