Sandy Vanetta Lofton
Jan 4, 2018
MSGT Sandy Vanetta Lofton (USAF Retired), 51, of Hanover, MD, entered the sunset of life on Thursday, January 4, 2018, at Gwinnett Medical Center, Lawrenceville, GA. A native of Vero Beach, she was born on Tuesday, March 8, 1966 to Eddie and La'Rine (Davis) Lofton. Sandy was educated in the Indian River County School District. She served on the United...
Angela Baker Whitty
Dec 21, 2017
Angela Yvette "Angie" "Mamie" Baker Whitty, 52, of St. Augustine, entered the sunset of life on Thursday, December 21, 2017 at Haven Hospice Custead Care Center, Orange Park. She was one of ten children born to James Willie and Hester Lee Baker. She was a native of St. Augustine, born on Wednesday, March 17, 1965. Angela was a 1984 graduate...
Nathaniel Lee Thompson Iv
Dec 18, 2017
Nathaniel Lee "Nate" Thompson, IV, 19, of Palatka, transitioned on Monday, December 18, 2017 (one week before his 20th birthday). A native of Daytona Beach, he was born on Thursday, December 25, 1997 to Nathaniel Thompson, III and Cheryl Yvette Appling. He was educated in the Putnam County School District. He attended the Tree of Life Evangelical Pentecostal Church. He...
Janice Williams
Dec 18, 2017
Janice Williams, 49, native and lifelong resident of Palatka, entered the sunset of life on Monday, December 18, 2017, at Putnam Community Medical Center. The daughter of Jimmie Lee and Nola (Perry) Williams, she was born on Wednesday, July 24, 1968. She was a 1987 graduate of Palatka High School. At an early age, Janice was baptized at Calvary Missionary...
Deviet L. Keeley
Dec 16, 2017
Deviet Labertha Keeley, 8, of Palatka, transitioned into eternity on Saturday, December 16, 2017 at Shands at UF Hospital, Gainesville. A native and lifelong resident of Palatka, she was born on Wednesday, February 4, 2009. She was a loyal 3rd grade student at William D. Moseley Elementary School who was committed to be in school every day and hated to...
Willis B. Hewitt
Nov 30, 2017
Willis Bruce Hewitt, 68, of Satsuma entered the sunset of life on Thursday, November 30, 2017 at his residence. A native of Frederick, MD, he was the son of Willis N. and Rosemary (Woolever) Hewitt, born on Thursday, January 6, 1949. He was a 1967 graduate of Thomas Johnson High School in Frederick, MD. Throughout his life he worked numerous...
Bertha Wright
Nov 26, 2017
Bertha "Sparrow" Smith Wright, 100, of St. Augustine, entered the sunset of life on Sunday, November 26, 2017 at Community Hospice, Acosta-Rua Center for Caring, Jacksonville. A native of Moultrie, GA, she was the daughter of Allen and Elizabeth (Hill) Smith, born on Wednesday, January 24, 1917. Bertha worked and retired as a domestic engineer for many of St. Augustine's...
Jimmy Deleon
Nov 26, 2017
Jimmy Lee Deleon, 53, a native and lifelong resident of Palatka, entered the sunset of life on Sunday, November 26, 2017 at Putnam Community Medical Center, Palatka. The son of Alexander Deleon and Louvenia (Wright) Crosby, he was born on Thursday, April 30, 1964. He was educated in the Putnam County School District. Jimmy was of the Christian faith. His...
Karl Epps
Nov 26, 2017
Karl Philip Epps, 74, of Interlachen, entered the sunset of life on Sunday, November 26, 2017 at Hospice of Marion County, Legacy House, Ocala. A native of Oakdale, Louisiana, he was the son of John and Beatrice (Berry) Epps, born on Monday, March 1, 1943. He was educated in the Allen Parish Oakland, Louisiana School District. Pvt. (E-2) Epps enlisted...
Wanda Mcarthur
Nov 25, 2017
Wanda Faye Presha McArthur, 59, of Green Cove Springs, entered the sunset of life on Saturday, November 25, 2017 at her residence. A native of Jacksonville, she was the daughter of Leroy Presha and Ethel (Rev. Robert L.) Wright, born on Friday, August 8, 1958. A lifelong resident of Green Cove Springs, she was educated in the Clay County School...
