Helen Matthews Lackey
Dec 11, 2018
Helen M. Lackey, 89, of Alachua, passed away Saturday, December 8 at Cypress Cove in Crystal River. She was a long time member of Forest Grove Baptist Church and retired as a nurse from Dr. Thomas M. Brill's office.She was preceded in death by her late husband Edward Lackey. Survivors include daughter, Ellen Goerndt, Betty Baldree, Sue Wine, one grandson...
Helen Matthews Lackey
Dec 11, 2018
Helen M. Lackey, 89, of Alachua, passed away Saturday, December 8 at Cypress Cove in Crystal River. She was a long time member of Forest Grove Baptist Church and retired as a nurse from Dr. Thomas M. Brill's office. She was preceded in death by her late husband Edward Lackey. Survivors include daughter, Ellen Goerndt, Betty Baldree, Sue Wine, one...
Etta Louise Bell Dorsey
Dec 10, 2018
Funeral services for Mrs. Etta Louise Bell Dorsey, 99, will be held at 2:00p.m. Thursday in the chapel of George H. Hewell and Son Funeral Home, 4140 University Boulevard, South, with Dr. Edward E. Lockamy officiating. Burial will be in Greenlawn Cemetery. Born May 28, 1919 in Savannah, Georgia to Susan and Enoch Bell, Mrs. Dorsey died Monday, December 10,...
Evelene L. Whiddon
Dec 10, 2018
Evelene L. Whiddon, 85, longtime resident of Gainesville, FL passed away Sunday, 12/9/2018 at E T York Haven Hospice Care Center following a long illness. She was born in Ravenden, Arkansas to the late Roy Swartzlander and Inez Schockley Swartzlander. As a young girl, she was raised by her grandmother, Lola Swartzlander (" Little Grandma"). After her family moved to...
Sarla Ramayya
Dec 10, 2018
Sarla Ramayya, 90, of Gainesville, FL passed away at North Florida Regional Medical Center on December 7, 2018. She was surrounded by her family.Sarla was born in Kotgarah Himachel Pradesh, India on April 12, 1928 to the late Sukh Daval Sharma and Mathura Devi. She immigrated to the United States after a highly successful educational career in India. She was...
Almond "Allie" A. Upton
Dec 9, 2018
Mr. Almond "Allie" A. Upton III, 64 of Melrose passed away Sunday, December 9, 2018, in Albany, New York following a brief illness. He was born January 1, 1954, in Stafford Springs, Connecticut to the late Almond A. and Dolores (Piccoli) Upton, Jr. Prior to his retirement, Allie was employed by UCONN for 33 years as a Quality Craft Worker....
Yoshiko Omoda Johnston
Dec 7, 2018
Ms. Yoshiko Omoda Johnston of Keystone Heights passed away FridayDecember 7, 2018, at St. Vincents Hospital in Middleburg at the age of 87. Ms. Johnston was born May 12, 1931, in Nagoya, Japan and later moved to the United States to start her family. Ms. Johnston was a loving Mother,Grandmother and Great Grandmother and friend. She was of the Catholic...
Patricia Gail Mansfield
Dec 7, 2018
Mrs. Patricia G. Mansfield, age 61 of Middleburg, passed away at her homeon Friday, December 7, 2018. She was born October 12, 1957 in KeystoneHeights. Patricia worked as a server at the Waffle House on RooseveltBlvd., The Pig on Normandy Blvd., and Pizza Hut on Roosevelt Blvd all inJacksonville. She enjoyed raising her four children, fishing, painting,eating crab legs, had...
William "Billy" Edward Campbell
Dec 5, 2018
Mr. William Edward "Billy" Campbell age 63, of Keystone Heights passed away Wednesday, December 5, 2018, at Shands UF in Gainesville following a long illness. He was born February 17, 1955, in Jacksonville at the Naval Air Station Hospital. Billy had a career working as a Welder, Steel Fitter and Machinist for corporations Allstate Steel and Whitley Steel for many...
