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Wesley Raymond Kirkland

Wesley Raymond Kirkland

Male 1930 - 2014  (84 years)

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  • Name Wesley Raymond Kirkland  [1, 2, 3
    Birth 3 Jan 1930  Lake City, Columbia, Florida, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3
    Gender Male 
    Also Known As Ray 
    Race White  [1, 3
    Residence 1935  Baker, Florida, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Residence 1 Apr 1940  Baker, Florida, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Age: 10; Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Son 
    Residence 1945  Precinct 2, Olustee, Baker, Florida, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Death 17 Mar 2014  Lake City, Columbia, Florida, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Obituary for Colonel W.R. Ray Kirkland

      Colonel W. R. “Ray” Kirkland, 84, died in Lake City, Florida, Monday March 17th 2014. “Kirk” was born January 3rd 1930 in Lake City, Florida to the late Bernice Messer and Clarence N. Kirkland. He was raised in Olustee and graduated from Columbia High School and the University of Florida.

      He saw military service with the US Air Force as a jet pilot in the Korean War and retired as a full Colonel in the Florida National Guard as a unit commander of the Selective Service System.

      Ray’s career included The Florida State Employment Service, Personnel Director and test pilot for Aero Corporation, Executive Vice President of the Lake City/Columbia County Chamber of Commerce, and Director of Public Relations for Occidental Chemical Corporation.

      Ray was the Mayor of Lake City from October of 1996 until 2006. While in office, he served as president of the North East League of Cities.

      Ray was preceded in death by his wife, Lucile “Busy” Summers Kirkland in 2000. He is survived by his wife, Mary Lou Bond Kirkland, his brother, C.N. Kirkland of Gainesville, and his sister, Margaret Kirkland Littlefield of Lake City.

      He is also survived by his two daughters, Lynn Kirkland Sullivan (John) of Jacksonville, and Lisa Summers Kirkland O’Steen of Tallahassee, as well as his five grandchildren: Kirkland Cantey O’Steen, Jack Miller Sullivan, Thomas Summers O’Steen, Carrie Elizabeth Sullivan, and Drayton William O’Steen.

      Ray was a member of Pi Kappa Alpha Fraternity, Lake City Elks Lodge, First Presbyterian Church of Lake City (Elder). He was also a past Chairman of Lake City Community College Foundation.

      Visitation will be held at Gateway Forest Lawn Funeral Home on Thursday, March 20th 2014 from 5:00 to 7:00 PM. The funeral will be at The First Presbyterian Church of Lake City on Friday, March 21st at 11:00 AM. A celebration of his life will follow the service in the Fellowship Hall. Internment will be at 2:00 P.M. at Memorial Cemetery with full Military Honors.

      Donations in his honor may be made to The Foundation for Florida Gateway College, 149 SE College Place, Lake City, FL 32025, Memo: “W. Raymond and Lucile Summers Kirkland Scholarship”

      http://www.gatewayfuneralhome.com/obituaries/W-R-Kirkland/#!/Obituary
    Burial 21 Mar 2014  Memorial Cemetery, Lake City, Columbia, Florida, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I31971  tng Genealogy

    Father Clarence Nathaniel Kirkland,   b. 16 Sep 1895, Jackson, Florida, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 22 Aug 1969, Lake City, Columbia, Florida, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 73 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Bernice Messer,   b. 22 Nov 1904, Jackson, Florida, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 28 Nov 1984, Lake City, Columbia, Florida, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 80 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Marriage 25 Dec 1921  Greenwood, Jackson, Florida, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F11154  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Lucile Summers,   b. 21 Apr 1927, Columbia, Florida, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 3 Feb 2000, Lake City, Columbia, Florida, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 72 years) 
    Marriage 1952  Columbia, Florida, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Children 
    +1. Living
    +2. Living
    Family ID F11155  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Living 
    Family ID F11156  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 3 Jan 1930 - Lake City, Columbia, Florida, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1935 - Baker, Florida, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Age: 10; Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Son - 1 Apr 1940 - Baker, Florida, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 17 Mar 2014 - Lake City, Columbia, Florida, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - 21 Mar 2014 - Memorial Cemetery, Lake City, Columbia, Florida, USA Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S351] Ancestry.com, Florida State Census, 1867-1945, (Name: The Generations Network, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2008;).
      Census Year: 1945; Locality: Precinct 2; County: Baker; Page: 14; LINE: 4; Archive Series #: S1371, Roll 1
      http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=floridastatecen1867&h=3175873&indiv=try
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      http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=floridastatecen1867&h=3175873&indiv=try

    2. [S350] Ancestry.com, Florida Marriage Collection, 1822-1875 and 1927-2001, (Name: The Generations Network, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006;).
      Volume: 1404; Certificate 24272
      http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=flmarriageindex&h=1636707&indiv=try
      http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=flmarriageindex&h=1636707&indiv=try

    3. [S474] Ancestry.com, 1940 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;).
      Year: 1940; Census Place: Baker, Florida; Roll: T627_574; Page: 3B; Enumeration District: 2-2
      http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1940usfedcen&h=130193048&indiv=try
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      http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1940usfedcen&h=130193048&indiv=try