Norma Crews Snider
Jan 16, 2020
SNIDERFuneral services for Norma Crews Snider, 91, who passed away on January 16, 2020 will be held Tuesday at 11:00 AM in the North Jacksonville Baptist Church, 8531 N. Main Street, Jacksonville, FL 32218 with Rev. Chris Coram officiating. Interment will follow in Evergreen Cemetery. The family will receive friends 1 hour prior to service at the church.Mrs. Snider was...
Irene "Granny" Floyd Dykes
Jan 15, 2020
Mrs. Irene "Granny" Floyd Dykes, age 88, a longtime resident of Earleton passed away Wednesday, January 15, 2020, at Haven Hospice E.T. York Care Center. She was born February 21, 1931, in Savannah, Georgia to Waldo Emerson and Nana Mae (Way) Floyd. Mrs. Dykes earned an Undergraduate Degree in English and a Masters Degree in Education, which led to a...
Gina Lee Davis
Jan 15, 2020
Miss Gina Lee Davis, age 44, of Starke passed away Wednesday, January 15, 2020, at St. Vincents Hospital in Middleburg following a brief illness. She was born January 18, 1975, in Jacksonville to Randall W. and Virginia Lee (Thornton) Davis. Gina loved spending time with her family. Her mother Virginia Davis has preceded her in death. Ginas survivors are her...
Terry Lynn Yost
Jan 15, 2020
Mr. Terry Lynn Yost, age 54 of Keystone Heights passed away Wednesday, January 15, 2020, at Shands Hospital unexpectedly. He was born September 3, 1965, in Hagerstown, Maryland and was an independent contractor. Terry attended New Beginning Full Gospel Church in St. Augustine and loved being outdoors camping, fishing or taking nature hikes. He was preceded in death by his...
Gary Wayne Colding
Jan 15, 2020
Gary Wayne Colding went home to be with the lord Jesus on January 13, 2020 at Gainesville Florida. He was born on October 18, 1948 at Gainesville Florida and lived most of his life In Alachua county. Wayne was devoted to his wife Debbie of 20 years and his family. He was the son of Lawrence D. Colding and Anna...
Lawrence Peter Meng
Jan 14, 2020
Mr. Lawrence Peter Meng age 71, of Hampton Lake died peacefully at home on Tuesday, January 14, 2020. He was born in Gainesville on December 4, 1948. Following graduation from Bradford High School he served in the United States Air Force and later served as a prison chaplain for many years. Preceding him in death was his father, Francis Meng...
Lee Sparks
Jan 14, 2020
Mr. Lee Sparks age 65 of Starke, passed away Tuesday, January 14, 2020. Lee was born on September 30, 1954 in Jacksonville and was a lifelong area resident. He was a Bradford High School Graduate of 1972 and the owner/operator of the Florida Twin Theatre in downtown Starke. Lee was the founder of the Downtown Merchants Association, a great community...
Juana Mercedes Infante
Jan 14, 2020
Juana Mercedes Infante, 93 of Gainesville, Fl passed through her Transition on Sunday, January 12, 2020 at peace at home. She was born in Vueltas, Cuba, where she grew up on her father's joyful farm with nine brothers and sisters. Her mother and father were Cecilia Na'poles and Teofilo Milian. Juana was first in her class at "La Escuela del...
Shirley Claire Saunders
Jan 12, 2020
Funeral services for Mrs. Shirley Claire Saunders, 85, widow of Vernon A. Saunders, Sr., will be held at 10:00a.m. Saturday, January 18th, in the chapel of George H. Hewell and Son Funeral Home, 4140 University Boulevard, South, with Deacon Chuck Patterson of Assumption Catholic Church officiating. Burial will follow in Greenlawn Cemetery. The family will receive friends, at the funeral...
Mattie Elizabeth Clark
Jan 12, 2020
Mattie Elizabeth Clark, born February 6, 1937 in Jacksonville, Florida, retired from Santa Fe College Bookstore. Elizabeth, 82, of Alachua, Florida, passed away Thursday, Jan 9, 2020 with her family by her side. Elizabeth married Dennis Clency Clark, July 18, 1955 in Camden County, Georgia. She is a graduate of Lake Forest Academy in Lakeland, Florida. She lived in Jacksonville,...
