Obit of Finis Harley Nelson (n425) - Roger Mills County, Oklahoma Submitted by: Wanda Purcell 14 Aug 2002 ==================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE All documents placed in the USGenWeb Archives remain the property of the contributors, who retain publication rights in accordance with US Copyright Laws and Regulations. In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, these documents may be used by anyone for their personal research. They may be used by non-commercial entities so long as all notices and submitter information is included. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit. Any other use, including copying files to other sites, requires permission from the contributors PRIOR to uploading to the other sites. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. ==================================================================== Surnames: Nelson, Travis, McPhearson, Ford, Teague Originally posted at: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/5YB.2ACE/4677 Funeral services for Mr. Finis Harley Nelson, 85 years old. Weatherford, Oklahoma resident, was hel in "The Chapel" of the lockstone Funeral Home, Inc. of Weatherford on Tuesday, March 16, 1993, at 2:00 p.m. with Rev. Dave Bryan officiating. Burial will be in the Butler Cemetery under the direction of the of the Lockstone Funeral Home, Inc. Mr. Nelson was born February 27, 1908 in Roger Mills County near Leedey, Oklahoma and died Sunday, March 14, 1993 at Southwestern Memorial Hospital in Weatherford, Oklahoma. Finis was raised near Leedey and attended the Texamo rural school. He was married to Miss Pearl Travis on December 24, 1926 at Moorewood, Oklahoma. They made their home near Moorewood, Oklahoma. In 1952 they moved to Derby, Kansas. Finis worked for Beoing for some 10 years retiring in 1971. After retirement they moved to Nowata, Oklahoma later to Dallas, Texas. Later returning to Derby, Kansas where they lived until September 1991 when they moved to Weatherford. He was a member of the Emmanuel Baptist Church in Weatherford, he was a 32nd Degree Mason and also a member of the Eastern Star. Memorials may be made to the Emmanuel Baptist Church. He is survived by his wife, Pearl Nelson, Weatherford, Oklahoma; 4 sons, Don Nelson, and his wife, Margaret, Sunray, Texas; Harvey Nelson and his wife, Sharon, McPhearson, Kansas; Lee Nelson and his wife, Linda, Pittsburg, Kansas; and Morris Nelson and his wife, Diana, Sam Ramon, California; 1 daughter, Blance Ford and her husband, Gordon, Weatehrford; 12 grandchildren and 15 great grandchildren; 1 brother, Woodrow Teague, Washlau, Missour. He was preceded in death by his parents, George and Amanda Nelson; 1 son, Finis Dean; 1 daughter, Voncille; 2 grandchildren, Rick and Traci; and 5 brothers, Ora, Owen, Jim Nelson and Bill and Boyd Teague. Cheyenne Star, Cheyenne, Ok