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Faye Marie Vinci

Faye Marie Vinci

Jul 6, 2022

Mr. Michael Stephen Vinci passed away July 2, 2022, and patiently waited until July 6, 2022, for his wife of 37 years, Faye Marie Bryant Vinci, to join him.  The two married on June 22, 1985, and enjoyed a good life together in Lake Butler. Michael was born September 9, 1947, in Belleville, IL to the late A.J. and Evelyn...

Vernon Knight

Vernon Knight

Jul 6, 2022

James Vernon Knight, age 74, of Jacksonville, passed away on July 6, 2022, in the Community Hospice at St. Vincent’s Hospital in Jacksonville. He was born on September 6, 1947, in Starke, to James Durant Knight and Geraldine McNeal. After graduating from Bradford High School in 1966, Vernon moved to Jacksonville and began working at Ellis Propeller. He worked with...

Tracy Keith Croft

Tracy Keith Croft

Jul 4, 2022

Tracy Keith Croft, age 61, of Lulu, FL, passed away on July 4, 2022, at his home. Tracy was born on April 14, 1961, to Nelson Al Croft and Linda (Markham) Norris. He was a lifelong resident of Lulu and grew up on his family's farm. He began working on the farm at an early age and eventually got into...

Michael Stephen Vinci

Michael Stephen Vinci

Jul 2, 2022

Mr. Michael Stephen Vinci passed away July 2, 2022, and patiently waited until July 6, 2022, for his wife of 37 years, Faye Marie Bryant Vinci, to join him.  The two married on June 22, 1985, and enjoyed a good life together in Lake Butler. Michael was born September 9, 1947, in Belleville, IL to the late A.J. and Evelyn...

Ramon T. Dix

Ramon T. Dix

Jul 1, 2022

Mr. Ramon T. Dix, 92, of Lake Butler, passed away peacefully on July 1, 2022, at Suwannee Valley Care Center in Lake City. Mr. Dix was born September 26, 1929, in Bradenton, FL. After spending his early years in central Florida, he relocated to his farm in Union County.   Mr. Dix worked as a brick and block mason. As a...

Dale "Dmama" Hollingsworth Clyatt

Dale "Dmama" Hollingsworth Clyatt

Jun 25, 2022

Mrs. Dale “Dmama” Clyatt, age 85, passed away peacefully at E.T. York Care Center in Gainesville, FL, on June 25, 2022.  She was born in Lee County, FL on February 20, 1937, to the late Ive and Fredna Hollingsworth. Her freshman year of high school, her family moved to Union County, where upon graduating she married the love of her...

Roger Jack Haller

Roger Jack Haller

Jun 18, 2022

Roger Jack Haller passed away on June 18, 2022, after a short illness. His passing from this earth to Heaven, however, is a transition that he has looked forward to for many years. He is now in the presence of Jesus and is walking hand in hand with Him.

He leaves behind a loving wife of 28 years, Judith (Judy)...

Mary Lou Davis

Mary Lou Davis

Jun 16, 2022

Mary Lou Bennett Davis, age 76, of Glen St. Mary passed away peacefully with her family by her side at St. Vincent’s Medical Center on June 16, 2022. Born to the late Clarence and Geneva Johns Bennett, Lou has been a lifelong resident of Baker County. In 1962, she married Mallory Davis and they enjoyed 56 years together until his...

Marianne Hummer Green

Marianne Hummer Green

Jun 15, 2022

Marianne Hummer Green, age 82, passed away June 15, 2022, at Windsor Health and Rehab in Starke, Florida. Born April 8, 1940, to Matthias and Kunigunda Hummer, she was raised in Bamberg, Germany along with her two sisters, Heidi and Carola. Marianne met a young Army solider, Carl Green, while he was stationed in Germany and on December 10, 1960,...

Joyce Whidden

Joyce Whidden

Jun 11, 2022

Mrs. Joyce M. Whidden, age 82, of Lake Butler, passed away peacefully at Suwannee Valley Care Center in Lake City on June 11, 2022. Born January 3, 1940, in Ft. Myers, Florida, to the late Jim and Mabel Bostic McCoy, Joyce spent most of her life in south Florida. In 1998, she and her family moved to Union County to...

