Ms. Celia Jo Geer Jarvis, age 85 of Sparta, passed away at 4:42pm Friday, December 15, 2023 at NHC of Sparta.

Ms. Jarvis was born October 20, 1938 in Sparta, Tennessee to the late Robert David and Ruth Denton Eldridge Geer. She was retired from Wagner. She loved spending time with her family especially with her grandchildren who fondly knew her as Grandma. In addition to her parents, she is also preceded in death by a granddaughter Amy Inez Williams; grandson Laren Keith Jarvis; sister Ruth Wilson; brothers, Floyd, Robert, David and Don Geer.

Surviving family members include her two daughters Cindy Williams and husband Brian of Sparta, Connie Chambers and husband Jerry of Chattanooga

Three sons: Tom Jarvis and wife Nancy of Arkansas, Paul Jarvis and wife Vicki of Lebanon, Billy Jarvis and wife Ana of Smithville

Two sisters: Dorothy Speck and Anne Price

A host of grandchildren, great-grandchildren, nieces and nephews also survive

Funeral services will be conducted 1:00pm Tuesday, December 19, 2023 from the Chapel of Hunter Funeral Home with burial in Highland Cemetery. The family will receive friends after 11:00am Tuesday at Hunter Funeral Home. Tim Geer will officiate.