obituaries

Recent obituaries in Palatka, Florida.

Willie Charles Session

Willie Charles Session

May 7, 2011

Willie Charles Session, 50, of Palatka, entered the sunset of life on Saturday, May 7, 2011 at Kindred Hospital-North Florida in Green Cove Springs following an extended illness. He was a native and lifelong resident of Palatka, born Wednesday, November 23, 1960. He was a 1978 graduate of Palatka High School and was active in the High School Band...

Irene Davis Gilbert

Irene Davis Gilbert

Apr 29, 2011

Irene Virginia Davis Gilbert, 64, Massapequa, N.Y., entered the sunset of life on Friday, April 29th at Winthrop University Hospital, Mineola, N.Y., following an extended illness. A native of Putnam Hall, she was born Monday, January 27, 1947 to Lindsey and Lucille Agnes (Green) Davis, Sr. Irene was a 1965 graduate of Central Academy High School, Palatka. She resided...

Mattie Bush Sharper

Mattie Bush Sharper

Apr 29, 2011

Mattie Bush Sharper, 83, native and lifelong resident of Crescent City, entered the sunset of life on Friday, April 29, 2011 at Munroe Regional Hospital in Ocala following an extended illness. The daughter of Henry and Jessie (Brinson) Bush, she was born on Wednesday, November 9, 1927 and was educated in the Putnam County School District in Crescent City....

Yvonne Denise Lane

Yvonne Denise Lane

Apr 19, 2011

Yvonne D. Lane Yvonne Denise Lane, 64, of Crescent City, entered the sunset of life on Tuesday, April 19, 2011 at Putnam Community Medical Center following a brief illness. The daughter of Joe Brown Lane and Lillian Ward, Yvonne was a native of Weirsdale (Marion County), Florida, born on Saturday, August 3, 1946. She resided in Inverness (Citrus County)...

Alfred Martin Griffin

Alfred Martin Griffin

Apr 16, 2011

SSgt. Alfred Martin Griffin (USMC retired), 64, of Palatka entered the sunset of life on Saturday, April 16, 2011 at his residence following an extended illness. Alfred was born in Chicago, Illinois on January 31, 1947, to Charles and Edith (Gaskin) Griffin. He was a graduate of Central Academy Class of 1965. He was employed by the Federal government...

Johnnie B. Lawton, Jr.

Johnnie B. Lawton, Jr.

Apr 14, 2011

Johnnie B. Lawton, Jr., 59, of Palatka, entered the sunset of life on Thursday, April 14, 2011 at Putnam Community following an extended illness. Johnnie B. was affectionately known as Odom and Junior. He was a native of Palatka, born Thursday, March 20, 1952 to Johnnie B. and Evelyn (Wade) Lawton, Sr. He was a graduate of Palatka South...

Sidney Crawford, Jr.

Sidney Crawford, Jr.

Apr 14, 2011

Bishop Sidney Crawford Jr., 51, of Lakes Wales (formerly East Palatka) transitioned to eternal rest on Thursday, April 14, 2011 at his residence. He was a native of Palatka, born Tuesday, May 5, 1959 to Sidney Crawford, Sr., and Willie Mae (Davis) Crawford. He was educated in the Putnam County School District and a graduate of Palatka South High...

Adam Stephen Ashcraft

Adam Stephen Ashcraft

Apr 12, 2011

Adam S. Ashcraft, 27, of Palatka, entered the sunset of life on Tuesday, April 12th at Haven Hospice, Roberts' Care Center, Palatka following a brief illness.

Rosa Mae Mcneil

Rosa Mae Mcneil

Apr 10, 2011

Rosa Mae McNeil was a native and lifelong resident of Palatka, born Friday, December 28, 1951 to Henry and Sally Mae (Watts) McNeil, Sr. She was educated in the Putnam County School District. Rosa was a member of the Northside Church of Christ. She was a hard worker as a migrant laborer who loved her family and friends. Her...

Derringer Sharvis Albritton

Derringer Sharvis Albritton

Apr 4, 2011

Derringer Sharvis Albritton, 3, of Welaka, entered the sunset of his life on Monday, April 4, 2011 at the Holtz Childrens Hospital of Jackson Memorial Medical Center in Miami. He was born on Saturday, November 24, 2007 at Shands Medical Center in Jacksonville, FL to Derringer Seletto Albritton Jr. & Melonie Amanda Cooper. For most of his life, Derringer...

