OBITUARIES

Kathy Carter

Mar 12, 2023

Kathleen Marion Carter, age 77, of Live Oak, FL, passed away Sunday evening, March 12, 2023, at her home surrounding by her loving family.  Kathy was born in Miami, FL to the late Brody C. Harris, Jr. and Dorothy Wright Harris on December 14, 1945.  She married the love of her life, Sam Carter on July 26, 1968 at...

Angela Joy Perkins-Galler

Mar 1, 2023

Angela “Joy” Perkins-Galler, age 48, of Live Oak, FL, passed away Wednesday, March 1, 2023 at her home surrounded by her loving family following a courageous battle with cancer.  She was a native and life-long resident of Live Oak and was a housewife and a mother to twin girls who devoted her life to taking care of them.  She...

Elsie Long Copeland

Feb 22, 2023

Elsie Long Copeland, age 89, of Live Oak, FL, passed away February 22, 2023, at her home following a brief illness.  She was born in Suwannee County living most of her life in Live Oak where she was a member of the Mt. Olive Baptist Church and Live Oak Christian Church.

Preceded in death by her husband,...

Marjorie Ann Bartley

Feb 13, 2023

Marjorie Bartley of Live Oak, Florida, passed away peacefully on February 13th, 2023 in the HCA North Florida Hospital. She was born in Old Town, Maine on January 28th, 1935 to Violet (Shay) Francis and Burt Francis. She would later reside with them and her 8 siblings in Indian Island, Maine.

In 1956, she would marry her husband,...

Frances Bennett

Feb 10, 2023

Frances Elizabeth Bennett, age 84, of Live Oak, FL passed away Friday, February 10, 2023 at the Good Samaritan Center in Dowling Park, FL.  She was born in Valdosta, GA living most of her life in Live Oak, FL where she was the bookkeeper for Bennett’s Glass for many years.  Mrs. Frances was a member of the...

Freddy Leo Nadeau

Feb 9, 2023

Alfred “Freddy” Leo Nadeau, age 74, of Live Oak, FL and Jackman, ME passed away on Thursday evening, February 9, 2023 at his home in Florida following a brief illness.

Freddy was born in Greenville, ME on September 15, 1948 to Paul and Rose (Gauthier) Nadeau.  He was raised in Jackman and resided there his whole life...

John Anthony Gallahar

Feb 6, 2023

John Anthony “Tony” Gallahar, age 60, of McAlpin, FL passed away February 6, 2023.  He was a native of Ft. Lauderdale, FL, moving to McAlpin, FL in 1990, working as a general contractor in construction.  Tony loved the outdoors, fishing, riding his motorcycles, air boating, shooting and collecting guns and hunting.  He was a family man who loved his...

Vanna Hallman

Feb 4, 2023

Vanna Hallman, age 84, of Live Oak, FL, passed away Saturday, February 4, 2023, at her home surrounded by her loving family.  She was born in Micanopy, FL living most of her life in Live Oak she was a member of the First Assembly of God Church.  Vanna was a homemaker and loved making quilts, working in her garden...

Alvin Dean Dempsey

Feb 2, 2023

Alvin Dean Dempsey, age 68, of Lake City, FL passed away Thursday, February 2, 2023 at HCA Lake City Medical Center. He was born in Madison, FL, living in Live Oak for the past twenty-three years.  He worked for PCS for many years and loved the outdoors, spending time at the beach and raising animals.

He is...

William "Will" Cole Carpenter

Jan 31, 2023

It is with great sadness that our family announces the passing of William Cole on January 31, 2023 at 7am, after a courageous 13 month battle with Rhabdomyosarcoma. Due to the grace, compassion, and kindness of Haven Hospice Care Center in Lake City, FL, Will was able to peacefully leave the young body that failed him and return to...

Jeannette Law Hatch

Jan 28, 2023

Jeannette Law Hatch, age 94, of Wellborn, FL, passed away Saturday, January 28, 2023 at HCA Florida Lake City.  She was a native and life-long resident of Wellborn where she was a cosmetologist and teacher of cosmetology.  Jeannette loved shopping, cooking, traveling, doing yardwork and people.  She was a member of the Mt. Olive Baptist Church.

She...

Mary Pearl Rankin

Jan 24, 2023

Mary Pearl Rankin, age 83, of Live Oak, FL passed away Tuesday, January 24, 2023 at her home following a lengthy illness.  She was a native and life-long resident of Live Oak working in real-estate with Century 21 in the 1980's before owning and operating Rankin Realty for many years.  Mary Pearl was an avid card player, playing whenever...

Evelyn Joyce Jenkins

Jan 24, 2023

Evelyn Joyce Jenkins Finn, age 70, of Live Oak, FL, passed away Tuesday, January 24, 2023.  She was a native and life-long resident of Live Oak, FL and a member of the Live Oak First Assembly of God.  Evelyn enjoyed life and spending time with her family.

She is survived by her husband, Barry Finn, her mother,...

Herschell Brian Smith

Jan 23, 2023

Herschell Brian Smith, age 58, of Live Oak, FL passed away Monday, January 23, 2023 at his home surrounded by his loving family, following a courageous battle with cancer.  He was born in Tuscumbia, AL moving to Live Oak in 1994 from Town Creek, AL.  He was a millwright business owner and loved fishing, going to Beack Mountain, jet...

Chris Davis

Jan 19, 2023

Chris Davis, age 63, of Live Oak, FL passed away Thursday, January 19, 2023 at the Suwannee Valley Care Center in Lake City, FL following a lengthy illness.  She was born in Red Bank, NJ moving to Live Oak, FL in 1976 from New Jersey.  She worked as a bookkeeper for Custom Suppliers for many years and...

Ronda Lynn Dipasqua

Jan 19, 2023

Ronda Lynn Dipasqua, age 35 , of Homestead, FL passed away Thursday, January 19, 2023 in the South Miami Hospital in Miami, FL.  She was born and raised in Homestead, FL where she worked as a server for many years.  She loved singing, dancing, caring for animals, helping people in need and making them laugh....

Thomas Maxwell Gilbert

Jan 18, 2023

Thomas Maxwell Gilbert, age 86, passed away Wednesday, January 18, 2023.

Arrangements are incomplete at this time. We will update our website as soon as they become available.

Please keep the Gilbert family in your prayers today and the days ahead.

Carol Henderson

Jan 17, 2023

Carol Virginia Henderson, age 82, of Live Oak, FL passed away Tuesday, January 17, 2023.  She was born in Jefferson, Ohio moving to Live Oak, FL in 1986 from Bradenton, FL.  She was a homemaker and loved living on the family dairy farm taking care of and raising calves.  She also loved to travel and has traveled...

Ricky Lee Stephens

Jan 15, 2023

Ricky Lee Stephens, age 64, of Live Oak, FL, passed away Sunday, January 15, 2023 at the Suwannee Valley Care Center, Haven Hospice in Lake City, FL.  He was a native of Birmingham, AL moving to Live Oak in 2015.  He worked in construction as a tile installer and loved reading, watching television and Alabama football.

He...

Robert Bartley

Jan 14, 2023

Robert Bartley, age58, of Live Oak, FL passed away Saturday, January 14, 2023.  He was born on the air force base in Tachikawa, Japan while his father was in the service. He was a life-long resident of Live Oak where he worked as a correctional officer for the Hamilton County Correctional Institution and was a veteran of...