Category: Obituaries

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…

Emma Irene Johnson Branch, 74, passed away on Tuesday, Aug. 10, 2021, at Tallahassee Memorial Health Care, Tallahassee, Fa. She was born in Dickenson County, Va.; daughter of the late Taft and…

Kendal David Johnson, 43, of Tallahassee, Fla. passed on Wednesday, Aug. 4, 2021. Kendal was a star athlete; he played football at FAMU and taught and coached at Havana Middle School. Currently,…

Gwynne Loretta Seabrooks, 62, of Monticello, passed unexpectedly on Monday, Aug. 8, 2021. Gwynne was a 1977 graduate of Jefferson County High and a 2011 grad of Thomas University, with a Bachelor’s…

James Lee “Wild Man” Parker, Jr., 59, of Monticello, passed on Monday, Aug. 9, 2021. James Lee was a 1979 graduate of Jefferson County High School and had been a handyman. Survivors…

Mae Dean Madry, 67, of Monticello, passed on Saturday, Aug. 7, 2021. Ms. Madry was a retired housekeeper for Brynwood Center, Monticello. She had been a member of Monticello’s Church of God…

William Edward “Eddie” Holden, 68, passed away on Aug. 9, 2021 in Tallahassee, Fla. Mr. Holden was born on Feb. 15, 1953, in Arcadia, Fla. to Joe and Elaine Holden of Monticello….