LIGHTSEY - Franklin D. Lightsey, 80, passed away Thursday, April 4, 2013.
Mr. Lightsey was born June 11, 1932 in Sumter County, FL and moved to the Yulee area in 1969 from Jacksonville, FL. Most recently he resided in Fernandina Beach and at a river home in Madison, FL.
He was of the Pentecostal faith. Mr. Lightsey was a Korean War Veteran serving with the U. S. Army. He was a loving husband, father and grandfather. He loved the Lord and was well known as a man of integrity. He enjoyed fishing and camping.
He was predeceased by a son, Danny Lightsey; wife, Verna Lightsey; seven sisters; a brother and by his parents.
Survivors include his wife, Jan Lightsey of Fernandina Beach, FL; his children, Richard Lightsey of Chester, FL, Melanie Lightsey-Barlow of Fernandina Beach,FL, Kelly Lightsey of Chester, FL, Grace Roe of Bradenton, FL; his step children, Tommy Aberson of Jacksonville, FL, Rebecca Edgy of Yulee, FL and Martha Aberson of Chester, FL; eight grandchildren, Lisa, Robert, Nicki, Rebecca, Laura, Andrea, Danny and Elijah; and three great grandchildren, Sarah, Shyla, Hannah.
Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. Monday, April 8, in the Stephens Chapel at Green Pine Funeral Home with Pastors Jerry and Vicki White officiating. Interment will follow in Green Pine Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 3:00 until 5:00 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home.
In lieu of flowers the family suggests that memorial donations be made to Freedom's Way Ministries, P. O. Box 8097, Jacksonville, FL 32239.