Obituaries

Dorothy "Dot" Taylor

Dorothy "Dot" Taylor

December 26, 2013

Mrs. Dorothy “Dot” Taylor of Orange Park, FL, passed away peacefully in her home, Thursday, December 26, 2013. She was born on July 12, 1930 in Thomson, GA to parents, Sterling and Florence Clark Padgett. Dot loved fishing, painting and doll making, cherishing the simple things in life. She was a wife, mother and Big Mama, who devoted and dedicated...

Ret. Captain Jack Burger Austin

Ret. Captain Jack Burger Austin

December 26, 2013

Retired Navy Captain Jack Burger Austin, 76, who served as the Commanding Officer of the VS-28, a carrier based anti-submarine squadron, the ASW Wing Commander for the S-3A/B squadrons in the Atlantic Fleet, Commanding Officer of the NAS Cecil Field FL and NS Philadelphia, PA and as the Deputy Chief of Naval Operations Air Warfare died December 26, 2013 at...

Timothy Carl Ortloff

Timothy Carl Ortloff

December 22, 2013

Timothy Carl Ortloff, 42, of Jacksonville, FL, passed away Sunday, December 22, 2013. He was born on June 3, 1971 in Jacksonville, FL to parents Paul Nicholas and Florene Ann Breen Ortloff, Sr. He worked as a carpenter and was of the Catholic faith. In his free time he enjoyed mudding and working on his 4X4 truck. He was predeceased...

Shelley Rae Britt

Shelley Rae Britt

December 22, 2013

Shelley Rae Britt, 59, of Middleburg, FL passed away on December 22, 2013. She was born on May 25, 1954 in Indianapolis, IN to parents Donald and Anita Roberson Miller. Shelley has lived in the area 13 years, moving here from Tampa, FL and was a member of Christian Family Fellowship in Jacksonville. Mrs. Britt enjoyed watching movies, fishing and...

Stacey Renee Peternel

Stacey Renee Peternel

December 21, 2013

Stacey Renee Peternel, 37, of Green Cove Springs, FL, passed away in a tragic accident on Saturday, December 21, 2013. She was born on March 24, 1976 in Topeka, KS to parents Thomas J. Peternel and Linda K. Murphy. Stacey has been a resident of Green Cove Springs for the past 28 years and graduated from Clay High School. She...

Margaret "Maggie" Dworzycki

Margaret "Maggie" Dworzycki

December 21, 2013

Margaret “Maggie” Dworzycki, 78, of St. Johns, FL., passed away December 21, 2013. She was born on March 23, 1935 in Chicago, IL to parents Joseph and Rose Bleier Hasibar. Mrs. Dworzycki had lived in the local area for 9 years, moving here from Chicago, IL. and was of the Catholic faith. Maggie was a devoted wife, mother and grandmother...

Louis Gipson

Louis Gipson

December 20, 2013

Louis Gipson, 87, of Green Cove Springs, FL passed away peacefully on December 20, 2013 in Jacksonville, FL., 21 days after losing his wife of 66 years. Louis was born in New Orleans, LA., on October 2, 1926 to Walter Edwin and Mary Elizabeth Hardy Gipson. Louis had one brother that passed away 40 years ago. He met the love...

William "Billy" Edward Knight

William "Billy" Edward Knight

December 19, 2013

William Edward Knight, a devoted husband, father, and Christian, entered God's kingdom on Thursday, December 19, 2013 at 7 am, at the age of 79. Born in Green Cove Springs, FL on January 23, 1934 to William and Pearl, William, known affectionately to his family and friends as Billy, spent most of his life in Green Cove, working for the...

Linda G. VanZant Herrington

Linda G. VanZant Herrington

December 11, 2013

Linda G. VanZant Herrington passed away on Wednesday, December 11, 2013 at St. Vincents Hospital in Jacksonville, FL. She was a loving mother, grandmother, friend and wife. She is survived by her husband of 31 years, Curtis Herrington; children, Vince Lourcey and Tina Kelly, stepson Phillip Herrington; six grandchildren, two sisters, one brother, three sisters-in-law, four brothers-in-law and numerous nieces...

Edward H. Dabbert

Edward H. Dabbert

December 10, 2013

Edward H. Dabbert, 75, of Jacksonville, FL, passed away December 10, 2013. He was born on September 10, 1938 in Chicago, IL to parents Edward and Marie Banks Dabbert. Mr. Dabbert was a Vietnam War Veteran, retiring from the United States Air Force. He had lived in the local area since 2001, moving here from Opelika, AL. He was a...

