obituaries

Recent obituaries in Palatka, Florida.

Stanley Cook

Stanley Cook

Jul 25, 2020

Stanley Cook, 62, of Crescent City, entered the sunset of life on Saturday, July 25, 2020 at North Florida Regional Medical Center, Gainesville. The son of Roy S. and Rosa Elizabeth Willis Cook, Stanley was born on October 27, 1957 at Bert Fish Memorial Hospital, Deland, FL. Stanley was the fifth born child of eight raised in Seville, FL....

Tommie C. Smith

Tommie C. Smith

Jul 24, 2020

Tommie C. Smith, 67, of Palatka, entered the sunset of life on Friday, July 24, 2020 at Oak View Rehabilitation Center, Orange Park. A native of Tifton, GA., he was the son of Artis Lee Smith, Sr. and Laura Mattie Montford, born on Wednesday, September 10, 1952. Tommie was educated in the Putnam County School District and a 1970...

Rosa Lee Foster

Rosa Lee Foster

Jul 22, 2020

Rosa Lee Alexander Foster, 87, of Palatka, peacefully transitioned into eternal rest early Wednesday morning, July 22, 2020 at Haven Hospice Roberts Care Center, Palatka. A native of Union County, Raiford, Florida, she was the daughter of Emmitt Alexander and Lilla Mae Barnswell Alexander, born on Tuesday, November 8, 1932. Rosa was educated in the Union and Clay County...

Claudia Harmon

Claudia Harmon

Jul 21, 2020

Claudia "Queen Sugar" Harmon, 83, of Palatka, entered the sunset of life on Tuesday, July 21, 2020 at Putnam Community Medical Center, Palatka.  A native of Alachua, FL, she was the daughter of James Evans and Margarie Jones Evans, born on Friday, December 18, 1936. She grew up in Daytona Beach and was educated in the Volusia County School...

Henrettia Britten

Henrettia Britten

Jul 20, 2020

Henrettia Britten, 103, of Palatka, entered the sunset of life on Monday, July 20, 2020 at Solaris Healthcare Palatka. The daughter of York Thomas, Sr. and Martha Jane (Jones) Thomas, she was born on Thursday, April 5, 1917 in Pelham, GA. She was educated in the Mitchell County GA School System. In 1949, she moved to Putnam County and...

Demetri Jaron Blount

Demetri Jaron Blount

Jul 19, 2020

Demetri JaRon "Meach" Blount, 28, of Green Cove Springs, entered the sunset of life on Sunday, July 19, 2020 in Starke. The son of Freddie Blount and Valencia Lewis, he was born on Wednesday, July 24, 1991 in Orange Park. He was educated in the Clay County School District and was a 2009 graduate of Clay High School. In...

Barbara A. Tucker

Barbara A. Tucker

Jul 14, 2020

Barbara Ann Tucker, 72, of Palm Coast, entered the sunset of life on Tuesday, July 14, 2020 at AdventHealth, Palm Coast. She was the daughter of Harold George and Sarah Ann Linton Eccles, born on Saturday, May 29, 1948 in Parish of St. Catherine, Jamaica, West Indies. She was the ninth child of her parent's twelve children. ...

Charles Lamb

Charles Lamb

Jul 14, 2020

Charles Lamb, 78, of Palatka, entered the sunset of life on Tuesday, July 14, 2020 at Putnam Community Medical Center, Palatka. He was born on Saturday, July 4, 1942 in Melbourne, FL. He was educated in the Brevard County School District. Charles spent many years of his life dedicated as an over the road truck driver. He worked at...

Arthur H. Perry

Arthur H. Perry

Jul 14, 2020

Arthur Harry Perry, 65, of Interlachen, entered the sunset of life on Tuesday, July 14, 2020 at his residence.

Ruby L. Pierce

Ruby L. Pierce

Jul 14, 2020

Ruby Lee Pierce, 98, of Palatka, entered the sunset of life on Tuesday, July 14, 2020 at VITAS Suites at Carlton Shores, Daytona Beach. The daughter (youngest of nine children) of Bessie and William "Bill" Nelson, she was born on Tuesday, November 23, 1921, in Tifton Georgia. She moved to Deland, Florida with her parents and siblings at an...

