Nansemond-Isle of Wight County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Nelms, E. Roland, 1951 

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Funeral Tomorrow For Ernest Nelms 

  Funeral services for Ernest Roland Nelms, 46, of Windsor, who died suddenly 
of a heart attack in Winchester yesterday at 5:30 p.m., will be conducted 
tomorrow at 3 p.m. at the I.O. Hill Funeral Home. 

  A native of Isle of Wight County, Mr. Nelms had spent practically all of his 
life in the vicinity of Windsor.  He was a member of Antioch Christian Church, 
the Men's Bible Class, and the Windsor Ruritan Club.  He was son of the late 
Ernest Langley and Nannie Archer Nelms of Isle of Wight. 

  Survivors include his wife, Katherine Lawrence Nelms, and stepmother, Mrs. 
Essie Nelms, a sister, Mrs. Earl Manning, of Portsmouth, three brothers, 
Curtis Russell and Robert Langley Nelms, of Windsor, William Everett Nelms, 
of Suffolk, four uncles, one aunt and a number of nieces and nephews. 

  The body will arrive today at the I.O. Hill Funeral Home.  Burial will be in 
Cedar Hill [sic*] Cemetery. 

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Rites Held For Ernest R. Nelms 

  Funeral service for Ernest Roland Nelms, of Windsor, who died suddenly of a 
heart attack Monday in Winchester, were conducted yesterday at 3 p.m. at the 
I.O. Hill Funeral Home by the Rev. Ellis Clark, the Rev. T. Fred Wright, of 
Henderson, N.C., and the Rev. B.A. Riddle. 

  Mrs. Webb Pinner played softly on the organ during the service. 

  The pall was of red roses, white gladioli, lavender asters, lilies and 
baby's breath.  Pall bearers were H.E. Pierce, J.H. Godwin, W.E. Garrison, 
Jr., L.R. Bracey, C.A. Bracey, J.M. Ritter, Howard Ritter and Rodham T. Delk. 
Members of Antioch Christian Church and friends of the family served as 
honorary pall bearers. 

  Burial was in Holly Lawn Cemetery. 


Ernest Roland NELMS, of Windsor, livestock dealer, 
b. 30 Jan 1905, Isle of Wight Co.*, d. 9 Jul 1951, Winchester, Frederick Co., 
interred in Holly Lawn Cemetery*, Suffolk, 11 Jul 1951, 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 29, No. 162, Tues., July 10, 1951, p. 1; 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 29, No. 164, Thurs., July 12, 1951, p. 3 

*Additional information: 

Holly Lawn list, an extension of the 
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/hollyln.txt 

A photo of his gravestone - added by Hixburg23958 - is posted with 
   Find a Grave Memorial #51396691. 

His m.rec. gives b. Nansemond Co. 

D.Cert. 16296 (Winchester #10) 

His parents, Ernest Land NELMS & Effie Elijah (PIERCE NELMS) BUTLER, and 
   step-father are buried in Western Branch Baptist Church Cemetery. 
   Western Branch list, another extension of the SCHS Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/wernbr.txt 


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