Obituary

Nanie Thelma Starr Nelson
Palestine Herald Press - March 3, 1976

Funeral services for Mrs. Nanie Thelma Starr Nelson, 75, of 1210 Connally, Waco, formerly
of Elkhart, who died Wednesday in Waco following a sudden illness, were held at 2 p.m.
today in Hassell & Foster Chapel with Dewey M. McDonald and Stephen Allman officiating.
Burial was in Starr Cemetery at Elkhart. Mrs. Nelson was born June 25, 1900 in Elkhart,
a daughter of Edwin E. and Jessie Ella Fuller Starr. Before moving to Waco, she had also
lived in Tyler, Leon County and Elkhart for many years. She was a Jehovah Witness.
Survivors include her husband, Lee Nelson of Waco; one brother, W.D. Starr of San Antonio;
two sisters, Mrs. Ethel Carlisle of Jewett and Mrs. Clariece Dyal of Elkhart;
11 grandchildren and several great grandchildren.