Red River County Louisiana Archives Obituaries.....Nelson, Timothy Thomas  June 25, 1999
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Shreveport Times, June 27, 1999
   COUSHATTA, LA. -- Services for TIMOTHY T. NELSON, 44, will be held at 10 
a.m. Monday, June 28, 1999 at St. George Catholic church on Ashland Road in 
Coushatta, with the REV. LARRY NIEHOFF officiating and interment to follow in 
Liberty Cemetery.
   NELSON died unexpectedly Friday, June 25, due to complications from tumor 
surgery.
   He was a resident of South Carolina and a native of Coushatta, the oldest 
son of the newspaper family owners and publishers of the Coushatta CITIZEN 
from 1950 to 1980. TIM attended Coushatta High School and graduated from LSU 
with a degree in physical education and later received a Master's Degree in 
recreation management from the University of Southern Mississippi in 
Hattiesburg. For several years, he served as director and manager of the 
Cypress Creek YMCA in Houston, TX.
   He recently attended the Florida School of Massage and began a practice in 
sports and therapeutic massage in South Carolina. He was also employed with
 H & R Block.
   As an undergraduate, TIM spent his summer at the YMCA Camp in the Blue 
Ridge Moountains which inspired his career and interest in recreation and 
leisure activities.
   TIM is preceded in death by his sister, SUZANNAH NELSON DAVIS of Coushatta. 
He is survived by his parents, GORDON and EVELYN NELSON of Coushatta, LA.; a 
sister, DR. JULIE NELSON of Baton Rouge, LA.; a brother, KEVIN NELSON of 
Greenville, S.C.; and nieces and nephers, BRIAN, JILL, and BRAD DAVIS of 
Coushatta; CASS, KATE and JAKE NELSON-DOOLEY of Baton Rouge, and BRIDGET 
NELSON of South Carolina.
   Pallbearers will be KEVIN NELSON, BRIAN and BRAD DAVIS, MIKE DOOLEY and 
JAKE NELSON-DOOLEY, PATRICK NELSON, JASON BECKELHYMER, CHARLES WILSON and 
CAPT. RICKY EMERSON.
   Memorials may be made to St. George Building Fund and St. Jude Hospital of 
Memphis, or of choice.
   Services were under the direction of Rockett-Nettle Funeral Home of 
Coushatta.

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