OBITUARIES
Ann Marie Martin
Apr 13, 2021
Ann Marie Martin, age 43 of Macclenny passed away Tuesday, April 13, 2021 at her residence with her family by her side. Ann was born on March 28, 1978 to Mr. David J. Congdon and Ms. Sue Briggs in Rochester, New York. She was a passionate woman who loved her family and her pets. She enjoyed music and had...
Wendy Yvonne Golden
Apr 4, 2021
Wendy Yvonne Golden, age 54 of Tallahassee passed away Sunday, April 4, 2021 at Tallahassee Memorial Hospital. A lifelong resident of Tallahassee, Wendy was born on November 1, 1966 to the late Mr. Wendell and Clarice (Stafford) Golden and was a graduate of the Apostolic Christian Academy. She would go on to work for several years in customer service...
Shirley Rae Tompkins
Apr 1, 2021
Shirley Rae Tompkins, age 85 of Jacksonville and previously of Live Oak, passed away Thursday, April 1, 2021 at the Ortega Gardens Alzheimer’s Special Care Center. Shirley was born on July 25, 1935 to the late Mr. Hubert and Thelma (Bennett) Tobias in Northampton, Massachusetts. She would proudly serve in the United States Navy and was stationed at U.S....
Linda Annette Adams
Mar 31, 2021
Linda Annette Adams, 79 of Glen St. Mary passed away Wednesday, March 31, 2021 at Ascension’s St. Vincent’s Riverside Hospital. She was born to the late Mr. Frank and Edith (Starling) Reed in Mayo on October 15, 1941. She would work for many years as a registered nurse for Manatee Memorial Hospital, Blake Memorial Hospital, and eventually the Florida...
Joyce M. Leech
Mar 26, 2021
Joyce M. Leech, age 79 of Jacksonville was granted her angel wings on Friday, March 26, 2021. Joyce was born on March 6, 1942 in Jacksonville and spent her early childhood years in Baker County. Later in life she would return to Jacksonville. Joyce was the daughter of the late Marion and Carrie (Lauramore) Norton. In 1956, she met...
Gloria Elizabeth Perez
Mar 25, 2021
Gloria Elizabeth Perez, age 91 of Jacksonville passed away Thursday, March 25, 2021 with her family by her side. She was born on December 7, 1929 in Bath, South Carolina to the late Mr. Joseph and Edna Grayce (Thornberg) Woodson but would live the majority of her life in the Jacksonville area. She was an antique collector and dealer...
Kathy Ann Tomlin
Mar 25, 2021
Kathy Ann Tomlin, age 68 of Sanderson passed away Thursday, March 25, 2021 at Ed Fraser Memorial Hospital after an extended illness. Ms. Tomlin was born in Beaufort, South Carolina to the late Mr. Jack and Evelyn (McLaren) Tomlin on December 2, 1952. She would eventually settle in the North Florida area, residing in Hilliard prior to moving to...
Emily Marion Raulerson
Mar 14, 2021
Emily Marion Raulerson, age 88 of Lake City passed away, Sunday March 14, 2021 at her home surrounded by her family. She was born on July 26, 1932 in Baker County to the late Mr. Lewis and Bessie (Rowe) Fraser. She attended Baker County Schools and graduated in 1950. She married the love of her life, Mr. Charles “Virgil”...
David Earl Kirkland
Mar 11, 2021
David Earl Kirkland, age 71 of Glen St. Mary passed away Thursday, March 11, 2021 at Ascension St. Vincent’s Riverside Hospital. David was born on December 18, 1949 in Punta Gorda to the late Bishop David H. and Minnie (Crews) Kirkland. He was a 1966 graduate of Baldwin High School and would join the United States Air Force to...
Betty Lou Andrews
Mar 9, 2021
Betty Lou Andrews, age 81 of Glen St. Mary passed away Tuesday, March 9, 2021 at the Douglas Center for Caring at Baptist Medical Center Jacksonville. Betty was born February 27, 1940 to the late Mr. Sydney P. and Ethel (Totty) Andrews in Petersburg, Virginia. She eventually would settle in Baker County, where she spent over 50 years. She...
