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Col Wesley Raymond “Ray” Kirkland

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Birth	:	3 Jan 1930
Death	:	17 Mar 2014
Burial	:	Memorial Cemetery, Lake City, Columbia County, USA
Coordinate	:	30.1935997, -82.6474991
Description	:	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. Rays career included The Florida State Employment Service, Personnel Director and test pilot for... Read More	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. Rays 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. Florida Times Union, Mar 19 2014

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Col Wesley Raymond “Ray” Kirkland's memorial is located at: Memorial Cemetery, Lake City, Columbia County, USA.
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Latitude: 30.1935997
Longitude: -82.6474991

Family Members:

Parent

Clarence Nathaniel Kirkland Sr.

(1895 - 1969)

Bernice Messer Kirkland

(1904 - 1984)

Spouse

Lucile “Busy” Summers Kirkland

(1927 - 2000)

Siblings

Margaret Kirkland Littlefield

(1924 - 2014)

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Nearby Cemetories:

1. Memorial Cemetery
Lake City, Columbia County, USA
Coordinate: 30.1935997, -82.6474991

2. Oak Lawn Cemetery
Lake City, Columbia County, USA
Coordinate: 30.1938992, -82.6414032

3. First Presbyterian Church Columbarium
Lake City, Columbia County, USA
Coordinate: 30.1882750, -82.6455050

4. First Presbyterian Church Memorial Garden
Lake City, Columbia County, USA
Coordinate: 30.1882520, -82.6455150

5. Garden of Rest Cemetery
Columbia County, USA
Coordinate: 30.1998000, -82.6530000

6. Scarborough Cemetery
Lake City, Columbia County, USA
Coordinate: 30.1835649, -82.6280213

7. Truevine Cemetery
Columbia County, USA
Coordinate: 30.1856003, -82.6046982

8. Forest Lawn Memorial Gardens
Lake City, Columbia County, USA
Coordinate: 30.1382999, -82.6358032

9. Hope Henry Cemetery
Columbia County, USA
Coordinate: 30.1478004, -82.6853027

10. Jerusalem Cemetery
Lake City, Columbia County, USA
Coordinate: 30.2285472, -82.7020195

11. Easy Rest Cemetery
Lake City, Columbia County, USA
Coordinate: 30.2313600, -82.7037900

12. Price Creek Cemetery
Columbia County, USA
Coordinate: 30.1494007, -82.5922012

13. Bethlehem Cemetery
Lake City, Columbia County, USA
Coordinate: 30.1680775, -82.5772247

14. Rich Cemetery
Lake City, Columbia County, USA
Coordinate: 30.1948328, -82.7249133

15. Abraham Isaac Jacob Rivers Cemetery
Winfield, Columbia County, USA
Coordinate: 30.2587579, -82.6694197

16. Bethel United Methodist Church Cemetery
Lake City, Columbia County, USA
Coordinate: 30.1266100, -82.6227700

17. Columbia Falling Creek Methodist Cemetery
Winfield, Columbia County, USA
Coordinate: 30.2621994, -82.6681976

18. Falling Creek Baptist Church Cemetery
Lake City, Columbia County, USA
Coordinate: 30.2655220, -82.6425420

19. Mount Carmel Baptist Church Cemetery
Lake City, Columbia County, USA
Coordinate: 30.1546900, -82.7186200

20. Fellowship Cemetery
Columbia County, USA
Coordinate: 30.1797220, -82.7347220

21. Beatrice and Henry Lofton Memorial Cemetery
Lake City, Columbia County, USA
Coordinate: 30.1808140, -82.7349830

22. Huntsville Methodist Church Cemetery
Lake City, Columbia County, USA
Coordinate: 30.2493800, -82.7267990

23. Pleasant Grove United Methodist Cemetery
Lake City, Columbia County, USA
Coordinate: 30.1060600, -82.6616200

24. Mount Zion Cemetery
Columbia County, USA
Coordinate: 30.2487691, -82.7518669