Obituaries
Doris Elaine Pickett
Aug 5, 2020
Doris Elaine Pickett, age 90, of Bell, FL, passed away on Wednesday, August 5, 2020 at Haven Hospice in Chiefland, FL. She was born on July 3, 1929 in Baltimore, MD to parents, Norman and Ruth Rimbey and was a resident of MD until coming to Bell in 2012. Mrs. Pickett retired as a Registered Nurse from Lutheran Hospital in...
Naomi Hersh Clackum
Aug 4, 2020
Our beloved mom, Naomi Hersh Clackum, passed away on August 4, 2020 at UF Health Shands Teaching Hospital in Gainesville. Born in Trenton, NJ on June 25, 1946, to William and May Mangiere Hersh (and sister JoAnn), mom was raised in Brooklyn, NY, moved to Miami in the late 1950s, and resided at Clackum’s Corner in Bell since 1980. After...
Anna Maria Popham
Aug 2, 2020
Anna Maria Popham, age 61, of Bell, FL, passed away on Sunday, August 2, 2020 at Tri County Nursing Home in Trenton. She was born on January 30, 1959 to parents Ronald and Constance Coleman in Tampa, FL and had come to Bell from Pennsylvania over 9 years ago. She previously worked as a CNA and was of the Catholic...
Johnnie Hayward Philman
Jul 31, 2020
Johnnie Hayward Philman Sr. of Bell, FL, passed away on Friday, July 31, 2020 at NFRMC in Gainesville, FL. He was 76 years old. Johnnie was born to parents, Johnnie Jackson and Synthie Sanchez Philman on December 24, 1943 in Bell, FL and was a lifelong resident. He was a surveyor for FLDOT and a cattleman and he loved to...
James B. Reynolds
Jul 30, 2020
James B. (Jim) Reynolds, 91, of Trenton, FL, passed away July 30, 2020. He was born September 24, 1928 in Ohio to Joseph and Constance Brown Reynolds. Jim proudly served in the United States Navy. He had worked as a Tool & Die Machinist and owned/operated a small engine repair shop in the Bradenton area. It has been said that...
Thomas F. Philman
Jul 30, 2020
Thomas F. Philman of Bell, FL, passed away on Thursday, July 30, 2020 at NFRMC in Gainesville, FL. He was 71 years old. Tommy was born to parents, Johnnie J. and Synthie Sanchez Philman in Bell on April 23, 1949 and was a lifelong resident. He worked in the pest control industry. He was an active member of Bell Baptist...
Odell Luther Blanks
Jul 28, 2020
Odell Luther Blanks of Bell, FL, passed away under the care of Hospice at his home on Tuesday, July 28, 2020 in his wife's loving arms. He was 73 years old. Mr. Blanks was born on November 15, 1946 to parents, Fearlie Odell and Mary Hyatt Blanks in Clearwater, FL and had been a resident of Bell for the past...
Marion Mildred Hooper
Jul 16, 2020
Marion M. Hooper, age 76, of Bell, FL, passed away on July 16, 2020 at Select Specialty Hospital in Gainesville, FL. She was born on August 6, 1943 to parents, Harold and Anna Grigsby in Detroit, MI. She was a lifelong Homemaker and the office manager of Westcoast Motorcycles Sales and Service in Bell, FL. She was an antique car...
Dell Ray Cannon
Jul 14, 2020
Dell Ray Cannon, age 82, of Bell, FL, passed away on July 14, 2020 at NFRMC in Gainesville, FL. He was born on November 3, 1937 to parents, William Manny and Beulah Weeks Cannon in Bell, FL and was a lifelong resident. Mr. Cannon retired as a Phosphate Dragline Operator and was a longtime member of Bell Baptist Church. He...

