Isle of Wight County-Newport News City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Nelms, Annie M. Vaughan, 1954 

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Mrs. Annie M. Nelms, I-W Woman, Succumbs 

  SMITHFIELD, July 1 - Mrs. Annie M. Nelms, 73, wife of the late Jodie Nelms, 
of Isle of Wight County, died in Norfolk last night after a long illness. 

  She had made her home in Newport News for the past three years with her 
sister, Mrs. Ed Spivey. 

  Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. J.E. Powell, of Franklin and Mrs. G.W. 
Turner, of Berlin, Va.; a step-daughter, Mrs. H.T. Baber, Sr., of Warwick; 
four sons, Eugene Nelms and M.T. Nelms, both of Smithfield; George Kello 
Nelms, of Baltimore, and Howard P. Nelms, of Suffolk; three sisters, Mrs. 
Spivey and Mrs. Mamie Baines, both of Newport News, and Mrs. Chesley T. 
Garner, of Orbit; 3 brothers, Sidney Vaughan, of Gates, N.C.; Rufus Vaughan, 
of Portsmouth, and Harrison Vaughan, of Ivor; 23 grandchildren and 21 great-
grandchildren. 

  Funeral services will be held Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the Antioch 
Christian Church with the Rev. Ellis N. Clark officiating.  Burial will follow 
in the church cemetery. 

  The body will remain at the Jones Funeral Home until Friday at 1 p.m. at 
which time it will be taken to the church to await the funeral hour. 

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Mrs. Jodie Nelms Buried July 2 In Antioch Cemetery 

  Mrs. Annie M. Nelms, 73, wife of the late Jodie Nelms, of Isle of Wight 
County, died in Norfolk on June 30 [sic; July 1], 1954, after a long illness. 

  She had made her home in Newport News for the past three years with her 
sister, Mrs. Ed Spivey. 

  Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. J.E. Powell of Franklin, and Mrs. G.W. 
Turner of Berlin, Va.; a step-daughter, Mrs. H.T. Baber, Sr. of Warwick; 
four sons, Eugene Nelms and M.T. Nelms, both of Smithfield; George Kelley 
Nelms, of Baltimore, and Howard P. Nelms of Suffolk; three sisters, Mrs. 
Spivey and Mrs. Mamie Baines, both of Newport News, and Mrs. Chesley T. 
Garner of Orbit; three brothers, Sidney Vaughan of Gates, N.C.; Rufus 
Vaughan of Portsmouth and Harrison Vaughan of Ivor; 23 grandchildren and 
21 great-grandchildren. 

  Funeral services were held Friday afternoon, July 3, at 2 o'clock at the 
Antioch Christian Church with the Rev. Ellis N. Clark officiating.  Burial 
was in the church cemetery. 


Annie Maud (VAUGHAN; Mrs. W.J. "Jodie") NELMS, of Newport News, 
b. 2 Jul 1880, Isle of Wight Co., d. 1 Jul 1954, Norfolk, 
interred in Antioch Christian Church Cemetery*, near Windsor, 2 Jul 1954, 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 30, No. 26, Thurs., July 1, 1954, p. 9; 
"Smithfield (VA) Times," Vol. 38, No. 4, Thurs., July 8, 1954, p. 1; 

*Additional information: 

Antioch list, an extension of the Southampton County Historical 
   Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/isleofwight/cemeteries/antioch.txt 
   Isle of Wight County Historical Society {IWCHS} 
   Grave Site Survey Task Force {GSSTF} report #20: 
   http://www.iwchs.com/Cemetery-Reports.html 

A photo of her gravestone is posted with Find a Grave Memorial #104921538. 

Her parents, "Billy" William Henry & Margaret Adelaide "Addie" (LUFSEY) 
   VAUGHAN, are also buried there. 

D.Cert. 14655 

Her husband was shot by a deputy 10 Sep 1929 on his farm near IoW. C.H. 
   Coverage of the incident is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/isleofwight/news/dp092029.txt 

Her father's obit ("Smithfield Times," Mar. 6, 1930, p. 6) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/isleofwight/obits/v250w4ob.txt 


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