Dotsey M. Sampson

Dotsey M. Sampson

Jul 12, 2020

Dotsey M. Sampson, 80, of Hawthorne, entered the sunset of life on Sunday, July 12, 2020 at her residence. The beloved daughter of Thomas Nathanial and Mamie Lou (Bullard) McKinney, was born on Monday, December 25, 1939 in Madison, FL. Mr. and Mrs. McKinney produced eleven children: George, Jessie, Jerome, Matt, Jenny, Neilza, Mamie, Chris, Maggie, Verna and Dotsey. Dotsey...

Daniel E. Minnick

Daniel E. Minnick

Jul 12, 2020

Daniel Earl Minnick, 64, of Lake Como, entered the sunset of life on Sunday, July 12, 2020 at his residence.

Harold Bellamy

Harold Bellamy

Jul 10, 2020

Harold Bellamy, 77, of Palatka, entered the sunset of life on Friday, July 10, 2020 at his daughter's residence in Jacksonville surrounded by his loving family. A native of Fitzgerald, GA., he was the son of Joe Bellamy, Sr., and Amanda (Hayes) Bellamy, born on Friday, March 19, 1943. Harold of the Baptist faith. He retired from Gate's Roofing,...

Ronald A. Williams

Ronald A. Williams

Jul 10, 2020

Elder Ronald "Ronnie" Alphonso Williams, 63, of Palatka, entered the sunset of life on Friday, July 10, 2020 at Putnam Community Medical Center, Palatka. A native and lifelong resident of Palatka, he was the son of Ezell Williams and Rosa Williams, born on Friday, July 13, 1956. He was educated in the Putnam County School District and a 1974...

Franklin Kaymore

Franklin Kaymore

Jul 4, 2020

Franklin Kaymore, 76, of Palatka, entered the sunset of life on Saturday, July 4, 2020 at his residence.  A native of Lake City, FL., he was the son of Earnest Lee Kaymore, Sr., and Eula Mae Singleton Kaymore, born on Tuesday, May 16, 1944.  During his early years (at the age of eight), his family relocated and made Palatka...

Edward Cusato

Edward Cusato

Jul 4, 2020

Edward James Cusato, 73, of Georgetown, entered the sunset of life on Saturday, July 4, 2020 at Haven Hospice, Roberts Care Center, Palatka. A native of Camden, New Jersey, he was the son of Paul Cusato and Helen Juliano Cusato, born on Monday, August 19, 1946. He earned his high school diploma in the Camden County NJ School District.  ...

Darlene Cook

Darlene Cook

Jul 3, 2020

Darlene "Dollbaby" Cook, 61, of South Daytona, entered the sunset of life on Friday, July 3, 2020 at Kindred Hospital North Florida, Green Cove Springs. The daughter of Roy S. and Rosa E. (Willis) Cook, she was born on Thursday, November 20, 1958 in Deland, FL. "Dollbaby" as affectionately known within her family was the sixth child of eight...

Charles Thomas Shaw

Charles Thomas Shaw

Jul 3, 2020

Charles Thomas Shaw, 56, of Satsuma, entered the sunset of life on Friday, July 3, 2020 at his residence.

Santos Cruz, Jr.

Santos Cruz, Jr.

Jul 3, 2020

Santos "Papo" Cruz, Jr., 61, of Palatka, entered the sunset of life on Friday, July 3, 2020 at UF Shands Hospital, Gainesville. A native of Manhattan, NY, he was the son of Santos Cruz, Sr. and Monserrate Rivera, born on Friday, November 28, 1958. He was educated in the New York City School System. Santos truly loved the Lord...

Andrew Louis Garrison

Andrew Louis Garrison

Jun 29, 2020

Andrew Louis Garrison, 81, of Satsuma, entered the sunset of life on Monday, June 29, 2020 at his residence.

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