One woman was found dead in her home after an overnight house fire destroyed most of it in the Lakewood area.
Family and friends confirm it was 67-year-old Ellen Anderson.
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The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office said officers who were patrolling near Hendricks Avenue began smelling smoke a little after midnight. The eventually found a home in flames along Pinewood Avenue and called the Jacksonville Fire and Rescue Department.
Neighbors remember Anderson as “the plant lady.”
Friend David Felton said she had a green thumb and had the ability to grow flowers and bushes around her home.
“She loved her garden. She could take any plant and revitalize it,” Felton said.
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Felton said he immediately drove to her home when he heard the news of her death.
JSO said when they found Anderson’s home on fire at 12:20 a.m., there were flames as high as five feet tall. Neighbors told Action News Jax the house was engulfed in the fire.