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Charlotte Bembry Houston
Jun 3, 2015
Charlotte Bembry Houston, age 68, of Jennings, FL. passed away Wednesday, June 3, 2015 at South Georgia Medical Center in Valdosta, GA. Charlotte was a native of Opp, Alabama born March 26, 1947 to the late Marion and Lucille Carnley Bembry. She worked for the Hamilton County School Board as a bus driver and bus barn employee until she retired....
Tina Michelle Latham
May 31, 2015
Tina Michelle Latham, age 44, of Jennings, FL. passed away Sunday, May 31, 2015 at her home following the onset of a sudden illness. Tina was born in Heidelberg, Germany on December 3, 1970 to David Michael Smith Sr. and his wife Sharon Donohue Smith. Tina was always a hard worker and found herself mostly in leadership roles. She worked...
L.B. Brannen
May 23, 2015
L.B. Brannen, age 87 of Lake City, FL, died Saturday, May 23, 2015 at the Surrey Place Care Center in Live Oak, FL. Having retired after 25 years at the Aero Corporation, Mr. Brannen enjoyed a life of bluegrass music, "piddling" in his workshop, and his 1973 Ford Torino, known to all as "Old Browny". He is preceded in death...
Emmett J. Hutto, Jr.
May 17, 2015
Emmett Hutto, age 68 of Gainesville, FL, went to be with his Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, on Sunday, May 17, 2015. He was born July 19, 1946 in Ocala to Emmett, Sr. and Dannie Adams Hutto. He grew up in Orange Lake and went to school in Reddick. He was a member of the 1st graduating class of North...
Willie Mae Deas Blair
May 15, 2015
Mrs. Willie Mae Deas Blair, age 97, of Jacksonville, FL. passed away Friday, May 15, 2015, at Shands Live Oak Regional Medical Center following a brief illness. Willie Mae was born on October 3, 1917, in Hamilton County, the oldest and last of the five children of Otto and Annie Pearl Parker Deas. Â Willie Mae worked hard as a...
William Bruce Howell
May 8, 2015
On the morning of May 8th, after bravely battling illness with his loving family at his side - William Bruce Howell went to be with the Lord. Bruce was born on August 12, 1927 to James Franklin Howell and Mamie Grace Hiers Howell in Jennings, Florida, where he grew up on his family farm and attended school. After serving several...
Dorothy Lee Kinsey Butler
May 6, 2015
Dorothy Lee Kinsey Butler, age 92, of Jennings, FL. passed away peacefully Wednesday, May 6, 2015 at Suwannee Valley Nursing Center with members of her family by her side. Dorothy was born in Echols County, Georgia on October 31, 1922 to the late Jessie P. and Margaret "Maggie" Hancock Kinsey. She met and married John L. Butler, Sr. on October...
Janee Danette Odom
May 5, 2015
Janee Danette Odom, age 44, of Melbourne, FL. passed away unexpectedly on Tuesday, May 5, 2015 near Jennings, FL. while visiting friends and family. Ms. Odom was born in Melbourne on May 14, 1970 and would have celebrated her 45th birthday in nine short days. "Nay Nay" was how she was best known by the friends and family. Janee was...
"Lucy" Margaret Lucy Cook Stephens
Apr 28, 2015
Margaret Lucy Cook Stephens, age 66, of Ozark, Alabama passed away at Southeast Alabama Medical Center in Dothan, Alabama on April 28, 2015. Lucy was born on February 18, 1949 in Houston County, Alabama to Huey and Doris Smith Cook. She was a graduate of Hamilton County High School and worked as a supervisor at Occidental/PCS until the late nineties....
Joseph "Joe" David Smith
Apr 25, 2015
Joseph David "Joe" Smith, age 57, of Jasper, FL. passed away Saturday, April 25, 2015 at Shands Live Oak following a lengthy illness. Joe was born on April 2, 1958 in Valdosta, Georgia to proud parents William "Billy" and Myrtle Robinson Smith. He graduated from Hamilton County High School and went on to get his degree at North Florida Junior...
