Mildred F. Henkle
Dec 22, 2018
Mrs. Mildred Frances Henkle, age 82, of Keystone Heights, Florida, passed away on December 22, 2018, at Shands Starke Regional Medical Center in Starke, Florida. Mildred was born on August 14, 1936, in Owen County, Kentucky to the late Eddie Russel Riddle and the late Beulah Hattie McCurdy Riddle. She married the love of her life, Joe Ross Henkle, Sr.,...
Mildred Andrews Lee
Dec 15, 2018
Ms. Mildred Andrews Lee, age 88, of Orlando, Florida, passed away on December 15, 2018, at the Orlando Regional Hospital. She was born on February 24, 1930, in rural Union County, FL, at a turpentine camp out near Oak Grove Cemetery. She was the daughter of the late Leroy Andrews and the late Myrtice Nettles Andrews. Her father was a...
Clydie Rigdon
Dec 11, 2018
Ms. Clydie Rigdon, age 96, of Starke, Florida, passed away peacefully on December 12, 2018, at Kindred Hospital of North Florida. She was born in Lakeland, Georgia, on February 5, 1922, to the late Nathan Pitts and the late Matti Strickland Pitts. Ms. Rigdon lived in Jacksonville, Florida, most of her life and moved to Starke, FL in 2006. She...
William "Bill" Archibald McGill
Dec 8, 2018
William (Bill) Archibald McGill of Lake Butler, Florida, age 90, passed away on Saturday, December 8. Bill was born in 1928 in Lake Butler to DeWitt Talmage McGill and Ruth Page McGill. He graduated from Union County High School in 1947 and from University of Florida with a Bachelor degree (1951) and Masters degree (1956) in Education. While at UF,...
Lester Franklin Perryman
Dec 2, 2018
Mr. Lester Franklin Perryman, age 86, of Lake Butler, Florida, passed away at his home on December 2, 2018. Mr. Perryman was born in Bell, FL on March 24, 1932 to the late O.T. and Lettie Brown Perryman. He left school and enlisted in the United States Navy where he served for several years. After returning from the Navy, Lester...
Stephen "Steve" Monroe Lane
Nov 30, 2018
Mr. Stephen "Steve" Monroe Lane, age 53, of Lake Butler, Florida, passed away on November 30, 2018, at his job at West Fraser Lumber in Maxville, Florida. Steve was born on June 9, 1965, in Okinawa, Japan, to Douglas Monroe Lane and Glenda Hicks Lane. After high school, Steve followed his father's footsteps and served our country by joining the...
Angela Castlen Carney
Nov 26, 2018
Ms. Angela Castlen Carney, age 42, of Lake Butler, Florida, passed away on November 26, 2018 at UF Health Shands in Gainesville, Florida, after suffering injuries from an automobile accident. She was born on November 2, 1976, in Gainesville, FL, to the late Patrick and Ann Castlen. She lived in the Lake Butler, FL, area her whole life. She loved...
Dewayne Marshall Keene
Nov 20, 2018
Dewayne Marshall Keene, age 8, of Ft. White, Florida, passed away on November 20, 2018, at UF Health Shands Hospital in Gainesville, Florida, from injuries he suffered in an automobile accident. He was born on January 19, 2010, in Lake City, Florida, to Samantha Parrish Warner. Dewayne was full of life and never met a stranger. He had the biggest...
Daniel John Bennett
Nov 20, 2018
Mr. Daniel John Bennett, age 71, of Lawtey, Florida passed away on November 20, 2018. He was born on April 30, 1947 in Highland, Florida to the late Johny Bennett and Ms. Joyce Pinnell Bennett. After graduating from Union County High School, Mr. Bennett joined to United States Coast Guard where he served on an ice breaker ship. After serving...
Patrick W. Castlen
Nov 19, 2018
Mr. Patrick W. Castlen, age 68 of Lake Butler, FL passed away Monday, November 19 at his home with family by his side. Mr. Castlen was born in February of 1950 to the late Edward and Joyce Atkinson Castlen. He was a resident of Brooker, FL before moving to Lake Butler, FL over 45 years ago. Mr. Castlen served in...
