Eddy Co. NM - OBIT:  Mary Jane Nelson

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The following excerpts were taken from page 14 - The Artesia
(NM) Daily Press - November 7, 1999

Obituaries

NELSON
Services are scheduled November 8 at Lake Arthur Methodist 
Church for Mary Jane Nelson of Lake Arthur, NM.  Nelson, 79, 
died November 5 at her home.  Interment will follow at
Woodbine Cemetery.  Nelson was born February 20, 1920, in 
Mountainair, NM to Willian Elkin Taylor and Effie Wade (Startz)
Taylor.  She married John August Nelson in Roswell on 
June 1, 1957.  She moved from Mountainair to the Cottonwood
area in 1926.  Survivors include her husband, John Nelson, 
of the home; son Jay Alexander Nelson of Tatum; daughter Jan
Annette Sargent of Gilbert, Ariz.; and four granddaughters.
She was preceded in death by her parents; sons Ricky Allen
Nelson and Jeff August Nelson; six sisters; and three brothers.