Obituaries

Linda K. Pitts

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Linda Karen Pitts, 74, of East Palatka, passed from this life Wednesday, July 15, 2020, at Community Hospice Earl B. Hadlow Center for Caring in Jacksonville following an extended illness. 

Robert D. McElroy

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Robert Dwayne McElroy, 58, of Interlachen, passed away Thursday, July 16, 2020, at Putnam Community Medical Center following a brief illness.

Junie Murray

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Junie Murray, 89, of Palatka, passed away Friday, July 17, 2020, at Putnam Community Medical Center.

Arrangements will be announced by Johnson-Overturf Funeral Home in Palatka.

Harold Bellamy

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Harold Bellamy, 77, of Palatka, entered the sunset of life Friday, July 10, 2020, at his daughter’s residence in Jacksonville surrounded by his loving family.

Rosemary Alvers Combs

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Rosemary Alvers Combs, 86, of Pomona Park, passed away Sunday, July 12, 2020, at Tallahassee Memorial Hospital in Tallahassee surrounded by family following a brief illness.

Santos Cruz Jr.

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Santos “Papo” Cruz Jr., 61, of Palatka, entered the sunset of life Friday, July 3, 2020, at UF Health in Gainesville. 

Carol Jean Ecker

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Carol Jean Ecker, 82, was born April 7, 1938, in Ravenscroft, Tenn., a longtime resident of Crescent City and a member of Beulah Baptist Church before she passed away Saturday, July 11 at 4 a.m.

Charles Lamb

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Charles Lamb, 78, of Palatka, entered the sunset of life Tuesday, July 14, 2020, at Putnam Community Medical Center in Palatka.

Ruby Lee Pierce

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Ruby Lee Pierce, 98, of Palatka, entered the sunset of life Tuesday, July 14, 2020, at VITAS Suites at Carlton Shores in Daytona Beach. 

William Dozia Smith Jr.

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William Dozia Smith Jr., 52, of St. Augustine, was born Wednesday, Oct. 11, 1967, to William D. and Carolyn Smith. He attended Allen D. Nease High School.