Obituaries

May 2, 2019

Apr 30, 2019

Mr. James “Jimmy” Robert Dampier, age 83, of LaCrosse, FL, passed away at his home on April 30, 2019. He was born on August 16, 1935 in LaCrosse, FL, to the late Sparkman and Minnie (Holton) Dampier. He worked for 40 years for Florida Pest Control service until his retirement. He loved to hunt and fish and work on the...

Apr 27, 2019

John E. Wall, III, age 80, of Lake Butler passed away with his family by his side on April 27, 2019. He was born in Lake City on August 7, 1938 to John E. Wall, Jr. and Hazel Hoffman Wall.

He served four years in the U.S. Air Force and was in the insurance business in Lake City and Union...

Apr 23, 2019

Mr. Marvin Hodge, Jr., age 77, passed away on April 23, 2019 at Haven Hospice Roberts Care Center in Palatka, Florida. Mr. Hodge was born July 17, 1941 to the late Thomas Marvin Hodge and Rachel Tyson. He spent the early part of his life in Stewart, Florida, however, the last 21 years he resided in Palatka. Mr. Hodge worked...

Apr 22, 2019

Troy Franklin Waters, age 55, of Live Oak, Florida, passed away on April 22, 2019, at Shands of Live Oak. Troy was born May 31, 1963, in Plant City, Florida, to Wilbur Jackson and Vivian Welch Waters. He spent most of his life in Polk County, Florida until moving to Live Oak in 2012. Troy was a member of the...

Apr 21, 2019

LC Joseph Gunter “Joe” was born on October 24, 1951 to Willis Gunter and Lucille Posey Gunter Hardenbrooke. He went home to be with the Lord on April 21 after a brief illness. 

Joe is preceded in death by a daughter Janet, his parents, a brother Ronnie Gunter, sister Mamie Lou Cowart, and his father-in-law and mother-in-law Lorenza and Bobbie...

Apr 16, 2019

William "Dean" Sawyer, age 76, passed peacefully on April 16, 2019.

Dean was born on April 26, 1942, in Ashe County, North Carolina to the late George and Myra Sawyer. He was the youngest of six children, all proceeding him in death. 

Dean is survived by his wife of 48 years Dorothy; two children, Keith and Deana; six stepchildren, Diane, Tommy, Lee,...

Apr 11, 2019

Juanita Watkins James, 86, passed away on the April 11, 2019 at her home in Lake Butler, Florida. She was born on March 18, 1933 in Hugo, Oklahoma (Choctaw County) to Ora Lee (Nunley) Brewer and Barzilla Watkins.

Juanita married Curtis James in 1957 in Nevada. They were happily married for 46 years. She was a loving wife, mother, grandmother...

Apr 11, 2019

Mr. Marcus (Shop Boy) Seay, age 83, of Worthington Springs, Florida, passed away on April 11, 2019 with his family by his side. He was born on July 18, 1935 in Worthington Springs, to the late Leverette and Rosezell Willis Seay. He lived in Union County all his life and was a jack of all trades. He was a mechanic,...

Apr 9, 2019

Mr. Kenneth Wayne Barron, Jr., age 58, passed away peacefully at home on April 9, 2019, with his family by his side. Kenny was born in Philadelphia, PA, on September 19, 1960, to Kenneth W. Barron, Sr. and Mary Helen King Howard. He was raised in Lawtey, FL, but has resided in Macclenny, FL for the past 33 years and...

Apr 7, 2019

Mrs. Joan Lavone Lintz, age 55, of Lake Butler, Florida, passed away on April 7, 2019, after a courageous battle with cancer. She was born on September 27, 1963, near Covington, TN, to the late J.T. Pugh and the late Joyce Hopkins Bright. She grew up in a Navy family so they bounced around from TN to FL depending on...

Apr 4, 2019

Apr 3, 2019

Mr. James M. Lee, age 78, of Lake Butler, Florida, peacefully passed away on April 3, 2019 at North Florida Regional Medical Center in Gainesville, Florida. James was born in Panama City, Florida, on March 21, 1941. His family moved to Oxford, Florida, where he graduated from Wildwood High School in 1959. After high school he went to work for...

Mar 29, 2019

Ms. Iris Lee Canada, age 78, of Raiford, Florida, passed away peacefully on March 29, 2019, at Windsor Health and Rehabilitation Center in Starke, Florida. Ms. Canada was born February 2, 1941, in Lake Butler, Florida to the late Lawrence and Annie Dubberly Cannon. Ms. Canada worked in electronics for Siemens Strongberg-Carlson until her retirement in 2001.  Ms. Canada loved...

Mar 23, 2019

Mr. Lawrence Leo Griffis, age 76, of Starke, FL, passed away at his home on March 23. He was born in Green Cove Springs, FL, on March 21, 1943, to the late Luther Griffis and the late Beatrice Dixon Griffis. He was a lifelong resident of Bradford County and owned and operated a farm in Starke. In his spare time,...

Mar 23, 2019

Rosemarie Kunkel Noegel, age 71, died on Saturday, March 23rd, 2019 in Shands Select Hospital Critical Care Unit from complications due to pneumonia. She was born in Oberhoechstadt, Germany to Marika Kunkel and was the eldest of four children. Rose was trained as a Saucier Chef and cooked in the prestigious Hotel Oberreinfenberg in her early career, there she met...

Mar 19, 2019

Ms. Maude Thomas Tanner, age 84, of Gainesville, FL, passed away on March 19. She was born in Gainesville, FL, on July 4, 1934, to the late N.T. Thomas, Sr. and the late Ora Hines Thomas. She was a 1952 graduate of Alachua High. Later that year, she married the love of her life, Allen Warren Tanner and they would...

Mar 18, 2019

Hope Ellen Lund Murray was handed over to Jesus Christ on March 18, 2019. Born September 12, 1970 in Coon Rapids, Minnesota. She grew up and attended Elk River High School, participated on the accelerated High School Program at age 16; graduated from St. Cloud college at age 19; accepted and remained active in her sorority (Chi Signa Rho XEP)...

Mar 16, 2019

Robert Edgar Fretwell, age 89 of Lake Butler, Florida went home to be with our Lord and Savior on March 16, 2019 following a brief illness. He was born on August 7, 1929 and was the youngest of 8 children. Robert (Bob) grew up in Daytona Beach, Florida and attended Mainland High School and graduated in 1949. He was the...

Mar 12, 2019

Ms. Thelma Arlene Snodderly, age 91, of Starke, FL, passed away peacefully on March 12, 2019, at Riverwood Health and Rehab in Starke, FL. Thelma was born in Defuniak Springs, FL, to the late K.P. Jones and Melissa Marshall Jones. Her passion was her family and she enjoyed cooking and making a wonderful home for them. She also loved a...