Mack Albert Nesbitt

FAIRVIEW - MACK ALBERT NESBITT, 99, OF 1058 OLD FORT RD. DIED SATURDAY, DECEMBER 30, 2000 AT HIS RESIDENCE. MR. NESBITT WAS A NATIVE AND LIFE LONG RESIDENT OF BUNCOMBE COUNTY AND HAD SERVED AS A DEACON FOR 69 YEARS OF HIS LIFE. HE WAS A MEMBER OF CALVARY BAPTIST CHURCH IN FAIRVIEW, AND WAS A LOVING FATHER AND GRANDFATHER. MR. NESBITT WAS THE SON OF THE LATE BENJAMIN F. AND EPESY BELLE REED NESBITT AND WAS THE HUSBAND OF THE LATE ETHEL VERLEE CAMBY NESBITT WHO DIED IN 1997. HE WAS ALSO PRECEDED IN DEATH BY AN INFANT DAUGHTER, 3 SISTERS, AND 2 BROTHERS. SURVIVING ARE HIS DAUGHTERS AND SONS-IN-LAW, ALPHA N. AND EARL HARKINS OF FLETCHER, AND SHIRLENE N. AND DEAN DALTON OF FAIRVIEW; SON AND DAUGHTER-IN-LAW, MORGAN B. AND RUTH E. NESBITT OF FAIRVIEW; BROTHER, I.C. NESBITT OF FAIRVIEW; GRANDCHILDREN, YVONNE DeGRAW, STANLEY HARKINS, AND PHILLIP NESBITT; 10 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN, 8 GREAT GREAT GRANDCHILDREN. FUNERAL SERVICES WILL BE HELD AT 1 PM WEDNESDAY IN THE ANDERS-RICE FUNERAL HOME CHAPEL WITH THE REVS. BOB PONDER AND BILL DAY OFFICIATING. BURIAL WILL BE IN PLEASANT GROVE BAPTIST CHURCH CEMETERY. PALLBEARERS WILL BE PHILLIP NESBITT, STANLEY HARKINS, DR. NEIL BARNWELL, TOM DeGRAW, JON PONDER, GENE MERRILL, WARREN ROBINSON, AND JAMES NESBITT. THE FAMILY WILL RECEIVE FRIENDS FROM 7 UNTIL 9 PM TUESDAY AT THE FUNERAL HOME. AT OTHER TIMES, THE FAMILY WILL BE AT THE RESIDENCE. TO REGISTER ON LINE, PLEASE GO TO THE FUNERAL SCHEDULE AT www.andersrice.com.