Obituaries

Jun 26, 2021

Prine, John Henry Ocala - John Henry Prine, 86, passed away June 26, 2021. He was born October 14, 1934, in Echols County, GA, to the late Cecil and Arccieleen Prine. He retired from the United States Air Force and later retired from Woodman of the World Insurance.

He is survived by his loving wife of 65...

Jun 24, 2021

LOONEY, Ellen Carol

Anthony - Ellen Carol Looney, 78, passed away June 24, 2021. She was born December 27, 1942 in Detroit, MI. She worked many years as a bookkeeper in the banking field. She was a loving mother with a big heart that would do anything for anybody. She was known as the neighborhood mom and...

Jun 22, 2021

Walter W. Stepinsky, Jr. was born in Herminie, PA where he raised his loving family. He retired from the Union Railroad in 1988 and moved to Florida in 1995 to spend his golden years with his loving wife, Regina. Where he lived for 26 years.  He sadly passed away peacefully in Advent Health Hospital in Ocala, FL on Tuesday, June...

Jun 21, 2021

Carl David “Pete” Hensley of Ocala passed away June 21, 2021. He was born March 10, 1949, the son of the late Carl C Hensley and Evel E Sharon Hensley.  Carl was a native of Kentucky, born in Holbrook, KY, graduating with the Grant County High School class of 1967. Furthering his education at Georgetown College, Georgetown, Kentucky. Upon retiring...

Jun 19, 2021

WOOTEN, Amanda Eleanor Ocala - Amanda Eleanor Wooten, 61, passed away Friday, June 19, 2021 in Ocala, Florida. She was born on September 9, 1959 in Bellaire, Ohio to Samuel Abraham Williams and Alma May Criss Williams. She retired with the Marion County School Board.

She is preceded by her parents; and loving husband, Michael Huey Wooten...

Jun 18, 2021

Janet G. Flanagan, 86, passed away peacefully surrounded by family on June 18, 2021 in Ocala, Florida. She was born March 24, 1935 in Landisburg, Pennsylvania to John B. Gibson and Mary Ellen Hays Gibson. She was the second youngest of 17 children.

Janet and her family moved to Ocala in 1972. She always had a great flare...

Jun 15, 2021

Ella Mae Cotton   88years old

Entered into eternal rest on 15th June 2021. She is preceded by her husband William F. Cotton. She leaves behind  3 loving sons Bobby, Charles, Lloyd Cotton and 2 daughters Alice Schettler and Debra Champagne. She leaves behind 15 grandchildren, 41 great grandchildren, and 11 great grandchildren.

Visitation will be at...

Jun 12, 2021

David Norman "Flounder" Wilson

Ocala - David Norman Wilson, 63, passed away June 12, 2021. He was born November 11, 1957 in Rockford, IL, to Norman Warren Ekstrom and Emma G. Sadler.

He is survived by his loving wife, Joyce Melody Wilson; sister, Melani, who has two children Mandy and Jason with niece Julia;...

Jun 12, 2021

Robert "Bobby" Fred Biggs Jr., 47, passed away on June 12, 2021 in Salt Springs, FL. He was born September 26, 1973 in Tampa, FL to Robert F. Biggs Sr. and Clearetta Lee Lyle Biggs. He worked in  logistics as a dispatcher in the shipping industry and he owned and operated Dirt Road Performance.

He is survived...

Jun 11, 2021

Ocala - Joyce Tomlinson Clayton, 76, passed away June 11, 2021 surrounded by her family in her home. She was born October 23, 1944 in Burlington, VT to the late Herbert James Wheeler, Sr. and Emily Mary Austin Wheeler.  Since moving to Ocala in 1973 from Lantana, FL, Joyce worked at Martin-Marietta as a solderer, Pioneer Products...

Jun 9, 2021

McIntosh - Marvin Lester Sheppard, 75, passed away June 9, 2021. He was born and raised in Ocala, FL on June 12, 1945 to Odell and Jewell Sheppard. He owned...

Jun 8, 2021

Ocala - Tommie Darrell Fincher, 69, passed away June 8, 2021. He was preceded in death by his best friend and love of his life, wife, Valerie Fincher. He was born June 27, 1951 in Fitzgerald, GA to the late Joe and...

Jun 7, 2021

Peggy Jean Slaton, 68, passed away June 7, 2021. She was born on May 5, 1953 in Brooklyn, New York to the late Clyde P. Slaton and Lillian Stark Slaton. She worked for a cleaning service for many years in Manhattan, New York.

She is preceded in death by her parents and sister.

She...

Jun 4, 2021

Cynthia Lee Burns, 68, passed away peacefully on June 4, 2021.  Born to Charles and Jane Burns in November 1952, in Tampa FL, she received her BS in Psychology from University of Florida, and her MSW from Florida State University.  Cyndi was passionate about her work, retiring as Director of Court Services for Alachua County, after more than 30...

Jun 4, 2021

Diana Studer, loving wife, mother, grandmother, daughter, and friend, passed away on Friday, June 4th. She was preceded in death by her husband, Michael Studer. She is survived by her children and their families, Alissa Poulson and her husband Bryan with their daughters Lily and Dorothea, and Jacob Studer and his wife Melinda with their daughter Joyanna, mother Dorothy...

Jun 3, 2021

Gloria Ann Barnhart, 86, passed away peacefully at home surrounded by her family on June 3, 2021 in Silver Springs, Florida. She was born March 9, 1935 in Jackson, Michigan. She was a homemaker and a wonderful mother and wife.

She is survived by her husband of almost 69 years, Wendell Joe Barnhart; sons, Jerry Barnhart and...

Jun 1, 2021

Steven A. Price (Tony), 60, passed away peacefully at home surrounded by family and close friends on June 1, 2021 in Ocala, Florida. He was born May 3, 1961 to Bobby Eugene Price and Carolyn Estelle Hamilton Price in Monroe, Michigan. He worked as an Auto Body Technician for most of his life. He was a loving and caring Father...

Jun 1, 2021

Tony Craig James, 50, passed away on June 1, 2021 in The Villages, Florida. He was born June 14, 1970 in Ocala, Florida.

He is preceded by his brother, Michael James; Uncle, David Ferrell and Tom Ferrell; great-aunt Mary Allen and beloved companion Snoopy.

He is survived by his loving wife, Lory McCarthy; son, Jesse...

May 30, 2021

Julia E. O’Donnell left this world during the month of May. She was beautiful, giving, and kind; an affectionate and loving woman who, despite an upbringing full of storms, never raised her voice with her own children. Instead, she was the warm touch of the sun, the gentle breeze of the shore, the innocence of a summer day; a...

May 30, 2021

Hanegan, Larry Robert

Larry Robert Hanegan, 75, passed away May 30, 2021, in Ocala, Florida. He was born February 10, 1946, in Ocala, Florida to Clarence Hanegan and Ossie DeBarry. Larry worked in the Garden Center at Home Depot and Scotties for many years, before retiring. He was a member of the Ocala National Guard (Armored Calvary)...