Obituaries

Jun 18, 2016

1918-2016

William “Bill” Neal Thurman died on June 18th, with family at his bedside. He was so looking forward to rejoining Ginnie, his wife of 65 years.

Raised in Birmingham and Atlanta, Bill finished his last year in high school at Tech High in Atlanta.

As a student and Pi Kappa Alpha member...

Jun 18, 2016

Mary Louise Pumphrey Woodey, 94, died of natural causes June 18, 2016.  She was born August 8, 1921 in Millersville, MD.  Daughter of the late Nathanial A. and Mary H. Pumphrey.   She graduated from Glen Burnie High School and married James W. Woodey in 1940.  Mary Lou moved to Surfside Beach in 1972 where she was a member of...

Jun 17, 2016

Shirley Ann Kingman, a 80 year resident of Jacksonville, passed peacefully on Friday, June 17, 2016. Shirley was born on December 28, 1935 in Jacksonville, FL to the late William Edward Barber and Flossie Bell Jordan. She retired from the City of Jacksonville, Buckman Sewage Treatment Plant, JEA.

Preceded in death by her husband Jack Kingman and...

Jun 16, 2016

Eugene John Quinn passed away June 16, 2016 at Baptist Beaches Hospital in Jacksonville Beach, FL.  Gene was born on March 23, 1925 in Greenwich Village, NY to the late Mary Ellen and Michael Quinn, both of Ireland.  Gene grew up on Staten Island, where his work as a caddie at Silver Lake GC inspired his lifelong love for...

Jun 15, 2016

Richard “Scott” McLeod Sr. of Jacksonville had just celebrated his 63rd birthday prior to passing from ALS/Lou Gehrig’s Disease at “o’dark-thirty” June 15, 2016. Scott was a native of Jacksonville born June 12, 1953 to James R. and Margaret P. McLeod. He graduated from Englewood High School in 1971 and joined the Marine Corps where he served for 10...

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...