Fernandina Beach – Florida Genealogy

Obituary of Wanda Lea Gilfillan

March 2, 1921 – November 19, 2021 Wanda Lea (Womack) Gilfillan of Amelia Island, Florida passed away unexpectedly on November 19, 2021 at Baptist Medical Center Nassau in Fernandina Beach. She was born March 2, 1921 in Glenwood, Kentucky, daughter of Ward Dewey Womack and Vanna Marie (Shortridge) Womack. A graduate of Portsmouth, Ohio High School in the Class of 1939, she furthered her education at the University of Cincinnati Nursing School. It was there she met Lewis S. Gilfillan of Bar Harbor, Maine, who had received his DMD from Tufts University and was completing his residency as an oral … Read more

Obituary of C. David Shores

June 25, 1941 – February 15th, 2022 C. David Shores, 80, of Fernandina Beach, Florida, died Tuesday, February 15th, 2022 at home. He was born June 25, 1941, in Spartanburg South Carolina, the son of the late Dorothy and Carl Shores. He was the youngest of 3 children. Mr. Shores graduated from the University of South Carolina in 1964, and married Lillian Wills Hutcheson on December 22, 1964 in Rock Hill, South Carolina He served in the U.S. Army for over 32 years retiring with the rank of Colonel in 1998. Colonel Shores is survived by his daughter Carla Shores … Read more

Obituary of Phyllis M. Stoddard (1927-2022)

September 2, 1927 – September 24, 2022 Phyllis M. Stoddard, 95, of Yulee, FL died on Sept. 24, 2022 at Community Hospice’s Warner Center in Baptist Medical Center Nassau, Fernandina Beach, FL. Phyllis was born on September 2, 1927 in Troy, NY to James C. and Marie McGahan. She grew up in Ponte Vedra Beach and attended Fletcher High School in Jacksonville Beach. During her senior year she attended the Marymount School in Tarrytown, NY, where she graduated in 1946. After graduation, she lived in Jax Beach and worked as a window display designer and furniture salesperson at Cohen Brothers … Read more

Obituary of Marie Elizabeth Keen

December 16, 1916 – June 2, 2009 Marie Elizabeth Froitzheim Keen, 92 of Callahan passed away June 2, 2009. In Fernandina Beach, Florida. She was born December 16, 1916 to R. and Marie Teial Frotzheim of Germany. She retired from Terminal Bag after 25 years of employment. She was a lifelong resident of Callahan and a member of First Baptist Church of Callahan. She is survived by two daughters: Annette Pittman of Callahan; Kathleen Keen of Lady Lake, Florida; two Grandchildren; Vernon Pittman of Astor, Florida; Ali Gallis of Winter Park, Florida; three great-grandchildren: Cooper, Lauren and Finley; one sister: … Read more