Nelida "Nellie" Reyes
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93, of Tampa, Florida, entered into Eternal Life on February 17, 2021. She was born in Key West, Florida to Horatio Luis and Eustacia Chavez Sanchez as one of twelve siblings. The family relocated to Tampa early in Nellie's childhood. It was there that she met her life partner and husband, Raul Aurelio Reyes, Sr. The two were inseparable, guided by their fierce love of family. She worked as a seamstress and a homemaker. She was preceded in death by her parents, nine siblings, and daughter Vilma Reyes Wall. She is survived by her loving husband of 72 years, Raul Reyes, Sr., daughter Linda Reyes (Frank White), son Raul Reyes, Jr. (Yvette), grandchildren Chris Maria Reyes, Kimberly Schaefer (Jeffrey), Jason Navarro (Wendy), Ryan Menendez, Sr. (Diana), Christopher Reyes (Kristen) and Danielle Reyes, great-grandchildren Michael Ferrer Jr., Jackson Navarro, Ryan Menendez, Jr., and Adrian Menendez, sisters Georgina Cates and Elina Rodriguez, and many nieces, nephews, and cousins too numerous to list. A Mass of Christian Burial will be offered at St. Lawrence Catholic Church in Tampa, Florida on February 25, 2021 at 9:30am, with interment following at Sunset Memory Gardens. The family will accept flowers and requests donations be made to the American Heart Association.