Ms. Louise Earline Stafford

Ms. Louise Earline Stafford, 71, of Lake City, passed away peacefully on Thursday February 26, 2015 at the Suwannee Valley Haven Hospice after an extended illness. She was born in Lake City on February 9, 1944 to the late Julian Joseph and Ida Belle Sapp Parrott. She has lived in Lake City all of her life and was a homemaker. She loved being in the yard. You couldn't keep her from doing yard work. She also was a member of the Abundant Life Church. She is preceded in death by her loving Husband E.J. Stafford; sons: Bud Strickland, III, Bill Stafford and Charles Brian Stafford; great-grandson: Cody Creech; brothers: Woodrow Parrott and Joseph Julian Parrott; and her sisters: Josephine Nix, Catherine Davis and Rosemary Parnell.
She is survived by her son: Ricky Stafford of St. Augustine; daughters: Joni Welch of Lake City, Cynthia Renee Hawkins of Yuma, AZ, Darlene Lane (Bernie) of Thomasville, GA, Debbie Collins (Larry) of Lake City and MaryAnn DeLoach (Mike) of Lake City; brothers: Kenneth Parrot, Charles Edward Parrott and H.J. Parrott (Linda). Grandchildren: Jamie, Sean, Dustin, Justin, Bridget, Jared, Rodney, Shawn, Joshua, Ricky, Steve, Mandy, Tammy, Katie, Natile, Pete, Patrick, Brian and Tracey. Great-grandchildren: Jazmine, Jalexis, Devon, Dillon, Cason, Michael, Zoe, Devin, Ander, Kassidy, Karis, Kooper, Shanelle, Kaitlyn, Austin, Michael, Sheila, Shaylee, Landon, Sheyenne, Carson, Kaley, Shelby, Abagail and Hayley also survive.
Funeral services for Ms. Stafford will be conducted on Monday March 2, 2015 at 1 P.M. in the chapel of the Dees-Parrish Family Funeral Home with Rev. Cagney Tanner officiating. Interment will follow in the Forest Lawn Memorial Gardens Cemetery. The family will receive friends on Sunday March 1, 2015 from 5-7 P.M. in the chapel of the funeral home. Arrangements are under the direction and care of the Dees-Parrish Family Funeral Home, 458 S. Marion Ave, Lake City, 32025. Please sign the online guestbook at
parrishfamilyfuneralhome.com.