Jill Leslie Whaley

Jill Leslie Whaley, 61, of Jacksonville, died on Feb. 28, 2011, at Memorial Hospital in Jacksonville.

Born in Jackson Heights, Long Island, N.Y., she had been a resident of St. Augustine since moving here from Bridgewater, Maine, as a young child. She attended local schools, graduating from St. Augustine High School/Class of 1968 and attended St. Johns River Community College. For more than 20 years, Jill worked as a nurse at the Malcom Randall V.A. Medical Center and later as a private home healthcare worker.

For the past 10 years, she worked as a dispatcher for Ambulance Service Inc. (ASI) in Jacksonville.

She is survived by a son, Chad William Whaley (Robin), of Callahan; a daughter, Diane Brooke Whaley-Stephens, of St. Augustine; her mother, Edna G. Nesbit, of St. Augustine; sister, Diane N. Mills (Jerry), St. Augustine; grandchildren, Brandy, Josh, Jeromy, Stormie Rein, Jeremy "J.R." and Summer Rose; nephews, Greg Mills, St. Augustine, Christopher and Taylor Nesbit, Jacksonville; nieces, Samantha Nesbit, St. Augustine, and Kristina Whitlock, Morristown, Tenn.

She was preceded in death by her father, William E. Nesbit, her twin brother, John L. "Jack" Nesbit, and brother, Glenn Nesbit.

Services will be held at 5 p.m. Saturday, March 5, 2011, at McDowell Baptist Church with the Rev. Dr. Clarence Blalock officiating. A visitation beginning at 4 p.m. will precede the service.

St. Johns Family Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.