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Nalani Lynn Kerns

Nalani Lynn Kerns

Feb 19, 2020

Nalani Lynn Kerns, 70, of Middleburg, FL passed away Wednesday, February 19, 2020. She was born on September 2, 1949 in New London, CT to parents Orrin and Rita Cormier Merry. She was known to most everyone as Lani and she enjoyed her family, friends, crochet, Motown music, crime shows, Wheel of Fortune, the beach, Scrabble games and football. She...

Donald E. Viken

Donald E. Viken

Feb 17, 2020

Donald Edwin Viken, 87, of Green Cove Springs, FL and formerly of Arlington Heights, Illinois passed away on Monday February 17th.  He was born on May 5th, 1932 in Sioux Falls South Dakota to the late Corinne (LaBarge) and Edwin Viken.  He is predeceased by his wife Marguerite of 63 years.

Donald was first and foremost a loving husband, father,...

Karen E. Knight

Karen E. Knight

Feb 14, 2020

Mrs. Karen E. Knight, 58 of Clay County, passed away Friday, February 14, 2020.  Mrs. Knight was born March 2, 1961 in Summerville, South Carolina to Charles and Virginia Baker.  Karen was a loving nurse and retired after 30 years. She was a member of Russell Baptist Church.  In her free time, she enjoyed shopping, traveling and planning vacations, and...

Lloyd Ellis Murphey

Lloyd Ellis Murphey

Feb 13, 2020

Mr. Lloyd Ellis Murphey “Lem”, 53, of Clay County, passed away Thursday, February 13, 2020. Mr. Murphey was born March 22, 1966 in Jacksonville, FL to Frank and Elaine Murphey. He owned and operated LEM’S Tree Service for over 30 years and was of the Baptist faith. He enjoyed fishing and spending time with family and friends. He had a...

Gloria Lucile Farrell

Gloria Lucile Farrell

Feb 13, 2020

Gloria Lucile Farrell (Nee Maxwell) departed this life on the eve of St Valentine’s Day to join her husband of 66 years, Captain Roger Farrell. Gloria passed peacefully in the care of Community Hospice, in her home at San Jose Gardens.  She is survived by her two daughters, Cynthia Farrell of Ottawa, Canada and Holly Farrell, of Jacksonville, Florida, and...

Archer Graham Fitch

Archer Graham Fitch

Feb 13, 2020

Archer Graham Fitch, age 88, died of natural causes on Thursday, February 13th, 2020, in Fleming Island, Florida.

Arch is survived by his daughter Emily Lipscomb (Douglas) of Fleming Island; his son, Brian (Jami) of Green Cove Springs, Florida; and his son, Frank (Sharon) of Canton, Ohio; and by his grandchildren Jennifer and Thomas Lipscomb and Erin and Courtney Fitch....

William "Kelly" Morgan

William "Kelly" Morgan

Feb 12, 2020

William “Kelly” Morgan passed away on February 12, 2020 at the age of 59. He was born to William J. Morgan and Rita T. Morgan on January 1, 1961 in Norfolk, VA. He is preceded in death by his father William J. Morgan and his brother Michael Morgan. He is survived by his wife, Michelle Morgan, his children Joseph Morgan...

Sgt. Jere Ben Thomas

Sgt. Jere Ben Thomas

Feb 12, 2020

Jere Ben Thomas, 88 of Green Cove Springs, FL, passed away February 12, 2020. Visitation was Sunday, February 16, 11 AM ~ 2 PM at Rudder Funeral Home in Stevenson. The Funeral Service began at 2 PM in the funeral home chapel. Interment and Military Honors will be in Stevenson City Cemetery. Jere Ben was the son of Walter Russell...

Richard Kelly Foster

Richard Kelly Foster

Feb 10, 2020

Richard Kelly “Rick” Foster passed peacefully on January 10, 2020 at the age of 80.  He was born to Elizabeth Elmore and James Edmund Foster in Bramwell, West Virginia on July 20, 1939.  He graduated from Hamilton High School, Trenton, New Jersey.

A patriotic American, Rick served in the U.S. Navy and in the Army National Guard Reserves.  He was...

Richard Montgomery Austell, Sr.

Richard Montgomery Austell, Sr.

Feb 9, 2020

Richard “Rich” Montgomery Austell, Sr, age 78 of Fleming Island, FL passed away Sunday, February 9, 2020 at Orange Park Medical Center surrounded by family.

