Mrs. Wylan Yvonne Tarver Nesmith, 74, formerly of Apopka, Florida and a resident of the Campbellsville Pike in the Southport Community, died Monday, May 2, 2005 at Maury Regional Hospital.
Graveside services for Mrs. Nesmith will be conducted Thursday May 5, 2005 at 4:00 p.m. at the Rosemary Cemetery in Metter, Georgia with Reverend Lawrence Jarriel officiating. Wood Funeral Home in Metter, Georgia is in charge of the out-of-state arrangements. Williams Funeral Home in Columbia, Tennessee is in charge of local arrangements.
The Metter, Georgia native was the daughter of the late Troupe and Pearl Hodges Tarver and was the widow of James Edward Nesmith who died in 1997. She was a homemaker and former employee of Fernwood Nurseries in Zellwood, Florida. She was a member of the Baptist Church and loved fishing.
She is survived by a son, Wayne Sandy Nesmith of Sorrento, FL; eight daughters, Linda Kicklighter of Collins, GA, Liz Wedge, Darlene Hughes, and Linda Bob Darnell all of Apopka, FL, Teresa Chalker of Clermont, FL, Denise Baldree of Gainesville, FL, Tammy Evans of Sorrento, FL, and Deborah Sonny LaFave of Culleoka, TN; twenty-six grandchildren and several great grandchildren. She was preceded in death by a grandson, Stevie Wedge; a brother, James Tarver.