Susan Marie Boyette
Nov 19, 2018
Mrs. Susan Marie Boyette, age 77, of Lake Butler, Florida, passed away on November 19, 2018, with her family by her side. She was born on September 10, 1941, in Brooklyn, New York, to the late Gilbert and Elizabeth Petty Barnard. She married her high school sweetheart, Derrill Boyette, and they raised a family in Homestead, FL where she worked...
Orin "Junior" Reddish, Jr
Nov 13, 2018
Mr. Orin "Junior" Reddish Jr., age 92, of Lake Butler, Florida, passed away on November 13, 2018. He was born on September 11, 1926 in Miami, Florida, to the late Orin Reddish, Sr. and the late Fannie Bloodsworth Reddish. After graduating high school, Junior joined the Merchant Marines and served in World War II. He returned to Lake Butler where...
Joseph "Joey" Rae Parrish
Nov 11, 2018
Mr. Joseph Rea "Joey" Parrish of Brooker, Florida, passed away on November 11, 2018. He was the son of Richard Larry "Bud" Parrish, Sr. and the late Nancy Rea MacGregor Parrish. Joey grew up in the small town of Brooker where he made many lifelong friends. He graduated from Bradford High School in 1999 and was currently working in Gainesville...
Walter Norman Avinger
Nov 10, 2018
Mr. Walter Norman Avinger, age 63, of Fort White, Florida, passed away peacefully on November 10, 2018, with his family by his side. He was born on July 26, 1955, in Sante Fe, Florida, to the late Noel Avinger and Ms. Mary Dampier Avinger. After school, Walter began driving trucks and would end up driving for over 30 years, mainly...
Hazel Griffis
Nov 8, 2018
Ms. Hazel Mosley Griffis, age 90, of Lawtey, Florida, passed away on November 8, 2018, at Haven Hospice in Gainesville, Florida. She was born on July 28, 1928, to the late Brooksie Mosley and the late Rose Carter Mosely. She was a lifelong member of Highland Baptist Church. She loved her church and was very active in it. She was...
Geraldine "Geri" Sapp
Nov 8, 2018
Ms. J. Geraldine "Geri" Sapp, age 72, of Starke, Florida, passed away on November 8, 2018 at North Florida Regional Medical Center in Gainesville, FL. Geri was born on July 26, 1946 to Carson and Hazel Mosley Griffis. She graduated from Baldwin High then started a career in banking. She was a member of Highland Baptist Church in Lawtey, Florida....
Ovedia Parrish Mann
Nov 6, 2018
Ovedia Parrish Mann, age 86, of Lake Butler passed away November 6, 2018. She was a lifelong resident of Florida and a native of Union County, Florida. Even though she spent some school years in Miami (following her father's death), Ovedia always considered Lake Butler her childhood home.She married fellow Lake Butler native, George W. Mann, a US Navy veteran...
Helen V. Peoples
Nov 6, 2018
Ms. Helen Peoples, age 96, of Alachua, Florida, passed away on November 6, 2018. She was born on that same day, 96 years ago, in Waldo, Florida to the late Calvin White and the late Nora Brooker. Ms. Peoples attended the Waldo School and went on the college and eventually become and LPN. She loved to shop, work in the...
Bobby R. Bennett
Nov 1, 2018
Mr. Bobby R. Bennett, age 78, of Lake Butler, FL, passed away on November 1, 2018, at the Suwannee Valley Care Center in Lake City, FL. He was born in Lakeland, GA, on October 1, 1940, to the late Isbon Murrell Bennett and the late Lorene Hunter Bennett. Mr. Bennett was raised in Orlando, FL, and then moved to Lake...
John R. Akers Jr
Nov 1, 2018
Mr. John R. Akers, Jr., age 81, of Lake Butler, Florida, passed away on Thursday, November 1, 2018, at Baya Pointe Rehab & Nursing Center in Lake City, FL. Mr. Akers was born on August 26, 1937, in Charleston, WV, to the late John R. Akers, Sr., and the late Pauline Bailey Akers. He moved to the Lake Butler area...
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