Obituaries
Mrs. Jonnie Lou Braddock Pate
October 11, 2013
Mrs. Jonnie Lou Braddock Pate, 82, of Orange Park, FL, passed away on October 11, 2013. She was born on February 12, 1931, in Callahan, FL, to parents John and Virginia Vanzant Braddock. Mrs. Pate had worked as an insurance claims clerk and had lived in the Clay County area for almost 40 years. She was a member of First...
William John Schweitzer
October 10, 2013
William “Willy” Schweitzer, 59, of Middleburg, FL, passed away October 10, 2013. He was born on September 25, 1954 in Erie, PA to parents John and Edith Smith Schweitzer. He loved drag racing, motorcycles and was an avid Cleveland Browns fan. Mr. Schweitzer never met a stranger and loved his family and friends. He was preceded in death by his...
Gladys "Marie" Calloway
October 7, 2013
Marie Calloway, 56, of Jacksonville, FL passed away on Monday, October 07, 2013. She was born on December 15, 1956 in Jacksonville, FL to parents John Franklin and Willie Mae Stringer Waddell. Marie loved watching football and was an avid Gator Fan. She also enjoyed NASCAR racing, fishing and dancing. Marie was employed by Terry Johnson Painting for 27 years....
Frank "Rossi' Marr
October 5, 2013
Frank “Rossi” Marr, passed away October 5, 2013 in the Moosehaven Life Care Center at the age of 81. He was born to James and Ida Mae Marr on February 4, 1932 in Syracuse, New York. Rossi was employed by Emeritus Senior Living as a Chef and retired in 2009. He was a Life Member of the Cooking Club of...
Joshua Michael Duckworth
October 4, 2013
Joshua Michael Duckworth, 38, went home to be with his Lord and savior on Friday, October 4, 2013. He was born on November 15, 1974 in Jacksonville, FL. Josh enjoyed fishing with his uncle David and watching Gator football. His friendly smile and vibrant personality will be welcomed in heaven but greatly missed by all of his loving family and...
Horace Eugene Brooker
October 2, 2013
Horace E. Brooker, 83, of Interlachen, FL, passed away October 2, 2013. He was born to parents Bruce and Lonie (Harris) Brooker on September 27, 1930 in Green Cove Springs. Horace was of the Baptist faith and loved fishing and baseball. He was known to all as the neighborhood ambassador and will be dearly missed by all of his loving...
Ruby Lois Padgett
October 1, 2013
Ruby Lois Padgett, 69, of Middleburg, FL passed away October 1, 2013. She was born in Little Rock, AR on July 13, 1944 to parents J.W. and Gladys (Stewart) Porter and had lived in Clay County since 1958 coming from Missouri. Mrs. Padgett had retired from the Clay County School Board as a bus driver with over 32 years of...
Louise Durham Leeman
September 29, 2013
Louise Durham Leeman, 70, of Hastings, FL passed away September 29, 2013 in Green Cove Springs, FL. She was born on October 11, 1942 to parents Sidney D. and Anne (Hughes) Durham in Chattanooga, TN. She had moved to Hastings in 1983 from Maryland. Mrs. Leeman was a loving wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother and will be missed dearly. She...
Dudley G. Garland, Jr.
September 26, 2013
Dudley G. Garland, Jr., 74, of Orange Park, FL, passed away September 26, 2013. He was born on September 19, 1939 in Jacksonville, FL to parents Dudley and Mary McGowan Garland, Sr. Mr. Garland enjoyed playing the piano and will be dearly missed by his loving family. He was preceded in death by his parents and by his brother, Terri...
Harold "Edwin" Baxley
September 25, 2013
Edwin “Big Wheel” Baxley, 67, of Green Cove Springs, FL passed away peacefully surrounded by his loving family. He was born on August 13, 1946 to parents Harold and Alice Baxley. He was a life time logger even after a logging accident in 1984 that left him paralyzed. Edwin still continued hauling logs and equipment for his family business. He...
