Category: Obituaries

Elizabeth “Mema” Green Huggins, 85, of Wacissa, passed unexpectedly on Wednesday, Sept. 8, 2021. Mrs. Huggins was a stewardess at Union Hill AME Church. Before retiring, she had served as a teacher’s…

Another member of the Greatest Generation is gone. Merelith Reed died Wednesday, Sept. 8, 2021. He retired to Monticello twenty-five years ago to be near family. He was preceded in death by…

Brittany Ja’Nay Howard, 29, of Monticello, Fla. answered the Master’s calling on Friday, Sept. 3, 2021, at home surrounded by her loving family. Funeral services will be 12 noon Saturday at Elizabeth…

Brenda Ruth Boland, 74, was born on Sept. 9, 1946 in Waynesville, N.C. to the late William and Eulalia Hockaday. Her father worked for the FAA and they lived in Jacksonville, Fla., where…

Leonard “Lenny” Cremeans, 82, of Monticello, Fla., passed away peacefully at his home on Monday, Sept. 6, surrounded by his loved ones. Lenny is survived by his spouse of 45 years, Mary…

Sandra “Sandy” Faye Keith Patterson, age 69, entered into her final reward August 19, 2021 at Tallahassee Memorial Healthcare. She lived in Monticello, Fla. for 18 years with her husband, David Patterson….

Samuel “Sammy” James Ward, age 81, of Monticello, passed away Saturday, Aug. 21, 2021, at Piedmont Walton in Monroe, Ga. after a brief illness. Sammy Ward was born on Dec. 17, 1939…

Willie “Bo” Lee Bellamy was born on May 12, 1941 in the Turkey Scratch Community of Monticello, Fla. His parents were Amon, Sr. and Mary Etta Loggins Bellamy. He was the sixth…

Julia Ann Malone, 70, of Monticello, passed on Tuesday, Aug. 24, 2021. Joint services with her sister, Melvin Jean Nealy, who passed on Sunday, Aug. 22, will be announced at a later…

Melvin Jean Kebby Nealy, 68, of Monticello, passed on Sunday, Aug. 22, 2021. Joint services with her sister, Julia Ann Malone, who passed on Tuesday, Aug. 24, will be announced at a…

Lyndon Frederick Dawson, 23, of Monticello, tragically passed on Monday, Aug. 23, 2021. Born in Tallahassee and a longtime Monticello resident, “Fat” attended the schools of Jefferson County and was well-known throughout…

Gerald Malone Pitts, a father to four, a husband to one and a friend to everyone, passed away, Aug. 20, 2021, in his home in Monticello, Fla. He was born on Oct….

Linda Jeanette Key McDaniel, 71, passed away on Aug. 13, 2021, in Lake Park, Ga. She was born May 6, 1950, in Moultrie, Ga., the daughter of Vernon O. and Margaret Jeanette…

James “Jimmy” Lloyd Shiver, 80, of Monticello, Fla., passed away in Tallahassee, Fla., on Wednesday, Aug. 18, 2021. He was born July 26, 1941 on Government Farm Road in Jefferson County, Fla….

Mrs. Quay McDaniel Sylvester, age 83, of Monticello, Fla., passed away on Aug. 16, 2021. Quay was born in Mount Vernon, Ga., to Hugh McDaniel and Lorna Selph, who along with her…

Mrs. Verna Ruth Martin, age 89, died August 10, 2021 in Lee, Fla. Funeral Services were held Saturday, August 14, 2021, at 2 p.m. at Macedonia Freewill Baptist Church in Monticello, Fla.,…

Memorial services for Jackie Howard Calhoun, 65, of Monticello, will be held at 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 24, 2021 at the Allen and Allen Celebration of Life Chapel. Mr. Calhoun passed…

Minnie Lee Verduzco, 64, passed away on July 30, 2021, in Tallahassee, Fla. She was born Dec. 13, 1956, in Monticello, Fla., and is the daughter of Franklin Jefferson Cooksey and Berlene…

Linda Jeanette Key McDaniel, 71, passed away on Aug. 13, 2021, in Lake Park, Ga. She was born May 6, 1950, in Moultrie, Ga., the daughter of Vernon O. and Margaret Jeanette…

Barbara Isabella Sheats, 91, passed away peacefully at home on Saturday, Aug. 14, 2021. She was preceded in death by her husband, Allen True Sheats, and her daughter Susan Elizabeth Hastings. Barbara…