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OBITUARY NESBIT, MEREDITH KAY. Born
December 1, 1983, went to be with her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ on November
26, 2002, following an auto accident on her way home from college. She is
survived by her parents, Mark & Marilyn Nesbit; grandparents, Travis & Zelma
Bollier, and numerous aunts, uncles, & cousins. Preceded in death by brother,
Matthew, & grandparents Nes & Dorene Nesbit. Meredith was our beautiful,
blonde-haired, pride & joy. A recent graduate of Creekview H.S., where she was
the captain of the Color Guard, she was completing her first semester at Texas
Tech. Her bubbly exuberance for life could be seen & felt
by everyone who met her. Her commitment of her life to Jesus Christ at the age
of 5 was the decision that guided her through all that life had to offer her.
She was a new pledge sister of the Delta Gamma Sorority and had already
established never-ending friendships with many of her sorority sisters. Meredith
will be missed by all of us, but not forgotten by any. Memorial services will be
at First Baptist Church of Carrollton, Saturday, November 29, 2002 at 11:00 AM
with Dr. Brent Taylor officiating. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to
FBCC Building Fund. Family will be receiving visitors from 6-8 PM Friday,
November 29, 2002 at Restland Funeral Home. Restland Funeral Home Cemetery
Crematory Mausoleum Rembrandt Florist 9220 Restland Rd. Dallas 972-238-7111
www.restlandfuneralhome.com
The
Denton Record-Chronicle - September 17, 2004
Submitted by Edward Lynn Williams
There was hardly a dry eye in the Delta Gamma lodge Monday night as
sorority sisters, friends and alumni held onto each other for consolation during
a memorial service for their lost sister Meredith Nesbit.
Nesbit, a freshman broadcast journalism major from Carrollton, died Nov. 26 in a
car accident. She was in her first semester of membership in the Delta Gamma
sorority.
Clergyman Michael Passmore of the First Christian Church presided over the
service, addressing those in attendance with a comforting open statement.
"Although she's gone, she a part of us here," he said.
Several of Nesbit's sisters spoke, read scriptures and letters and sang.
Megan Zelkovich, a senior human development and family science major from
Houston and president of Delta Gamma, read a letter from the national president
of Delta Gamma which asked the sisters to be "reassured of the role they played
in (Nesbit's) life."
Zelkovich, choking with emotion, also read a letter from the regional director
of Delta Gamma in Fort Worth to let the sisters know Nesbit was buried
appropriately with her Delta Gamma pin and cream flowers, a symbol of the
sorority.
The letter informed the sisters there would be grief counselors at their lodge
all week and asked them to wear memorial ribbons for the remainder of the week.
In her letter, the director informed the girls she attended Nesbit's funeral,
where the overall message was one of hope as well as strength, love and courage.
"DG allows us to be more than we could ever be alone," the letter said.
Passmore addressed the girls, noting that most young people never have the
occasion to read about the life of a friend in an obituary. Passmore read
Nesbit's obituary, written by her father Mark Nesbit.
Mark Nesbit spoke kindly in the obituary about Delta Gamma saying his daughter
made "never-ending friendships" with the sisters in her short time with them.
Meredith Nesbit, who died four days shy of her 19th birthday, was preceded in
death by brother Matthew, the obituary read, which Passmore said Mark Nesbit had
commented would be unbearable "but for the family's faith."
"He wanted me to tell you that she loved you, but don't cry for her," Passmore
said. "Meredith has received her promise: life everlasting."
Passmore ended by instructing the girls in their grief.
"Don't grieve for Meredith," he said. "Talk to God."
Sisters went on to play an emotional song, "Friends are Friends Forever" by M.W.
Smith, during which sisters clung to one another, several in sobs, others wiping
eyes.
Reading from the Book of Wisdom, the sisters asked each other to pray for help
to "accept what we cannot understand." After the reading, a sister blew out a
candle placed among an array of white flowers andivy arrangement.
Emily Fisher, a freshman music and voice major from Dallas and Delta Gamma
sister, sang "Dear DG," in honor of the sorority.
Following the service, the sisters, friends, alumni and others filed out of the
room to find company among each other in a reception also held in the Delta
Gamma lodge, where refreshments and friends waited. Advisers and grief
counselors began their support for the sisters, several of them emphasizing
their efforts are open to all of Tech as well as the sorority.
"There aren't any words to express the grief one feels to lose a young person,"
Delta Gamma adviser Barbi Norton said. "And it doesn't get any easier as you get
older."
Norton and fellow adviser Carol Keenay agreed they and the rest of Delta Gamma
were glad to have Nesbit as part of their sorority.
"We were honored and happy to be part of her life and for her to be at Tech and
part of our sorority," Keenay said. (from Daily Toreador) |
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