Obituaries: John L. Nelms, 1960, Winn Parish, LA
Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483
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From: October 6, 1960 Winn Parish Enterprise News-American

John L. Nelms, 77, Of Montgomery Is Buried Tuesday

John L. Nelms, prominent Montgomery businessman and civic leader, died at 1:30
a.m. Monday in an Alexandria hospital.  He was 77.

A native of Jonesboro, Miss., Nelms moved to Grant Parish in 1909.  He was
well known as a lumberman and landowner.  He was past member of the Montgomery
Town Council and the Grant Parish School Board.

He was a member of the Board of Directors of the Bank of Montgomery and the
Colfax Banking Company, and a member of the First Methodist Church.

Funeral services were held at the First Methodist Church in Montgomery at 1
p.m. Tuesday with the Rev. M. L. Davis of Pollock and the Rev. Charles Scott
of Montgomery officiating.

Burial was in the Old Castor Cemetery in Bienville Parish with the Rev. R. W.
Singleton of Ringgold assisting.

Survivors include his widow, Mrs. Creola Cooke Nelms; one daughter, Mrs.
W. I. Bobo, Jr., of Ringgold; two sons, Everett Nelms of Montgomery and
Charles Helm of Brookhaven, Miss.; a sister, Mrs. Pugh Pitner of New Albany,
Miss.; and four grandchildren.

Pallbearers were T. O. Dollar, Tom Harrison, Howard Kilpatrick, Will Fletcher,
Kent Wardlow, and W. T. McCain.

Honorary pallbearers were directors of the Bank of Montgomery and the Colfax
Banking Company, members of the Montgomery Town Council, and members of the
Grant Parish School Board.