Obituaries

George David Solomon

George David Solomon

January 24, 2022

George David Solomon of Orange Park, Florida passed away on January 24, 2022. He was born to parents George Delano Solomon and June Mildred Thompson on November 29, 1963 in Jacksonville, Florida.

George graduated from Ed White High School and had a career in the transportation industry for 30+ years. He married Dana Solomon on April 9, 1994, and they...

Ruth Beatrice Sherwood

Ruth Beatrice Sherwood

January 24, 2022

Ruth Beatrice Sherwood, 93, of Green Cove Springs, FL, went to Heaven on Monday, January 24, 2022. She was born to Gene Hoffman and Beatrice Hoffman on October 4, 1928 in Jacksonville, FL. She was married to Clarence Beaufort Sherwood for 53 years, then widowed in 2008. She was a homemaker and attended Florida State University. She attended River Christian...

Regina Mae Kemp

Regina Mae Kemp

January 24, 2022

Regina Mae Kemp, 50, of Green Cove Springs, Florida went home to Heaven on January 24, 2022 after a long battle with ALS. She was born to (mother) Reatha Mae Harris Bell and (father) Robert Oscar Bell of Live Oak, Florida July 3, 1971. She was a High School graduate of Baker County High and went to become a Dental...

Hazel W. Ryan

Hazel W. Ryan

January 22, 2022

Hazel Wainwright Ryan, age 92, passed away Saturday, January 22, 2022, in Fleming Island, Florida.  Hazel was born to Leila Irene Moody and Newnan Crews Wainwright on May 30, 1929, in Penny Farms, Florida.

Hazel graduated from Clay High School in Green Cove Springs, Florida, and was married to Rev. Thomas D. Ryan, Jr.  She continued to be very active...

Deborah R. Stewart

Deborah R. Stewart

January 22, 2022

Deborah R. Stewart, 73, of Fleming Island, Florida passed away on January 22, 2022.

Deborah worked at the Florida State Community College for 30+ years. She loved her job and her coworkers. She enjoyed floating in the pool and watching movies in her free time.

She was the most selfless, loving person you could ever meet. Her life revolved around...

Jerry Ray Trammell

Jerry Ray Trammell

January 20, 2022

Jerry Ray Trammell of Middleburg, Florida passed away on January 20, 2022, at the age of 75.

Born in McAlester, Oklahoma on January 2, 1947.  He was a proud, enrolled member of the Chickasaw Nation.

He was preceded in death by his parents, Ray and Opal Trammell (Cunningham), and his sister, Wokeeta (Fuzzy) Hahn.

He attended Will Rodgers High School...

Carrol Keith Hall, Sr.

Carrol Keith Hall, Sr.

January 19, 2022

Carrol Keith Hall, Sr., long-time resident of Clay County, passed away on Wednesday, January 19, 2022 at 8:55 PM.

Carrol lived a long and happy life. He was the last living child of Virgil and Ella Lee Hall.

He was preceded in death by his wife Virginia Hall; son Carrol Keith Hall, Jr.; granddaughter Stephanie Callahan; and many brothers and...

James Ronald Gardella

James Ronald Gardella

January 18, 2022

James Ronald Gardella, age 89, died peacefully on January 18th, 2022 while surrounded by his family. 

Ron was born to James and Madeleine Gardella on July 18th, 1932 in Keansburg, New Jersey. He was raised on the Jersey shore and was active in many school and community events. Upon graduation from high school, he attended Monmouth College in New...

Donnie Thacker

Donnie Thacker

January 14, 2022

Donnie Thacker passed from this life on January 14, 2022, only 15 days before his 62nd birthday.  He was born in Pike County, Kentucky on January 29, 1960. As a boy, Donnie moved to Green Cove Springs, Florida with his parents and siblings in January 1969. Donnie loved the outdoors and his job at Mobro Marine where he worked for...

Helen Thomas

Helen Thomas

January 10, 2022

Helen Thomas, 76, Green Cove Springs, FL passed away on January 10, 2022.  Born to parents, Wilbur Bell and Kizzie Mae Prevatt on February 25, 1945 in Starke, FL.   She was a member of the Congregational Holiness Church of Green Cove Springs, FL.  In her free time, she enjoyed going to church and spending time with family.  She was preceded...

