Remembered for her devotion to family and her love for all animals<\/p>\n
December 26, 1938 \u2014 January 10, 2026<\/p>\n
Linda Gayle Coarsey Ennis, lifelong resident of Jacksonville and its Westside, died on Jan. 10, 2026 at the age of 87. She is preceded in death by her parents Elliot Boyd Coarsey Sr. and Lorena Janice Coarsey, brother Elliot Boyd Coarsey Jr., husband of 64 years Emory Clark \u201cBuddy\u201d Ennis, and son-in-law Larry Vernon Sablich. She is survived by her children Emory Clark \u201cBunky\u201d Ennis, Jr. (Debbie) Cheryl Lynn Sablich, Janice Lorraine Reid, and Melanie Lauren DePasquale (Jay), seven grandchildren, five great-grandchildren, sister Jan Jo King, sister -in-law Marsha Coarsey, a multitude of nieces, nephews, cousins, friends, neighbors and a few cats.<\/p>\n
Gayle loved her westside home and family, baking, Atlantic Beach, music, caring for neighbors in need, walking and her pets \u2013 of which there were many and varied. She was a sought-after Weight Watchers Leader for many years. Gayle was also a faithful donor to St. Jude\u2019s Children\u2019s Hospital.<\/p>\n
A celebration of life will be held at St. Catherine\u2019s Episcopal Church in Jacksonville, Fla. on Saturday March 7th at 11:00 a.m., with a reception at the church immediately following. The address is 4758 Shelby Ave. Jacksonville, FL. 32210. Because of her undeniable love for all animals, in lieu of flowers, donations to the Jacksonville Humane Society jaxhumane.org and Springfield Kitty Cat Shack Rescue sprkittycatshack.org are respectfully requested.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Remembered for her devotion to family and her love for all animals December 26, 1938 \u2014 January 10,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":163050,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[116,118,117],"class_list":["post-163049","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-jacksonville","tag-jacksonville","tag-jacksonville-headlines","tag-jacksonville-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/163049","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=163049"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/163049\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/163050"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=163049"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=163049"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=163049"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}