john ralph nelson
ELKIN Mr. John Ralph Nelson, 60,
of East Bend, died Wednesday at 7:05 p.m. at Forsyth Memorial Hospital.
Mr. Nelson was born in Wilkes County to John William Nelson and Sadie
Bryant Nelson.
He was a member of First Baptist Church of Jonesville and was a veteran of World War II. He was employed by Chatham Manufacturing Co. in Elkin.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Dorothy Smitherman Nelson of the home; one daughter, Mrs. Graham (Kathy) Reece of Boonville:; one son, John R. (Buddy) Nelson, III of Winston-Salem; one sister, Mrs. Helen Harman of Dallas, Tex.; one half-sister, Mrs. Dora Daub of Winston-Salem; one brother, Hugh Nelson of Elkin; one half-brother, Ted Nelson of Elkin; four granddaughters.
Funeral services will be Friday at 3 p.m. at Jonesville First Baptist Church by the Rev. Ray Hamilton. The body will lie in state from 2:30 to 3 p.m. Burial will follow in Pleasant Hill Baptist Church Cemetery. The family will receive friends Thursday from 7 to 9 p.m. at Johnson Funeral Home Chapel in Elkin.
He was a member of First Baptist Church of Jonesville and was a veteran of World War II. He was employed by Chatham Manufacturing Co. in Elkin.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Dorothy Smitherman Nelson of the home; one daughter, Mrs. Graham (Kathy) Reece of Boonville:; one son, John R. (Buddy) Nelson, III of Winston-Salem; one sister, Mrs. Helen Harman of Dallas, Tex.; one half-sister, Mrs. Dora Daub of Winston-Salem; one brother, Hugh Nelson of Elkin; one half-brother, Ted Nelson of Elkin; four granddaughters.
Funeral services will be Friday at 3 p.m. at Jonesville First Baptist Church by the Rev. Ray Hamilton. The body will lie in state from 2:30 to 3 p.m. Burial will follow in Pleasant Hill Baptist Church Cemetery. The family will receive friends Thursday from 7 to 9 p.m. at Johnson Funeral Home Chapel in Elkin.