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Fleetwood Clark Fesmire

ORANGE PARK-Fleetwood Clark Fesmire, 85, an airman for 23 years and a grand safety officer for the Marine Corps, died Sunday, July 28, 2002, in Panama City. He is survived by his wife of 56 years, Eva Russell Fesmire. The service will be at 11 a.m. EDT Wednesday at Abbey Chapel in Tallahassee (562-1518), with burial at Tallahassee Memory Gardens. Family will receive friends from 10 to 11 a.m. EDT at the funeral home. Mr. Fesmire was born March 1, 1917 in Buena Vista, Tenn. He was the son of a Methodist minister, U.J. Fesmire and Eula Hoy Fesmire. He served our country as an airman for 23 years, 1939-1962. From 1964-1975, he was the grand safety officer at Marine Corps Air Station in Beaufort, S.C. Mr. Fesmire and wife Eva returned to Tennessee after retirement before returning to Florida in 1984. They lived in Clay Count for a year, followed by eight years in Tallahassee before returning to Orange Park, Clay County in 1993. He was a member of Orange Park United Methodist Church. Other survivors include a daughter, Marion Fesmire of Panama City; a son, Robin Clark Fesmire (and wife Kathy) of Tallahassee; a granddaughter, Jessica A. Scott of Fort Lauderdale; two brothers, Dr. Robert Fesmire and Wilburn Fesmire of Nashville, Tenn.; a sister, Anne Stapp of Chattanooga, Tenn.; and several nephews and nieces in Tennessee and Florida.¹

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