DEATH: W.O. Nelson, 2002, Boyle County, KY ------------------------------- Submitted by Sherri Hall Date: 26 Oct 2002 ------------------------------- *********************************************************************** USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. http://www.usgwarchives.net ********************************************************************** From the Danville Advocate Messenger, 13 Aug 2002: Services for W.O. Nelson, 77, of Williston, Fla., formerly of Danville, will be 11 a.m. Thursday at Preston-Pruitt Funeral Home by Bill Hall. Burial will be in Danville Memorial Gardens. He died Monday at Nature Coast Hospital in Williston, Fla. Born Dec. 29, 1924, in East Texas, Ky., he was the son of the late Basil and Pheobie Hays Nelson. He was retired from Kentucky Utilities, a Navy veteran and the widower of Edith Whitis Nelson. He was a Mason, a Shriner and a Kentucky Colonel. He also was a former member of First Baptist Church where he was a deacon, former Sunday school teacher and superintendent. Survivors include three sons, Donald and David Nelson, both of Williston, Fla., and Michael Nelson of Ocala, Fla.; a sister, Ruby Roller of Danville; a brother, Kenneth Nelson of Wilmington, N.C.; 10 grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren. Pallbearers will be Chad and Jonathan Nelson, P.D. Roller, Barry Harmon, Greg Hendricks, Larry Bugg and Arshad Igbul. Honorary pallbearers are Clarence Carter, Preston Nunnelley, Hiram Morgan, O.C. Seevers, Bill Maupin, Bill Scott and Jim Vest. Visitation will be 5-9 p.m. Wednesday at Preston-Pruitt Funeral Home with a Masonic service at 7 p.m. Memorials may go to Gideons International or Shriners Burn Hospital in Cincinnati.