Micheal Eileen Chapman
Jul 12, 2020
Micheal Eileen Chapman, age 68, of Trenton, FL, passed away on Saturday, July 12, 2020 at NFRMC in Gainesville, FL. She was born in Miami, FL on April 13, 1952 to parents, Aubrey C. and Doris Evelyn Pearson. She is preceded in death by her parents and by her brother, Kenneth Pearson. She leaves behind her sisters, Doris Dresel (Robert)and...
Kenneth DeWayne Daub
Jul 11, 2020
Kenneth Dewayne(Pappy)Daub, age 72, of Trenton, FL, departed this earth on July 11, 2020 at home surrounded by his family. He was born on November 21, 1948 to the late Paul H. and Betty Martha Daub in Terre Haute, IN and had been a resident of Trenton since 2002. He was a former Vietnam Era United States Marine. He retired...
Arthur F. Ray
Jul 8, 2020
Arthur F. Ray, Sr., 91 years old, of Trenton, FL, passed away at Willow Creek Assisted Living in Lake City, FL on Wednesday, July 8, 2020. He was born to parents General and Myrtle Ray on September 17, 1928 in Andrews, SC and had been a resident of Trenton since moving from Lake City over 12 years ago. Mr. Ray...
Frederick Kenneth Young
Jul 8, 2020
Frederick Kenneth Young, Jr., age 65, of Bell, FL, passed away on Wednesday, July 8, 2020 at his residence. He was born on November 15, 1954 to Frederick K. Young and Cora Wakeley Young in Trenton, NJ and had been a resident of Bell since coming from Canal Point, FL in 2017. Before coming to Bell he worked for the...
Thomas R. Auvil
Jul 5, 2020
Thomas R. Auvil of Trenton, FL, passed away on Sunday, July 5, 2020 at Haven Hospice in Chiefland. He was 74 years old. He was born to parents, Albert B. and Tommie Goodbread Auvil on April 12, 1946 in Trenton and was a lifelong resident. Mr. Auvil was a Vietnam War Veteran having proudly served his country in the US...
Harley Lloyd Hazen
Jun 22, 2020
Harley Lloyd Hazen of Starke FL, passed away at his home on Monday, June 22, 2020 after a long battle with Parkinson's Disease. He was 82 years old. Affectionately known as Johnny by some, he was born on October 29, 1937 to parents, Joseph Franklin and Martha Alice Dillard Hazen in Graham, FL and was a lifelong resident of Bradford...
Rose Marie Lambert
Jun 9, 2020
Rose Marie Lambert, age 76, of Old Town, FL, passed away at NFRMC in Gainesville on Tuesday, June 9, 2020. She was born on September 1, 1943 to parents, Harold and Ruby Smith in Kokomo, IN and had been a resident of Old Town for the last 20 years. She is preceded in death by her parents and is survived...
Scott Henry Elmore
Jun 7, 2020
Chief Warrant Officer 3 Scott Henry Elmore, age 42, of High Springs, FL, passed away on Sunday, June 7, 2020 at Shands UF in Gainesville, FL. He was born to parents, Jimmy and Wanda Elmore on July 15, 1977 in Gainesville, FL and was a lifelong resident of Trenton, FL. He was Active Duty with the United States Army and...

John Thomas Dixon
Jun 4, 2020
John Thomas Dixon, age 76, of Chiefland, FL, passed away at Haven Hospice of the Tri-Counties in Chiefland on Thursday, June 4, 2020. He was born to parents, John and Nellie Dixon on December 13, 1943 in Binghamton, NY. He was a resident of PA before moving to Chiefland a year and a half ago. Mr. Dixon was a retired...
Scott Walter Henry
May 25, 2020
Scott Walter Henry of Trenton, FL, passed away at NFRMC on Monday, May 25, 2020. He was 64 years old. Scott was born on August 3, 1955 to parents, Walter E. and Betty Lou Henry in Chicago, IL and had lived in Trenton for the past 6 years. He is preceded in death by his parents and is survived by...

Harold Milton Sanders
May 25, 2020
Harold Milton Sanders went home to his Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, on May 25, 2020. He was preceded by his parents, Evan and Idell Sanders and his siblings Marvin, Geneva, and Frances. He is survived by his wife of 57 years, Yvonne and his children, Dawn (Dan) and Dana (Jennifer) and Donna Roberts, nine grandchildren and ten great grandchildren....