Schley-Macon County GaArchives Obituaries.....Nelson, J.W. August 8, 1941
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The Ellaville Sun  Friday, August 15, 1941  No. 7
FUNERAL HELD FOR J.W. NELSON, 54
Funeral services were held at Ideal Methodist church Saturday afternoon at 5 
o'clock for J.W. Nelson, 54, prominent Ideal business man, community leader 
and former legislator, who died Friday afternoon at a Montezuma hospital.  He 
had been stricken with a heart attack the preceding Sunday.  A former state 
senator and member of the House of Representatives, Mr. Nelson had spent his 
entire life in Macon county.  He had lived in Ideal for the past 30 years and 
was an influential factor in the development of the city, having served as 
mayor for many years.  He was chairman of the board of trustees of the Ideal 
school and a member of the Macon county board of education.  He was engaged in 
the warehouse business and had large farming interests.  Surviving are his 
wife the former Alice Lightner; a son, J.W. Nelson, Jr.; two daughters, Miss 
Harriet Nelson and Mrs. W.A. Bedingfield, all of Ideal; a sister, Dr. Sara 
Nelson of Oglethorpe and brother Robert Nelson of Brooklyn, N.Y.


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