Destiny Nicole Dyal

Destiny Nicole Dyal

December 8, 2013

Destiny Nicole Dyal, 17, of Green Cove Springs, FL, passed away in a tragic accident on Sunday, December 8, 2013. She was born on April 25, 1996 in Orange Park, FL to parents Christopher Dyal and Misty Lee Boyd Gill. Destiny was a lifelong resident of Green Cove Springs and a high school graduate. She enjoyed going fishing, mudding and...

Donald McAlpine

Donald McAlpine

December 6, 2013

Donald McAlpine passed away December 6, 2013 in the Moosehaven Life Care Center at the age of 86. He was born to Hugh and Kathleen McAlpine on October 9, 1927 in Buffalo, New York. Donald had a twin brother Douglas and a sister Margie. Donald married Joyce Henderson on September 3, 1955. She preceded him in death on August 3,...

Mrs. Frankie Marie Hill Guinn

Mrs. Frankie Marie Hill Guinn

December 5, 2013

Mrs. Frankie Marie Hill Guinn, 83, of Middleburg, FL passed away December 5, 2013. She was born on December 16, 1929 in Jacksonville, FL. Mrs. Guinn had formerly attended Congregational Holiness Church and will be dearly missed by her loving family and friends. She was preceded in death by her parents and by her sons, Dale R. Hill, Michael W....

Charlotte Fuller

Charlotte Fuller

December 5, 2013

Charlotte Fuller went to be with the Lord on Thursday, December 5, 2013. Charlotte was born in Jacksonville on October 19, 1940 and was a graduate of Ribault High School in 1957. She was an active member of Black Creek Baptist Church and was owner of Fuller’s Produce and a dealer for Cooks Portable Warehouses. She was preceded in death...

James Maddux Webb

James Maddux Webb

December 5, 2013

James Maddux Webb Jim was born on April 20, 1919 in Springfield, Ohio during the great flu pandemic and passed away on December 5, 2013 at the Penney Retirement Community in Florida at the age of 94 He was the only son of Maud Maddux and James Brown Webb. After graduating from Springfield High School, he earned his B.A. from...

Helen Elizabeth Moorman

Helen Elizabeth Moorman

December 2, 2013

Helen E. Moorman, 71, of Middleburg, FL passed away peacefully on Monday, December 2, 2013. She was born on September 23, 1942 to parents, John J. and Nellie Virginia Barnes Pitner. She had been a resident of Florida for the past 23 years and lived in Middleburg, FL for the past 12 years. Mrs. Moorman loved to sew, crochet and...

Frank Marion Roberts Jr.

Frank Marion Roberts Jr.

December 1, 2013

Frank Marion Roberts Jr., 72, of Monticello, FL went to be with the Lord on December 1, 2013, peacefully surrounded by his loving family. He was born in Green Cove Springs, FL to parents Frank and Ida Belle (Bryan) Roberts. He was a member of First Baptist Church in Lloyd, FL. He was preceded in death by his parents, wife,...

Geraldine "Gerry" Geiger Robinson

Geraldine "Gerry" Geiger Robinson

November 30, 2013

Geraldine “Gerry” Geiger Robinson, 88, of Orange Park, FL passed away November 30, 2013 in Hilliard, FL. She was born in Hilliard on November 9, 1925 to parents Port and Deane (Campbell) Geiger. She was of the Pentecostal faith and loved her family; playing poker (chips only) with family and friends, Lillie, Donna and Tami. She was predeceased by her...

Karen Marie Stovall

Karen Marie Stovall

November 29, 2013

Karen Marie Stovall, 61, of Middleburg, FL passed away November 29, 2013 following an extended illness. She was born on March 9, 1952 in Kew Gardens, NY to parents Nicholas and Joyce (Lenahan) Arth. She had moved to Middleburg in 2007 from Lake Worth, FL and was a communicant of St. Luke’s Catholic Church in Middleburg. She loved to crochet;...

Master Chief John McGready USN (Ret.)

Master Chief John McGready USN (Ret.)

November 28, 2013

Master Chief Petty Officer John McGready (USN Ret.) 82, of Fleming Island, FL, lovingly known as “The Chief”, passed away November 28, 2013. He was born in Belfast, Ireland on April 24, 1931 to parents John and Elizabeth (Snoddy) McGready and grew up in Staten Island, NY. He moved to Clay County in 1979 from Cornwall, NY and opened Insurance...