Mary Ann Hunter
Jun 17, 2011
Mary Ann Hunter, age 71, of Statenville, Georgia passed away unexpectedly early Friday morning June 17, 2011 at South Georgia Medical Center in Valdosta, GA. Mary Ann was born in Jasper, FL. on March 22, 1940. She was a homemaker and member of Lake Park Church of God. Mary Ann will always be remembered as a wonderful wife, mother, grandmother,...
Ulma Mullis Braswell
Jun 16, 2011
Ulma Mullis Braswell, age 90, of Jasper, FL. passed away Thursday, June 16, 2011 at South Georgia Medical Center in Valdosta, GA. She was a longtime resident of Hamilton County. In 1964 Mrs. Braswell was elected to the position of Hamilton County Tax Collector and remained in office until her retirement in 1988. She was born in Palatka, Florida on...
Elizabeth Kramer
Jun 5, 2011
Elizabeth Haupt Lusk Kramer, age 95, of Jennings, FL. passed away Sunday, June 5, 2011 at The Health Center of Lake City, in Lake City, FL. Ms. Kramer was born in Lawrence, South Carolina to the late Emil and Paula Schultz Haupt. She worked for a number of years at Jasper Textile and was a homemaker. She was a member...
Arnie Lee Pope
Jun 1, 2011
Arnie Lee Pope, age 81, of Jasper, FL. passed away Wednesday, June 1, 2011 at South Georgia Medical Center in Valdosta, GA. Mr. Pope was born in Hamilton County, Alabama on Jan. 11, 1930 to the late Benjamin Leroy and Rosie Kennedy Pope. He owned and operated his own construction company in Ft. Pierce, FL before retiring to Jasper, FL....
Jace Eben Shaw
May 21, 2011
Jace Eben Shaw, 6 month old son of Jason Shaw and Melissa Westberry, passed away Saturday, May 21, 2011. Jace was born in Lake City, Florida on November 10, 2010. Survivors include his parents; his brother, Daren Cason and a sister, Kara Ann Westberry-Shaw; paternal grandparents, Rusty and Joyce Shaw; maternal grandparents, J. M. Westberry and Mary Ann Langston; paternal...
Lois Bennett Curry
May 21, 2011
Lois Bennett Curry, age 98, of Largo, FL. passed away Saturday, May 21, 2011 following an illness of some time. Lois was born on March 19, 1913 in Jennings, FL. to the late James J. and Mamie Lou Hill Bennett. Lois worked as a cashier and bookkeeper at the theater, part time at City Hall and even worked briefly as...
Edna Brown Marable
May 20, 2011
Edna Brown Marable, age 87 of Jasper, FL. passed away Friday, May 20, 2011 at Kindred Hospital in Green Cove Springs. Edna was born May 8, 1924 in Jasper, FL. to the late W.D. and Texas Johnson Brown. Mrs. Marable was always faithful to her church and taught Sunday School for 64 years. She was a member of the First...
Curtis Gary Strickland
May 17, 2011
Curtis Gary Strickland of Echols County, Georgia passed away Tuesday, May 17, 2011 following a brief illness. Gary was born August 26, 1944 in Valdosta, Georgia to the late Leon Curtis and Rubye Joyce Strickland. Mr. Strickland graduated from Echols County High School and later received a B.S. Degree in Forestry from the University of Georgia. Strickland served in the...
Juda Wade Pennington
May 10, 2011
Mrs. Juda Elizabeth Wade Pennington, 92, of Jasper passed away Tuesday, May 10, 2011 at the Suwannee Valley Nursing Center in Jasper, following an illness of several months. She was born September 3, 1918, in Anniston, Alabama to Thomas Eugene Wade and Nancy Elizabeth Sparks Wade. She lived all her adult life in Jasper, raising her family and helping to...
Joanna Williams Cassady
May 9, 2011
Joanna W. Cassady, of Boynton Beach, FL. went to heaven on May 9, 2011 after a long illness. She was born on August 8, 1934 in Denton, Georgia to the late John R. and Inez Williams. Joanna attended and graduated from Florida School for the Deaf in 1952 and then married Clyde H. Cassady. They had three children, Clyde (Nikki),...
