Emanuel Nick Klondes
Apr 18, 2023
Emanuel, “Billy”/“The Greek”, Klondes, age 78, passed away on April 18, 2023, at UF Health Shands Gainesville. Born November 15, 1944, to Mike and Hazel Johns Klondes, Billy has been a lifelong resident of Starke. He was a self-employed business man. Billy enjoyed watching movies, telling stories, and had a fasination for airplanes. More than anything Billy loved spending time...
Jim Purvis Cason
Apr 13, 2023
Jim Purvis Cason, age 84, of Lake Butler, passed away on April 13, 2023, in Gainesville, FL. Purvis was born on April 26, 1938, in Lake Butler, to Gurney “S” Cason and Merle (Whitehead) Cason- Brown. He was a lifelong resident of Lake Butler and a 1956 graduate of Union County High School. After graduation, Purvis enlisted in the United...
Weldon Starling
Apr 12, 2023
Weldon R. Starling, age 82, passed away at Orange Park Medical Center on April 12, 2023. Born August 8, 1940, in Starke, he has been a lifelong resident of Bradford County. He worked for his father’s plastering company for many years. In his spare time, he enjoyed fishing, old cars and spending time with his family. Mr. Starling is preceded...
Wayne I Hayes
Apr 12, 2023
Mr. Wayne Hayes, age 90, passed away peacefully at E.T. York Care Center in Gainesville on April 12, 2023. Wayne was born in Brooker, FL to the late Philip and Edna Strickland Hayes on May 10, 1932. He grew up in Gainesville and after graduation joined the U.S. Army. After a tour of duty in Korea during the Korean War,...
Wayne S. Roberts
Apr 9, 2023
Wayne S. “Shorty” Roberts, age 91, of Lake Butler met Jesus face to face Easter morning, April 9, 2023. He was born August 31, 1931, in Charlotte Harbor, FL. He spent his childhood and early adulthood in Charlotte Harbor, moved to California for many years, but has called Lake Butler home for the past 50 years. Wayne loved Union County....
David Todd
Apr 9, 2023
David Todd, age 90, passed away peacefully on April 9, 2023, at Haven Hospice Lake City. David was born in Lake Butler on May 2, 1932, to the late Isaiah and Nita Raulerson Todd and has been a lifelong resident. He worked for over 50 years as a local and long-distance truck driver. He also had a produce stand where...
Alvin A Griffis
Apr 7, 2023
Alvin Alton Griffis, 84, a lifelong resident of Raiford, Florida, was born in an old log farmhouse on January 20, 1939 and departed this life on April 07, 2023. He has left a legacy of Christian faith, family life, community service and involvement, mentoring, and hard work. Mr. Griffis was a committed, dedicated man, giving his all to anything he...
Martha Riherd Carter
Apr 6, 2023
Martha Phillips Carroll Riherd Carter died Thursday after a long illness. She was 90.
Martha was born and raised in Charleston, South Carolina. She left Charleston to attend the University of Florida, where she met and married a young man named Paul Riherd. They lived in Lake Butler for 37 years, where in addition to raising five lovely children, she...
Harold Green
Mar 31, 2023
Dr. Harold Frederic Green went home to be with his Lord and Savior on March 31, 2023, at the age of 90. Harold was born July 22, 1932, in Jacksonville to the late Jacob and Jennie Green. After high school, he joined the United States Air Force and proudly served for 4 years. Harold spent the majority of his life...
Betty Jean Knight
Mar 30, 2023
Betty Jean Williams Knight passed away peacefully surrounded by her family at the age of 92 on March 30, 2023, at Lake City Medical Center. She was born December 24, 1930, to Thelma Williams in Chipley, FL. Her childhood was spent in Chipley however she called Lake City home until the 1970's when she married Toby Knight and they moved...
