Obituaries

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...

Jan 14, 2019

Robert “Bob” Franklin Cole, 85, passed away on January 14, 2019. He was born January 13, 1934 in Anderson, SC and was raised in Augusta, GA. He was an active member of Neptune Baptist Church where he taught Sunday School and worked with the youth.

Robert graduated from Richmond Academy and the University of South Carolina. He...

Jan 13, 2019

Richard Paul Byers, age 72, died peacefully on January 13, 2019 after a challenging battle with Metastatic Melanoma.

Richard was born November 29, 1946 in Cincinnati, OH to the late Paul and Ruth Mills Byers.  He grew up in Cincinnati, OH.  He earned his bachelor’s degree at Cincinnati University and his master’s degree in Finance at Xavier...

Jan 12, 2019

Mary Elizabeth Finch, 93, passed away on January 12, 2019 in Jacksonville.

Mary was born in Philadelphia, PA to William Henry Earnshaw and Anna Louisa Himmerle Earnshaw on July 25, 1925. Life was difficult growing up in depression years.

After high school graduation, she worked at Westinghouse Electric assembling military radios during WWII. After the...

Jan 11, 2019

Modesto Martinez Albelo, 95, passed away January 11, 2019.  He was born February 12, 1923 in Hormigueros, Puerto Rico, where he grew up.  He moved to Florida in 2007.

Modesto proudly served our country in the United States Army during World War II and Korea.  After his Army career ended, he continued his service as a civilian...

Jan 11, 2019

Fland O’Kelly Sharp was a unique product of his time and place. Born in 1950 and raised in Jacksonville Beach, he became a quintessential elder of the community: Captain of the American Red Cross Volunteer Lifesaving Corps, two-time winner of the Meninak Ocean Marathon, sixteen years on the Jacksonville Beach City Council including two terms as Mayor, successful local...

Jan 8, 2019

In Loving Memory of Dr. Joseph Stephen McCoy, “Pastor Steve” 1952-2019

Steve passed away unexpectedly on Tuesday, January 8, 2019 following a brief illness.  Steve grew up in Atlantic Beach, FL, graduating from Fletcher High School in 1970. In 1977, Steve joined the staff of Beaches Chapel Church in Neptune Beach as an Associate Pastor. While pastoring,...

Jan 8, 2019

Wilma Jean Corbitt passed away peacefully at home surrounded by family on January 8, 2019 in Jacksonville Beach, FL.  Wilma was born February 06, 1938 to Raymond and Eleanor Heiman in the Township of Medina near Marshall, WI.

Wilma married her husband Bruce Corbitt on December 14, 1957 in Marshall, WI who preceded her in death on...

Jan 7, 2019

Karla “Bibi” Paola Daley, 31, passed away peacefully at St. Vincent’s Community Hospice surrounded by family on January 7, 2019. In the end she was very strong and fought a very hard battle with a rare cerebrovascular disorder. She was born on February 10, 1987 in Guatemala City, Guatemala, where she grew up before moving to Florida with her...

Jan 6, 2019

Malcolm (Mack) Maddox Hudgins, 96, died Sunday Jan. 6, 2019, in Orange Park, FL. Malcolm, known to colleagues as M.M., graduated from Georgia Tech. He grew up in Griffin, GA, and was the son of Joseph Carl Hudgins and Mary Lou Hudgins.

He dedicated most of his working life to government service, beginning as an Army Air...

Jan 5, 2019

Ruth Cantrell Tilley, age 79, of Jacksonville, Florida passed away on Saturday, January 5, 2019 at Community Hospice Center for Caring at St. Vincent’s Medical Center Southside.  Ruth was born in Dresden, Tennessee to Wayne Cantrell and India Darnell Cantrell.  She and her husband, J.F. lived in Jonesboro, AR before moving to Fort Myers, FL and then to Jacksonville....