Enes Marie Sprague Fillhart
May 9, 2011
Enes Marie (Sprague) Fillhart went into the presence of the Lord Monday, May 9, 2011 at 10:45 a.m. She recently became a resident of Hamilton County along with her daughter and son-in-law, Janet and Randall Schmid. Born December 14, 1925 in Sykesville, Pennsylvania to Lydia Hauck and Bert Sprague, the last of eleven children, Enes spent her first 50 years...
James Wiley Hunter
May 9, 2011
James Wiley Hunter, age 88, of Jasper, FL. passed away at his home Monday, May 9, 2011 following a lengthy battle with cancer. The Hamilton County resident was born in Statenville, Georgia to the late Joe and Rosa Hunter. He was one of eight children. James Wiley worked and lived in Hamilton County and was a United States Marine who...
Blanche Bryan Mccrum
May 5, 2011
On May 5, 2011, Blanche Bryan McCrum passed into God's Heaven and joined her loved ones there. Blanche was born to William and Frances Bryan on October 4, 1920 in Jasper, Florida. She grew up in Jasper, graduated from Jasper High School and continued on to graduate from Jones Business College. Blanche had a successful business career and was an...
Juanita Lee Hurley Henry
Apr 25, 2011
Juanita Lee Henry, age 57, of Jennings, FL. passed away Monday, April 25, 2011 at Shands at U.F. hospital in Gainesville, FL. following an illness of some time. The former Live Oak, Florida resident was born in Weirton, West Virginia, the third daughter of John and Dorothy Hurley. She knew that God had blessed her life and she worked hard...
Merle D. Thompson, Jr.
Apr 22, 2011
Merle D. Thompson, Jr., age 58, of Thomasville, Georgia passed away Friday, April 22, 2011 at Archibald Memorial Hospital in Thomasville following a brief illness. Merle was born in Orlando, FL. on July 20, 1952 to the late Merle Thompson Sr. and Eileen Beckon Thompson. Before relocating to Thomasville some twenty three years ago Merle lived in Valdosta, GA. He...
Louise Cofield Gray
Apr 6, 2011
Louise Cofield Gray, age 83, of Statenville, Georgia passed away April 6, 2011 at her home following an illness of some time. Mrs. Gray was born August 29, 1927 in Echols County, Georgia to the late L.A. and Bessie Bryant Altman. She worked in food service for a number of years and was a caretaker. Mrs. Gray was a member...
Leon Curtis Mcgauley
Mar 27, 2011
Leon Curtis McGauley, age 68, of Jasper, FL. passed away Sunday, March 27, 2011 at his home. Surrounded by the people that loved him, Leon was granted his last wish when he was able to come home to Jasper one last time. Hamilton County was the place he wanted to be. Leon was born at Genoa in Hamilton County on...
Gaye Bowers Buchanan
Mar 23, 2011
Her children . . . call her blessed. Gaye Buchanan, aged 97, ended her journey here on earth on March 23, 2011, at Suwannee Valley Nursing Center in Jasper, Florida. She was born March 14, 1914, in Morganton, Georgia, the sixth child of Luther and Nola Bowers. Gaye was preceded in death by her father, her mother, four sisters, three...
Juanita Davis
Mar 20, 2011
Juanita Davis, age 82, of Jasper, FL. passed away Sunday, March 20, 2011 at Lake City Medical Center in Lake City, FL. Mrs. Davis was a homemaker and member of the Church of God. She was preceded in death by her husband, Talmadge Davis. Survivors include one son, Anthony Porterfield, Frostproof, FL.; two daughters, Amyrlus Frazier, Live Oak, FL. and...
Gussie Cheshire
Mar 8, 2011
Gussie Register Cheshire, age 88, of White Springs, FL. passed away Tuesday, March 8, 2011 at Suwannee Valley Nursing Center in Jasper. Gussie was born in Echols County, Georgia on November 8, 1922 to the late Joe and Bessie Wetherington Register. She married the love of her life "B.C" Bernie Cheshire. Mrs. Cheshire worked for 24 years at Stephen Foster...
