obituaries

Jul 12, 2018

Juan Melendez, 86, of Palatka, entered the sunset of life on Thursday, July 12, 2018 at Crestwood Nursing Center, Palatka.

Jul 11, 2018

Lucille Hayes Sanks, 90, of Corona, CA (formerly of St. Augustine) entered the sunset of life on Wednesday, July 11, 2018 at her daughter's residence. Mrs. Sanks was born July 12, 1927 in St. Augustine, Florida, the fifth of Hodrick and Lumisha Hayes' seven children. She was raised in St. Augustine in the family that also included three sisters and...

Jul 6, 2018

Dr. Mary Beatrice Rickerson Elliott, 69, of St. Augustine, entered the sunset of life on Friday, July 6, 2018 at Community Hospice Bailey Care Center, St. Augustine. A native of Fountain, NC, she was the daughter of Willie Richardson, Sr. and Lucille Stewart Floyd, born on Saturday, December 25, 1948. During early childhood, her family relocated to St. Augustine and...

Jul 5, 2018

Odell "Bluesman" Maxwell, 69, of Orlando, entered the sunset of life on Thursday, July 5, 2018 in Orlando. A native of Perry, FL., he was the son of Gus and Catherine (Smith) Maxwell, born on Saturday, April 16, 1949. He was educated in the Gadsden County (Quincy), FL School District. Odell was a proficient Cement Finisher for several contractors in...

Jul 2, 2018

Robin Renee Ashe Curry, 61, of Crescent City, entered the sunset of life on Monday, July 2, 2018 at Florida Hospital, Deland. A native of Palatka, she was born on Monday, April 29, 1957 to Leo and Barbara (Ashe) Blue, Sr. She was a 1975 graduate of Crescent City High School. Robin was employed as an agriculture laborer for...

Jun 30, 2018

Willie Sylvester "Jack" White, 87, of Orlando (formerly of Crescent City) entered the sunset of life on Saturday, June 30, 2018 at VITAS Hospice, Winter Garden. A native of Andalusia, AL, he was born on Friday, November 14, 1930, to Ruben Jack and Mae Bell (Washington) White, Sr. He was raised in Crescent City and graduated from Middleton High...

Jun 26, 2018

Alicia "Ali" Bailey, 98, of Palm Coast, entered the sunset of life on Tuesday, June 26, 2018 at her residence. A native of Banes, Oriente, Cuba, the eldest daughter of Ismael Bailey and Agatha Thomas, born on Monday, December 8, 1919. As the eldest child, Ali became a defacto mother for her younger siblings, and consequently abandoned her primary...

Jun 19, 2018

Johnnie Lee Maxwell, 74, of Altamonte Springs, entered the sunset of life on Tuesday, June 19, 2018 at his residence. A native of Quincy, he was born on Wednesday, September 15, 1943 to Gus and Catherine (Smith) Maxwell. He was educated in the Gadsden County School District. Johnnie was an Entrepreneur and a Heavy Equipment Operator. He was united in...

Jun 19, 2018

Superintendent Jimmie Lee "Jim" Lewis, 84, of Hastings, was called from his earthly tabernacle and entered into the presence of the Lord surrounded by his devoted wife and family on Tuesday, June 19, 2018 at Flagler Hospital, St. Augustine. A native of the quaint small Florida town of Elkton, he was the son of Joe Herbert Lewis, Sr. and Maybell...

Jun 18, 2018

Vivian Miller Golden, 90, longtime resident of Crescent City, peacefully answered her Master's eternal call to come home on Monday evening, June 18, 2018 in Palatka. The daughter of Eugene and Willie Ann (Smith) Miller, she was a native of Hawkinsville, GA., born on Monday, July 18, 1927. As one of fourteen children, at an early age, the family moved...

Jun 15, 2018

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...

Jun 12, 2018

Donnie J. "Don" "Donnell" McCaskell, 64, of Bunnell, entered the sunset of life on Tuesday, June 12, 2018 at Flagler Health and Rehabilitation Center, Bunnell. The son of Johnnie, Sr. and Betty Lucille (Paradise) McCaskell, he was born on Tuesday, July 7, 1953 in Broxton, GA. He was educated in the Flagler County School District and attended Bunnell High...

Jun 7, 2018

Kenneth Corneilus "Kenny" Brown, Sr., 61, native and lifelong resident of Palatka, entered the sunset of life on Thursday, June 7, 2018 at Putnam Community Medical Center. The son of Leon Corneil "Neil" and Grace (Coleman) Brown, he was born on Monday, November 12, 1956. He was educated at Central Academy High School and was a longtime Tissue Converting...

May 31, 2018

Hasani Livon Williams Winters, stillborn son of Tavarshea Williams and Livingston Winters, Jr., transitioned on Thursday, May 31, at Putnam Community Medical Center.

May 31, 2018

Christopher Lionel "The Bull" "Buddy" Walton, 69, longtime resident of Palatka, entered the sunset of life on Thursday, May 31, 2018 at Haven Hospice Roberts Care Center, Palatka. The son of L B Walton and Verdean Myers Walton, he was born on Thursday, March 24, 1949 in St. Augustine. He was educated in the St. Johns County School District and...

May 30, 2018

Lucille Robertha Tomlinson, 81, of Palm Coast, entered the sunset of life on Wednesday, May 30, 2018 at her residence. A native of the District of Litiz, St. Elizabeth, Jamaica, she was born on Wednesday, July 9, 1936 to Eric and Miriam (Webb) Mills. Lucille completed her education in Jamaica and worked as a caterer at the Jamaica Theological...

May 29, 2018

Deacon Arthur Lee Coley, Sr., 75, of Palatka, entered the sunset of life on Tuesday, May 29, 2018 at his residence. A native of Hastings, he was the son of Arthur Lee Coley and Corene "Johnnie Mae" (Deacon Clinton) Esau, born on Sunday, May 9, 1943. He was educated in the St. Johns County School District. He was united...

May 29, 2018

Johnnie Mae (Napier) Napper, 78, of Palatka, entered the sunset of life on Tuesday, May 29, 2018 at her daughter's Welaka residence. A native of Jacksonville, she was the daughter of John and Margaret Buckins Napier, born on Thursday, March 21, 1940. She was educated in the St. Johns County School District and her early years were spent in...

May 27, 2018

Leartis "Goo" "McNasty" McNeil, Sr., 71, of Palatka, entered the sunset of life on Sunday, May 27, 2018 at the Malcom Randall V. A. Medical Center, Gainesville. The son of Lonnie McNeil, Sr. and Elizabeth Lewis, he was born on Tuesday, March 18, 1947 in Ocala. Van Buren Lewis, Sr. also shared in raising him. He was educated in the...

May 26, 2018

Derrall Glenn Whaley, Jr., 24, of Smyrna GA, entered the sunset of life on Saturday, May 26, 2018 at Kennesaw Hospital in Marietta, GA.   A native of Jacksonville, he was educated in the Cobb County GA School District and had ambitions to serve in the U.S. Navy. He was a skilled electronics technician and his hobbies included video games...