Bill Burns French,
Dec 5, 2018
Bill Burns French Jr, 75, of Newberry, FL passed away on 12/3/2018.Bill was born in Eustis, FL on March 8, 1943. He graduated from Roane County High School inKingston, TN and continued on to receive a further education from the University ofTennessee, then Tennessee Tech and Devry University where he graduated as an HonorGraduate in 1976.In between schools, Bill joined...
Steven A. Franks
Dec 5, 2018
Steven A. Franks, age 68, passed away on December 5, 2018 in Jacksonville. Mr. Franks was born in Mansfield, Ohio and was along-time Jacksonville resident, having moved here due to his career with CSX. He was a veteran of the United States Army, achieving the rank of Sergeant before his Honorable Discharge.Interment, with Military Honors, will be held in Jacksonville...
Patricia E. Lucas
Dec 5, 2018
Patricia E. Lucas, 61, passed away on December 5, 2018 in Jacksonville. Patty was a Jacksonville native, born here on March 21, 1957 to Richard & Joy Lucas..
Bill Burns French,
Dec 5, 2018
Bill Burns French Jr, 75, of Newberry, FL passed away on 12/3/2018. Bill was born in Eustis, FL on March 8, 1943. He graduated from Roane County High School in Kingston, TN and continued on to receive a further education from the University of Tennessee, then Tennessee Tech and Devry University where he graduated as an Honor Graduate in 1976....
Peggy Darlene Ligon
Dec 3, 2018
Peggy Darlene Ligon, beloved wife of Lon Stuart Ligon, peacefully passed away in her home in Gainesville, Florida early on the morning of December 3rd, 2018. She was being cared for by her loving family following an extended hospitalization. Peggy was born in 1939 in Kansas City, Missouri, the daughter of Oral Lamont Lewis and Mary Ellen Lewis. She is...
Fanora Smith
Dec 2, 2018
Mrs. Fanora W. (Williams) Smith, age 91, of Keystone Heights, formerly of Jacksonville died Sunday, December 2, 2018 in Gainesville.She was born on August 7, 1927 in Old Town, FL, the daughter of the late Ellis and Annie Mabel (Howell) Williams.Mrs. Smith formerly worked for the Federal Reserve as a Proof Machine Operator & with Barnett Bank as a file...
Margaret L. Simmons
Dec 2, 2018
Ms. Margaret L. Simmons, 95 of Starke, passed away Sunday, December 2, 2018 at Haven Hospice ET York Center. Ms. Simmons was born March 24, 1923 in Kingsley Lake to parents Silas and Emily (Burney) Silcox. She was a member of Kingsley Lake Baptist Church. Her focus was always on her family and spent her time off taking care of...
Charles "Charlie" Henry Davis
Dec 2, 2018
Charles Henry Davis (73) of Keystone Heights, Florida, passed away early Sunday morning, December 2, 2018, with his wife, Joy Rockwell Davis, at his side. Charlie was a bigger-than-life story teller and beloved friend of all who knew him. He is survived by more family and friends than can be mentioned who will dearly miss his sense of humor and...
Lamar F. Moore
Dec 1, 2018
Lamar Franklin Moore, 99, passed away on Saturday, December 1st in the Hadlow Center for Caring Hospice in Jacksonville, Florida. He was born in Kulpmont, Pennsylvania on July 20, 1919 to Charles and Bertha Moore. He was the third of four children. After graduating high school, he enlisted in the Army where he served during World War 2. He graduated...
Raymond Lee Norman
Dec 1, 2018
A funeral service for Raymond Lee Norman (Boo), 31 of Jax, FL will be held on Monday, December 10, 2018 at 1PM in the chapel of George H. Hewell and Son Funeral Home, 4140 University Boulevard, South Jacksonville, FL 32216 with Buck Stanley officiating. An open visitation will be held on Sunday, December 9, 2018 from 9am-9PM. Raymond is survived...
Brandon John Hawkins 'Bfg'
Dec 1, 2018
HAWKINSBrandon John Hawkins "BFG", "BHawk", age 21, passed away on Saturday December 1, 2018 in Jacksonville. A gathering of friends and family will be held to celebrate his life at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday December 8, 2018 in the chapel of George H. Hewell and Son Funeral Home, 4140 University Blvd., South.Brandon was born in Oceanside, California on September 7,...