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Minnie Nelson - Madison Parish, Louisiana

From Tallulah Madison Journal June 5, 1953

Funeral Services Are Held Sunday For Mrs. Nelson

Mrs. Minnie Nelson, 73, died last Friday afternoon, after a long illness, at the home of her daughter.

Funeral services were held Sunday at 2:00 p. m. at the Willow Bayou Baptist Church with Rev. Clyde Williams, 
assisted by Rev. Will Jones, officiating. Interment followed at Silver Cross Cemetery under the direction 
of Crothers Funeral Home.

She is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Lottie Simmons, Tallulah; one son, Herman Nelson, Alabama; 
one sister, Mrs. J. T. Bonds, Alabama; one brother, Oscar Edwards, Atlanta; ten grandchildren 
and seven great grandchildren.

Pallbearers were John W. Moseley, Bobby Allen, H .S. Keyes, John Hill, Robert Spells and Marvin Ingram.