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Nell Candis Dowell

Nell Candis Dowell

Female 1930 - 2011  (81 years)

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  • Name Nell Candis Dowell 
    Birth 13 Jun 1930  Macon, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Female 
    Name Nell C Wilkes  [1
    Name Nell Moses  [2
    Residence 30 Sep 1977  Macon, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Residence 1995  Franklin, Macon, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Death 14 Nov 2011  Franklin, Macon, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Nell Candis Wilkes, 81, of Franklin, passed away Monday, November 14, 2011.

      Born in Macon County, she was the daughter of the late William C. Dowell and Nancy Anderson Dowell. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her first husband, Billy Junior Moses, Sr., second husband, Henry Herman Wilkes; son, Ralph Moses; sisters, Kate Downs, Josie Davis, Beulah Shepherd and Pearl; brother, Walter Dowell and grandson, Billy Moses, III. Nell was a member of Tellico Baptist Church. She loved animals and enjoyed reading, gardening and working honeybees.

      She is survived by three daughters, Judy Jones of Franklin, Sara Nell Leach and husband Tony of Franklin and Faye Huffstettler of Franklin; three sons, Junior Moses and wife Linda of Kings Mountain, NC, Robert “Robbie” Moses and wife Teresa of Grover, NC and Lawrence Moses of Bryson City; brother, Clayton Dowell of Brevard, NC; grandchildren, Nancy Maddox and husband Nathan, Gregg Jones and wife Lisa, Johnny Leach, Eric Jackson, Donna Collins and Dennis Martin; great grandchildren, Savanna Maddox, Sarah Maddox, Alexis Jones, Patrick Milligan, Tiffany Collins and Casey Jackson; caregiver, Arnold Anderson and several nieces and nephews.

      Funeral Service will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday, November 17, at Tellico Baptist Church. Rev. Gary McCoy, Rev. Donald Bates and Rev. Morris Tippett will officiate. Burial will be in the Tellico Baptist Church Cemetery.

      The family will receive friends from 6-8 p.m. Wednesday, November 16, at Macon Funeral Home.

      Pallbearers will be Buddy Davis, Jim Downs, Chad Welch, Caleb Davis, Jerry Guffie and Lonnie Shepherd.

      Honorary Pallbearers will be Randy Ammons, Richard Davis and Arnold Anderson.

      Memorial donations can be made to the Tellico Baptist Church Cemetery Fund C/O Marshall and Doris Lovedahl, 405 Tellico Road, Franklin, NC 28734, Relay for Life, PO Box 1648, Franklin, NC 28744 or Angel Hospice, 170 Church Street, Franklin, NC 28734.

      Macon Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements.

      Online condolences can be made at maconfuneralhome.com

      http://maconfuneralhome.com/book-of-memories/1033448/Wilkes-Nell/obituary.php
    Burial 17 Nov 2011  Tellico Baptist Church Cemetery, Franklin, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I27951  tng Genealogy

    Family 1 Living 
    Family ID F9452  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Henry Herman Wilkes,   b. 5 Feb 1922, Macon, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 25 Mar 1995, Franklin, Macon, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 73 years) 
    Family ID F9451  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 13 Jun 1930 - Macon, North Carolina, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 30 Sep 1977 - Macon, North Carolina, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1995 - Franklin, Macon, North Carolina, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 14 Nov 2011 - Franklin, Macon, North Carolina, USA Link to Google Earth
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  • Photos
    Nell Candis Wilkes photo
    Nell Candis Wilkes photo

  • Sources 
    1. [S396] Ancestry.com, U.S. Public Records Index, Volume 1, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010;), Database online.
      Record for Nell C Wilkes

    2. [S413] Ancestry.com, North Carolina Divorce Index, 1958-2004, (Name: 2008; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: Ancestry.com Operations Inc;), Database online.
      Record for Billy Moses