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George Harvey Welker

George Harvey Welker

Dec 12, 2013

George Harvey Welker, age 94 of Dowling Park, FL passed away Thursday, December 12, 2013 in the Good Samaritan Center in Dowling Park. The Lebanon Jct, KY native moved to Dowling Park, FL in 1974 from Louisville, KY. He retired as a mechanic for the L&N Railroad. “Mr. George” as known by friends and family, was a WWII Veteran having...

Lynne Marable

Lynne Marable

Dec 11, 2013

Lynne Clayton Marable, age 58 of Live Oak, FL passed away Wednesday morning, December 11, 2013 at North Florida Regional Medical Center in Gainesville, FL following a courageous battle with cancer. She was a native of Miami, FL moving to Live Oak in 1956. She loved teaching and was the Suwannee Vo-Tech Teacher of the Year 2001-2002. Lynne loved to...

George Leslie "Les" Leblanc, Jr.

George Leslie "Les" Leblanc, Jr.

Nov 27, 2013

George Leslie “Les” LeBlanc, Jr. age 92 of Live Oak, FL passed away Wednesday evening, November 27, 2013 at Select Specialty Hospital in Gainesville, FL. He was a native of Port Neches, TX moving to Live Oak in 1976 from Ft. Lauderdale, FL. Les was a veteran and youngest oil tanker Captain of the Merchant Marines during WWII. He was...

Jack Pile

Jack Pile

Nov 27, 2013

Jack Pile age 78 of Wellborn, FL passed away November 27, 2013 at his home following a lengthy illness. He was a native of Stonington, Illinois moving to Wellborn,FL nine years ago from Hollywood, FL. He was a U.S. Army veteran. Jack owned and operated a gas station and loved fishing, working on cars and riding motorcycles. He is survived...

Lee Roy Young

Lee Roy Young

Nov 25, 2013

Lee Roy Young, age 72, of Live Oak, FL passed away Monday morning, November 25, 2013 at his home in Live Oak. He was a native of New York moving to Live Oak in 1975 from New York. He worked as a truck driver and was a member of the National Rifle Association, the United States Bowling Congress and the...

Lewis Fillyaw

Lewis Fillyaw

Nov 21, 2013

Lewis Fillyaw, age 84 of Luraville, FL passed away Thursday, November 21, 2013 at the V.A. Medical Center in Gainesville, FL following a lengthy illness. He was a native and life long resident of Suwannee County. A veteran of the Korean Conflict who proudly served his country in the U.S. Marine Corp and later in the U.S. Army. Lewis was...

Jack Morris Elmore

Jack Morris Elmore

Nov 10, 2013

Jack Morris Elmore May 8, 1955 November 10, 2013 Jack Morris Elmore, age 58, of Mayo, FL passed away Sunday morning, November 10, 2013 at his home in Mayo. He was a native of Tampa, FL moving to Mayo in 2008 from Samson, AL. Jack was a farmer and loved going to Rodeos, mud-bogging, fishing and reading western novels. He...

Betty Jean Duncan

Betty Jean Duncan

Nov 5, 2013

Betty Duncan, age 86 of Live Oak, FL passed away Tuesday evening, November 5, 2013 at Haven Hospice in Lake City, FL. She was a native of Rossville, GA moving to Live Oak in 1982. Betty was a homemaker and enjoyed sewing, cooking and coloring. She was a member of the Orange Baptist Church. She was predeceased by her husband,...

Clifford Tuten

Clifford Tuten

Nov 4, 2013

Clifford Tuten, age 89, of Live Oak, FL passed away Monday, November 4, 2013 at the V.A. Medical Center in Gainesville, FL following a lengthy illness. He was born in Madison, FL living most of his life in Live Oak. He was a U.S. Navy veteran having served during WWII as Gunner First Class. He just enjoyed life, fishing, hunting,...

Ruth Marie Walker

Ruth Marie Walker

Oct 26, 2013

Ruth Marie Walker, age 79 of Live Oak, FL passed away Saturday, October 26, 2013 at Haven Hospice in Lake City, FL. The Waterloo, NY native moved to Live Oak sixteen years ago from Canandaigua, NY. She was a retired nurse and a member of the Women of the Moose Chapter 899 and the St. Johns Episcopal Church. She is...

