Obit of Velma 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, Isbelle, Wright, Mitchell, Long, Brock, Sanderson, Sproles, Weatherly, Davis Originally posted at: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/5YB.2ACE/4679 Velma was born October 11, 1915 in Mountain View, Oklahoma and passed away February 10, 1999 in the All Saints Hospital in Fort Worth, Texas at the age of 83 years, 3 months and 29 days. She married George Nelson, Sr., June 1934 in Cheyenne, Oklahoma. They made their first home in Crawford, Oklahoma. They moved to Cheyenne, Oklahoma in 1937 and later moved to Roanoke, Texas. To this union was born 13 children. Velma was a member of the Baptist Church in Roanoke, Texas. She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, one daughter, Marjorie Nelson, one granddaughter Marlene Wright and one son in law, Kenneth Mitchell. She was survived by son and daughter-in-law George and Pat Nelson, Jr, Marietta, Oklahoma and Chaarles Nelson, Allison, Texas son and daughter in law Jim Nelson, Disney, Oklahoma, son Joe Nelson, San Antonio, Texas son Fred Nelson, Fort Worth, Texas; daughter Betty Mitchell, Fort Worth, Texas, daughter and son-in-law Agnes and Jim Long, Hico, Texas, daughter and son in law Emily and Tommy Brock, Boyd, Texas, daughter Annie Sanderson, Ft. Worth, Texas, daughter and son-in-law Lynette and Beeny Sproles, Fort Worth, Texas, daughter and son-in-law Barbara and Gary Weatherly, Body, Texas, daughter and son-in-law Darla and Ernest Dabvis, Fort Worth, Texas; 31 grandchildren several great grandchildren and 3 great great grandchildren. Velma was a wonderful wife, mother and grandmother. Cheyenne Star, Cheyenne, Ok 6-May-1999