Marilyn Cargile Sheets

Marilyn was born in Shadydale, Georgia to Malinda Viola Digby and Charles Coyle Cargile on February 6, 1935. She was the youngest child having five older brothers and sisters. Her father was a sharecropper and she helped work the fields even as a child. When she was about nine years old, her family moved to west Atlanta. Later she married Billy Sheets, Sr. who was in the army. They moved to North Carolina and were later stationed in Germany. Marsha was born while Billy was in Germany. Marilyn and Marsha traveled to Germany to join Billy and while they were stationed there, Billy Sheets, Jr. was born. They returned to the United States and Peggy was born in North Carolina. Eventually they moved back to the Atlanta area where they raised their three children and she worked as a waitress/hostess at Dobbs House at the (old) Atlanta Airport. She and Billy Sheets divorced and she later married James (Jim) Roberts and they had a son, Joel Roberts. She later worked as a waitress until the family moved to Orlando and she began working in retail, specifically, fine and high fashion jewelry. Marilyn then moved back to the Atlanta area where she and Jim Roberts divorced. In her later years she moved to the Tampa Bay area, bought her home in Pinellas Park and continued to work for JC Penny and Nordstrom’s Department stores until her retirement. She was very house proud and enjoyed planting and keeping her beautiful flower gardens. Over time, she reunited with Billy Sheets and they again married until his death. Her siblings, nieces and nephews and friends were very fond of her and always kept in touch.

She loved sewing, fashion and was a self-taught artist and oil painter. She had a green thumb and was a great baker cooking beautiful and delicious cakes. She grew vegetable gardens, flower gardens and especially loved orchids and, as well, was a member of the Elk’s Ladies Auxiliary. Marilyn was always immaculately dressed and presented herself with style and flair.

She will be greatly missed by her family, children, grandchildren, great grandchildren and friends.

Marilyn is preceded in death by two brothers and two sisters. She is survived by her brother, Charles Cargile of McDonough, Georgia and her four children, Marsha Yvonne Sheets McNamee (Dennis), Billy Dan Sheets, Jr. (Eva) Peggy Anne Sheets Fields (Carroll) and Joel Phillip Roberts (Misty). She also leaves grandchildren, Amanda Shannon, Sean McNamee, Andrea McDermott, Laura Jackson, Juliette Roberts, Jacob Roberts and Kaitlin Brooks, Kristen Fields and Nicholas Fields (Yhotzmine). She also leaves many great-grandchildren. Zachary Spellman, Rachel Jackson, Alexandra Jackson, Alexandrea Sipley, Lily Grace Shannon, Parker Sipley, Ivory McDermott, Colter Shannon, Mia McNamee, Avery McDermott and Elle McNamee along with Jason Fields, Patrick Fields, Dominic Fields, Emmelyn Fields and Abigail Fields.

Funeral services will be held Blount & Curry Funeral Home on Thursday, January 6, 2022 beginning at 11:00 a.m. with visitation from 3:00-5:00 p.m. on Wednesday, January 5, 2022. Burial will immediately follow at Florida National Cemetery in Bushnell, Florida.

In lieu of flowers, the family would request any donations to St. Jude Children’s research hospital.