Margaret Lord Eldridge
June 23, 2017
ELDRIDGE: Funeral services for Margaret Lord Eldridge, 76, who passed away on June 23, 2017, will be held on Wednesday at 11:00 AM in the chapel of George H. Hewell and Son Funeral Home, 4747 Main Street, Jacksonville, FL 32206, with Rev. Ken Barney officiating. The family will receive friends Tuesday from 6-8 PM at the funeral home. Interment will...
Samuel Wayne Floyd
June 23, 2017
Samuel Wayne Floyd, 84, of Gainesville, Florida passed away peacefully on Thursday, June 22, 2017, surrounded by his loving family. He was born December 10, 1932, in Dozier, Alabama to Sam and Myrtle Floyd. A three-star athlete in high school, he attended Auburn University on a football scholarship. After an injury ended his football career, Wayne attended Troy State College...
Luise Grohe Lucas
June 21, 2017
Luise Agnes Grohe Lucas was born in Kaiserslautern, Germany, March 24, 1924, and passed away peacefully on June 18, 2017. She is preceded in death her husband, Stanley M. Lucas, Her parents, Friedrich and Elfriede Hildegard Grohe, and sister, Hildegard Grohe Weis. She grew up in Kaiserslautern and had a wonderful childhood. She was 14 years old when World War...
Buddy Franklin Horner
June 21, 2017
Buddy Franklin Horner passed away on June 15, 2017 in Gainesville. He was born in Greenville, Tennessee on June 4, 1943 to Joseph and Pauline Horner. His family moved to Eustis, Florida in 1949. He served in the United States Air Force from 1963 to 1969. He married Karan Buchanan on November 16, 1971. Buddy was self-employed as a builder...
Ann M. Brown
June 21, 2017
Ann M. Brown, age 84, of Gainesville Florida passed away on Saturday June 17, 2017 at Shands Hospital following a brief illness. Ann was born in Manchester, New Hampshire where she grew up as one of eight children. She attended Boston University where she received her bachelor's degree in nursing. After graduation Ann joined the Army as first lieutenant and...
Paul C. Nugent
June 20, 2017
Mr. Paul C. Nugent, Jr. age 72, of Starke passed away on Tuesday, June 20, 2017 at his daughters home surrounded by his family from cancer. He was born on April 9, 1945 in Starke to the late Paul C. and Vera Lee (Starling) Nugent. Paul had many job titles throughout his life, but he was a Master Electrician by...
Mildred E. Spradlin
June 20, 2017
Mrs. Mildred E. Spradlin age 63, of Waldo passed away Tuesday, June 20, 2017 at Shands Hospital in Starke. She was born in Jacksonville on July 3, 1953 to the late Hugh and Marjorie (Anderson) Ellis, Sr. Mrs. Spradlin had received her Associates of Arts Degree and was a member of USN Ombudsman to Navy wives. She was preceded in...
James "Syd" Crosby
June 20, 2017
Mr. James "Syd" Crosby, 74 of Ormond Beach, passed away Tuesday, June 20, 2017. Mr. Crosby was born December 26, 1942 in Jacksonville, FL to the late James Otha and Ellouise (Pickett) Crosby. Syd was a lifelong resident of Volusia and Flagler Counties and a graduate of Mainland High School. He managed stores for Publix in Satellite Beach, Eau Gallie...
Nordell Rock Willis
June 20, 2017
WILLIS, NORDELLNordell Rock Willis, age 34, passed away on Tuesday June 20, 2017 in Raceland, Louisiana. A Memorial Service will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday July 8, 2017 in the chapel of George H. Hewell & Son Funeral Home, 4140 University Blvd., S.Nordell was born in Colorado Springs, Colorado on October 7, 1982 to Nordi Rock Willis &...
James Lee Burton
June 20, 2017
On June 15, 2017, James Lee Burton (Jim, Jimmy, Jimmy Lee, Jimbo, Giacomo) gently concluded his eight-year dance with prostate cancer. He was in his fourth year of fourth stage cancer.Born to B.L. and Maxine Graf Burton on December 9, 1950, Jim was destined, much to his never-ending surprise, to become a shining light for so many. As one would...
