Obituaries

Jun 14, 2016

Henry G. Frampton Jr., 91, passed away June 14, 2016. Henry served our country as an enlisted Marine in the Pacific Theater during World War II, serving as a machine gunner on the aircraft carrier USS Bunker Hill. He received the Bronze Star Medal for Valor and the Purple Heart. After the war, he attended Michigan State University. He...

Jun 13, 2016

Richard Milton Lewis of Ponte Vedra, Florida, passed away peacefully at home on 13 June 2016.  He will be reunited with his wife of 49 years, Claudia Stoney Lewis.  He is survived by his four children, twelve grandchildren, and three great-grandchildren.  Richard was born in Topeka, Kansas and was a child of the depression in Missouri.  He moved with...

Jun 12, 2016

Richard Edward Poland went home to be with the Lord on June 12, 2016. He was born on April 4, 1930 to Jessie Richard and Margaret Josephine Mickler Poland in St. Augustine, FL. He was raised in Jacksonville and attended Andrew Jackson High School. He served in the US military during the Korean War with both the Navy and...

Jun 8, 2016

John Francis McCoy, 77, passed into eternity peacefully with family by his side on Wednesday, June 8, 2016, at the St. Augustine Health and Rehabilitation Center, following an extended illness.  Johnny was born July 13, 1938, in Jacksonville, FL, and was the seventh child of William Henry and Thelma Windham McCoy. He is preceded in death by his parents,...

Jun 3, 2016

Born in Rye, New York, on November 21, 1919, Fred graduated from The Hotchkiss School in 1938 and later served on the board of trustees. He graduated from Yale in 1942 after an interruption to serve in the U.S. Navy during World War II. As a Naval Reserve Ensign, he was attached to the destroyer, USS Quick where he...

Jun 1, 2016

Michael D. Rogers, 67, of Jacksonville, FL, went home to the Lord on Wednesday June 1st 2016.  Surrounded by family, he passed comfortably, at Saint Vincent’s Medical Center Southside.

Michael was born in Greensburg, KY to Sylvester and Doris Rogers.  He was raised in Louisville, KY before making Jacksonville, FL his home in 1981.  He graduated from...

May 31, 2016

Kim Lori Wink, a wife and a mother left this world on Tuesday, the 31st of May, 2016. Born in 1957 in Miami, Florida, Kim was an inspiration to all who knew her.

She had an abundance of love for life in everything she did, whether working retail, garage selling, farming, caring for animals, raising and homeschooling...

May 30, 2016

Stephen Burnett Couch, 69, passed away on May 30, 2016 at his home in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida.  He was born March 20, 1947 in Fort Smith, Arkansas to Minor and Maurice Couch.  Steve graduated from Texarkana Texas High School and University of Arkansas where he was a member of Phi Delta Theta Fraternity. Steve married Beth Williamson and...

May 29, 2016

On May 29, 2016 Ursula Gaudette was reunited with her husband Tom.  Born April 11, 1938 in Moers, West Germany, she was a World War II survivor.  After studying commercial education in Berlin, in 1959 she was employed in an American military airport.  In 1962 her travels took her to Hawaii where she became manager of a tourist office. ...

May 28, 2016

Janet A. Loudis, a long-time resident of Ponte Vedra Beach, FL, passed away peacefully May 28, 2016 at the McGraw Center, Community Hospice. Janet was born in New Jersey.

Janet had a variety of careers in the area to include Human Resources management for several large concerns. Holding a real estate license Janet was employed for several...

May 27, 2016

Lester “Les” McDevitt, age 87, passed away on Friday May 27, 2016 in Ponte Vedra Beach, FL. Les was survived by his beloved wife of 62 years, Mary; three children, Katherine, William, Todd (Susanne); and three grandchildren, Anna, Meredith, and Jacob McDevitt. He was preceded in death by his sister, Janet and his daughter, Barbara.

Les was...

May 27, 2016

Patricia A. Reese, 79, of Jacksonville Beach, died May 27, 2016 at Baptist Medical Center.  She was born March 8, 1937 in Tupelo Mississippi to Margaret Stone Reese and Andrew Jackson “Andy” Reese, Sr.

She was a graduate of Mississippi State College for Women.  She earned her Master’s Degree from Florida State University.  She served with the...

May 27, 2016

Sandra “Sandy” Lee Bodkin (née Giovannini), 69, passed away May 27, 2016, surrounded by loved ones after battling prolonged sickness.  She was born January 27, 1947, in Detroit, MI, but lived over half of her life in Florida.

Sandy was a devoted Navy wife, a loving mother, a caring grandmother, and an amazing friend to so many. ...

May 19, 2016

Bruce Wayne Dawson, 71, passed away suddenly on May 19, 2016. He was born in Frostburg, MD and moved to Washington, DC at the age of 8, and relocated to Jacksonville and the beaches 39 years ago.

He proudly served in the U.S. Navy in the 1960’s on the USS Burton Island and at the Pentagon.

May 18, 2016

Ellen Adline Lewis (57) lived life with more love, strength and will than could have ever been expected from a woman that stood just five feet tall. She had the most beautiful brown eyes, flowing curly dirty blonde hair and lit our world with a smile that had a glow of true happiness. She was a daughter first to...

May 17, 2016

Randy H. Bennett, 51 and went to his eternal home on, May 17, 2016. He was born August 25, 1964 in Jacksonville, Florida.  He grew up in Brantley County, Georgia and made the Jacksonville area his home since 1989. Randy proudly served our country in the United States Navy, he was also a business owner and spent the last...

May 16, 2016

Catherine Anne “Cathy” Clay Walker, age 52, passed away on Monday May 16, 2016 in Jacksonville Beach, Florida.  She was born September 23, 1963 to the late James Clay and Alice Middleton Clay.

Cathy attended Atlantic Beach Elementary School. She graduated from Fletcher High School in 1981, and from the University of Central Florida in 1988.  Prior...

May 16, 2016

Deborah S. Hicks Jacksonville, FL/Evans, GA – Ms. Deborah (Debbie) Sanborn Hicks, age 70, entered into rest at home on Monday, May 16, 2016. Ms. Hicks was born in Portland, ME to Wilson Fiske and Natalie Hutchinson Sanborn but lived most of her life in Florida. She earned her Bachelors and Masters of Social Work degrees from FSU, was...

May 13, 2016

RUSSELL QUENTIN SUMMERS, JR., 80, passed away May 13, 2016.  He was born July 2, 1935 in Oradell, NJ.  He was the son of Russell Quentin and Eleanor Culbert Summers.  After college,

Russ lived in Baltimore, MD until he retired to Ponte Vedra Beach in 2010. Russ graduated from The Hun School in Princeton, NJ where he...

May 11, 2016

Nancy Louise Spuria, a long-time resident of Ponte Vedra, Florida, passed away on May 11, 2016.  She was born on October 10, 1937, in Newton, Massachusetts.

In 1954, Nancy met the love of her life, Tony Spuria, on a blind date. In 1955, she graduated from Newton High School.  After a brief stint at Gamewell Corporation (the...