All Obituaries

WILLIAMS- Funeral Services for the late Mrs. Jessie Lue Williams will be held Saturday, June 6, 2026 at 11:00am in the New St. Paul Missionary Baptist Church in Baldwin, Florida.  Viewing will be held on Friday, June 5, 2026 from 4-7pm at the Harry Brown Funeral Directors & Cremation Service, Inc, 2719 W Edgewood Avenue, Jacksonville, Florida. Interment will be in Piney Grove Cemetery.

Funeral Services for Mr. Michael L. Williams will be held Saturday, May 30, 2026, at West Friendship Baptist Church. 945 Carrie Street. Public viewing will be Friday, from 4-7pm at the funeral home. Arrangements are under the direction of Harry Brown Funeral Directors, 2719 W. Edgewood Ave., (904)-551-1790.

Funeral Services for Mrs. Shirl Anntionette Jenkins Carswell will be held at 12Noon, Saturday, March 28, 2026, in the chapel of the mortuary. There will be a viewing in the chapel at 11:00AM, just prior to the funeral service. Family and friends will assemble at the mortuary. The interment will take place at 2:00 PM, on Monday, March 30, 2026, at the Jacksonville National Cemetery, 4803 Lannie Road, Jacksonville, FL 32218. Please use Lane 1. Mrs. Carswell passed away on March 17, 2026. Mrs. ...

Funeral Services for Deacon Robert L. Hammonds, Jr. will be held at 11:00am, Saturday, March 21, 2026 at Life House , 2214 University Blvd., South, Jacksonville, FL 32216. Deacon Hammonds passed away on March 6, 2026. There will be a viewing on Friday, March 20, 2026, at the mortuary from 5pm-7pm. Family and friends will assemble at the church at 10:30am, Saturday Morning. The interment with Military Honors will be held at Jacksonville National Cemetery on Monday, March 23, 2026, at 11:00am. ...

Funeral Services for  Ms. Lynette Elaine Reed will be held at 11:00AM, Thursday, February 19, 2026, in the chapel of the mortuary. Ms. Reed passed away on February 6, 2026. There will be a viewing in the chapel at 10:00AM, just prior to her funeral service. Lynette was born on August 23, 1981, in Jacksonville, Florida, to the union of Rufus Reed, Jr. and Espolaine Green. Lynette attended various schools in Florida and North Carolina while traveling with her family in the ...

Funeral services for Mr. Claude Franklin Ross, Sr. will be held at 2:00 PM, Sunday, January 18, 2026, at Ephesus SDA Church,  2750 Edgewood Ave. W., Jacksonville, FL 32209. There will be a viewing held at the mortuary on Saturday, January 17, 2026, from 4:pm to 6PM, and again in the church on the day of service  from 1:00 PM until the hour of service, at 2:00PM. Mr. Ross passed away on January 6, 2026. Family and friends will gather at the church at 1:00PM on Sunday, January ...

A viewing for Mrs. Elouise Ponder will be held at 10:00AM, Saturday, January 17, 2026, in the chapel of the mortuary. Mrs. Ponder is the widow of the late Mr. Walter Ponder, Jr. Mr. Walter Ponder, Jr. is well known gospel singer, know to many as "The Thunderbolt of the South". Mrs. Ponder transitioned on December 31, 2025, in New Jersey. There was a celebration of life service held for Mrs. Elouise Ponder in New Jersey, on Friday, January 9, 2026. The interment of Mrs. Ponder will ...

Funeral services for Mrs. Mattie Bell Wolfe-Curtis will be held at 11:00 AM, Friday, December 26, 2025, in the chapel of the mortuary. There will be a viewing at 10:00 AM, in the chapel, one hour  prior to the funeral. Mrs. Curtis passed away on December 21, 2025. The interment will take place in Edgewood Cemetery following the funeral ceremony.  Born on August 19, 1936, in Thomasville, Georgia to the union of Mr. Cornell W. Wolfe and Mrs. Ella Mae Henley-Wolfe, the family move to ...

A Homegoing Celebration for Pastor Ola Mae Gamble-Williams will be held at 10:00AM, Friday, January 2, 2026, at the AME Church of the Master, 5637 Vernon Road, Jacksonville, Florida 32209.Pastor Williams transitioned  on December 19, 2025. There will a viewing at the mortuary on THURSDAY, JANUARY 1, 2026, from 5-7pm. The interment will take place in Restlawn Cemeteries, South, 3201 Moncrief Road, Jacksonville, Florida 32208. Family and friends will assemble at the church Friday morning ...

A Celebration of Life Service for Mrs. Evetta Williams Townsend will be at at 11:00 AM, Saturday, December 13, 2025, at  Church of God Keith Dominion, 6279 Restlawn Drive, Jacksonville, Florida 32208. There will be a viewing at the mortuary on Friday, December 12, 2025, from 5-7PM. Mrs. Townsend transitioned on December 3, 2025. Interment will follow at Evergreen Cemetery, 4535 N. Main Street, Jacksonville, Florida 32206. Born on September 2, 1951, in Wagner, South Carolina , Mrs. ...