Reverend Diana Walker
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Reverend Diana Walker, 62, of High Springs passed away Feb. 5, 2013. She was the oldest child of Thelma Williams Sheppard and the late Johnny Sheppard, Sr. Reverend Walker was a 1967 graduate of A. L. Mebane High School and former pastor of Woodstock United Methodist Church, Jacksonville and Bartley Temple United Methodist Church, Gainesville. She attended Bethune Cookman University, Daytona Beach and the University of Florida, Gainesville.
She is survived by children, Anissa Sheppard, Tiffany Garrison, Shalonda White, Tera Walker and Crystal Wright; grandchildren Brittani Wooden, Clifford Britt, Jr., Oneisha Daris, Tanzania Jenkins, Adrian Williams, Jr., Tajhanae White, Jayden Williams, Halaijha Mosley, Stori White; great-grandson Richard Snead III; and siblings John Sheppard, Jr., Dirk Sheppard, Belinda Lewis, Bruce Sheppard and Carlos Sheppard.
Viewing will be held Friday, Feb. 8, 2013 from 5 pm. – 7 p.m. at A. Jerome Brown Funeral Home High Springs, 1560 NW 1st Avenue, High Springs, FL 32643. Funeral Services will be Saturday at 1 p.m. at Church of God by Faith, 1605 NW 1st Avenue, High Springs, Elder James Williams, Pastor. Burial will be in Pine Hill Cemetery. Funeral arrangements entrusted to A. Jerome Brown Funeral Home.
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Ruth K. Fletcher, 95, longtime resident of Newberry, Fla., passed from this life Feb. 1, 2013 at E.T. York Hospice Care Center. Mrs. Fletcher was a member of the High Springs Church of Christ and a native of Royston, Ga.
Survivors include two sons, Charles Edward (Shirley) Fletcher and Walter Gerald (Jeanette) Fletcher, both of Ocala, Fla.; four grandchildren, Kenyon, Jerrod, Eric and Kristi; and eight great grandchildren.
Funeral services will be conducted Feb. 7 at 12:30 p.m. following a noontime viewing at Evans-Carter Funeral Home. Burial will be at the High Springs Cemetery under the direction of Evans-Carter Funeral Home of High Springs.
Add a comment Add a commentStansell Hoyt Everett
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Stansell Hoyt Everett, 87, of High Springs, Fla., passed away Jan. 31, 2013 at Lake City Medical Center in Lake City, Fla.
Mr. Everett was born in High Springs to Aren and Attie Everett. He served in the U.S. Navy from 1942 – 1946. He worked for CSX Railroad from 1948 and retired in 1987. He also served as a wildlife officer for Gilchrist County from 1957-1959.
Mr. Everett was preceded in death by his father and mother and two brothers, Wyndell and Britt Everett.
He is survived by his wife, Vivian Everett of High Springs; four daughters, Arlene (Mark) Martin of Daytona Beach, Fla., Jena (Mike) Anchultz of Daytona Beach, Kimberly (Bob) Schwartz of High Springs, Angie (Jim) Golden of Orlando, Fla.; one son, Kelly (Brandi) Everett of Brandford, Fla.; and 12 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
Graveside services were held Feb. 3 at 3 p.m. at the High Springs Cemetery, High Springs. Visitation was at Evans Carter Funeral Home, Feb. 2 at 6 p.m.
Arrangements under the care of Evans Carter Funeral Home, High Springs, Fla.
Add a comment Add a commentShirley Mae Wilson Scott
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Shirley Mae Wilson Scott, 75, of Indianapolis, Ind., passed away Jan. 4, 2013. She was born Sept. 25, 1937 in Alachua, Fla., to Jesse Gracy and Estelle Jeanette (Baucum) Wilson.
Mrs. Scott is survived by her daughters, Nancy Darlene Scott Brewer of Indianapolis and Jeanette Violette Scott of Jacksonville, Fla.; 11 grandchildren and several great grandchildren; and sisters, Barbara Jeanette Wilson (Cliff) Krause of Fishers, Ind., Mary Alice Wilson (Pete) Blok of Panama, Republic of Panama, Margaret Louise Wilson Saucier of Vero Beach, Fla., and Laura Sue Wilson, of Gainesville, Fla.
She was preceded in death by her husband, James Devey Scott; her daughter, Judy Arlene Scott MacFarlane; grandson, Joseph Lee Nickolls; sister, Virginia Lee Wilson Huff; and brother, Jesse Gracy Wilson, Jr.
Memorial services will be held, Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2013 from 2-4 p.m. at the Williams-Thomas Funeral Home, 404 N. Main Street, Gainesville, Fla. Graveside service will follow at the Newnansville Cemetery, Alachua, Fla.
Add a comment Add a commentPaul H. Smith
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Paul H. Smith, 89, of Shelbyville, Tenn., died Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2013, at Heritage Medical Center. He was a World War II veteran in the U.S. Marine Corps. After returning home from the war he farmed, and raised horses in Alachua, Fla. He later owned horse barns in Georgia, Tennessee, Illinois and Missouri specializing in Tennessee Walking horses. He was a member of the Walking Horse Breeders Association, a lifetime member of the Horse Training Association and served as a judge.
He was the son of the late Floyd M. and Barcie Jones Smith of Alachua. He is survived by his wife, Lena Newell Smith of Shelbyville; two daughters, Patricia Ann Luckett of Ooltewah, Tenn. and Brenda Kay Friar of Ringgold, Ga.; son Kenneth Floyd Smith of Chattanooga, Tenn.; two sisters, Kathleen Smith O'Steen of Alachua and Floy-Ann Smith Gober of Arlington, Texas; brother, Fred Smith of Arlington; five grandchildren, four great-grandchildren, one step-grandchild, and three step great-grandchildren.
A military funeral service was held at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens in Shelbyville on Jan. 24, 2013.
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