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The Lake City Reporter, May28,1996:

Golde Dicks Markham

Mrs. Golde Dicks Markham, 87, of Lake City, died Monday, May 27, 1996, in the
Alachua General1 Hospital, Gainesville, Florida.
Mrs. Markham had resided in Lake City and Columbia County all of her life and was
the daughter of the late Rev. John andl Pearl Tyre Dicks and the widow of the late C. Eric

Markham. She owned Markham Nursery and also owned and operated with her late husband
the People’s Hardware Company in Lake City, Florida, for many years. Mrs. Markham was a
member of the Hopeful Baptist Church of Lake City, was Past Matron of Minnie Lee Lodge

of the Order of the Eastern Star, andt a member of the Past Matron and Patron Club.
Survivors include: her daughter and son-in-law, Sharon and Dan Booz, Lake City; two
sisters, Emerald Stewart and Fay Gay Meek, both of Lake City; three brothers: Tribble J.
Dicks, DeLand, Florida; Lenvil H. Dicks and Rodney S. Dicks, both of Lake City, Florida;
three grandchildren: Benjamin Eric Booz of Lhasa, Tibet; Valerie Kauth of Powder Springs,

Georgia; and Bonnie Booz of Lake City; and two great-grandsons.
Funeral Services will be conducted at 11 a.m., Wednesday, May 29, 1996, in the
Hopeful Baptist Church with Reverend Rick McCall, pastor, officiating and assisted by Mr.

Ben Booz. Interment will be in Hopeful Cemetery. Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m.,
Tuesday at Gerry Funeral Home, 4309 South First Street, Lake City, Florida.

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