Betty Lou Leonard Nelms

MRS. BETTY LOU LEONARD NELMS, 85, DIED TUESDAY MORNING IN PORTSMOUTH, VA. WHILE VISITING HER DAUGHTERM, MRS. A.D. WORDFORD.
IN ADDITION TO MRS. WORDFORD, SHE IS SURVIVED BY TWO OTHER DAUGHTERS, MRS. JACK LONG OF ROCKY MOUNT AND MRS. JOE GREENE OF ROANOKE RAPIDS; 14 GRANDCHILDREN AND 22 GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN; ONE HALF-BROTHER, W.A. LEONARD OF MIDDLESEX; TWO HALF-SISTERS, MRS. JOSIE JOHNSON OF HERNDON, VA. AND MRS. CORA HUFFMAN OF ILLINOIS.
MRS. NELMS WAS A MEMBER OF THE FIRST CHRISTIAN CHURCH OF ROCKY MOUNT.
FUNERAL SERVICES WILL BE HELD AT 4PM THURSDAY FROM THE JOHNSON’S FUNERAL HOME CHAPEL WITH THE REV. W.D. HAMRICK, PASTOR OF FALLS ROAD BAPTIST CHURCH, OFFICIATING. BURIAL WILL FOLLOW IN MEMORIAL PARK CEMETERY.
HER GRANDSONS WILL SERVE AS PALLBEARERS.
THE FAMILY RECEIVED FRIENDS AT MRS. LONG’S HOME, 440 CLEVELAND STREET.