Hazel Wall

Hazel Wall

Jun 10, 2022

Mrs. Hazel Hoffman Wall, age 103, was born on June 25, 1918, in Arcadia, Florida, to Leo G. Hoffman and Nellie Gatewood Hoffman. She passed away peacefully on Friday, June 10, 2022, at Shands Hospital in Gainesville, Florida.

She was preceded in death by her husband of 73 years, John E. Wall, Jr.; her parents, Leo G. Hoffman and Nellie...

Pauline Griffis

Pauline Griffis

May 28, 2022

Our loving mother, Pauline M. Griffis, passed away peacefully on May 28, 2022, at E.T. York Care Center of Haven Hospice in Gainesville, FL.

Pauline was born in Metter, Georgia on October 26, 1919, to Clemmie E. and Annie Lou Griffin Mosley and later moved to Starke, Florida in 1956.

She is preceded in death by her parents; 3 spouses; 2...

Winifred Crosby Howard

Winifred Crosby Howard

May 22, 2022

Mrs. Winifred Crosby Howard, age 94, of Brooker, FL, passed away on May 22, 2022, at North Florida Regional Hospital in Gainesville. She was born on November 16, 1927, in Jacksonville, to Eugene and Lydia Crosby. Spending most of her life in the Jacksonville area, she worked as a supply analyst at NAS Cecil Field for 24 years. After she...

Hilda Terrell Mock

Hilda Terrell Mock

May 20, 2022

Mrs. Hilda Terrell Mock, age 82, of Lake Butler, passed away on May 20, 2022, at the Haven Hospice in Lake City. She was born on September 30, 1939, in Jacksonville, to Walter Clyde and Allie Mae (Byrd) Terrell Sr. She lived most of her life in Jacksonville before moving to Lake Butler, 24 years ago. Mrs. Hilda was a...

Donald "Don" Clare Hubert, Sr.

Donald "Don" Clare Hubert, Sr.

May 15, 2022

Donald “Don” Clare Hubert, Sr., 83, of Lake City, passed away at Haven Hospice on May 15, 2022, after a lengthy illness. He was blessed to spend his final week surrounded by family and friends, including all of his children and grandchildren.

He was born on the family farm in Lewiston, Michigan on November 10, 1938, to the late Ruth...

Lois Elizabeth Thomas

Lois Elizabeth Thomas

May 3, 2022

Lois Elizabeth Smith Thomas entered into heaven on May 3, 2022, at the age of ninety-five. She was born at home on August 20, 1926, in Johnstown, Florida in Union County.

She graduated from Union County High School and soon thereafter married her husband, Charles J. Thomas. They were married more than sixty years at his death.

She was a...

Renda Smith Thomas

Renda Smith Thomas

May 3, 2022

Mrs. Renda Smith Thomas, age 93, passed away Tuesday, May 3, 2022, peacefully at E.T. York Have Hospice in Gainesville, Florida. Mrs. Thomas was born February 2, 1929, to the late Charley and Gertrude Addison Smith. She married the love of her life Harry Thomas on August 20, 1946. She will be remembered as a loving and devoted wife, Mama,...

Shaun Garland Kangas

Shaun Garland Kangas

May 2, 2022

Shaun Garland Kangas, 35, of Lake Butler, passed away on May 2, 2022, after he was involved in an automobile accident on his way home from work. Born on March 22, 1987, in Irving, TX, to Paula Kangas Holcom. Shaun moved to Florida at a young age and grew up in the Middleburg area. He was a 2005 graduate of...

Gayle Whitehead Manning

Gayle Whitehead Manning

May 2, 2022

Ms. Gayle Whitehead Manning, age 68, passed away peacefully at her home with her family by her side on May 2, 2022. Ms. Gayle was born August 31, 1953, to the late Earl Leslie and Lucille Thomas Whitehead and has been a lifelong resident of Lake Butler. Ms. Gayle devoted 35 years to the Alachua County School Board as a...

Kellen Wallace Dupree

Kellen Wallace Dupree

Apr 26, 2022

Kellen Wallace "Dupe" Dupree, age 39, of Macclenny, Florida passed away April 26, 2022. He was born in Jacksonville, Florida on May 15, 1982, to his loving parents, Larry Dupree and Robin Rhoden Dupree. Kellen was a lifelong resident of Baker County. As a child, Kellen found his love for sports and played baseball and football. He was most passionate...

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