William Crawford Lewis, Sr.

William Crawford Lewis, Sr.

Mar 28, 2011

William Crawford Lewis, Sr., 90, of Palm Coast, entered the sunset of life on Monday, March 28th at his residence following an extended illness surrounded by his loving family. The son of John and Ziffra (Price) Lewis, he was born on Saturday, April 10, 1920, in Bartow, FL. He was educated in the Polk County School District and was...

Estella Mae Carter

Estella Mae Carter

Mar 26, 2011

Estella Mae Cooper Carter, 86, of Palatka, entered into the sunset of life, surrounded by her family, on Saturday, March 26, 2011 at Putnam Community Medical Center. She was born on Monday, November 10, 1924, in Blackshear, Georgia to Ben and Rosetta (Middleton) Cooper. After relocating to Waycross, Georgia, she was united in marriage to Richard Carter and in...

Sylvia Smith Marshall

Sylvia Smith Marshall

Mar 26, 2011

Mother Sylvia Mae Smith Marshall, 62, of Palatka, transitioned into eternal rest on Saturday, March 26, 2011 at Putnam Community Medical Center following an extended illness. Sylvias father, Joe Reed and mother, Louise Smith, were the proud parents of a precious daughter born on Friday, September 10, 1948. A native and lifelong resident of Palatka, Sylvia was a graduate...

Edward Christians

Edward Christians

Mar 26, 2011

Edward Nick Christians, 72, of West Putnam (Morris Lake Area)entered the sunset of life on Saturday, March 26, 2011 at Putnam Community Medical Center following a brief illness.

Leitha Louise Nichols

Leitha Louise Nichols

Mar 25, 2011

Leitha Louise Grammie Nichols, 91, of Daytona Beach, entered into the sunset of life on Friday, March 25, 2011 (one day prior to her 92nd birthday) at her residence following an extended illness. A native of Palatka, she was born on Wednesday, March 26, 1919 to Henry and Elmore Shannon Nichols. She was converted at an early age and...

Cynthia Humphrey Fitz

Cynthia Humphrey Fitz

Mar 21, 2011

Dr. Cynthia Ann Humphrey Fitz, 53, of Gainesville, entered the sunset of life surrounded by her family on Monday, March 21, 2011 at Haven Hospice Roberts Care Center, Roberts Care Center. A native of Hastings, she was the daughter of Ulysses Sr., and Gertrude Robinson Humphrey, born Tuesday, May 28, 1957. She graduated from Hastings High School, class of...

Stanley Lee Murray, Sr.

Stanley Lee Murray, Sr.

Mar 16, 2011

Deacon Stanley Lee Murray, Sr., 55, of Palatka, entered the sunset of life on Wednesday, March 16th at Putnam Community Medical Center. A native of Jacksonville, Stanley was born on Wednesday, February 29, 1956 to Ralph M. Sr., & Edith V. (Amons) Murray, and was raised by his beloved grandmother, Christine Merrick in Palatka. At an early age, he...

Mary Magdalene Colay

Mary Magdalene Colay

Mar 10, 2011

Mary Magdalene Maggie Colay, 75, of Brentwood, NY (formerly of Palatka) entered the sunset of life on Thursday, March 10, 2011at Putnam Community Medical Center following an extended illness. The daughter of Arthur and Eliza (Bethune) Hines, she was born on Sunday, August 4, 1935, in St. Augustine. Mary was a longtime resident of Palatka and was educated in...

Nanette Marie &Quot;Nono&Quot; Powell

Nanette Marie &Quot;Nono&Quot; Powell

Mar 9, 2011

Nanette Marie No-No Powell, 50, retired homemaker, of Satsuma entered the sunset of life on Wednesday, March 9, 2011 at Haven Hospice Roberts Care Center following an extended illness. The daughter of Albert and Carmen (Fournier) Lemieux, she was born on Thursday, September 8, 1960, in Norwich, CT and resided in Satsuma for the past ten years. Nanette was...

Edell Cowan

Edell Cowan

Mar 8, 2011

Edell Cowan, 86, of Lithonia, Georgia entered the sunset of life on Tuesday, March 8, 2011 at Dekalb Medical Center-Hillandale Campus, Lithonia, GA., following an extended illness. A native of Orange Mills, she was the daughter of Issac and Nora Elizabeth (Hall) Cowan. She was a graduate of Central Academy High School, Class of 1946. Edell was baptized at...

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