Former Orange Mayor Passes

Former mayor Essie Bellfield passed away Sunday, January 23, 2022. She was 89.

Bellfield served as mayor from 1997-2000, was the City’s first African-American mayor and the City’s first, and still only, female mayor. She was first elected to the Orange City Council in 1994, representing District 3. Essie Bellfield was a true leader of the community and she will be dearly missed.

Services are pending.