Mattie Elizabeth Clark
Jan 12, 2020
Mattie Elizabeth Clark, born February 6, 1937 in Jacksonville, Florida, retired from Santa Fe College Bookstore. Elizabeth, 82, of Alachua, Florida, passed away Thursday, Jan 9, 2020 with her family by her side. Elizabeth married Dennis Clency Clark, July 18, 1955 in Camden County, Georgia. She is a graduate of Lake Forest Academy in Lakeland, Florida. She lived in Jacksonville,...
Ernestine Herring Ellis
Jan 11, 2020
ELLIS: Ernestine Rigdon Herring Ellis died January 11, 2020 at home. Ms. Ellis was born in Alma, Georgia and is the daughter of the late Ernest and Cora Mae Rigdon. Mrs. Ellis resided in Jacksonville for the past 63 years. She was preceded in death by her husbands, Henry Herring and Raymond Ellis, one son, Ernest Harold Herring and one...
Lake G. Ray, Jr.
Jan 10, 2020
Lake Ray Jr. peacefully passed away surrounded by his family January 10, 2020 at the age of 90. He was born in Jacksonville, where he was raised and lived a full life with family and friends. He grew up in Southside on Pottsburg Creek with his parents Lake Ray Sr. and Marjorie (Pat) C. Ray (later Hogan) during the Great...
Barbara Katherine "Kathy"
Jan 10, 2020
Barbara Katherine "Kathy" Jones was born on May 25th, 1949 in Yokohama, Japan. She was raised with her two sisters, Anne Jones and Susan Jones Hughes, by her parents Donald A Jones and Barbara Hanson Jones. Her father was a Lieutenant Colonel in the United States Air Force, and as such, Kathy was able to live in several places in...
Nancy M. Hamilton
Jan 9, 2020
Nancy M. HamiltonNancy Margaret Hamilton, 81 passed away in peace January 4, 2020 in Gainesville, Florida. Educator, Photo-Journalist, writer, Veteran, traveler, dreamer and fighter.Nancy was born in upstate New York in the late 1930s as the eldest child of Kenneth and Sophie Hamilton. She had one sibling, her sister Sonya.When Nancy entered her teenage years, her family relocated to central...
Rex Smith, Ph.D
Jan 9, 2020
Rex Lanel Smith, Ph.D. 90, of Gainesville Fl. passed away on January 5, 2020 from causes incident to age, at E.T.York Haven Hospice. He left this life peacefully surrounded by his wifeand children. Rex Smith was born on June 7, 1929, in Beaver, Ut. to Laura Morris and Reed Smith. He married Norma Nell Barton of Beaver, Ut. on July...
Belva Ruth Calnan
Jan 8, 2020
Calnan: Belva Ruth Calnan, 83, passed away on January 8, 2020. She was born in Forty-Fort, Pennsylvania and was a resident of Jacksonville, Florida. She is survived by her son, Robert Calnan. The family will receive friends Friday from 6-8 PM at George H. Hewell and Son Funeral Home, 4747 Main Street, Jacksonville, FL 32206 (904)355-9545.VisitationChapel of George H. Hewell...
Grover Cleveland Smart
Jan 8, 2020
Grover Cleveland Smart, Jr., 90, was born on November 6, 1929 to Grover Cleveland Smart and Goldie Mae Williams Smart in Stuart, Virginia. He received BA and MA degrees in biology at the University of Virginia, and a PhD in plant pathology at the University of Wisconsin.He was a sergeant U.S. Army Security Agency where he received a Letter of...
Benjamin Franklin Brooks
Jan 8, 2020
Ben Brooks, 80, was born on August 4, 1939 in Indian Neck, Virginia and was welcomed into the arms of Jesus on January 7, 2020 surrounded by his family. Ben was endearing to so many, as he was a kind, gentle and humble man, who always gave a smile to everyone.Ben served in the US Navy, and until his recent...
Donald Maclean
Jan 8, 2020
Donald A.(Mac) MacLean parted this life on January 2, 2020 at the VA Medical Center in Gainesville, Florida at 87 years young and warrior to the end. He will rest eternally with those who preceded him, his beloved wife Myra L. MacLean,many friends, veterans and family members. Mr. MacLean was born in Jacksonville, Florida on August 13, 1932. He attended...