
WILLIAM WARREN "BILL" NESBITT, 80
Businessman & Entrepreneur
LAKELAND - William "Bill" Nesbitt, 80, passed away, as a result of respiratory failure, Wednesday, November 23, 2011. Mr. Nesbitt was born in Toronto, Ontario in 1931. He came to Mulberry in 1984 while employed by British Tire and Rubber of London, England. Mr. Nesbitt retired from BTR in 1990. During his career, he started and operated several businesses throughout the US and Canada. He was a member of Lone Palm Golf Club.
Mr. Nesbitt is survived by his companion of twenty years, Cathy Schmalz of Mulberry, FL; son, William G. Nesbitt of Toronto, Ontario; daughters, Carolyn Nesbitt of Bowen Island, British Columbia and Margo Bunka of Markham, Ontario and eight grandchildren.
A memorial service will be conducted, to celebrate the life of Mr. Nesbitt, at a later date on Sparrow Lake in Ontario. Mr. Nesbitt's family requests that donations be made in his honor to Good Shepherd Hospice.
Arrangements by Gentry-Morrison Funeral Home, Dukes-Steen Chapel.
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