Richard Lane Putnel of Lake Alfred, Fla., passed away after a brief illness at Good Shepherd Hospice in Auburndale, Fla., on Thursday, Dec. 30, 2021. Putnel was born in Suwannee County on…
Category: Obituaries
Ann Zipperer Hiers
Ann Zipperer Hiers, age 97, of Jennings, Fla., passed away on Sunday, Dec. 19, 2021, at her home following an illness of some time. She was known to many as “Mama Ann”…
Lonnie Eldon Combass
Lonnie Eldon Combass, age 84, of Jasper, Fla. passed away on Monday, Dec. 6, 2021 (just shy of his 85th birthday) at Tallahassee Memorial Hospital in Tallahassee, Fla., due to complications from…
Bonnie Sue Cline-Lisle
Bonnie Sue Cline-Lisle, 61, passed away peacefully on Sunday, Nov. 7, 2021, at home surrounded by her loving family. She was born in Hialeah, Fla., on March 5, 1960, to the late…
William Stephen Thomas
William Stephen Thomas, 72, passed away peacefully on Sept. 27, 2021, surrounded by his family. He was born on July 21, 1949, in Lake Worth, Fla., to the late Francis David Thomas…
Richard Alexander Funkhouser
Richard Alexander Funkhouser, 76, quietly passed away on Sunday, Oct. 31, 2021, at his home in O’Brien, after an extended illness. He was born to Robert and Louise Funkhouser on July 25,…
James Wesley Strayer
James Wesley Strayer, 92, of Lake City, passed away on Saturday, Oct. 30, 2021, at the North Florida Regional Medical Center in Gainesville. Strayer was born in Maumee, Ohio, the third of…
Margaret Ducksworth
Margaret Ducksworth, 81, passed away on Sunday, Oct. 31, 2021, at Doctor’s Memorial Hospital in Perry, Fla., after complications from Alzheimer’s. Ducksworth was born on April 26, 1940, in Mayo, to George…
Stella Buchanan
Stella Faye Buchanan, 72, passed away on Saturday, Oct. 30, 2021 in Mayo, surrounded by her family. Buchanan was born on Aug. 15, 1949, in Madison, Fla., to Rev. Jack Lamb and…
Kathy Sikes
Kathy M. Sikes, 66, of O’Brien, passed away on Thursday, Oct. 28, 2021. The Ocoee, Fla., native moved to O’Brien in 1997, was of Baptist faith and worked at SAWTEK, INC in…
Elleon B. Dorsett
Elleon B. Dorsett, lovingly known as “Sue” and “SuSu,” age 83, of Branford, died on Tuesday, Oct. 26, 2021, in Lake City, Fla. Dorsett was born in Greenfield, Mass., on April 24,…
Vicki Rogers Ireland
Vicki Ireland was born on April 25, 1960, in Topeka, Kan. and went home to Jesus on Aug. 11, 2021. Ireland was preceded in death by her mother and father, Cathy and…
Michael Wendle Nettles
Michael Wendle Nettles, 61, of McAlpin, passed away unexpectedly and peacefully on Monday, Oct. 18, 2021. The Lake City, Florida-born native lived in McAlpin for 30 years. Nettles loved his country and…
Robin R. Ogles
Robin R. Ogles passed away peacefully in her home surrounded by family on Saturday, Oct. 23, 2021. She was born on March 10, 1961, in Lancaster, Ohio, to the late James M….
Michael Wendle Nettles
Michael Wendle Nettles, 61, of McAlpin, passed away unexpectedly and peacefully on Monday, Oct. 18, 2021. The Lake City, Florida-born native lived in McAlpin for 30 years. Nettles loved his country and…
Around the Banks: Reverie
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,…
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….