Mabel Izetta Kennedy
September 25, 2013
Mabel G. Kennedy, age 93, of Fleming Island, FL passed away the morning of September 25, 2013 at Haven Hospice in Orange Park, FL. She was predeceased by infant son, Maurice Kennedy, her parents, Crawford and Marie Graham, her husband, Vernon Kennedy, her two brothers Buford and Marvin Graham, her sisters Wilma Phalen and Ila Rose Mouradian, her grandson Alexander...
Charles H. Alcanter
September 22, 2013
Charles H. Alcanter, 94, of Green Cove Springs, FL, passed away September 22, 2013. He was born on September 21, 1919 in Tucson, AZ to parents Frank and Helen Higuer Alcanter. Mr. Alcanter was a World War II, Korean and Vietnam War Veteran, having retired from the United States Navy as a Senior Chief Petty Officer with 30 years of...
Jason K. Smith
September 21, 2013
Jason K. Smith, 35, of Fleming Island, FL, passed away September 21, 2013. He was born on November 30, 1977 in the Philippines. Jason had worked as a Turf Reduction Engineer and loved Mustang cars, basketball and writing poetry. Jason was preceded in death by his son, Caleb Smith and is survived by his father, Gerald Smith; mother, Andrea Dunphy...
Karla Jill Alford Weltzbarker
September 13, 2013
Karla Jill Alford Weltzbarker, age 43, passed away peacefully September 13, 2013 surrounded by family and friends, following a lengthy illness. Jill was born in Jacksonville, Florida on June 27, 1970. She graduated from Middleburg High School and St. Johns River Community College. She was pre-deceased by her brother, Gregory Alford. She is survived by her husband Perry Joel Weltzbarker,...
Rona Alma Bardroff
September 13, 2013
Rona Alma Bardroff, 73, of Orange Park, FL, passed away September 13, 2013. She was born on July 20, 1940 in Brooklyn, NY to parents Mervin and Josephine Moser Wood. Mrs. Bardroff had been an Administrative Assistant at Boeing and had lived in the local area since 1997, moving here from Key West, FL. She was a member of St....
Joyce Marie Welch
September 13, 2013
Joyce Marie Welch, 79, of Orange Park, FL, passed away September 13, 2013. She was born on June 8, 1934 in Santa Rosa County, FL. Mrs. Welch had proudly worked as a school bus driver for the Clay County School System and in her free time enjoyed crocheting, playing Canasta and board games as well as doing puzzles. When Mrs....
Phyllis Elaine Tuttle
September 11, 2013
Phyllis Elaine Tuttle, 65, of Green Cove Springs, FL passed away September 11, 2013. She was born on March 22, 1948 in Troy, NY to parents, Peter and Mildred (Brock) Talarico. She was a member of St. Catherine’s Catholic Church in Orange Park and a volunteer at the church carnival. Survivors include her mother, Mildred “GG” Talarico; sons, William Isaiah...
Lillian Mae Callahan
September 11, 2013
Lillian Mae Callahan, 50, of Green Cove Springs, FL, passed away September 11, 2013. She was born on August 23, 1963 in Boston, MA to parents Richard and Marjorie Neault Mason. Mrs. Callahan was a homemaker and enjoyed being on the computer, going for walks as well as fishing and cooking for her family. She was preceded in death by...
Michael Howard McKay
September 10, 2013
Michael Howard McKay, 68, of Orange Park, FL passed away peacefully on Tuesday, September 10, 2013. He was born on March 17, 1945 in Anoka, MN to parents Floyd C. and Arliene Wheaton McKay. Michael has been a resident of Orange Park since 1974 and was of the Lutheran faith and a member of Cross+Road Lutheran Church. He loved meteorology,...
Richard B. Krabbe
September 10, 2013
Richard B. Krabbe, 66, of Middleburg, FL passed away September 10, 2013. He was born on November 18, 1946 in Cincinnati, OH to Herman and Julia (Hildenbrand) Krabbe and had retired from the United States Navy as a CWO4 in 1991 after 28 dedicated years. He was the beloved husband of Patricia Krabbe; loving father of Richard Krabbe, Kirk Gibson...
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