Obituaries
Adela Arniella
Jun 4, 2022
Adela Arniella passed away Saturday, June 4th, 2022, at the Anne and Donald McGraw Community Hospice in Jacksonville, FL surrounded by her four children Julio Arniella, Angela McGreal, Marilyn DeAlmeida, and Guedy Arniella.. She was 90 years old.
Adela was born in La Esperanza, Cuba and immigrated to NY in 1958 to start a new life with her husband...
Marilyn McGuire
Jun 3, 2022
Marilyn McGuire graduated to Heaven on Friday, June 3, 2022. She was born Apr 25, 1932, and was 90 years young. While she grew up in Barnseville, GA, she has called Atlantic Beach, FL home since 1964.
Marilyn, aka “the candy lady,” was a true servant of her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. She used every opportunity to minister to...
Eleanor Garges Maxwell
Jun 3, 2022
Eleanor Garges Maxwell, age 75, passed away on June 3, 2022. Born in Florida, she grew up in Atlanta. She was a graduate of The Westminster Schools and Hollins College. The oldest of four girls, she gladly accepted leadership roles all her life. Eleanor met her future husband, Doug, and after time in South Korea and Boston, they...
Edward Francis McNulty
Jun 2, 2022
Edward McNulty, 88, passed away June 2, 2022. He was born June 26, 1933, in Parma, OH. He grew up in Parma and after retirement split time between Ohio and Jacksonville, FL.
Ed proudly served our country in the US Army receiving an honorable discharge in 1955. Post Army career, Ed joined the East Cleveland Fire Department where...
Victoria Wood Miller
Jun 1, 2022
Victoria (Vicky) Wood Miller, after a courageous struggle with endometrial cancer, passed away on June 1, 2022, at home surrounded by family. She was born in Augusta, Georgia and raised in Edgefield, South Carolina. Vicky was predeceased by her father, William (Billy) Wood, mother, Retha Owdom Wood, and husband, James (Jim) R. Miller.
Vicky is survived by sisters, Diane...
Paul Vernon Brooks
Jun 1, 2022
Paul Vernon Brooks, 47, of Jacksonville Florida passed away peacefully on June 1, 2022, with his family by his side.
Paul was born on December 23,1974 to Paul Hartley Brooks and Doreen May Brooks in Homestead Florida.
Paul is preceded in death by his beloved father Paul Hartley Brooks, beloved grandmother Hilda Cannon and beloved uncle Jimmy Tickle. ...
Joyce M. Jones
Jun 1, 2022
Joyce Juanell Millington Jones, 85, was born into this life on September 30, 1936, in Jacksonville, Florida, and entered into eternal life on June 1, 2022.
Joyce obtained her Associate of Science degree from Gulf Coast College. Joyce, ever tireless, worked alongside her husband for many years as a bookkeeper for Mat Roland Seafood in Fort Myers Beach,...
Richard J. Aquilino
May 30, 2022
Richard J. Aquilino, a long-time resident of Monroe, NY passed away on May 30, 2022, in Jacksonville, FL at the age of 85.
Richard (who often went by Richie), was born and raised in the Bronx. He served in the U.S. Army before becoming a scrap metal business owner. In his spare time, he enjoyed playing cards with...
James R. McGarry, Jr.
May 30, 2022
On May 30th, 2022, James Robert McGarry, Jr., 64, of Palm Coast, Florida went to be with His Savior in eternal peace. Jim was a beloved husband, father, son, brother, and friend to many. Through hard work and determination, he achieved great success in his chosen field of sales, eventually rising to the level of Director of Sales for...
Anthony Jude Romano, Sr.
May 29, 2022
ANTHONY JUDE ROMANO SR.On May 29th, 2022, after a courageous 4 year battle against cancer, Anthony Jude Romano Sr. was called home to be with our Lord and Savior.Born on July 19th, 1955 on Long Island, New York, Anthony grew up excelling at athletics with a passion for lacrosse and football. He married his high school sweetheart and they moved...
Edward Bryant Rollins, Jr.