Brady Fraley
Apr 10, 2015
Brady Lee Fraley, age 21, of Jasper, FL. passed away April 10, 2015 from injuries sustained in an automobile accident. Fraley was well known in the community and his sudden and unexpected death has left the entire county in sad disbelief.
Brady was born June 10, 1993 in Morehead, KY. He moved to Hamilton County seven years...
Jacqueline Ella Deas Register
Apr 10, 2015
Jacqueline Ella Deas Register, age 77, of Lake Park, GA., passed away at her home on April 10, 2015, surrounded by her family. Jacqueline was born in Jennings, FL. on Feb. 21, 1938 to the late Wallace and Ovis Smith Deas. During her working years she worked outside the home but always considered her primary role in life was to...
Jeremiah "Jerry" Cumbess
Apr 8, 2015
Jeremiah Cumbess, age 77, of Jasper, FL. passed away Wednesday, April 8, 2015 at South Georgia Medical Center in Valdosta, Georgia following an illness of some time. Jeremiah was born on August 13, 1937 in Jasper to the late John and Renner Bass Cumbess. Jerry, as he was fondly referred to, was always a hard worker in the welding industry....
Dorothy E. Horne
Mar 31, 2015
Dorothy E. Horne, age 89, of Tampa, FL. passed away at Haven Hospice Suwannee Valley Care Center in Lake City, FL. on March 31, 2015 following a brief illness. Dorothy was born in Tampa, FL. on June 7, 1925 to the late Claude Judson Horne and Ruby Wynn Horne. She lived most of her childhood in Hamilton County on the...
Jamie Lamar Combass
Mar 28, 2015
Jamie Lamar Combass, age 41, of Palm Coast, FL. and former Hamilton County resident passed away at his home in Palm Coast on Saturday, March 28, 2015. Jamie was born in Tallahassee, FL. on May 7, 1973 to Lamar and Kathy Bryant Combass. Jamie attended Hamilton County High School back in the day and was an avid Dale, Jr. Nascar...
Catherine Marcile Perkins Powers
Mar 19, 2015
Mrs. Catherine Marcile Perkins Powers was born December 11, 1922, to James Willie Perkins and Ollie Mae Caldwell Perkins of Jasper, Florida, where she lived most of her life. She passed away March 19, 2015 in Opelika, Alabama. She is survived by her son and daughter-in-law, Ryland Camp Powers and Janice Powers of Auburn, Alabama; daughter-in-law, Nancy Hemman Powers of...
Carolyn Ann Overstreet Caldwell
Mar 17, 2015
Carolyn Ann Overstreet Caldwell of Parker, Florida was called home by her Heavenly Father on Tuesday, March 17, 2015. Carolyn Ann was born on December 26, 1931 in Tifton, Georgia to Henry Clay Overstreet and Cynthia Lewis Overstreet. Her family moved to Jasper, Florida when she was 13 and there she met the love of her life, Harold Carlton Caldwell....
Myrtie Allen Morgan
Mar 4, 2015
Myrtie Allen Morgan, age 93, of Jasper, FL. passed away Wednesday, March 4, 2015 at Surrey Place in Live Oak, FL. Myrtie was born on May 29, 1921 in Branford, FL. to the late Bryant Joshua Allen and Annie Green Allen. One of nine children, Myrtie learned the value of hard work. She got her education in the nursing field...
S.M. Morgan
Feb 26, 2015
S.M. Morgan, age 90, of Jacksonville, FL. passed away at his home Thursday, February 26, 2015, surrounded by his family. Mr. Morgan was born in Jasper, FL. on December 7, 1924 to the late Nagel and Annie Herring Morgan. At birth he was given the initials S.M. which seemed to fit him well, but he later joked that it stood...
Inga Selph Hatch
Feb 22, 2015
This obituary has been added to this website as a courtesy to the Hatch/Selph Families. Inga was our friend and our condolences go to each and every member of her family. This is such a sad occasion but we consider it an honor to be able to share her obituary with her friends in this...
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