Obituary Listing

Feb 28, 2019

Lake City Reporter Obituary Notice

Glenda K. Bishop, 78 of Lake City, passed away on Thursday, February 28, 2019, at Solaris Healthcare in Lake City.  She was born in New Smyrna Beach, Florida to the late Toxey "Tony" Word Bankston and Clemmie Beasley Bankston.  Mrs. Bishop was raised in Lake City and had lived most of her...

Feb 27, 2019

Mr. Rudy A. Crews, 64 of Lake City, passed away on Wednesday, February 27, 2019, at the Haven Suwannee Valley Hospice Care Center due to an extended illness.  He was born and raised in Lake City to the late Ernest and Vera Mobley Crews.  Mr. Crews was a graduate of Columbia High School class of 1972.  Rudy worked for...

Feb 26, 2019

Edith Ferreira, 94 of Lake City, passed away on Tuesday, February 26, 2019, at the Solaris Healthcare of Lake City where she was a resident.  Ms Ferreira was born in Liverpool, England to the late Basal Rose and Mary Helen Kirkam Rose.  She was raised in St. Anne's by the Sea and served in the British Army Air Corp. ...

Feb 26, 2019

Delmar C. "D.C." Berry, 75, of Lake City, passed away peacefully on Tuesday evening, February 26, 2019 at the Haven-Suwannee Valley Care Center after an extended illness. He was born in Columbus, Ohio on May 11, 1943 to the late D.D. and Mary Clark Berry. He has made Lake City his home since 1969, having moved here from the...

Feb 26, 2019

Ruth L. Coymen, 81 of Lake City, passed away on Tuesday, February 26, 2019, at the Lake City Medical Center in Lake City.  She was born in Mt. Airy, North Carolina to the late Edward Ledford and Mary Moles Ledford.  Mrs. Coymen had made Lake City her home since 1998 having previously lived in North Miami, Florida, Hollywood, Florida...

Feb 23, 2019

Mr. Terry Wayne Rittman, 69 of Lake City, passed away on Saturday, February 23, 2019 at the Malcolm Randall Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Gainesville.  He was born the middle child of three to the late Otis and Mary Lou Rittman.  Mr. Rittman had made his home in Lake City since 2012 having previously lived in Starke for many...

Feb 19, 2019

Gladys "Maryse" Edouard, 65, of Jacksonville, FL peacefully departed this life Tuesday, February 19, 2019 at 12:45 pm at Orange Park Medical Center. Gladys was born to Appolon Edouard and Claire Torchon, October 8, 1953 in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. She completed High School and started her own business as a seamstress and hairdresser. She married Joseph Cadet and they lived...

Feb 17, 2019

Selmer Faye Womeldorf, 71, of Lake City, was born in Jacksonville, Georgia on October 24, 1947. She went home to be with our Lord on February 17, 2019. She is survived by her high school sweetheart and husband of 52 years Charles Owen Womeldorf, Jr.; three daughters, Andrea Womeldorf, Michelle Elder and Anna Jones; eight grandchildren, Brandi Skinner and...

Feb 16, 2019

Mrs. Doris Irene Strickland, 84, passed away on Saturday, February 16, 2019, at her daughter's home in Orange Park.  She was born in Lake City to the late Cooper McDonald and Margaret Davis McDonald Wilson.  Mrs. Strickland was a lifelong resident of Lake City, a graduate of Columbia High School class of 1952 and a longtime member of Tabernacle...

Feb 15, 2019

Mr. Dewilton "Bud" Brooke Espenship, III, 89 of Lake City, passed away on Friday, February 15, 2019, at the Veteran's Affairs Medical Center, under hospice care at Serenity Place, in Lake City.  He was born in Trenton, New Jersey to the late Dewilton B. Espenship, II and Alice Widmann Espenship.  Mr. Espenship had made Lake City his home since...

Feb 14, 2019

Harold "Pete" Thomas Mullen, 77 of Lake City, passed away at his home on Thursday, February 14, 2019.  He was born in Holyoke, Mass., the oldest of six children, to the late Harold A. Mullen and Mildred E. Fairweather Mullen.  Mr. Mullen was raised in the Miami area and had made Lake City his home since 1979 having moved...

Feb 13, 2019

John Franklin Causey, 40 of Lake City, passed away on Wednesday, February 13, 2019, at Shands Hospital at the University of Florida in Gainesville.  He was a native and lifelong resident of Lake City and graduate of Columbia High School class of 1997.  John had previously worked at Tire Mart, Walmart and US Cold Storage, having to retire due...

Feb 13, 2019

Herman Daniel "Danny" Douberly, 73, of Lake City, formerly of Jacksonville, passed away peacefully on Wednesday evening, February 13, 2019 at the Haven-Suwannee Valley Hospice Care Center after an extended illness. He was born in Columbia County on December 17, 1945 to the late Herman and Estelle Lee Douberly. He served in the National Guard for 6 years and...

Feb 11, 2019

Teresa Elaine Slagle Hodson, 64, of Lake City, passed away on Monday morning, February 11, 2018 at the Shands UF Hospital in Gainesville after a sudden illness. She was born in Dayton, Ohio on July 28, 1954 to the late Edgar Burley and Dorothy Reynolds Slagle. She has made Lake City her home since the late 1970's and worked...

Feb 9, 2019

Rev. Wayne Harmon Hancock, Sr., 88, of Fort White, passed away peacefully on Saturday, February 9, 2019, at the Haven-E.T. York Care Center in Alachua after an extended illness. He was born in Plant City, Florida on October 15, 1930 to the late John Earl Hancock, Sr. and Annie Frances Parker Hancock. He has made Lake City his home...

Feb 8, 2019

Mr. Thomas W. "Tommy" Ives, 86, of Lake City passed away Friday, February 8, 2019 at Haven Hospice Suwannee Valley Care Center in Lake City. Born in Washington, D.C. on August 20, 1932 to the late Wilbur and Mildred Watts Ives, Mr. Ives lived briefly in Richmond ,VA before moving to Lake City, Florida in 1936.  A graduate of ...

Feb 8, 2019

Mrs. Dolores Hoots Tyre, 72, of Lake City, passed away on Friday, February 8, 2019, with her family by her side.  She was born in Homestead, Florida to the late Furman Turner Hoots and Mary Sue Moore Hoots.  Mrs. Tyre had made Lake City her home since 1992 having lived in numerous places while serving in the ministry with...

Feb 7, 2019

Mr. Kevin Thomas McAuliffe, 54, of Lake City, Fl., passed away on Thursday, February 7, 2019 at North Florida Regional Hospital due to complications after suffering a Cerebral Stroke.

Born October 29, 1964 in Lynn, Massachusetts to Thomas Richard and Marylyn Temple McAuliffe. He made Lake City his home for the past 14 years after leaving Lynn,...

Feb 5, 2019

Shirley Witt Thomas, 84, of Lake City, passed away Tuesday evening, February 5, 2019, at Solaris Healthcare after an extended illness. She was born in Lake City on November 1, 1934 to the late Ralph Witt, Sr. and Geneva Harden Witt. She was a secretary at the Lake City VA Medical Center for over thirty years and was a...

Feb 3, 2019

Rev. Eugene Albright, 74, of Lake City, passed away peacefully at his residence Sunday evening, February 3, 2019 after an extended illness. He was born in Logan, West Virginia on November 27, 1944 to the late Edgar and Daisy Nelson Albright. He has been a lifelong resident of the Lake City area and was a member of the Lake...