Sullivan-Carter County TN Archives Obituaries.....Nelson, Joe C October 2, 2005
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Elizabethton Star 10/04/05
Joe C. Nelson 

Joe Claude Nelson, 83, 407 Holly Lane, Elizabethton died Sunday, Oct. 2, 2005, 

in the James H. Quillen VA Medical Center. A native of Sullivan County, he was 

a son of the late James A. and Maggie Sigman Nelson. He had lived most of his 

life in Carter County. He was a retired employee of North American Rayon 

Corporation. He was also a retired farmer. Mr. Nelson served in the United 

States Army during World War II. He was a member of the Boone Dam V.F.W. , 

Blountville. He was a Past District Commander of the V. F.W., Past Grand 

Commander of the Military Order of the Cootis. He was a member of the Funeral 

Detail of the V.F.W. He was a member of Hampton Masonic Lodge # 750. Mr. Nelson 

was preceeded in death by his wife Anna Ruth McKinney Nelson, Sept. 23, 2003, 

by a daughter and son-in-law, Tammy & Joey Burrow, a granddaughter, Carla 

Bowers, a grandson-in-law, Chris King and four brothers, William J., Frank, 

G.D., and Carl Nelson 

Survivors include three daughters and two sons-in-law, Carol and Raymond Bowers 

and Sandra and Fred Hyder, all of Elizabethton and Karen Margo Nelson, of the 

home; one Son, Michael Joe Nelson, Elizabethton; four granddaughters, Elizabeth 

Richardson, Angela King, Tina and her husband Tim Reece, all of Elizabethton, 

and Penny and her husband Mitch Stansbery, Johnson City; one grandson and his 

wife, Chris and Leia Hyder, Dandridge; three great granddaughters, Randi 

Richardson, Laura and Chrissie King; two great- grandsons, Darris Joseph Reece 

and Ridge Christopher Hyder; three sisters, Mildred Chambers and her husband 

Raymond, Elizabethton, Alice Lane, Bluff City and Shelby Hyte and her husband, 

Marvin, Piney Flats. Several nieces and nephews, and his little dog, Sadie. 

Funeral Services will be conducted at 8 p.m. Tuesday in Memorial Funeral 

Chapel, with the Rev. Ronnie Campbell officiating. Graveside service and 

interment will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2005, in Happy Valley Memorial 

Park. Active pallbearers and military graveside honors will be provided by the 

V.F.W. Post 2166 where he was a members for many years. Honorary pallbearers 

will be all the V.F.W. Posts of East Tennessee. The family would like to 

express a special "Thank You" to the staff and volunteers of James H. Quillen 

VA Medical Center. The family will receive friends from 6-8 p.m. Tuesday in the 

Funeral home. Friends may also call at the residence of his daughter, Karen 

Margo Nelson, 407 Holly Lane, Elizabethton. Family and friends will assemble at 

the funeral home at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday to go to the cemetery. Condolences to 

the Nelson family may be e-mailed to mfc@chartertn.net. Memorial Funeral Chapel 

is in charge of the arrangements. 









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