Samuel Yancey Sweet

Samuel Yancey Sweet, 97, departed this life peacefully in his sleep at Chiefland Care Unit of Haven Hospice on October 31, 2012.

Mr. Sweet is a hero and inspiration to his surviving children, son Tipton Y. Sweet (Tip); daughter Louise Sweet Benson (Dani); daughter-in-law Rosario Sweet (Charo); son–in-law John Benson; and his loving grandchildren, Nathaniel Benson, Diego Sweet, Elisabeth Benson, Christopher Sweet, and Danielle Sweet and many nieces and nephews.

He was preceded in death by his wife of 60 years, Blanche Weeks Sweet of Newberry, Fla., and his parents, Edward W. Sweet and Carrie Morris Sweet and his sisters, Gladys Cook, John Lou Bowers and Sue Cottingham.

Friends and family will be received at Evans-Carter Funeral Home, 220 N. Main St., High Springs, Fla., on Thursday, Nov. 8 from 6 to 8 p.m. A memorial service will be held on Friday, Nov. 9 at 11 a.m. at First Baptist Church, Newberry.

The family requests those wishing to send flowers may do so, or make a donation to First Baptist Church or Haven Hospice.