May 27, 2022
Edward Bryant Rollins Jr., 84, died May 27, 2022, in Jacksonville of Stage IV esophageal cancer and Stage 4 AL cardiomyopathy, surrounded by loved ones.
He was born and raised in the Roxbury neighborhood of Boston in 1937, the son of Edith Wade Rollins and Edward Bryant Rollins Sr.
A graduate of Boston’s English High School and Northeastern University,...
Stephen Edward Bishop
May 26, 2022
Stephen Edward Bishop passed away May 26, 2022. He was born July 27, 1958 in Jacksonville Beach, FL where he grew up graduating from Fletcher High School in 1976 and continued to reside in Ponte Vedra Beach.
Steve began his career with TPC in 1977. In 1987 he started his own company, Bishop Golf Course Construction, building several...
Patricia Ann Collins
May 25, 2022
Patricia Ann (Winters) Collins, born December 1937, age 84, passed away Wednesday, May 25, 2022, in her home from natural causes in Jacksonville Florida.
Patricia Collins was born in Bellevue, Kentucky, the oldest of two children. She attended the Newport School system and went on to earn her bachelor’s degree for teaching from University of Kentucky. She was married...
Magelda Patricia Arnold
May 24, 2022
Magelda Patricia Arnold, 50, of Jacksonville, Florida, passed away May 24, 2022. Twenty-four years ago, Magelda said, “Seanie, I smile like an alligator”. After correcting her pronunciation, I mentioned alligators eat people. She said “you Idiot! I smile big!” Magelda was larger than life. For 24 years we did the same thing, push for each other’s happiness. When Magelda met...
Bryan Benjamin Whitley, Sr.
May 20, 2022
Bryan Benjamin Whitley Sr. of Jacksonville, Florida passed suddenly on May 20th, 2022. He was born April 8th, 1965, in Norfolk, Virginia to William and Sylvia Whitley. The son of a career military man, he lived all over the country before landing in Jacksonville. He became active with his family at Hendricks Avenue Baptist Church– the church he ultimately...
Elizabeth "Betty" Dayton
May 20, 2022
Elizabeth (Betty) Dayton, 83, passed away May 20, 2022. She was born November 29, 1938, in Quincy, MA. She grew up in a military family and lived in California, China, Georgia, South Carolina, and Florida. Betty has been a resident of Ponte Vedra Beach since 2000.
Betty graduated from the University of Florida in 1960 with a Bachelor of Fine...
Benjamin Callaway Akins III
May 19, 2022
Benjamin Callaway Akins III of Jacksonville, Florida, passed away unexpectedly on May 19, 2022.On July 12, 1990, Benjamin was born in Jacksonville, Florida, to David and Karen Akins.Ben grew up in Fleming Island while also spending time in South Carolina and Georgia. Ben met his wife Rachel in 2018, and they married in Jacksonville Beach, Florida, in 2020.In his spare...
Stephen Rush McDonald
May 18, 2022
Stephen Rush McDonald, 62, of Jacksonville, FL, died peacefully Wednesday, May 18, 2022, at the Mayo Clinic. He was the husband of Katalin (Jordan) McDonald. Steve was born August 4, 1959, in Waterbury, CT, son of the late Thomas J. and Ruth (Scully) McDonald. He was a graduate of the Taft School, Watertown, CT, where he was a star...
Mary Ann Moore
May 18, 2022
Mary Ann Moore passed away peacefully Wednesday May 18th at Vicars Landing in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida. Mary Ann, affectionately known as Aunt Honey, was born September 14th, 1930, in Lucy, Tennessee to Mark Eugene Wortham and Nellie Pearl (Adams) Wortham. After graduating from Millington High School in 1948, Mary Ann attended Carson-Newman University.
After Mary Ann moved to...
Virginia Harris Hall
May 15, 2022
Kathryn Virginia (Ginger) Harris Hall, 77, was born on July 23, 1944, in LaGrange, Georgia, to the late Eloise Dell Davis Harris and Thomas Cornelius “Neal” Harris of LaGrange, Ga. Ginger went to be with Jesus on May 15, 2022, surrounded by her beloved family.After graduating from Lagrange High School in 1961, Ginger attended Brenau College and graduated in 1965,...