All Obituaries

      Public viewing will be Friday, May 10, 2024, from 1:00 PM until 6:00 PM at Summers Funeral Home, 2238 NW 10th Street. Ocala, FL. 34475. Celebration of Life services will be held on Saturday, May 11, 2024, at 11:00 a.m. Mt. Moriah Missionary Baptist Church, 55 SW 3rd Avenue, Ocala, FL 34471.

    Public Visitation will be held on Friday, May 3, 2024, at 1:00 until 6:00PM at Summers Funeral Home, 2238 NW 10th Street, Ocala, Fl 34475. Celebration of Life service will be held Saturday, May 4, 2024, at 11:00am at Church of God by Faith in Righteousness and True Holiness, 16655 NE Jacksonville Road, Citra, FL 32113.

A time to be born: Minister Ralph Casey, Jr. was born January 9, 1942, to the late Ralph Casey, Sr. and the late Barbara Lee Autry Johnson.   A time to love: Ruth Casey and Doris Casey    A time to wordship and work: Minister Casey was a member of the Church of Christ of Ocala, and he also pastored the Church of Christ in Williston, Fl in his earlier years. He was employed as a janitor at Marion Community Hosptial.   A time to rest: God called him home to his...

Claranelle Adams Duncan passed away Thursday, April 18, 2024, in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, where she resided with her daughter, Patricia for the past four years.  She was born January 22, 1928, to the late Nathaniel and Alta Belle Adams in Kendrick, Florida. Early in her childhood, Claranelle was baptized and became a member of Progressive Union Missionary Baptist Church in Martin, Florida. She continued her membership at Progressive Union throughout her life. She graduated high...

Antheria “Shu” Robinson was born November 16, 1958, to the union of Leonard Shuman and Lillian Doretha Jackson-Shuman in Ocala, Florida. She was educated in the public schools of Marion County, graduating from North Marion High School. She was united in holy matrimony to Calvin Robinson. Antheria was of the Christian Faith and was united with Ebenezer Independent Free Methodist Church.  She was employed for fifteen years at The Lodge Rehab Center as a dietary...

Vignette for the late Eudell Bellamy Goodman A time to be born:  Sister Eudell Bellamy Goodman was born on July 29, 1929, to the late Sebron Bellamy and Rebecca Jacobs Bellamy in Ocala, Florida. A time to serve: She joined New Jerusalem Baptist Church at an early age. She was a member of Choir #1 and a Deaconess. A time to die: God called her home to her final resting place precisely 2:15 AM, Friday, April 5,2024, as she enters Glory, her Soul says, “Hide they face from my...

I'd like the memory of me to be a happy one. I'd like to leave an afterglow of smiles when life is done. I'd like to leave an echo whispering softly down the ways, of happy times and laughing times and bright and sunny days. I'd like the tears of those who grieve, to dry before the sun; of happy memories that I leave when life is done.   Luresa Hawkins Lake was born on November 9th, 1929, to the late Julia Hawkins and Facen Hawkins Jr. in Live Oak, FL. At an...

Gladys Jean Wilson Lofton affectionately known as 10 Cent, 2 Nickel, Momma Gladys, and Grandma was born on November 19th, 1949, in Ocala, Florida to the late Ruby Cole and Booker T. Wilson, also reared by a loving stepfather, Wilbert Cole. Gladys Jean Wilson Lofton married to Soloman Lofton until GOD call him home to rest. Gladys Jean Wilson Lofton attended school in Marion County and was a 1968 graduate of Howard High School. Gladys accepted Christ as her personal Lord and Savior at an...

Early Days: Born January 17, 1933, to the late Cyrus & Annie Mays of Santos, FL. Louvenia was a graduate of Howard Academy from the class of 1952. She shortly thereafter began her long career in the medical industry until her well-deserved retirement in the 1990s from Marion Community Hospital. She was the youngest of 11 children all of whom proceeded her in death and is the last of a generation. She was a faithful member of Calvary Baptist Church her entire life where her father, the...

Callie Ann Hagins Parker was  born in Ocala, Florida to the late Anna Hardy and Harold Hagins, Sr. After graduating from high school, she married the late Arnold Jeremiah “Jerry” Shelton who was serving in the Navy. Callie and their children traveled with Jerry to his various state side duty stations. Annapolis, Maryland is where Callie decided to settle down and raise their family, while Jerry   continued his tours of duty. After the children reached school age,...