Joyce Ann Clemons
Mar 30, 2023
Joyce Ann Clemons, age 70, passed away at North Florida Medical Center on March 30, 2023, after an extended illness. She was born in Orlando, FL on May 17, 1952, to the late Earl and Edgel Griffis. Joyce has been a lifelong resident of Union County. She worked as a receiving clerk for Publix for 25 years until her retirement....
Shirley Clark
Mar 29, 2023
Shirley Ann Padgett Clark, age 75, passed away at Haven Hospice Lake City on March 29, 2023, after an brief illness. Shirley was born March 21, 1948, to the late Earl Cecil Padgett and Johnnie Bell Price in Highland, FL. In 1958, she moved with her family to Starke and there she met Alfred Lewis Clark. They married shortly after...
Ernest Robert Peacock
Mar 29, 2023
Ernest Robert Peacock was born October 16, 1944 in Lake City, Florida to Edwin and Aurelia Peacock. He passed peacefully March 29, 2023 in Palm Coast, Florida where he lived the past eight years.Ernest spent his early years working in his family’s chicken houses, climbing trees, and getting in trouble with friends. Ernest graduated from Columbia County High School, then...
Christine Roberts Brooker
Mar 29, 2023
Mrs. Christine Roberts Brooker passed away peacefully at The Plaza Health and Rehab on March 29, 2023. She was born in Lake Butler to the late Oscar and Myrtle Dukes Roberts on January 8, 1939. Christine was a God-fearing, woman who put her family above all else. In 1958, she married James “Jimmy” Brooker and they spent 63 wonderful years...
Marjorie "Margie" Eva Lewis
Mar 28, 2023
Marjorie Eva Lewis passed away peacefully on March 28, 2023, at the tender age of 96. Margie was born July 5, 1926, in Lacon, IL, to the late Edward Traub and Eva Fuson Crowl. After moving to Florida to work with the Seaboard Coast Line Railroad, they moved her to Lake Butler. She met her husband, Malcolm Lewis, they married, and established their...
Ethlyn Chapman Martin
Mar 26, 2023
Mrs. Ethlyn Chapman Martin, age 82, of Graham, FL, passed away peacefully on March 26, 2023, at her home. She was born on August 31, 1940, in Hartsfield, SC, to Samuel and Lillie Chapman. Mrs. Ethlyn grew up and spent many years in South Carolina before moving to Florida in 1985. She worked as a data entry specialist for many...
Linda Harn
Mar 26, 2023
Linda Kay Harn 65 of Lake Butler went home to be with the Lord on March 26, 2023 at home. She leaves behind her husband of 33 years John H. Harn JR of Lake Butler. Three Children, DaNita (Derrick) Dowdy of Starke, John Paul (Janet) Harn of Lake Butler, and Lori (Preston) Boyette of Lake Butler. Three grandchildren. A memorial...
Jimmie Douglass
Mar 24, 2023
Jimmie Dryden Douglass, 82, formerly of Lake Butler and Gainesville, FL, passed away at his home in Science Hill, KY, on March 24, 2023, after a lengthy illness and with his family at his side.
He is survived by his wife Clover Douglass, his son Chris Douglass and daughters Dawn Douglass and Kimberly Carlson. His grandchildren are Jake Douglass, Landen...
Mary Pafford
Mar 23, 2023
Mary L. Pafford, age 89, passed away at Haven Hospice Lake City on March 23, 2023. Ms. Pafford was born October 25, 1933, in Tifton, GA to the late Dewey and Donnie Seay Vaughn. In 1948, she moved to Florida. There she met her husband, Curtis Pafford and they spent many wonderful years together raising their family in Lake City....
Richard Alvin Westfall
Mar 17, 2023
Richard Alvin Westfall, age 72, of Lake Butler, passed away peacefully at his home surrounded by his family on March 17, 2023. Richard was born August 7, 1950, to the late Elliot Westfall and Louise Burdett. He worked for the Department of Corrections as a welding instructor until his retirement. Richard enjoyed fishing, landscaping, and watching professional as well as local...
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