Obituaries

Feb 11, 2019

Brenda Stiltner-Falcone passed away peacefully at home on Monday, February 11, 2019. She was born on June 28, 1955, in Grundy, Virginia. Brenda lived in the Boston area for many years where she met and married her husband, Gary Falcone, before moving to Jacksonville in 2005. She worked for Black Knight Financial Services for eight years before retiring in...

Feb 9, 2019

James Anthony Howard, 55, of Jacksonville, Florida passed away peacefully and surrounded by family on Saturday, February 9, 2019 following a brief and courageous fight against multiple myeloma.  James was born on July 25, 1963, in Portland, Maine.  He grew up in Portland and graduated from Cheverus High School in 1981.  He joined the United States Navy in 1982...

Feb 8, 2019

Roland Shelfer Kennedy, age 90, died on February 8, 2019. He was one of four children of the late Clarence R. Kennedy and Hilda Weatherly Kennedy. He is survived by his siblings, Margaret Kaiser, Raymond Kennedy (Shirley) of Havana, FL and Kay Hill (Douglas) of Marietta, GA. He is also survived by his two daughters of whom he was...

Feb 5, 2019

Gary R. Burdette, 75, passed away suddenly on February 5, 2019. He was born on January 30, 1944 in Mobile, Alabama to Bennetta and Alton Burdette.

Gary is survived by his loving wife of 45 years, Karen M. Burdette, daughter Krista Nilsson (Tyler) and cherished granddaughter, Harper. He also leaves two sisters, Janice Hess (Randy) and Medra Burdette...

Feb 4, 2019

William Jay Holthouse, 79, of Jacksonville, FL, passed away February 4, 2019. He was born March 3, 1939 in Detroit, MI, to Forest and Eva Badger.

He proudly served our country in the U. S. Army and was awarded several medals of honor.

A Memorial Service will be held Tuesday, February 12, 2019 at 2:00...

Feb 3, 2019

William “Billy” A. Potter Jr., age 50, passed away peacefully on Sunday February 3, 2019. He was born July 15, 1968 in Jacksonville, FL.

He was a life-long beach resident and graduated from Fletcher class of 86'. He was an Army Veteran who spent his time serving in Germany. After his return he settled back in the beaches area...

Feb 3, 2019

Malcolm A. “Mal” Buckey Jr., 82, of Ponte Vedra Beach, FL passed away on Sunday February 3, 2019. Mr. Buckey was born in Chestnut Hill, PA, the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Malcolm A. Buckey, Sr. Prior to retiring to Ponte Vedra Beach, Mal Buckey lived in Philadelphia and Richmond Virginia. He was a graduate of The...

Feb 2, 2019

Norma Todd Ingalls passed away on February 2, 2019.  She was born in Dallas, TX and lived her childhood and early adult life in Huntsville, AL.  She attended Auburn University and taught school prior to marriage.  In 1953, she and her husband, John Mellen Ingalls moved to Jacksonville, FL to make their home.  Their three children were born there. ...

Feb 1, 2019

George M. Speyerer, age 78, of Jacksonville Beach, FL passed away on February 1, 2019 surrounded by his family.  He was born April 28, 1940 in Vicksburg, Mississippi to George H. and Lida Mae Speyerer.  He moved to the Jacksonville Area in 1972 where he built a life with his wife, Ann, and had his daughter Emily.

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Jan 27, 2019

Iris Caton Lees of Jacksonville Beach, Florida, passed away peacefully at age 84 on January 27, 2019. Iris was born on June 14,1934 in New Bern, NC, the eleventh of twelve children born to Lizzie and Noah Caton. She moved to Jacksonville in 1952.

Iris was proud of her 34 years of service at Prudential Insurance Co....

Jan 27, 2019

Thomas Scott McClure, 76, of Neptune Beach, FL passed away January 27, 2019 at his home. Scott was born December 3, 1942 in Columbus, Ohio and raised in several cities in Ohio, New Jersey and New York. He graduated from Linton High School, Schenectady NY and USN Electrician’s Mate Electrical School, Great lakes Illinois. Scott served aboard USS Stribling...

Jan 27, 2019

Edward K. Bullock passed away peacefully on January 27, 2019 in Florida. Ed was born on June 28, 1927 in Worcester, MA. Son of John and Hilda Bullock. He leaves behind his wife Olivia Bissell and his sister in law Veola Hayes, his four children, Carol Bullock and her husband David Donnelly of Rye, New York, Edward Bullock, Jr....

Jan 26, 2019

Eileen Smith Haerther, 96, of Geneva, IL, Amelia Island and Jacksonville, FL, slipped away peacefully January 26, 2019.  Loving wife of the late William W. Haerther, Jr., she was the first female pharmacy graduate at the University of Minnesota.  A native of Rochester, MN, she grew up surrounded by the medical community associated with the Mayo Clinic, where her...

Jan 25, 2019

Richard D. McGinley, 88, most recently of Ponte Vedra Beach, FL, a retired executive with Bethlehem Steel Corporation died January 25, 2019 from complications of Parkinson’s Disease.

The youngest of three brothers, Mr. McGinley was born to Helen Hayes and Edward F. McGinley, Jr. in Westfield, NJ. He was an outstanding high school football player at Westfield...

Jan 24, 2019

Hugh Wilson Ford Jr. passed away January 24, 2019 in Jacksonville, FL. He was born March 13, 1940 in Charleston, SC, and moved with his family to Jacksonville Beach, FL In 1977.

Hugh was a proud U.S. Coast Guard veteran (1956-1960) and a commercial/residential paint contractor, having retired in 1999 to take care of his wife.  He...

Jan 24, 2019

Andrew DeHart, co-owner of Brooks-DeHart and former owner of Foothills Trucking, passed away Thursday, January 24. Andrew, along with Anthony Brooks, opened Brooks-DeHart Furniture Xpress in May of 2011. They grew the business from the NC terminal to opening a terminal in Pontotoc, MS, and then a terminal in Jacksonville, FL.

Andrew moved to Atlantic Beach in...

Jan 21, 2019

Eleanor Welch Shapiro, 98, passed away peacefully on January 21, 2019.  She was born February 13, 1920 in Boston Massachusetts.

Mrs. Shapiro proudly served our country in the U.S. Navy during World War II and the Korean War. She enlisted in 1942 and was a member of the First Class of Navy Waves.  After her Honorable Discharge...

Jan 18, 2019

Atlantic Beach, FL —Col. George Grigsby McKnight, 85, of Atlantic Beach, FL, formerly of Hilton Head, S.C., and husband of the former Suzanne Sexton of St. Petersburg, FL died Friday, Jan. 18, 2019, at the Fleet Landing Continuing Care Center in Atlantic Beach. The center provided McKnight nearly two years of supportive care for psychological and physical wounds resulting...

Jan 16, 2019

Janet Christensen, ever feisty and fiercely independent, died peacefully on Jan. 16, 2019 in Atlantic Beach, Fla., at the age of 95.  Janet was born September 7, 1923, in Dayton, Ohio, the fifth of six children of Elizabeth and Richard Cull Sr., a well-known local newspaper and radio newsman.

The beloved mother of five had remained in her...

Jan 16, 2019

Michael Rocco Melfi of Ponte Vedra Beach, FL passed away on January 16, 2019.  Mike was born on December 21, 1941 to the late A. Michael & Rose (nee Bonelli) Melfi.  He grew up in Garfield, NJ, later moving to Hackensack, and Maywood, NJ before settling in Ponte Vedra Beach.

Mike served in the U.S. Army from...