Juana Mercedes Infante
January 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
January 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
January 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
January 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
January 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.
January 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"
January 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
January 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
January 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
January 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
January 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
January 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
January 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...
Benjamin Franklin Brooks
January 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...
John Eric Carling
January 7, 2020
John, beloved Brother, Husband, Father, Grampy, Neighbor, and Friend, resides in Jacksonville, Florida. He was a first generation English-American, family guy, and computer wizard who saw beauty in all people and all things. He grew up in Coconut Grove, Miami with brother Richard Carling. There he married Stephanie Spradley, and, after traveling with the US Navy, raised children Diane Lindsey...
James Arnold Edson
January 7, 2020
James "Jim" Arnold Edson, 89, died 6th day of January, 2020 at North Florida Regional Hospital, Gainesville, FL. Jim has been an Alachua County resident since 1980 and had currently resided at Plantation Oaks in High Springs, FL.Jim graduated from the University of Florida in 1952 and was a member of Lambda Chi fraternity. He was employed by Owens Illinois...
James Arnold Edson
January 7, 2020
James "Jim" Arnold Edson, 89, died 6th day of January, 2020 at North Florida Regional Hospital, Gainesville, FL. Jim has been an Alachua County resident since 1980 and had currently resided at Plantation Oaks in High Springs, FL. Jim graduated from the University of Florida in 1952 and was a member of Lambda Chi fraternity. He was employed by Owens...
Reinhard Heinz Tschacher
January 6, 2020
Reinhard Heinz Tschacher was born on June 25, 1936 in Halbau, East Germany (Now Poland) and he passed away on January 6, 2020 at the age of 83. Heinz left East Germany on a motorcycle at nineteen years old. As a boy, he lived in a wagon with his parents and three sisters fleeing Russians during WWII. After the war,...
Loren Paul Derry
January 6, 2020
.Loren Paul Derry (Paul) of Gainesville, Florida passed away peacefully on Sunday, December 29, 2019, at the age of 88. Paul was born on March 24, 1931 in Athens, Illinois to Erle Alden Derry and Mildred Kraeber Derry. He was predeceased by his wife Jean Derry, brother David Carol Derry, and sisters Frances Marie Hester and Ruth Evelyn Majesky. Paul...
Judy Ann Thacker
January 6, 2020
Lake Geneva- Judy Ann Thacker age 77 of Lake Geneva died January 5, 2020 at Shands in Gainesville.She was born in Marshall, MO on September 10, 1942 to the late Gerald and Mildred (Cunningham) Wiley. She was a retired school teacher with over 40 years of service to public education. She was a member of the First Christian Church in...