Kayla Dawn Chastain 16 of Starke passed away on Saturday January 29, 2011. Kayla was born in Gainesville on March 3, 1994 and was a junior at the Bradford County High School. Kayla loved righting poetry, reading books, and attending school. She is survived by her mother, Melissa Griffis; father, Daniel Griffis; brothers, Joseph Griffis and Cameron Chastain; Maternal grandparents,...
Mr. Edward Leroy Wallace 58, of Starke passed away Friday, January 28, 2011 after a long, courageous battle at Haven Hospice in Gainesville. Mr. Wallace was born on February 9, 1952 in Oregon City, Oregon and was preceded by his father Michael Martin Wallace. Mr. Wallace was raised in Belgrade, Montana until he joined the US Navy in 1970 where...
Mr. Lyle Robert NorthrupMr. Lyle Robert Northrup age 85, of Starke passed away Wednesday, January 26, 2011 in Shands at The University of Florida. Mr. Northrup was born on August 21, 1925 in Breckenridge, MI to the late Harold and Esther Rhoads Northrup. He served in the United States Navy during World War II, and the Korean Conflict, retiring as...
Mr. John Undset, age 73, of Orange Park formerly of Middleburg, died Tuesday, January 25, 2011 in Jacksonville.Born on May 12, 1937 in New York,NY, he was the son of the late Thomas and Erna (Andersen) Nelson Undset.Mr. Undset retired from the U.S. Navy. He served during the Vietnam War and was a Plank owner of the USS Saratoga.He is...
Mrs. Rebecca Lee (Santos) Cortes, age 28, of Green Cove Springs, died Tuesday, January 25, 2011 at the Orange Park Medical Center.She was born on May 1, 1982 in Lawrence, MA, the daughter of Hector L. Santos of Lewiston, ME and Brenda Lee (Spicer) Santos of Green Cove Springs.Rebecca was a graduate of Everest College earning a diploma in Medical...
Mrs. Marjorie Margie D. Moore 76, of Keystone Heights passed away Monday, January 24, 2011 at Shands Hospital in Starke. Mrs. Moore was born in Savannah, GA on July28, 1934 to the late Raymond and Gertrude (Jackson) Gordon, and prior to her retirement she was as a Receptionist. She had moved to Keystone Heights in 1985 from Jacksonville and became...
ObituaryMrs. Marian Dowling LongStarke Marian Dowling Long, 88; of Starke, FL, left to be with her Heavenly Father on Sunday, January 23, 2011, from Lakeland Regional Medical Center in Lakeland, FL. Mrs. Long was born in Fort Harlee (Hampton), FL to the late Earnest Jackson Dowling, Sr. and Cleone Moore Dowling, on February 8, 1922.Marian was a Registered Nurse and...
Mrs. Margot H. Miller, age 69, of Green Cove Springs died Thursday, January 20, 2011 at St. Vincents Hospital in Jacksonville.She was born on April 22, 1941 in Rye, N.Y, the daughter of the late Dudley and Madeline (Houpert) Hare. Mrs. Miller was a graduate on Simmons College in Boston earning a degree in Library Science.Prior to her retirement she...
Mr. Stephen Richard Karycinski, age 38, of Keystone Heights, died Monday, January 17, 2011 at his home.He was born on November 8, 1972 in New Brunswick, NJ.He is survived by his wife; Sabrina (Coletti) Karycinski . Two children; Kyle & Justin Karycinski. He is also survived by his parents; Edward and Mary (McNamara) Karycinski. His sister; Rhonda McIntyre, his brother...
Mrs. Eloise Faye Hodges SiemerMrs. Eloise Faye Hodges Siemer age 88, of Starke passed away Monday, January 17, 2011 at E.T. York Hospice Care Center in Gainesville. Mrs. Siemer was born on December 3, 1922 in Cottonwood, Alabama to the late Thomas Jefferson and Blanche Granger Hodges and moved to Starke in 1951 from Jacksonville. She was a homemaker and...
Mrs. Willonell Willie Barrows Fraser 79, of Melrose passed away at her home on Sunday, January 16, 2011. Mrs. Fraser was born on March 3, 1931 in Jacksonville to the late Daryl and Willie (Wooten) Barrows. She had been a long time resident of the area and a member of the Faith Presbyterian Church in Melrose. Prior to her retirement...
Mr. Claude A. MorganMr. Claude A. Morgan went to be with the Lord on Sunday, January 16, 2011. He was born in Union County on October 13, 1921 to the late William H. Morgan and Lillie Sapp Morgan. Mr. Morgan was a member of the First United Methodist Church of Starke and served in the United States Army during WWII...
Mrs. Elizabeth (Lane) Miller, age 95, of Penney Farms formerly of Coral Gables, died Sunday, January 16, 2011 in Orange Park.She was born on Sept. 26, 1915 in Chesterfield, Maryland, the daughter of the late Joseph E. and Sarah E. (Bowen) Lane.Prior to her retirement she was employed as a secretary doing missionary work.Mrs. Miller was pre-deceased by her husband...
Mrs. Pamela Pam Sue Buchanan 45, of Keystone Heights passed away on Sunday, January 16, 2011 at Shands UF in Gainesville following an extended illness. Pam was born in Frankfort, Indiana on February 4, 1965 to the late Jack and Beverly (Altic) Myers. Pam a substitute school teacher and teacher for many years with the Bradford and Clay County School...
ObituaryMr. Joseph Melvin KuttaMr. Joseph Melvin Kutta age 77, of Lawtey passed away Sunday, January 16, 2011 following a long illness. Mr. Kutta was born on November 3, 1933 in Tallulah Falls, GA to the late Willie J. and Stella Justice Kutta and moved to Lawtey six years ago from Palatka. Joe was a retired Iron Worker and served in...
Mrs. Ida Mae Shaw 99, Keystone Heights passed away on Saturday, January 15, 2011 in Gainesville. Mrs. Shaw was born in Starke on May 25, 1911 to the late Lawton L. and Carrie (Ritch) Conner. She was a lifelong resident of the area and the last of 10 children born to Lawton and Carrie Conner. Mrs. Shaw was a homemaker,...
Mr. Wilbert Harold Nelson 92, of Keystone Heights died Thursday January 13, 2011 in Starke. He was born on June 1, 1918 in Summerhill, PA to the late Alfred and Lena (Burnett) Nelson, Sr.. Mr. Nelson had served in the United States Army during WWII. While in service he was a rifleman overseas in England, France, Luxemburg, Germany, Austria, and...
Mrs. Alma (Hill) Kincaid, age 70, of Welaka, died Thursday, January 13, 2011 at the Putnam Community Medical Center in Palatka.Born on February 21, 1940 in Jacksonville, she was the daughter of the late Edward and Alma (Boblitt) Hill. Mrs. Kincaid had worked as a Data Processor.She was pre-deceased by her husband Samuel M. Kincaid who died on Dec. 25,...
Mrs. Mattie R. Taber, 83, of Keystone Heights passed away on Wednesday, January 12, 2011 at the Lynchburg General Hospital in Lynchburg, VA. Mattie was born in Miami to the late James C. and Ruby (Gay) Rucks and was a retired Bookkeeper for the Biscayne Air Conditioning Co. which she and her husband had owned. Mrs. Taber had been a...
Mr. Cecil Robert SloverMr. Cecil Robert Slover age 77, of Hampton passed away Sunday, January 9, 2011 at Malcom Randall VA Medical Center in Gainesville following an extended illness. Mr. Slover was born on March 8, 1933 in Keansburg, NJ to the late Cecil Henry and Lillian Winthers Slover and moved to Bradford County 12 years ago from South Carolina....