Ida Willene Nelson, 80
A homemaker and a member of the Baptist Church, she was the daughter of the late Herman and Jessie Mae Fults McGee, and was preceded in death by her husband, James Wallace Nelson.
She is survived by daughter and son-in-law, Marlene and Eddie Madewell of Rock Island, and Joyce Smartt of McMinnville; sons and daughters-in-law, James and Ruby Nelson, Jerry Nelson, Gary Nelson, Billy Nelson, Donnie and Dale Nelson, all of McMinnville; sisters, Thelma Woodlee, Melba Huntley, Evelyn Richardson, Edith Huntley and Linda McGee, all of Beersheba Springs; brothers, Waymon McGee and Loyd McGee, both of Altamont and Alton McGee of Beersheba Springs; 18 grandchildren, 25 great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild.
Services will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday at Love-Cantrell & Cope Funeral Home Chapel with George Roberts officiating. Burial will follow at Mt. Sinai Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. today and 8 a.m. to 11 a.m. Thursday at Love-Cantrell & Cope.
Love-Cantrell & Cope Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