James Moton Hearn,
June 20, 2017
James (Jim) Moton Hearn, IIIpassed away suddenly on June 15, 2017 at the age of 65. He was born in Fort Benning, Georgia on June 17, 1951 to James M. and Katherine P. Hearn, Jr. He was preceded in death by his parents. He is survived by his daughter Jaki Mokry (Ben) of Nesbit, MS, and brother Steve Hearn of...
Rosa "Lou" Wainwright
June 18, 2017
Ms. Rosa "Lou" Hagy Wainwright age 83 of Starke passed away Sunday, June 18, 2017 at Plantation Oaks Nursing Home in High Springs. Rosa was born on January 17, 1934 in Big Rock, Virginia to the late Daniel Hagy and Garnet Elizabeth Nichols and was a longtime area resident. Ms. Wainwright was a Baptist and attended the Community Church in...
Marilyn L. Verunac
June 18, 2017
Mrs. Marilyn L. Verunac age 79, of Starke passed away on Sunday, June 18, 2017 at Kindred Hospital in Green Cove Springs following an extended illness. She was born on December 2, 1937 in Canton, Ohio to the late Harry and Edna (Rutledge) Toot. Mrs. Verunac taught elementary school in Bradford County for 20 years before retiring in 1998.Marilyn was...
Elizabeth Ann Pagliarini
June 16, 2017
Elizabeth Ann Pagliarini, age 36, of Gainesville, Florida, passed away suddenly on June 13th, 2017. Liz was an amazingly devoted mother, unselfish daughter and sister, beautiful partner, and wonderful friend to many. Liz was selfless in helping anyone in need and always put others before herself.Liz was born in Providence, Rhode Island to Beth and the late Samuel Pagliarini Sr....
Jean Michelet Loreston
June 15, 2017
Jean Michelet Loreston, age 49, passed away in Jacksonville, FL on June 15, 2017 due to a tragic accident.He was born in Port-Au-Prince, Haiti on October 30, 1967..Receiving FriendsFriday, June 30, 201706:00 PM - 08:00 PM George H. Hewell and Son Funeral Home4140 University Blvd., So.Jacksonville, FL 32216IntermentSaturday, July 1, 2017 Greenlawn Cemetery4300 Beach Blvd.Jacksonville, FL 32216Funeral MassSaturday, July 1,...
Charles Milton Brown
June 14, 2017
Charles Milton Brown passed away on June 3, 2017. Milton was born in Jacksonville, Florida, to Effie Smith Brown and Sidney Frank Brown on June 28, 1926, the youngest of eight children. In January, 1945, he graduated from Andrew Jackson High School, where he acted as both quarterback and captain of the football team. Immediately after graduation, he entered the...
Rafael Pillot
June 14, 2017
Rafael Pillot, 68, of Jacksonville, FL. died peacefully on Wednesday June 14, 2017, surrounded by loved ones. He was born to Ariel Pillot and Carmen Maria Brignoni on September 18, 1948 in Santurce, Puerto Rico and spent his formative years in St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands.Mr. Pillot attended Hanover College in Hanover, Indiana. He worked many years in New York...
Troy Senterfitt
June 13, 2017
Troy Senterfitt, 75, of Jacksonville peacefully passed away at home on Tuesday June 13, 2017, surrounded by loved ones. Born to Elvie and Eugene Senterfitt on March 31, 1942 in Chipley, Florida, Mr. Senterfitt went on to serve as an aircraft mechanic in the U.S. Air Force and a firefighter with Jacksonville Fire Department for 32 years. Mr. Senterfitt was...
Margaret Holland Peek
June 12, 2017
Mrs. Margaret Holland PeekMrs. Margaret Holland Peek, 97 of Starke, died June 12, 2017 following a brief illness. Born in Dublin, Georgia, May 9, 1920, to William Henry Holland and Irene Taylor Holland, Margaret was a long-time elementary school teacher and librarian at Starke Elementary School until her retirement. Margaret received her Bachelors degree at Georgia State College for Women...
Catherine Jill Mcclain
June 12, 2017
Funeral services for Mrs. Catherine Jill McClain, 72, will be held at 10:00a.m. Friday, from the graveside, in Riverside Memorial Park with Rev. Jerry Rorabaugh officiating. Born December 9, 1944 in Syracuse, NY to Agnes and Clinton Andrus, Mrs. McClain died Monday, June 12, 2017 in Jacksonville, FL. She was a bookkeeper with the Duval County School System and served...