Beulah Ellen Holley
Mar 2, 2021
Beulah Ellen Holley, age 80 of Glen St. Mary and a longtime resident of Jacksonville passed away Tuesday, March 2, 2021 at Community Hospice at Ascension St. Vincent’s Hospital Riverside. Ms. “Ellen” was born on January 25, 1941 in Madison to the late Mr. Colon and Clyde (Williamson) Malone. She eventually settled in the Jacksonville area, where she would...
Dennis Olon Hodges
Feb 20, 2021
Dennis “Bimbo” Olon Hodges, age 48 of Macclenny passed away Saturday, February 20, 2021 at his residence. He was born on February 23, 1972 to the late Mr. Buford and Shirley Mae (Waldo) Hodges in Gainesville, Florida. “Bimbo” was a lifelong Baker County resident who was loved by many. He was known for his outgoing personality and was one...
Teresa Diane Lipsey
Feb 18, 2021
Teresa Diane Lipsey, age 55 of Keystone Heights passed away Thursday, February 18, 2021 at Ascension’s St. Vincent’s Clay County. She was born September 3, 1965 to the late Mr. Edward and Glenda (Delk) Lipsey in Tifton, Georgia. She attended nursing school at Florida Community College at Jacksonville (presently FSCJ) and received her registered nursing license. She was passionate...
Mary Ernestine Boyce
Feb 13, 2021
Mary Ernestine Boyce, age 94 of Jacksonville passed away peacefully Saturday, February 13, 2021 at her home with family by her side. She was born in Alma, Georgia on October 28, 1926 to the late Mr. Thomas and Rena (Tanner) Peacock. Mrs. Ernestine worked for many years for Bell South before retiring. She remarried in her later years to...
Derek Dwayne Sapp
Feb 11, 2021
Derek Dwayne Sapp, 41 of Glen St. Mary passed away Thursday, February 11, 2021 at Ascension St. Vincent’s Riverside Hospital. Derek was born in Jacksonville on March 23, 1979 to Mr. Buddy and Alice (Moody) Sapp. He was a lifelong resident of Baker County and a 1998 graduate of Baker County High School. Derek loved being a father and...
Richard Lee Kitchens
Feb 5, 2021
Richard Lee Kitchens Sr., age 72 of Middleburg passed away Friday, February 5, 2021 at Ascension St. Vincent’s Riverside Hospital. He was born on October 18, 1948 in Dallas County, Texas to the late Mr. Jim and Vena (Sims) Kitchens. “Rick” would serve proudly in the United States Army and later settle in Jacksonville area. He worked for many...
Betty Jean Young
Feb 4, 2021
Betty Jean Young, 90 of Macclenny passed away Thursday, February 4, 2021 at the Community Hospice – Bailey Center for Caring in St. Augustine. Betty was born in Mooresville, North Carolina on June 8, 1930 to the late Mr. Henry and Wilma (Moore) Davis Sr., one of four children. She worked for many years at a cotton mill in...
Colby Keith Harris
Jan 30, 2021
Colby Keith Harris, age 25 of Glen St. Mary passed away unexpectedly Saturday, January 30, 2021. Colby was born February 9, 1995 to the late Mr. Alfred Godwin Jr. and Nicole (Woods) Nunez in Jacksonville. Colby attended Baker County schools and was a graduate of Baker County High School, Class of 2013. After high school, Colby pursued his ambitions,...
Virginia Lois Smith
Jan 28, 2021
Virginia Lois Smith, age 63 of Taylor passed away Thursday, January 28, 2021 at Haven Hospice Suwannee Valley Care Center in Lake City. She was born October 26, 1957 to the late Mr. Elic and Mary (Farris) Combs in Jacksonville. She had been a resident of Baker County for nearly the last twenty years and was an attending member...
Heidi Mary Taylor
Jan 16, 2021
Heidi Mary Taylor, age 69 of Panacea passed away Saturday, January 16, 2021 at Select Specialty Hospital in Tallahassee. She was born July 13, 1951 to the late Mr. Sam and Hilda (Fiebig) Rutherford in Snowflake, Arizona. She worked for many years for the Florida Department of Revenue and later for the Wakulla County Sheriff’s Office in the finance...
