Obituaries
Cecil Ray Sims
Oct 26, 2020
Cecil Ray Sims, Sr. of Trenton, FL, passed away on Monday, October 26, 2020 at his home. He was 85 years old. Mr. Sims was born in Lacrosse, FL to parents, Cecil Desso and Ola Ray Cox Sims on August 11, 1935. His mother passed away soon after his birth and he was raised by his grandparents, Leo and Ethel...
Edwin Roqué Soto
Oct 14, 2020
Edwin Roqué Soto Beloved brother, husband, father, uncle and friend, Edwin Roqué Soto, 63, born on February 25, 1957 in Aibonito, Puerto Rico. The youngest of eight, son to Gilberto Roqué and Rafaela Soto, was called Home on October 14, 2020. Edwin, very skilled and hardworking, always accomplishing every project he set his mind to. Always loving with a generous...
Ennis Marguerite Read
Oct 11, 2020
Ennis Marguerite Read was born in Levy County on December 20, 1926 and passed away on October 11, 2020 at Ayers Health and Rehabilitation in Trenton, FL. Marguerite lived her adult life in Gilchrist County. She worked at The Fair Store for Mr. Bill Lazarus for 30 years. She was a long time member of Pine Grove Baptist Church where...
Joan Campanella Watson
Oct 10, 2020
Joan Barbara Campanella Watson, age 79, passed away on October 10, 2020 at E.T. York Hospice in Gainesville, FL. Joan was born on January 18, 1941 in New York City. She taught at Brooker Elementary for a number of years and substituted in Polk County. In earlier years she was a sub-rural route mail carrier in Polk County. She retired...
Lorraine R. Martin
Oct 7, 2020
Lorraine R. Martin of Trenton, FL, passed away on Wednesday, October 7, 2020 in Watertown, SD. She was 62 years old. Lorraine was born in Frankfurt, Germany on March 4, 1958 to parents, Elmer Brandon and Elsie McDaniel Rowe. She moved to Trenton from St. Pete, FL over 25 years ago. She was a Manager in the Construction Industry and...
William Ray Williams
Oct 5, 2020
William Ray Williams, age 84, of Trenton, FL, passed away on Monday, October 5, 2020 at his home in Trenton. He was born on May 26, 1936 to Ovid and Jessie Williams in Zula, WV and had lived in Pompano Beach, FL before coming to Trenton in 2002. Mr. Williams proudly served his country in the US Army and was...
Helen E Craft
Sep 28, 2020
Helen E. Craft, age 90, of Trenton, FL, passed away on Monday, September 28, 2020 at NFRMC in Gainesville, FL. Helen was born in Trenton on February 15, 1930 to parents, Thomas and Florence Downing and was a resident of Trenton since moving back from Zephyrhills, FL 20 years ago. She was a homemaker and a member of Cherry Sink...
Mary E. Merritt
Sep 22, 2020
Ms. Mary E. Merritt, age 89, of Trenton Florida peacefully passed away on September 22, 2020 surrounded by her family at Ayers Health and Rehabilitation Center in Trenton. Mary was born December 15, 1930 in Dudley, Georgia to Tinie and John M Rowland. In 1989 Mary moved from Sumter County to Gilchrist County to be close to her family. She...
James David Cannon
Sep 22, 2020
James David "Homer" Cannon of Bell, FL, passed away on Tuesday, September 22, 2020 at his home. He was 54 years old. Homer, as he was affectionately known, was born in Gainesville, FL on June 5, 1966 to parents, Clark and Muriel Sanders Cannon. He was a lifelong resident of Bell, where he worked as a truck driver for Gilchrist...
Horace G. Hart
Sep 19, 2020
Horace Hart passed away September 19, 2020 surrounded by his loving family. He was born February 20, 1958 in Alachua, FL to J.D and Lina Hart and was a lifelong resident of Gilchrist County. Horace was a friend to everyone he met and was loved by many. Known to his loved ones as Pops he loved his family, friends, hunting...
William M. Orr
Sep 13, 2020
William M. "Willie" Orr, age 92, of Bell, FL, passed away on Sunday, September 13, 2020 at Haven Hospice in Chiefland, FL. She was born on April 16, 1928 to parents Joseph O. and Margaret Gay Murray in the town of Samsula, in Volusia County, FL and had made Bell her home since coming from Delray Beach, FL in 1976....
Emily Kathryn Nelson
Sep 9, 2020
Emily Kathryn Nelson, age 93, of Niceville, FL, passed away on Wednesday, September 9, 2020. She was born to parents Stephen and Dolly Harris on October 7, 1926 in Bell, FL and had been a resident of Niceville since moving from Gainesville, FL 20 months ago. Mrs. Nelson proudly served her country in the US Navy. She retired as a...
Clarence Edward Gregg
Sep 5, 2020
(May 13, 1939 – September 5, 2020) Clarence Edward Gregg, 81, passed away peacefully Saturday, September 5, 2020 at his home in Bell, Florida with home hospice and family at his bedside He was a 1957 graduate of Henderson County High School. He served in the US Army for 2 years and was honorably discharged 1/24/1964. He worked for Branson...
Roy A. Durden
Sep 4, 2020
Roy A. Durden, age 71, of Bell, FL, went to be with the Lord on September 4, 2020 at NFRMC in Gainesville, FL. He was born to parents Grover and Maude Durden on October 12, 1948 in Trenton, FL and was a lifelong resident of Gilchrist County. He loved spending time with his children, grandkids and family, he also enjoyed...
Frederick W. Raths
Sep 3, 2020
Frederick W. Raths, age 73, of Trenton, FL, passed away on Thursday, September 3, 2020 at Haven Hospice in Chiefland, FL. He was born on March 20, 1947 to parents Horace and Margaret Raths in Monroe MI and had been a resident of Trenton for the past 22 years. Mr. Raths proudly served his country in the US Army and...
Thomas Alan Lefevers
Aug 23, 2020
Thomas Alan "Tommy" Lefevers of Graham, FL, passed away on Sunday, August 23, 2020 at Riverwood Health and Rehabilitation Center in Starke, FL. He was 64 years old. Tommy was born to parents Thomas Huff and Norma Jean Hever Lefevers on October 6, 1955 in Tampa, FL and was a lifelong resident of Graham. He was a Carpenter and was...
William Dennis "Denny" Gidley
Aug 6, 2020
It is with great sadness that the family of William "Denny" Gidley announces his passing on August 6, 2020 at 87 years old. He will be lovingly remember by his wife, Donna of 68 years, daughter Denise (Paul) Miller, son-in-law John (Diane) White and grandchildren John (Heather) White, Jason (Jamie) Burrow, Amber (Kyle) Cook and Orie Sheppard; as well as...
David Murphy Mowrey
Aug 6, 2020
David Murphy Mowrey, age 60, of Trenton, FL, passed away at his home on Thursday, August 6, 2020. He was born on March 8, 1960 to parents, David R. and Linda D. Mowrey in Pompano Beach, FL and had been a resident of Trenton since coming from Ocala over 30 years ago. David was a self-employed Building Contractor and was...
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...
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