Norfolk City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Nelson, Charles L.  February 25, 1907
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Virginian Pilot Tuesday  February 26, 1907

Intelligence reached the city yesterday afternoon of the death in a hospital 
in Baltimore yesterday morning of Captain Charles L. Nelson, a veteran 
employee of the Merritt and Chapman Wrecking Company, having been in its 
service for many years.
Captain Nelson had been under treatment of late in Baltimore for a 
complication of diseases and it was found necessary as a last resort to 
operate on him Saturday.
His remains will arrive here this morning and will be taken to Berkley for 
funeral and interment where he resided.  He is survived by a widow and two 
children.
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The funeral of Captain Charles L. Nelson took place yesterday afternoon from 
his residence, No. 205 Maple avenue, and was very largely attended. 
The funeral services were conducted by Rev. E.W. Cowling, rector of St. 
Thomas P.E. Church.  The floral tributes were numerous and beautiful.
The remains were laid to rest in Magnolia Cemetery and the following 
gentlemen acted as pallbearers:  Captain W.S. Tooker, Captain J.B. Ransom, 
Captain John Johnson and Captain J. Carlson, of the Merritt & Chapman 
Wrecking Company and Captain W.H. French and Alex O. Calcott, of Berkley 
ward.

Virginian Pilot February 28, 1907  

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