Obituaries

Patricia Lawson

Patricia Lawson

Jan 15, 2019

Patricia S. Lawson, age 56, of Sante Fe passed away peacefully on January 15, 2019 after her battle with breast cancer. She was born in Gainesville, GFL on June 6, 1962. She dedicated her life to serving her community in a variety of ways; working with the High Springs Police Department and Alachua County Post Office., also volunteering to help...

Jodie Ann Adams

Jodie Ann Adams

Jan 12, 2019

Ms. Jodie Ann Adams, age 52, of Starke, FL, passed away on January 12, 2019, at UF Health Shands, Gainesville, FL. Jodie was born on August 6, 1966, in Gainesville, Florida to the late James Drawdy and Deloris Parrish Drawdy. Ms. Adams was full of life and spent most of her time enjoying her children and grandchildren.  She was married...

Ira Jefferson Gainey

Ira Jefferson Gainey

Jan 7, 2019

Mr. Ira Jefferson Gainey, Sr., age 75, of Lake Butler, FL, passed away on January 7, 2019, at his residence. Ira was born on August 9, 1943, in Raiford, Florida to the late Broward Gainey and the late Wilma Addison Williams. Mr. Gainey was served 6 years with the Army National Guard and retired from the Florida State Prison after...

Barbara Ellen Modisette

Barbara Ellen Modisette

Jan 4, 2019

Ms. Barbara Ellen Modisette, age 84, of Temple, GA, passed away on January 4, 2019, at Tanner Medical Center, Carrollton, GA. Barbara was born on May 9, 1934, in Raiford, Florida to the late Cleveland Alford and the late Edna Sarah Collins Alford. Ms. Modisette lived in Jacksonville, FL for 50 years and spent 23 years and a childcare director...

Betty Diane Curtis

Betty Diane Curtis

Dec 29, 2018

Ms. Betty Diane Curtis, age 73, of Alachua, Florida, passed away on December 29, 2018, at her residence. Betty was born on January 10, 1945, in Camden, New Jersey to the late Thomas Joseph Crawford and the late Betty Elizabeth Hickland Crawford. Ms. Curtis moved to Alachua from South Florida in 1972 and worked as a secretary for the North...

Annie Beatrice Rathbun

Annie Beatrice Rathbun

Dec 28, 2018

Annie Beatrice Rathbun (Warren), age 74, of Keystone Heights, Florida passed away peacefully with her family by her side on December 28, 2018, at UF Health Shands Hospital due to complications of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD). She was born at home in Starke, Florida on December 20, 1944, to John Warren and Dorothy Warren (Mathews). She was preceded in...

Charles "James" Cribbs

Charles "James" Cribbs

Dec 23, 2018

Mr. Charles "James" Cribbs, age 53, of Starke, Florida, passed away on December 23, at Haven Hospice Suwannee Valley Care Center in Lake City, FL, following an extended illness. He was born in Gainesville, FL, on January 16, 1965 to the late Charles Henry Cribbs and the late Carolyn Jones Cribbs Conklin. He lived in the Starke area all his...

Mark Marvin Manning

Mark Marvin Manning

Dec 22, 2018

Mr. Mark Marvin Manning, age 62, of Hampton, Florida, passed away on December 22, 2018, at UF Health Shands Hospital in Gainesville, Florida. Mark was born on December 15, 1956, in Tecumseh, Michigan to Marvin Roy Manning and the late Edna Margaret Belanger Manning. Mark grew up in Michigan and worked as a fabricator in the automotive industry. He loved...

Mildred F. Henkle

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...