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Sylvia A Williams

Sylvia A Williams

Female 1935 - 2022  (86 years)

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  • Name Sylvia A Williams  [1, 2
    Birth 9 Dec 1935  Union, Florida, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3
    Gender Female 
    Name Sylvia DuPriest  [3
    Residence 1940  Providence, Union, Florida, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    4 Age: 4; AttendedSchool: No; EnumerationDistrict: 63-7; Single MaritalStatus: Single; Granddaughter RelationToHead: GrandDaughter 
    Residence 1950  Lake City, Columbia, Florida, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    StreetAddress: Lake Dr; 14 Age: 14; AttendedSchool: Yes; EnumerationDistrict: 12-14; GradeCompleted: No; Income: 50; IsEmployed: No; LiveOnFarm: No; OccupationCategory: Other; SchoolYearsCompleted: S8; SeekingWork: No; ThreeOrMoreAcres: No; WeeksWorked: 6; WorkedLastWeek: No; LiveOnFarm: No; SameCounty: No; SameHouse: Yes; Daughter RelationToHead: Daughter; Never Married MaritalStatus: Single 
    Death 14 Feb 2022  Lake City, Columbia, Florida, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    • Sylvia entered Eternal Rest at 7:15pm on 14 February 2022 after a long and valiant struggle with Dementia/Alzheimer’s and has rejoined her previous departed husband of (37) years, Robert Harrison DuPriest, Sr..

      Sylvia was born on 9 December, 1935 in Union County, Florida. She received her High School Diploma from Lake City High School of Lake City, Florida in 1953. She married Papa on 23 March, 1957. After moving many, many times from south to north, north to south - they finally settled down in Lake City, Florida in the early 1990’s.

      Sylvia was a loving and caring Mother and Nana to all children. Her faith in Jesus Christ was enormous and noticeable by all that met her. She was a kindergarten teacher at the First Advent Christian Church in Lake City, Florida in the late 1960’s/early 1970’s. She always had a smile on her face and friendly to all - to include complete strangers. A positive role model for everyone that knew or met her.

      A viewing will be at 7-9pm on 18 March 2022 at Guerry Funeral Home - 2659 SW Main Blvd, Lake City, FL 32025 (386) 752-2414.

      Funeral service will be at 11am on 19 March at Guerry Funeral Home.

      Burial services will be at the Memorial Cemetery of Lake City, NW Lake Jeffery Rd., Lake City FL immediately following the service, both led by Zach Douglas - a dear family member. Everyone is invited to 417 NW Hillsboro Street, Lake City, Florida 32055 after the burial to Celebrate the Life of Sylvia W. DuPriest.

      In lieu of flowers, consider a Donation to the Good Samaritan Center (Memory Support: Alzheimer’s & Dementia Care) in Memory of Sylvia W. DuPriest.

      Sylvia has (6) siblings: Ervina Mae Baumgardner (Deceased); Betty Gillen; Peggy Parrish (Deceased); Margaret Koon; Fletcher Williams; and Muncy Williams.

      (5) Children: Stephen Cason; Robert DuPriest, Jr.; Deborah Baker; Pauline Marinaro; and David DuPriest.

      (14) Grand-children and (14) Great Grand-children.

      https://www.guerryfuneralhome.net/obituary/Sylvia-DuPriest
    Burial 19 Mar 2022  Memorial Cemetery, Lake City, Columbia, Florida, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Person ID I44958  tng Genealogy

    Father Ervin Fletcher Williams,   b. 27 Sep 1904   d. 13 Sep 1948 (Age 43 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Johnnie Mae Anderson,   b. 23 Mar 1909, Georgia, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 29 Dec 1960, Florida, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 51 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Marriage 18 Jan 1929  Hamilton, Florida, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Family ID F16977  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Living 
    Family ID F16983  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 9 Dec 1935 - Union, Florida, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 4 Age: 4; AttendedSchool: No; EnumerationDistrict: 63-7; Single MaritalStatus: Single; Granddaughter RelationToHead: GrandDaughter - 1940 - Providence, Union, Florida, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - StreetAddress: Lake Dr; 14 Age: 14; AttendedSchool: Yes; EnumerationDistrict: 12-14; GradeCompleted: No; Income: 50; IsEmployed: No; LiveOnFarm: No; OccupationCategory: Other; SchoolYearsCompleted: S8; SeekingWork: No; ThreeOrMoreAcres: No; WeeksWorked: 6; WorkedLastWeek: No; LiveOnFarm: No; SameCounty: No; SameHouse: Yes; Daughter RelationToHead: Daughter; Never Married MaritalStatus: Single - 1950 - Lake City, Columbia, Florida, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 14 Feb 2022 - Lake City, Columbia, Florida, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - 19 Mar 2022 - Memorial Cemetery, Lake City, Columbia, Florida, USA Link to Google Earth
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  • Photos
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  • Sources 
    1. [S697] Ancestry.com, 1950 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2022;).
      United States of America, Bureau of the Census; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790-2007; Record Group Number: 29; Residence Date: 1950; Home in 1950: Lake City, Columbia, Florida; Roll: 6195; Sheet Number: 37; Enumeration District: 12-14
      https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=62308&h=83243401&indiv=try
      [ View Federal Census Document]
      https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=62308&h=83243401&indiv=try

    2. [S474] Ancestry.com, 1940 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;).
      Year: 1940; Census Place: Union, Florida; Roll: m-t0627-00619; Page: 2B; Enumeration District: 63-7
      https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=2442&h=133181177&indiv=try
      [ View Federal Census Document]
      https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=2442&h=133181177&indiv=try

    3. [S541] Ancestry.com, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;), https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/35200645/sylvia-dupriest.
      Record for Sylvia DuPriest
      https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=60525&h=7110681&indiv=try
      https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=60525&h=7110681&indiv=try

    4. [S601] Ancestry.com, Florida, County Marriages, 1823-1982, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2016;), State Archive, Tallahassee and Clerk of Courts; Various Counties; County Marriages, 1927-1929.
      Record for Ervin Williams
      https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=61369&h=1117644&indiv=try
      https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=61369&h=1117644&indiv=try