Jamie Lauretta Sells of Tampa departed this life on Saturday, April 27, 2024 at the age of 79. Born in Franklin, Tennessee on August 29, 1944, Jamie and her family moved to Florida when she was a child, but she always remained true to her Tennessee roots. Her love of Tennessee did not stop her from embracing life in her new Florida home. She graduated from Chamberlain High School. She worked for many years as a broker with Jim Pless Foodservice in Tampa, then moved to Hopco Foodservice, where after years of a very happy work life, she retired as the Department Director of K-12 Schools. She was an ardent gardener, a devoted member of the Church of Christ in Seffner, and an amazing cook—her famous fruit cakes and fruit bars will be coming out of freezers all over the United States this November and December to add happiness to our holiday tables one last time.
The friends that she made during her years working in Tampa and the friends she made in her neighborhood and in her church were life friends, as evidenced by the number of people who offered every assistance possible and came to sit by her bedside to hold her hand for hours and hours, day after day in her final weeks. Those who could not come called and talked to her for hours to keep her spirits up.
Jamie was preceded in death by her parents James and Laura Hendrickson Sells, by her sisters Juanita Sells Manix and Clarice Sells Hall, and by her brothers David, Randall, and Harold Sells. She is survived by many nieces, nephews, grand nieces and grand nephews, and great grand nieces and nephews. Jamie Lauretta Sells was generous, kind, caring, and compassionate, and she loved all of us more than we knew. We simply do not know what we will do without her.
A visitation for Jamie will be held Wednesday, May 1, 2024 from 11:00 AM to 12:00 PM at Blount & Curry Funeral Home @ Garden of Memories, 4207 E LAKE AVE, TAMPA, FL 33610. A funeral service will occur Wednesday, May 1, 2024 from 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM, 4207 E LAKE AVE, TAMPA, FL 33610. A graveside service will occur Wednesday, May 1, 2024 from 1:00 PM to 1:30 PM, 4207 E LAKE AVE, TAMPA, FL 33610.
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