Lynn I. Kidd

Lynn I. Kidd

January 7, 2022

Lynn I. Kidd of Orange Park, FL, departed this earth surrounded by family on January 7, 2022.

Born in Denver, CO on January 18, 1945, he proudly served in the United States Navy, retiring after twenty-two years as a Master Chief Petty Officer of VP 24. After retirement, he enjoyed spending his time working on cars and home projects for...

William "Bill" O. Chastain

William "Bill" O. Chastain

January 6, 2022

William “Bill” O. Chastain, long-time resident of Green Cove Springs, Florida, met his Lord and Savior face-to-face on January 6, 2022, just two days after his 85th birthday.

 Bill was born on January 4, 1937, and he loved to share stories of his Cherokee roots from “back home” in Stilwell, Oklahoma.  He was raised by his mother, Jessie B. Dickson...

Cinnamon Michelle Howard

Cinnamon Michelle Howard

January 5, 2022

Cinnamon Howard, age 52, passed away peacefully while at home on January 5, 2022 surrounded by her loving family. She was born in Louisville, MS, to Winfred O. Pugh and the late Peggy A. Pugh. Cinnamon joined the United States Air Force at age 19 as a computer maintenance technician. After 6 years, she pursued her dream of becoming an...

James Allen Reed

James Allen Reed

January 1, 2022

Cdr. James Allen Reed, USNR Retired, of Orange Park, Florida, passed peacefully at Community Hospice Hadlow Center, Jacksonville, on January 1, 2021. Born in New Bedford, Massachusetts, in 1928, to Ruth Elizabeth (Holbrook) Reed and Francis Paine Reed, James graduated from Northeastern University with a BS in Electrical Engineering. Shortly after graduation he joined the U.S. Navy. He served as...

Enid Jensen

Enid Jensen

December 30, 2021

Enid Jensen, 74, Green Cove Springs, FL passed away on December 30, 2021. Daughter of Bettye Gruber and Karl Gruber. She was born on June 15, 1947 in Dyersburg, Tennessee. She was a member of Hickory Grove Baptist Church in Green Cove Springs, FL. In her free time, she was an avid reader of books, loved to watch movies, and...

Avery Camille Blevins

Avery Camille Blevins

December 29, 2021

Avery Camille Blevins, 12 years old, was born in Honolulu, Hawaii on November 18, 2009 to parents, Steven C. Blevins and Tammy T. Blevins. She passed away on December 29, 2021, in Green Cove Springs, FL. Avery attended Asbury Day School for Pre-K in Lafayette, LA; Lake Asbury Elementary in Green Cove Springs for Kindergarten and 2ndd- 6th grade; St....

Donald "Kelly" Yeager

Donald "Kelly" Yeager

December 28, 2021

Donald “Kelly” Yeager, 60 years old, passed away December 28, 2021, in Middleburg, FL after a long battle with cancer.

Born March 19, 1961, in Orange Park, FL, he was the son of Donald Van Yeager and Betty Jean (Hatcher) Yeager.  He was a lifelong resident of Clay County and attended Orange Park High School and graduated in 1979.

Kelly...

Barbara Gayle Kamer

Barbara Gayle Kamer

December 27, 2021

Barbara Gayle Johns (Hammett, Kamer) best known as Mom and Gigi was a beautiful, loving, caring, mother, grandmother, wife, sister, and friend. She left this world suddenly on December 27th, 2021, at the age of 71.

She was born on September 03, 1950, to Shelt and Ethel Johns, in Orange Park, Florida. She grew up in Middleburg, Florida.  Some...

Margarita A. Lopez

Margarita A. Lopez

December 27, 2021

Margarita A. Lopez, 87, of Jacksonville, FL passed away December 27, 2021. She was born to parents Merquiaves and Isidora Martin in Camaguey, Cuba.

Margarita was of the Christian faith and enjoyed going to the beach, going to the Casino and preaching on the Radio.

She is preceded in death by her son, Adrian Lopez of Miami, FL.

Margarita is...

James "Fisher" Albert Smith

James "Fisher" Albert Smith

December 27, 2021

James Albert Smith “Fisher”, of 76 years, passed away peacefully at home on Monday, December 27, 2021. James was born on February 5, 1945 in Spartanburg, South Carolina to JD Smith and Lillian Ferol Ochiltree. Followed by Maggie Griffith Smith along with three brothers and one sister. In his late teens he moved to Clay County, Florida where he lived...