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Obituaries

  • Joan Wilkinson

    Jacksonville – Joan Richburg Wilkinson, 74,  died April 8, 2012 after an extended illness.
    She was born Dec. 26, 1937 to Mellious and Hettie Ree Richburg in Cedar Key.
     She was a member of South Point Baptist Church, Jacksonville. She led a women’s prayer group and had always been very active in church activities no matter which church she belonged to.  

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  • Obituaries for April 12

    Susie Day
    Known for her smoked mullet
    Susie Day, 89, of Cedar Key, died at Haven Hospice in Chiefland, Sunday, April 8, 2012.
    She was born in Cedar Key June 18, 1922, and was a lifelong resident of Cedar Key.
    She and her husband, P.H., owned and operated The Question Mark, a popular gathering place for the teenagers of Cedar Key. They also owned and operated Bay Breeze Oysters, where she was known for her famous smoked mullet and smoked mullet spread.

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  • Obituaries for the week of March 15

    Lee Andrew Dixon
    Roadbuilder
    Lee Andrew Dixon, 77, died March 10, 2012, in Gainesville. He was born March 27, 1934, to Jay and Josie Dixon in Moultrie, Ga.
    He had lived in the area since moving from California in 1972. He was of the Baptist faith.  Before retirement he worked for V.E. Whitehurst and loved to fish in his spare time.

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  • Ken Sanders Veteran, realtor

     Ken Sanders, 66 of Cedar Key, died Jan. 11, 2012 at Haven Hospice of the Tri Counties in Chiefland. 

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  • Cheyenne Ellis

    Cheyenne Taylor Ellis, 12, of Trenton died Jan. 7, 2012 in Cedar Key from injuries sustained in an accident.  
    Born in Gainesville Nov. 14, 1999, she has spent her lifetime in the Levy County area.  She was a member of the Calvary Worship Center in Chiefland and was in the 6th grade at Chiefland Middle School where she was a member of the FFA.  She enjoyed spending time with her friends, Makenna Watkins and MaClay Agnoli.  She played softball and volleyball and enjoyed hunting and singing.

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  • Ryan Michael Lumley

    Ryan Michael Lumley, 21, died on Dec, 3, 2011, in Wardak Province, Afghanistan. Mr. Lumley was born on May 8, 1990, in Greensboro, N.C.
    He moved with his family to Cedar Key in 1998, where he enjoyed the outdoors, fishing and building forts in the woods. He graduated from Cedar Key High School in 2008, where he still holds the school shot put record.

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  • Stewart Powell

    Stewart Powell, 81, of Cedar Key, Fla., died peacefully Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2011, after a brief illness.

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  • Cecil “Jackie” Sheffield Jr.

    Cecil Jackson “Jackie” Sheffield Jr., 57, of Trenton, died on Wednesday, Oct. 12, 2011, at North Florida Regional Medical Center in Gainesville after a battle with cancer. He was born on Oct. 7, 1954, in Gainesville, to Cecil Jackson Sheffield and Doris Booth Sheffield of Cedar Key.

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  • Ilene Leathia Campbell

    Ilene Leathia Campbell, 88, of Cedar Key, died Saturday, Oct. 22, 2011. She was born June 11, 1923 in West Lake Wales, to Henry Burroughs Haven and Gussie Belle Haven.

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  • Virginia Delaino Walrath

    Virginia Delaino Walrath, 87, died on Oct. 11, 2011, at Haven Hospice of the Tri-counties Care Center in Chiefland. She was born on June 14, 1924, to Estelle Bertine Delaino and William Peter Delaino in Cedar Key, where she lived until her death.

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