Richard served in the Navy for three years and graduated from Middle Tennessee State University. He retired from Ford Motor Company after 32 years of dedicated service to do what he loved - golf...

Dinah Simon

Dinah Simon

Feb 9, 2020

Dinah Simon peacefully died on 9th of February 2020. She was born on October 15, 1948 in Botolan, Zambales-Philippines.

Dinah spent most of her career doing administrative work for SRF in the US Naval Base in the Philippines. In 1991, when the US left the base in the Philippines, she dedicated her life taking of her three daughters, Danette, Dyn...

Jay R. Kinnear

Jay R. Kinnear

Feb 7, 2020

Jay Riley Kinnear, age 77, died February 7, 2020, at his home in Green Cove Springs, Florida, surrounded by friends and loved ones.

Jay is survived by his wife of 26 years, Sheryl C. Kinnear (265) of Green Cove Springs; his sons James Riley Kinnear and Chad Jacobs Kinnear, both of Green Cove Springs; his stepsons Jeffrey McFarland (Megan Mann)...

James Albert Hirsch

James Albert Hirsch

Feb 7, 2020

James Albert Hirsch, 73, of Lake Asbury, Florida passed away on Friday, February 7th, 2020. He was born to Philip R Hirsch and Margaret Elizabeth Biss on June 20th, 1946 at Mitchel Army Airfield in Garden City, New York. He graduated from Carle Place High School and was a traditionally trained Butcher and Meat Cutter for over 40 years. For...

Brenda Marie Jones

Brenda Marie Jones

Feb 7, 2020

Mrs. Brenda Marie Jones, of Clay County passed away Friday, February 7, 2020 at Community Hospice Center for Caring at St. Vincent's Riverside. Brenda was born October 17, 1948 in Portsmouth, VA. She has lived in the Jacksonville/ Orange Park, FL area for the past 10 years with her husband Terry. She also attended First AGCC Clay County.

Brenda leaves...

Lee Gordon Snyder

Lee Gordon Snyder

Feb 7, 2020

Lee Gordon Snyder, 74, of Green Cove Springs, FL, passed away following a heart attack on February 7,2020 at the Orange Park Medical Center.He was born to Richard and Dorothy Snyder on August 31, 1945 in Canton, Ohio and grew up in North Canton, Ohio. He graduated from Hoover High School in 1963 where he stared in football, basketball, and...

Paul K. Doll

Paul K. Doll

Feb 5, 2020

Paul K. Doll died peacefully in Orange Park, Florida on Feb 5th, 2020, surrounded by loved ones. He is survived by 4 children and many loving grandchildren and great grandchildren.  He served in the US Army and Army National Guard where he retired as a Lieutenant Colonel.  He was a long-time manager for the DMV of Virginia, residing in Virginia...

Anne Smith

Anne Smith

Feb 4, 2020

Anne Reid Smith, 69, of Jacksonville, Florida passed away February 4th 2020 rescuing orphans from a burning building. Accounts on that may vary. She was born to her loving parents, Carlyne Hix Reid and James Moir Reid, Jr. on January 22, 1951 in Troy, North Carolina. She grew up in nearby Candor, North Carolina with her older sister Cheryl, their...

Don Emron Wright, Jr.

Don Emron Wright, Jr.

Feb 3, 2020

Don Emron Wright, Jr., Middleburg, Florida passed away February 3, 2020. Don was born to Don Wright. and Elaine Arnoldson in Salina, Utah on December 5, 1937. Don grew up playing in his Mom and Stepdad’s dance band. He enlisted in the Navy in August 1955, in Grand Junction, Colorado and later transferred to Jacksonville, FL, where he joined the...

Jimmy O. Perry

Jimmy O. Perry

Feb 3, 2020

Jimmy O'Dell Perry passed away on February 3, 2020 at age 70. He was born to Charles & Emalee Perry on September 8, 1949 in Jacksonville, FL. Jimmy proudly served in the US Army during the Vietnam War. He started a concrete company in 1997 called Jimmy's Concrete, years later he changed the company’s name to Gator's Concrete. After the...

Florence Emma Bowen

Florence Emma Bowen

Feb 2, 2020

Florence Emma Bowen passed away Sunday, February 2, 2020. She was born November 8, 1931 in Mobile, Alabama to the late Daniel Grover Logan and Florence Emma (Broadus) Logan.

Florence was a homemaker for most of her life and lived in various states during that time. Later in life, Florence held several jobs such as a laundromat attendant, cashier and...

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