Category: Obituaries

Gloria Jean Lewis of Monticello’s Wacissa Community passed on Sunday, Jan. 30, 2022. Graveside services are 12 noon on Saturday, Feb. 5, in Bethpage Cemetery. Viewing is from 4 to 6 p.m….

Submitted by Marlinda Bullock William (Bill) Sherley Hargesheimer was born on Oct. 31, 1937, in Louisville, Ky., to Clyde Hargesheimer and Ida Watkins Hargesheimer. He was born premature, and the future was…

Janet Marilyn Cooksey, 60, passed away on Jan. 25, 2022, in Tallahassee, Fla. She was born on May 13, 1961, in Monticello, Fla., the daughter of Paul A. and Barbara A. (Capps)…

Terry Eugene McKenney, 80, passed away on Jan. 28, 2022, in Tallahassee, Fla. He was born Jan. 30, 1941, in Cobb County, Ga., the son of Artice Eugene and Opal Louise (Stansell)…

James Lee Bassa, Sr.James Lee (Jim) Bassa, Sr.,age 99, of Delray Beach, was escorted away from the Delray Beach Medical Center by a flock of angels on January 10. He was the…

Tom Franklin Wooten, age 88, passed away on Jan. 24, 2022, in Tallahassee, Fla. He was born Feb. 26, 1933, to Mr. and Mrs. John Franklin Wooten of Monticello, Fla. Tom was…

Dorothy Lee Frazier Geathers, 90, of Monticello passed on Tuesday, January 18, 2022. Services are 11 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 29, on the grounds of New Bethel M.B. Church in Waukeenah. Burial will…

The Lord called home one of his finest when Neva Furuseth Cooper, 68, entered into rest on Tuesday, Jan. 4, 2022. She passed peacefully at home, with her husband, John, by her…

Sidney Christie, Jr., of St. Petersburg, Fla., passed on Tuesday, Jan. 11, 2022. He was a retired Army Veteran MSG. He is survived by his loving family: wife, Christler Christie; two daughters,…

Alberta Dunlap, 91, of Monticello, passed away on Thursday, Jan. 6, 2022. Funeral Services will be at 11 a.m. on Saturday, Jan. 15, at the New Bethel Missionary Baptist Church, 8753 Waukeenah…

Harvey Saul Jordan, Jr., 76, passed on Sunday, Jan. 2, 2022. Graveside services are at 1 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 8, in Bethpage Cemetery, Wacissa. Viewing-visitation is from 4 to 6 p.m. on…

Gloria Martin Hill, 75, of Quincy passed at home on Wednesday, Dec. 29, 2021. Funeral services are at 2 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 9, in the Carter-Parramore Academy Auditorium, 631 S. Stewart St….

Nancy Sarah Glenn Grant, 81, of Monticello, passed on Friday, Dec. 31, 2021. Funeral services are at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, Jan. 8, at St. Phillip AME Church, Monticello, with burial in…

Shirley Henderson, 80, of Monticello, Fla., passed away peacefully on Thursday, Dec. 30, 2021. She was born August 22, 1941, in Colquitt, Ga., the daughter of Idus and Shady Glass. The family…

Shirley Henderson, 80, of Monticello, Fla., passed away peacefully on Thursday, Dec. 30, 2021. She was born August 22, 1941, in Colquitt, Ga., the daughter of Idus and Shady Glass. The family…

Michael Alan Colón of Monticello, Fla. was welcomed into his heavenly home on December 25, 2021, Christmas Day, his favorite day of the year after a fierce, but short battle with cancer….

Allen Kenneth Forrest (Ken), age 93, passed away at his home with his family by his side on Saturday, Dec. 25, 2021. He was born on July 17, 1928, in Cordele, Ga.,…

“Goodbyes are not forever. Goodbyes are not the end. They simply mean, I miss you until we meet again.” Andrew Hagan, 53, of Freeport, Ill., peacefully entered into eternal rest on Saturday,…

Rubin “Sonny” Bennett, 82, of Lamont, Fla., passed in Tallahassee on Sunday, Dec. 19, 2021. Graveside services are at 2 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 26, in Mt. Morilla Cemetery. Viewing-visitation is from 4…

Elder Calvin Wallace, 73, of Lamont, Fla., finished his earthly course on Saturday, Dec. 18, 2021. Funeral services are at 12 noon on Friday, Dec. 31, at his church, Mt. Olive P.B….