Being lost in one’s thoughts is called a reverie; kind of daydreaming and taking a trip in one’s own mind. On Tuesday, Oct. 5, I experienced a reverie with three people: me,…
Category: Obituaries
National Security: Suicide bombers
On Aug. 26, a suicide bomber in a crowd outside the Kabul Airport in Afghanistan killed and injured hundreds of innocents. Among the dead were 13 U.S. servicemen and women, mostly Marines….
Constance “Connie” Humphries Nettles
Constance “Connie” Humphries Nettles, 70, of O’Brien, passed away on Wednesday, Oct. 6, 2021. She was surrounded by her loving husband of almost 48 years, Benny and their three daughters, Stephanie, Rachel…
Constance “Connie” Humphries Nettles
Constance “Connie” Humphries Nettles, 70, of O’Brien, passed away on Wednesday, Oct. 6, 2021. She was surrounded by her loving husband of almost 48 years, Benny and their three daughters, Stephanie, Rachel…
William Larry Freeman
William Larry Freeman, 79, of Gainesville, Fla., passed away suddenly on Saturday, Oct. 9, 2021, after a brief illness. Freeman was born June 19, 1942 in the Appalachian mountains in Rome, Ga.,…
Charles W. Courtoy
Reverend Charles W. Courtoy was born in Jasper, Fla. and passed away on Sunday, Oct. 3, 2021, in Lakeland, Fla. He was 84 years of age. Curtoy was a graduate of Jasper…
Bryan Drury Scaff
Bryan Drury Scaff, a native and lifelong resident of Hamilton County, passed away unexpectedly on Monday, Sept. 27, 2021, from COVID-19 while working away from home in Vermillion, S.D. Scaff was born…
John Robert Frank
John Robert Frank, 62 of Mayo, passed away on Thursday Sept. 16, 2021, at Shand’s Hospital at the University of Florida following an extended illness. Frank was born May 28, 1959, in…
Patricia “Pat” Garvin Oehlert
Patricia “Pat” Garvin Oehlert, age 89, of Jasper passed away Monday, Sept. 13, 2021, at Lake City Medical Center in Lake City, following a brief illness. Pat was born in Macon, Ga.,…
Bobby Ray “BR549” Sistrunk
Bobby Ray “BR549” Sistrunk, age 85, of Live Oak. passed away on Saturday, Sept. 18, 2021, at Lake City Medical Center in Lake City. Sistrunk was born in White Springs. on June…
Angela Gayle Jackson-Williams
A time to be born… Angela Gayle Jackson-Williams was born on Aug. 28, 1952, in Manhattan, N.Y. She was the daughter of the late Matthew and Bessie Jackson. Her siblings are Shiela…
Stephen A. Haskell
Pastor/Chaplain Stephen A. Haskell, age 75, of Lake City, Fla., passed away on Wednesday, Sept. 1, 2021, at Lake City Medical Center in Lake City. Haskell was born in Fairmont, W. Va.,…
Steven D. Rogerson
Steven D. Rogerson, Sr., 68, passed away on Wednesday, Sept. 8, 2021, at the Capitol Regional Medical Center in Tallahassee, Fla., following an extended illness. He is the son of the late…
Ruth Ann Johnson
Ruth Ann Johnson, 65, of Live Oak, was reunited in heaven with her late husband on Wednesday, Sept. 15, 2021. She was a lifelong resident of Live Oak and recently retired from…
Terri L. Gaylord
Terri L. Gaylord, 59, passed away on Monday, Sept. 13, 2021, in Valdosta, Ga. Gaylord was born on October 18, 1961, in Valdosta, to Claude Johnson and Margaret Gibbs DeLoach. She was…
Bettie J. Oxendine
Bettie J. Oxendine, of Jasper, passed away on Monday, Aug. 30, 2021, at North Florida Regional Medical Center in Gainesville, Fla. Oxendine was a longtime resident of Jasper. She was the widow…
Mary Ellen Fitzpatrick
Mary Ellen Fitzpatrick, 90, of Fayetteville, Ga., passed away on Wednesday, Sept. 8, 2021. She was born Dec. 8, 1930, to Floyd and Esther Peterson in Howell, Ga. Fitzpatrick is preceded in…