Lee Harrison Edwards
Aug 28, 2025
Lee Harrison "Boo Boo" Edwards, 54, native and lifelong resident of Palatka, entered the sunset of life unexpectedly on Thursday, August 28, 2025 at his residence. The son of Harrison Edwards, III and Marion Edwards, he was born on Wednesday, March 10, 1971. He was educated in the Putnam County School District. Lee worked as a lawn maintenanceman. He...
Paul Nathan House
Aug 26, 2025
Paul Nathan House, 62, of Palatka, entered the sunset of life on Tuesday, August 26, 2025 in Palatka.
Gail Evans
Aug 24, 2025
Gail Evans, the daughter of Willie Joe Browder and Mattie Mae Evans, was born on Wednesday, August 29, 1956, in Miami, Florida. She was educated in the Miami Dade County School District and graduated in 1974 from Miami Edison Senior High School.
Gail worked in the banking profession for many years as a bank sorter with First...
Ashlee N. Thompson
Aug 23, 2025
Ashlee Nicole Thompson, 37, of Satsuma, entered the sunset of life on Saturday, August 23, 2025 at UF Health St. Johns, St. Augustine.
Eugene Foster, Sr.
Aug 17, 2025
Eugene Foster, Sr., the son of Isaac and Drucilla (Appling) Foster, was born on Sunday, February 24, 1957 in Manhattan, New York. He was a 1975 graduate of Palatka South High School. He earned his diploma in Theology, Bachelor of Arts and Master's degrees in Biblical Studies. Bishop Foster was the Founder of Citadel Ministry of Hope and was...
Charles Eugene Piefer
Aug 17, 2025
Charles Eugene Pifer, III, 67, of Palatka, entered the sunset of life on Sunday, August 17, 2025 at his residence.
Moses Marion Bryant, Sr.
Aug 15, 2025
Moses Marion Bryant, Sr., 94, longtime, retired Putnam County Educator, of East Palatka, entered the sunset of life on Friday, August 15, 2025 at Ascension St. Vincent's-Riverside Medical Center, Jacksonville. The son of Elisha Bryant and Anita (Thompson) Bryant, he was born on Sunday, March 8, 1931 in Orange Mills (East Palatka). He was educated in Putnam and Volusia...
Isola Evans
Aug 13, 2025
Isola Williams Evans, 99, of Gainesville, entered the sunset of life on Wednesday, August 13, 2025 (exactly one month after her 99th birthday) at Magnolia Ridge Rehabilitation Center, Gainesville. The daughter of James Williams, Sr. and Alice Mathis Williams, she was born on Tuesday, July 13, 1926 in Palatka. In her early adulthood she relocated to Asbury Park, NJ,...
Beneta Weston Saunders Miller
Aug 12, 2025
Beneta Weston Saunders Miller, 81, of New Smyrna Beach, entered the sunset of life on Tuesday, August 12, 2025 at AccentCare Hospice Center Miami-Kendall, Miami. The daughter of Robert Hall Saunders and Louise Weston, she was born on Friday, March 24, 1944 in St. Petersburg. The family subsequently relocated to St. Augustine, where she received her formal education and...
Ronald Russell Helps
Aug 12, 2025
Ronald Russell Helps, 83, of Hawthorne, entered the sunset of life on Tuesday, August 12, 2025 at Haven Hospice Roberts Care Center, Palatka.
Larry Williams
Aug 9, 2025
Larry Williams, 73, of Jacksonville, entered the sunset of life on Saturday, August 9, 2025 at his residence.
Luis A. Rivera
Aug 7, 2025
Luis Alberto Rivera, 73, of Interlachen, entered the sunset of life on Thursday, August 7, 2025 at UF Health Shands Hospital, Gainesville. The son of Eurelio Rivera and Genoveva Robles, he was born on Thursday, December 4, 1951 in Guayama, Puerto Rico. Luis enjoyed playing with his chickens, collecting cars and fishing. He worked for many years as a...
William Reed Garrettson
Aug 7, 2025
William Reed Garrettson, Jr., 81, of Interlachen, entered the sunset of life on Thursday, August 7, 2025 at Haven Hospice Roberts Care Center, Palatka.
Johnnie Roy Williams
Aug 5, 2025
Johnnie Roy Williams, 76, of Jacksonville, entered the sunset of life on Tuesday, August 5, 2025 at Noble House Senior Living, LLC in Jacksonville, Florida. The son of Leroy Williams and Elnora Wilcox Williams, he was born on Monday, February 28, 1949 in Green Cove Springs. He was a 1967 graduate of Dunbar High School. He was a hard...
Bette J. Stewart
Aug 5, 2025
Bette Jean Stewart, 80, of Palatka, entered the sunset of life on Tuesday, August 5, 2025 at Haven Hospice Roberts Care Center, Palatka.
James Alma Byrum
Aug 4, 2025
James Alma Byrum, 62, of Satsuma, entered the sunset of life on Monday, August 4, 2025 at HCA Florida Putnam Hospital, Palatka.
Ella Mae Harrison Thompson
Jul 26, 2025
Ella Mae Harrison Thompson, 64, of Middleburg, entered eternal rest on Saturday, July 26, 2025 at her residence.
Ella Mae Harrison Thompson, the daughter of Rosa Mae Harrison and Lewis Henry Keys, was born on December 6, 1960 in Ermul, North Carolina. She received her Bachelor's degree in Accounting at Strayer University. She was of the Baptist...
Deborah Ann Hughes Phillips
Jul 25, 2025
Deborah Ann Hughes Phillips, 85, of St. Augustine, entered the sunset of life on Friday, July 25, 2025 at UF Health Shands Hospital .
Warren Eugene Fells
Jul 23, 2025
Warren Eugene "Smoke" Fells, 76, native and lifelong resident of Palatka, entered the sunset of life on Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at his residence. The son of Eugene and Claudia (Williams) Fells, he was born on Tuesday, August 10, 1948. He was a proud member and graduate of Central Academy High School Class of 1966. During his early years,...
Hattie Ivey Brady
Jul 23, 2025
Hattie Lee Ivey Brady, 59, of Palatka, answered the Master's call from labor to reward and she entered into eternal rest on Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at UF Shands, Jacksonville. Hattie was born on Wednesday, May 25, 1966 in Palatka, Florida to Louis Ivey and Lula Mae Epps Ivey Peoples. She was educated in the Putnam County...