Earl J. Brammer, Jr.

Earl J. Brammer, Jr.

Oct 18, 2013

Earl J. Brammer, Jr., age 84, of Live Oak, FL went to his heavenly home Friday, October 18, 2013 at Shands Live Oak. He was born in Marceline, Missouri in 1928. As a young man in the sixties he worked as a Constable for the City of Buckner, Missouri. He was very loving and caring, outgoing and friendly to everyone....

Patsy Martin Farro

Patsy Martin Farro

Oct 1, 2013

Ltc. Patsy Martin Farro age 83, of Live Oak, FL, passed away early Tuesday morning, October 1, 2013 at Suwannee Valley Care Center in Lake City, FL following a lengthy illness. The Newark, NJ native moved to Live Oak, in 2003 from Hollywood, FL. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army having served during the Korean conflict as a...

Cheryl Ann Clark

Cheryl Ann Clark

Sep 28, 2013

Cheryl Croft Clark, age 52 of Dowling Park, FL passed away Saturday evening, September 28, 2013 at Suwannee Valley Care Center in Lake City, FL following a courageous battle with cancer. She was a native of Jacksonville, FL moving to Live Oak in 1973. She was a bus driver for more than twenty years with the Suwannee County School System....

Mary H. Mcclamma

Mary H. Mcclamma

Sep 21, 2013

Mary H. McClamma, age 81 of Wellborn, FL passed away Saturday evening, September 21, 2013 at North Florida Regional Medical Center in Gainesville, FL. She was a native of Tampa, FL moving to Wellborn in 2002. She was a homemaker and member of the Christ Central Ministry. She is survived by her husband of sixty-three and one half years, Loye...

Ruby Poole

Ruby Poole

Sep 13, 2013

Ruby Poole age 85, of Live Oak, FL, passed away Friday, September 13, 2013 at Haven Hospice in Lake City, FL. She was born in Lake Placid, FL living most of her life in Live Oak. She retired from North Florida Telephone Company and was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. Active in the...

Mercedes Elizabeth Babcock

Mercedes Elizabeth Babcock

Sep 10, 2013

Mercedes Elizabeth Babcock, age 87, of Live Oak, FL passed away Tuesday afternoon, September 10, 2013 at Haven Hospice in Lake City, FL. She was born in Jacksonville, FL moving to Live Oak at a young age. In 1951 she moved to Las Vegas where she lived before moving back to Live Oak in 1999. She graduated from Florida State...

Lawrence Victor Grondzki

Lawrence Victor Grondzki

Sep 6, 2013

Lawrence (Larry) Victor Grondzki July 11, 1947 September 6, 2013 Lawrence (Larry)Victor Grondzki, age 66, of Live Oak, FL passed away suddenly Friday, September 6, 2013 at his home. He was born in New Brunswick, NJ and has lived in Live Oak, FL for twenty six years. Larry retired from the Department of Transportation where he worked for 19 years....

Lottie Thelma Mccook

Lottie Thelma Mccook

Sep 1, 2013

Lottie McCook, age 93 of Live Oak, FL passed away Sunday morning, September 1, 2013 at Shands Live Oak following a lengthy illness. She was born in Sylvester, GA living most of her life in Live Oak. She is known to her family and friends as “Granny” because of the number of children she baby sat for over the years....

Henry Lloyd Stephens

Henry Lloyd Stephens

Aug 31, 2013

Henry Lloyd “Babe” Stephens, 91, of Cedar Key, passed away at Suwannee Health Care Center in Live Oak surrounded by his loving family on August 31, 2013 following a lengthy battle with dementia. He was born on April 25, 1922 to Valera Frances Powell Stephens and Henry Lynn Stephens of Cedar Key, and graduated from Cedar Key High School in...

Truett Johnson

Truett Johnson

Aug 31, 2013

Truett Johnson age 70, of Live Oak, FL passed away Saturday, August 31, 2013 at Suwannee Valley Care Center in Lake City, FL following a courageous battle with cancer. He was a native and life long resident of Live Oak where he spent most of his life farming. He was a graduate of Suwannee High School class of 1962 and...