Jewel Wilkes

1925 - 2014  (89 years)

• Name	Jewel Wilkes  [1]
  Birth	1 Feb 1925	Telfair, Georgia, USA   [1, 2]
  Gender	Female
  Name	Jewell Nelson  [2]
  Residence	1930	Scotland, Telfair, Georgia, USA   [1]
  Death	20 Feb 2014	Wilson Hospice House, Albany, Dougherty, Georgia, USA   [2]
  	Eastman, GA- Jewell Wilkes Nelson, age 89, formerly of Eastman, died peacefully with family at her side in Willson Hospice House of Albany, Georgia on February 20, 2014. Funeral services will be at 3 p.m., Sunday, February 23, 2014 at the Chapel of Hardy-Towns Funeral Home with Rev. Russ Elkins officiating. Visitation will be from 2 until 3 p.m. at the funeral home. Interment will be in Woodlawn Cemetery. Mrs. Nelson was born in Telfair County to the late Lavanna Braddy and Elisha Wilkes. She lived in Eastman most of her life until moving in 2001 to Leesburg, Georgia to be near her daughter. She was a member of Leesburg United Methodist Church and enjoyed being active for many years with R S Boney Senior Citizens Center in Leesburg. Mrs. Nelson worked in retail management for many years for many years at Elmore's and Cato Corporation. She also worked at A Touch of Class Florist for several years before retiring. She was the widow of the late Melvin Clark Nelson Sr. and is survived by one daughter, Dorinda Outs (Jim) of Leesburg, Ga.; sons, Clark nelson (Pat) of Moultrie, Ga., Bobby Nelson (Arlene) of Helena, Ga., and Jeff Nelson (Lynn) of Blackshear, Ga.; nine grandchildren and three great grandchildren; brother, Tom Wilkes of McRae, Ga.; sister, Bernice Baker of Fayettville, Ga.; several nieces and nephews. In lieu of flowers, the family request donations to Alzeimer's Association, 886 Mulberry St., Macon, Ga 31201 or Willson Hospice House, 320 Foundation Lane, Albany, Ga 31707. Hardy-Towns Funeral Home of Eastman is in charge of arrangements. www.hardy-towns.com Published in The Telegraph on Feb. 22, 2014 http://www.hardy-towns.com/obituaries/Jewell-Nelson/
  Burial	23 Feb 2014	Woodlawn Cemetery, Eastman, Dodge, Georgia, USA   [2, 3]
  Person ID	I13162	tng Genealogy

  
  

  Father	Elisha Melanctin Wilkes, Sr,   b. 10 Dec 1880, Laurens, Georgia, USA d. 29 Apr 1961, McRae, Telfair, Georgia, USA (Age 80 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Lavanna Braddy,   b. 25 Jun 1881, Washington, Georgia, USA d. 18 Mar 1969, Telfair, Georgia, USA (Age 87 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	1 Jan 1905
  Family ID	F4460	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Melvin Clark Nelson, Sr,   b. 23 Jul 1928, Fitzgerald, Ben Hill, Georgia, USA d. 12 Feb 1989, Eastman, Dodge, Georgia, USA (Age 60 years)
  Children	1. Living   2. Living   3. Living   4. Living
  Family ID	F4720	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  Birth - 1 Feb 1925 - Telfair, Georgia, USA Residence - 1930 - Scotland, Telfair, Georgia, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

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  [S337] Ancestry.com, 1930 United States Federal Census, (Name: The Generations Network, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2002;). Year: 1930; Census Place: Scotland, Telfair, Georgia; Roll: 386; Page: 2A; Enumeration District: 11; Image: 763.0. http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1930usfedcen&h=18077124&indiv=try [ View Federal Census Document] http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1930usfedcen&h=18077124&indiv=try [S541] Ancestry.com, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;), https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/125478604/jewell-nelson. Record for Jewell Nelson http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=FindAGraveUS&h=78176465&indiv=try http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=FindAGraveUS&h=78176465&indiv=try [S122] FindaGrave.com, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/125478604 http://findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=125478604. http://findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=125478604