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Such a great guy and one of a kind!
Bill Carson
November 24, 2025 | Friend


Saint Petersburg, Florida
Fernandez, Jose Manuel73, died at his home in Tampa, FL on Oct. 13, 2025. Jose, "Joe", was born in Marietta, GA, on April 22, 1952, the son of Jose Fernandez Garcia and Mercedes Garcia Ruano, both of Tampa. The family returned to Tampa the following year and Joe spent his youth there. A graduate...
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Such a great guy and one of a kind!
Bill Carson
November 24, 2025 | Friend
He was my great friend for 55 years, from Biology class, and many phone calls the summer we both went away to school. He shared his travels with me with wonderful descriptive letters over the years and sent me the only Mother´s Day card I received the month after I had my daughter while he was on the Panama Canal. When we moved back to Tampa he told my daughter great tales of his years at sea and taught her about the countries he visited. Joe introduced me to Gabriel Garcia Marquez, one of...
Dinah Lang Swickey
November 23, 2025 | Friend