Ethel Mae Ware, 52, of Palatka, entered the sunset of life on Friday, June 15, 2018 at Park Meadows Health & Rehabilitation Center, Gainesville. The daughter of Willie Nunnally and Mary Ware, she was a native and lifelong resident of Palatka, born on Saturday, June 4, 1966.

She was educated in the Putnam County School District and a 1983 graduate of Palatka High School. Ethel truly loved her family and was a hard-working provider and a longtime agricultural worker. She was a member, leader of the choir and step team at the Tree of Life Evangelistic Pentecostal Church under the leadership of Pastor Dorothy Moody.

In addition to her parents, Ethel was preceded in eternal rest by her maternal grandmother, Pastor Lizzie Haynes; sister, Mildred Bradshaw; and uncle, Willie Cambridge.

She leaves to cherish her memories: daughter, Jakita Ware; son, Xavier Brown, Palatka; 11 grandchildren , Xannoirria Ware, Ja'Taliouse Brown, Brianna Williams, Deunte Williams, Xan'Mauris Wilson, Kamiyah Perkins, Zamarionia Wilson, Noah White, Naomi White, ZaQuies Perkins, Xy'aire Hendricks; brothers, Emmanuel Ware, Palatka; Charlie Ware, Cape Charles, VA; sisters, Albertha Ware, Palatka; Vanessa Collier, Macon, GA; and a host of other relatives and friends.