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E.L. Nelson

CLOVIS, N.M. - E.L. Nelson, 73, died Monday, May 11, 1998.

Services will be at 9 a.m. today in Trinity Methodist Church with the Rev. 
Ron Brewer officiating. Burial will be in Elida Cemetery by Wheeler 
Mortuary of Portales.

Mr. Nelson was born in Portales. He lived in and around Portales during 
his childhood and was educated in the Portales schools.

He was drafted into the Army during World War II, serving in Italy, France 
and Germany. He was wounded on three different occasions and received 
several medals, including three Purple Hearts, the Bronze Star and the 
Bronze Arrow.

After the war, Mr. Nelson returned to Elida, where he managed Wall and 
Sons Grocery. He then worked for 151/2 years as manager of the commissary 
at Cannon Air Force Base.

He was the butcher at Parkway Grocery in Portales for 16 years. He had 
been retired since 1986.

He was a member of Woodmen of the World and a former member of Disabled 
American Veterans. He was a longtime member of First United Methodist 
Church in Portales before moving to Clovis, where he was a member of 
Trinity Methodist Church.

Mr. Nelson married Nancy Willis in 1949 at Hugo, Okla. They had lived in 
Clovis since 1994.

Survivors include his wife; two sons, Jeffrey D. Nelson of Grand Prairie, 
Texas, and Stacey Nelson of Las Vegas; a daughter, Becky Burkett of 
Lovington; a sister, Leviatha "Vi" Jones of McDonald; and three 
grandchildren.

Amarillo Globe News - 14 May 1998
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