Yvonne D. Bland
Nov 25, 2017
Yvonne DeClaudia Bland, 61, native of Seville, entered the sunset of life on Saturday, November 25, 2017 at her Deltona residence. The daughter of Fred Bland, Jr. and Dennie Lee Robertson, she was born on Tuesday, March 13, 1956. Yvonne was a ARC of Volusia resident and employee for 39 years. On July 10, 1994, Yvonne joined True Foundation Ministries,...
Kendall C. Stover, Jr.
Nov 25, 2017
It is with great sadness that the family of Kendall Clifford "The Kidd" Stover, Jr., 57, of Palatka, announces his transition at Haven Hospice, Roberts Care Center, Palatka on Saturday, November 25, 2017 following an extended illness. A native of Portland, Maine, he was the son of Kendall Clifford Stover, Sr. and Natalie V. Hartt, born on March 31, 1960....
Marie Ann O'Shea
Nov 24, 2017
Marie Ann O'Shea, 72, of Satsuma, entered the sunset of life on Friday, November 24, 2017 at her residence. The daughter of John Phinney and Neil Wilkinson, she was born on Thursday, August 2, 1945 in Palatka, FL. She was educated in the Putnam County School District. She later attended Cosmetology School in Orlando. She enjoyed styling and designing hair...
Paul B. Monaghan
Nov 24, 2017
Paul Brian Monaghan, 51, of Welaka, entered the sunset of life unexpectedly on Friday, November 24, 2017 at his residence.
Carrie B. Mims
Nov 23, 2017
Carrie Bell "Bit" Davis Mims, 70, of Crescent City, entered the sunset of life on Thursday (Thanksgiving Day), November 23, 2017 at Florida Hospital, Deland. A native of Quitman, GA, she was born on Saturday, August 23, 1947 to Wonderful and Maggie Mae (Head) Davis. She was educated in the Brooks County, GA., School District. At an early age she...
Marvin Brown
Nov 19, 2017
Marvin "Bubba Head" Brown, 38, of Palatka, entered the sunset of life on Sunday, November 19, 2017 at Community Hospice Bailey Family Center, St. Augustine. The son of Frank Brown and Shirley (Drayton) Brown, he was native of Fort Bragg, NC born on Tuesday, July 17, 1979. He was a 1997 graduate of First Coast High School, Jacksonville. Marvin was...
Ontario' D. Reid
Nov 18, 2017
Ontario' Deon Reid, 37, of Jacksonville, entered the sunset of life on Saturday, November 18, 2017 at UF Shands Hospital North, Jacksonville. The son of Corlis Simon Tomblin and Steven Reid, he was a native of Gainesville born on Friday, February 29, 1980. He was educated in the Putnam County School District, and was a 1998 graduate of Ace Academy,...
Lillian B. Burgess
Nov 18, 2017
Lillian Brantley Burgess, 58, of Crescent City, entered the sunset of life on Saturday, November 18, 2017 at Putnam Community Medical Center, Palatka. The daughter of Marion Brantley, Sr. and Tressie Lee (McDuffie) Brantley, she was a native of Allendale, SC born on Friday, August 7, 1959. She was educated in the Putnam County School District at Crescent City High...
Raymond Gates
Nov 18, 2017
Raymond "Ray" Gates, Sr., 65, of Palatka, entered the sunset of life on Saturday, November 18, 2017 at Palatka Health Care Center. A native of Manhattan, NY, he was the son of John Gates and Mable Franklin, born on Saturday, February 9, 1952. He was a church school teacher, associate minister, and church custodian at Mt. Tabor First Baptist Church....
Mary Lee Williams
Nov 13, 2017
Mary Lee Williams, 86, of St. Augustine, entered the sunset of life on Monday, November 13, 2017 at her residence. The daughter of Mereta and Luella Session, she was born on Monday, August 17, 1931 in Holopaw (Osceola County), FL. She was raised in Bunnell and St. Augustine. Mary was educated in the St. Johns County School District. She furthered...