Obit of Nash, Jim - Okmulgee County, Oklahoma

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::Our Lady of Grace Cemetery--Okmulgee OK

Amarillo Globe News 8 Oct 1997

*Jim Nash

"Coach" Jim Nash, 55, of 1313 N. Washington St., died Saturday, Oct. 
4, 1997.

Services will be at 1 p.m. Thursday in Mount Zion Baptist Church with 
the Rev. E.D. Fields officiating. Final services will be at 1 p.m. 
Friday in Winn Funeral Home Precious Memories Chapel in Okmulgee, 
Okla., with the Rev. Willie Antwine officiating. Burial will be in 
Our Lady of Grace Cemetery in Okmulgee. Local arrangements are by 
Warford-Walker Mortuary Inc., 509 N. Hughes St.

Mr. Nash was born in Okmulgee. He received his formal education at 
Wheatley in Beggs, Okla., and Fort Elementary and Dunbar High School 
in Okmulgee. He continued his education at Muskogee Junior College, 
Eastern Oklahoma A&M College, Northeastern State University, Western 
University and West Texas State University.

He was a teacher at Carver High School from 1965 to 1966. He was a 
teacher and the defensive line coach at Amarillo High School until 
retiring in 1996. Each year, the Helmet Scholarship Award is given in 
honor of Coach Nash and Coach Clapp.

Mr. Nash was a member of the Amarillo Classroom Teachers Association, 
the National Education Association and the Texas Coaches Association.

Survivors include his wife, Rozell Perkins; a daughter, Stephanie 
Alexander of Amarillo; his stepfather, J.W. Johnson Sr. of Beggs; a 
sister, Maxine Iheanacho of Oklahoma City; five brothers, Clyde 
Griffin of Okmulgee, Gregory Joe Johnson of California City, Calif., 
Everette Johnson and Windell Paul Johnson, both of Beggs, and J.W. 
Johnson Jr. of El Paso; and two grandchildren.

The family will be at 1313 N. Washington St.
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