Samuel Wright
Mar 21, 2021
Samuel Wright, 82, of Palatka, entered the sunset of life on Sunday, March 21, 2021 at Memorial Hospital, Jacksonville. A native of Estill, SC., he was the son of Marion S. and Rosa L. (Bryant) Wright, born on Tuesday, September 6, 1938. He was educated in the Estill County, SC Public School System. Â He has resided in Palatka for...
Kenneth Gene Drayton
Mar 20, 2021
Kenneth Gene Drayton, 56, of Jacksonville, answered his Master's call and entered eternal rest, surrounded by his siblings on Saturday, March 20, 2021 at Ascension St. Vincent's Medical Center Riverside, Jacksonville. A native of Palatka, he was the son of Nathaniel and Christine (Pope) Drayton, he was born on Sunday, January 3, 1965. Kenneth was educated in the Putnam...
Laursia Bell Harrington
Mar 10, 2021
Laursia Bell "Shorty" Harrington, 68, of Palatka, entered the sunset of life on Wednesday, March 10, 2021 at Putnam Community Medical Center, Palatka. A native of Gulf Hammock, FL, and daughter of Willie "Buster" Bell and Theoria Lee Wright, Laursia was born on Monday, July 14, 1952. "Shorty" was educated in the Putnam County School District at Central Academy...
Constance E. Harris Gilyard
Mar 8, 2021
Evangelist Constance "Connie" Harris-Gilyard, 58, of Bunnell, entered the sunset of life Monday, March 8, 2021, at her residence. Â A native and lifelong resident of Espanola and the daughter of Rodester Harris Sr., and Rosetta Godwin-Harris, "Connie" was born on Sunday, April 22, 1962. She was educated in the Flagler County School District and a 1980 graduate of Flagler...
Johnson Session, Sr.
Mar 4, 2021
Johnson Session, Sr., 75, of Palatka, entered the sunset of life on Thursday, March 4, 2021 at Haven Hospice, Roberts Care Center, Palatka. A native of Roy, (Yelvington area) FL, he was the son of Sam Session, Sr. and Maybell James Session, born on April 16, 1945.  He was educated in the Putnam County School System and a 1964...
Willie Washington, Jr.
Mar 3, 2021
The Honorable Willie Washington, Jr., 82, of Welaka, peacefully entered the sunset of life on Wednesday, March 3, 2021 at Putnam Community Medical Center, Palatka. A native of Crescent City and a longtime, (fifty-eight years) resident of Welaka, he was the son of Willie Washington, Sr. and Frances Amos Washington, born on Friday, January 27, 1939. He was raised...
Sharon Pierceall
Mar 3, 2021
Sharon MacKinnon Pierceall, 71, of Interlachen, entered the sunset of life on Wednesday, March 3, 2021 at her residence.
James Lewis Johnson
Mar 1, 2021
James Lewis "O.G." Johnson, 65, of Valdosta, GA., entered the sunset of life on Monday, March 1, 2021 at South Georgia Medical Center, Valdosta. A native of Palatka, he was the son of Ervin and Willie May (Johnson) McCray, born on Saturday, February 4, 1956. He was educated in the Putnam County School System and a class of 1974...
Eddie James Burnett
Feb 28, 2021
Eddie James "E.J." Burnett, 88, of Seville, entered the sunset of life on Sunday, February 28, 2021 at his residence. A native of Ocklawaha, he was the son of Illinois Burnett, born on Thursday, August 25, 1932. He was educated in the Marion County School District. On February 11, 1953 he entered the U. S. Army and served during...
Rev. Dr. George Edward Mcrae, Sr.
Feb 24, 2021
Reverend Dr. George Edward McRae was a native son of Palatka, Putnam County, Florida. The eldest son of Theodore and Carrie (Gaskins) McRae, he was born on Wednesday, August 13, 1941. He was converted at an early age, accepted Christ as his personal Savior and was baptized at Greater Shiloh Missionary Baptist Church under the leadership of...
Manda Mae Austin
Feb 20, 2021
Manda Mae Austin, 68, Armstrong, entered the sunset of life on Saturday, February 20, 2021 at AdventHealth, Palm Coast.  A native of Evergreen, Alabama, she was the daughter of Mack Donald Thomas and Clara Mae Williams Thomas, born on Saturday, May 10, 1952. In July of 1957, the Thomas family relocated to Palatka. Manda was educated in the Putnam...
Robert E. Green, Sr.
Feb 17, 2021
Robert Earl Green, Sr., 49, of Palatka, entered the sunset of life on Wednesday, February 17, 2021 at Putnam Community Medical Center. A native and lifelong resident of Palatka and the ninth child of Jessie Green Sr., and Mary Jane Green, he was born on Wednesday, July 7, 1971. He was educated in the Putnam County School District and...
Thomas J. Mckinnon, Sr.
Feb 15, 2021
Thomas Jemar "Teejay" McKinnon, Sr., 46, of Palatka, entered the sunset of life on Monday, February 15, 2021 at Haven Hospice Roberts Care Center, Palatka. Â Â A native of Palatka, he was the son of Frank McKinnon and Diane Stephens McKinnon, born on Monday, August 19, 1974. He was educated in the Putnam County School District and was a 1994...
Claudia R. Cannady
Feb 15, 2021
Claudia Ruth Cannady, 73, of Palm Coast, entered the sunset of life on Monday, February 15, 2021 at AdventHealth, Palm Coast.
Josephine Rivers Allen
Feb 13, 2021
Mother Josephine Rivers Allen, 93, of Palatka, entered the sunset of life on Saturday, February 13, 2021 at Haven Hospice Roberts Care Center.  A native of Sims Chapel, AL, she was the daughter of Ozie Rivers, Sr., and Mattie Myles, born on Friday, February 10, 1928.  She was educated in the Washington County, AL School System. She was united...
Tomeka Lashonda Sailor
Feb 10, 2021
Tomeka LaShonda Bellamy Sailor, 43, native and lifelong resident of Palatka, entered the sunset of life on Wednesday, February 10, 2021 at UF Health Shands, Gainesville. The daughter of Muriel Bellamy and James Bassa, Tomeka was born on Monday, January 9, 1978. She was educated in the Putnam County School District and was a 1996 graduate of Palatka High...
Rosemarie Williams
Feb 10, 2021
Rosemarie "Rose" Williams, 76, lifelong resident of Palatka, entered the sunset of life on Wednesday, February 10, 2021 at UF Health Shands, Gainesville. The daughter of Mossie McRae and Kate Roberts, she was parented by her "mother" Jessie Lee Gordon. She was a native of Palatka, born on Sunday, November 12, 1944. Rose was educated in the...
Grace A. Parrish
Feb 4, 2021
Grace Ann Parrish, 69, of Orlando, entered the sunset of life on Thursday, February 4, 2021 at her residence.
Linda G. Smart Hall
Feb 4, 2021
Linda Gail Smart Hall, 62, of Palatka, entered the sunset of life on Thursday, February 4, 2021 at Putnam Community Medical Center, Palatka. A native and lifelong resident of Palatka, she was the daughter of Johnnie Webb and Rosa Lee Sheppard Smart, born on Monday, June 30, 1958. She was educated in the Putnam County School District...
Charlie B. Herring
Feb 4, 2021
Charlie Boyd Herring, 90, of Palatka, entered the sunset of life on Thursday, February 4, 2021 at St. Augustine Health and Rehabilitation Center. A native of Hawthorne, he was the son of Amos "Buster" Herring and Hattie (Coleman) Nelson, he was born on Friday, July 18, 1930. He was educated in the Alachua Public School System and a graduate...