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Lake City, Florida: A Sesquicentennial Tribute (2009) H. Morris Williams, Dr. Kevin M. McCarthy

The 15 CHS graduates who died in World War II: Joe
Clements, Hubert Devant, George B. Ellzey, William T.
Halstead Jr., Fred Kinard, Willard P. Norris, Arthur G.
Norsworthy Jr., Joe W. Parrish, Affie Mozell Pearce Jr., Charles
Register, Charles Sandlin, Bill Sheely, Arthur Smith, Lloyd
Swilley, and Kennerson Wilson.

A plaque in the park in front of the downtown courthouse
honors those citizens of Columbia County who died in the
various wars. This plaque honors those
who died in World War II.

Benjamin Duke, forester and hero

Benjamin Duke was a young forester who worked in the
Osceola National Forest in 1940. When World War II started, he left
the Forest Service to join the army and was killed in action June 18,
1943, while serving our country. In 1947, the U.S. Forest Service
dedicated the new Ocean Pond Recreation Area in Benjamin Duke’s
memory.

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