Obituaries

Nov 30, 2022

Mr. Edwin Keith Hamilton, age 61 of Jacksonville, passed away Saturday, August 19, 2023. Keith grew up in Baldwin and was a 1979 graduate of Baldwin High School. He was a dedicated employee of Wincup Food Service Manufacturing of Jacksonville for thirty-five years. Keith was a helpful and caring person; devoted to his wife and family. He enjoyed quiet...

Nov 30, 2022

At the family's request, donations can be made to Lubee Bat Conversancy in Gainesville, in lieu of flowers.

Nov 30, 2022

Mrs. Debra Davis Wetzel, age 68 of Middleburg, passed away Saturday, July 15, 2023. A forty-year Clay County resident, she was born in Jacksonville to the late Ansel E. and Theda Mosley Davis. Mrs. Wetzel was a retired communications technician, having worked for Bellsouth for thirty years. She was a member of Clay Hill Baptist Church and loved serving...

Nov 30, 2022

Mr. George William Streetman, age 92 of Jacksonville, passed away Friday, July 14, 2023. A forty-year Jacksonville resident, he was originally from Athens, Georgia. Mr. Streetman was a longtime employee of Craig's Dairy Farm on Beaver Street before going to work at Allstate Steel where he worked until the time of his retirement. He was a Christian man of...

Nov 30, 2022

Mrs. Ann Huffty, age 63 of Jacksonville, passed away Thursday, June 29, 2023. A lifelong Jacksonville resident, Ann spent many years in the corporate world. For twenty-three years she was a leader and an executive at ADP and most recently she was the Chief Operating Officer at Providence Technology Solutions. Outside of her professional career, she enjoyed traveling, cooking...

Nov 30, 2022

Ms. Shelia Ann Patton, age 68 of Jacksonville, passed away Friday, June 16, 2023. A local resident for the past thirty years, she was known around Baldwin as "Ms. Shelia".  Originally from West Virginia, she was known as an adventurous woman who loved to travel. She saw most of the country on foot before settling in this area. Ms....

Nov 30, 2022

Mrs. Diane Stringer, age 79 of Bryceville, passed away Thursday, June 1, 2023, in Baker County. A longtime Bryceville resident, she was born in Jacksonville to the late James R. Scott and Jewel Smith. Mrs. Stringer was a woman of faith who enjoyed being at home with her family, especially her grandchildren and great grandchildren. She will be remembered...

Nov 30, 2022

Jerry W. Thomas, age 85 of Macclenny, passed away Tuesday, April 4, 2023. Born in Baker County, son of the late Romey Lee and Lettie V. Rhoden Thomas, he was a lifetime resident. He was a US Navy veteran, president of Barbara's Kitchen Manufacturing Company in Macclenny, founder, owner, and inventor of The Thomas Magic Spindle™ Original Creation US...

Nov 30, 2022

Mr. Charles Edward "Scratching Charlie" Rhoden, age 68 of Maxville passed away Wednesday, March 22, 2023. Mr. Rhoden worked in the steel industry as a crane operator and then as a billets operator until the time of his retirement from CMC Steel Florida in Baldwin. Upon his retirement, he enjoyed spending time outside in his yard and his garden....

Nov 30, 2022

Geraldine Elizabeth Crawford Young (Gerry) became a resident of Heaven on Sunday, March 12, 2023, after 82 years filled with joy, laughter, tears, love, and hope in the Lord. Geraldine was born on October 22, 1940 in Bristol, Georgia. She grew up in Patterson, Blackshear, and Folkston, Georgia where she and her siblings helped her parents Oden and Flora...

Nov 30, 2022

Mr. Robert "Chris" Hewett, age 64 passed away Saturday, March 11, 2023, after a brief illness.  Chris will be remembered as a giving, down to earth man who enjoyed the simple things in life. He was devoted to his children, his grandchildren and to his best friend, Bandit, his fur baby. Chris loved being outdoors hunting and fishing and...

Nov 30, 2022

Mrs. Donna Fouraker Bell, age 77 of Jacksonville, passed away Saturday, March 4, 2023. Mrs. Bell was born in Jacksonville to the late Clyde E. and Donna L. Suits Fouraker Jr. and was a 1963 graduate of Baldwin High School. Mrs. Bell was a longtime hairdresser before becoming a teaching assistant at Mamie Agnes Jones Elementary School in Baldwin,...

Nov 30, 2022

Mrs. Areta Ruis Hensley, a seventy-year resident of Baldwin, passed away Monday, February 13, 2023, at the age of 89.  Born in Foley, Florida to the late George W. and Myrtle Lee Bethea, she grew up in Callahan and was a 1951 graduate of Callahan High School. Mrs. Hensley was a long-time hairdresser, an excellent seamstress and cook, and...

Nov 30, 2022

Sara Jacquelyn Engels  known to friends as "Jackie", (84) earned her angel wings after a lengthy illness on Monday, January 2, 2023. She was born August 20, 1938, in Pensacola, FL to Annie Laurie Burgess Merritt Taylor and Lofton Scott Merritt, Sr.  Jackie graduated from Pensacola High School, and Sacred Heart School of Nursing in Pensacola, FL.  Jackie was...

Oct 4, 2022

Melissa Lee Cox, daughter of Jimmy Todd, Jr. and Wilma Livingston, passed away October 4, 2022.

Melissa was considered the life of the party and was always thinking of others. She enjoyed spending time with her friends as well as going to the river. She absolutely adored her granddaughter and loved spending time with her family. Melissa...

Oct 3, 2022

Kenneth Gann 78, passed from this Earthly life into the arms of Jesus on Monday October 3, 2022, peacefully, after a long battle with cancer.

He is survived by the love of his life, his devoted wife of 55 years Justine (Bell) Gann; his two sons: Brian (Nikki) Gann and Michael (Laura) Gann; brother: Derryl (Susie) Gann;...

May 15, 2022

Ms. Peggy Louise West, age 79 of Macclenny, passed away Sunday, May 15, 2022. Born in Holmes Mill, Kentucky to the late Hubert and Nora Blair Witt, Ms. West moved her family to Baldwin in 1975. She worked at Everybody's Restaurant from the late seventies into the early eighties before becoming an Independent Life Insurance agent. She returned to...

Nov 30, 2021

Mr. Larry Thomas, 69, passed peacefully on December 24, 2022. He was born Feb 14, 1953, in Jacksonville to Judy and Leverett Thomas.  Larry graduated from Plantation High School and worked at Gerdau Ameristeel for 36 years as a crane operator.

He is survived by his wife Rhonda, daughter Lisa Chamberlain (Robb), son Jake Thomas (Kim), grandchildren...

Nov 30, 2021

Mrs. Alice Nell (Jordan) Holmes, age 81 of Bryceville, passed away Sunday, December 11, 2022, at Macclenny Nursing and Rehab after an extended illness. She was born in Homerville, Georgia and had been a Bryceville resident since 1974. Mrs. Holmes was employed by Revlon, Inc. until the time of her retirement in 2006. She enjoyed spending time with her...

Nov 30, 2021

Ms. Geraldine B. Rivenbark, age 76 of Baldwin, passed away Friday, November 18, 2022. Ms. Geraldine was originally from Pelham, Georgia but spent time in North Carolina and Jacksonville before settling in Baldwin eleven years ago. A very sociable, people-oriented person, she worked for some time in the catering industry. In her later years she enjoyed sharing her love...