In Memoriam: John Richard Spence | Mary Emma (Grady) Spence
John Richard Spence November 29, 1928 – December 17, 2020 Mary Emma (Grady) Spence March 25, 1933 – July 15, 2021 The Spence siblings agree that their mother died of a broken heart after losing her husband Dick after 65 years of marriage. Dick and Emma married at St. Paul’s Catholic Church in August of […]
The Way We Were: Holt and Betty Ann Graves
Like the lace on Betty Ann Gordon’s dress the day she married Holt Graves at St. John’s Cathedral in 1980 the couple’s lives are intertwined and patterned in a beautiful and fitting filagree of family history. Betty Ann’s wedding dress had been worn by Holt’s mother, Tayloe Graves and several of his aunts; it was […]
Organization helps develop better skills for local pet owners
K-9 Obedience Club of Jacksonville offers unique programs, training and exercise On an August Sunday morning at K-9 Obedience Club of Jacksonville’s covered outdoor pavilion, five excited young dogs mostly focused on their owners’ faces. Those owners, two men, two women and one couple, came from all over Northeast Florida to attend their sixth in […]
App-titude for Success
Most kids going into their senior year of high school spend their time sending off college applications, counting down the days until graduation, and enjoying the last bit of leisure time with hometown friends before they go off into the adult world. Within a few years and degrees later, they can expect to start getting […]




