Ronald Dale Florence

Ronald Dale Florence

1946-05-24 1979-01-08
Officer Ronald D. Florence, Jacksonville Sheriff's Office

Incident Details

Cause of Death: Aircraft Accident

Date of Incident: January 8, 1979

Location of Incident: Atlantic Blvd and St. John's Bluff Road

Officer Florence, Officer Fred Lucy, and Officer Charles Thompson were killed when the plane they were flying in crashed. The three were on a trip to serve an out-of-town warrant.



OBITUARY

FL Times Union

Jacksonville, Duval, FL

Wednesday, 10 Jan 1979

Page B-4 Column 2

Ronald D. Florence, 32, of 6118 Hillview Ct., was fatally injured Monday in a plane crash. He was a native of Jacksonville and a member of the Blanding Blvd. Baptist Church, the Fraternal Order of Police, and was a Navy Veteran.

Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Mary C. Florence; his mother, Mrs. Iva Ezell Florence; 2 children, Melinda L. and Joe I. Florence; and sisters, Mrs. Glynda Myers, of Tustin, Calif., and Mrs. Roselyn Powell, and Mrs. Rae Hagerman, both of Jacksonville, Ore.

Funeral services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Thursday at the Trinity Baptist Church, 800 Hammond Blvd. with Dr. Bob Gray officiating. Interment in Riverside Memorial Park.

 

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