Category: Obituaries

Reginald Leon “Reggie” Byrd, 51, Licensed Funeral Director-Embalmer of Tallahassee, Fla., finished his earthly course on Sunday, Feb. 6, 2022. Funeral services will be at 12 noon Thursday, Feb. 10, at Jacob…

Theodosia “Dosia” Blue, 62, of Monticello perished in a house fire on Tuesday, Feb. 1, 2022. Funeral services are at 11 a.m. on Saturday, Feb. 12, at Memorial M.B. Church. Visitation is…

Eldred Lavaughn “Wes” Westberry, Jr. died peacefully Friday, Jan. 28, 2022, in Palatka, Fla., following a brief illness. He was 79. Born in Valdosta, Ga., on Sept. 22, 1942, Wes was raised…

Mary Lee Gilley, 86, of Monticello passed on Thursday, Feb. 3, 2022. Graveside funeral services are at 1 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 12, in Gilley Cemetery. Viewing-visitation is from 4 to 6…

Dakota Patrick Hagan, 18, passed away on Saturday, Feb. 5, 2022 in Tallahassee, Fla. He was born Jan. 7, 2004, in Tallahassee, Fla., and was the son of Morgan Jeffery and Pamela…

Robert Lee Scott Sr. was born Nov. 29, 1930, in Jefferson County, Fla., the first child of the late Rev. Isaiah and Alneater Hogan Scott. Robert peacefully transitioned to be with his…

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…