Annie Mae Nelson

Annie Mae Nelson of Idalou passed away on Saturday, November 16, 2013 at the age of 93.  She was born September 22, 1920 in Hunt County, Texas to Finis Edward and Harriet Elizabeth (Skaggs) Lindsey.  Annie grew up in Hunt County where she met and married A. W. Nelson on December 31, 1938.  The couple moved to Idalou in 1963 where they placed membership at the First Baptist Church.  She was a cafeteria employee for Roosevelt ISD for four years and then Idalou ISD for 24 years before retiring in 1987.  It was then that she became a caregiver until her second retirement in 1999.

Those left to cherish her memory are one daughter, Debora Bleeker and husband Stacy of Merkel; four sons, Walter Nelson, Billy Nelson and wife Melva, and Ronnie Nelson, all of Lubbock, and Gerald Nelson of Idalou; two brothers, James Lindsey of Rowlett, Texas and Bill Lindsey of Lubbock; two sisters, Francis Birchfield of Lubbock and Wanda Elliff of Glen Rose, Texas; 12 grandchildren; 28 great-grandchildren; five great-great-grandchildren; and numerous nieces, nephews and cousins.

Annie was preceded in death by her parents; husband, A.W.; brother, Edgar Lindsey; sister, Nancy Davis; grandson, Mark Nelson; and two daughters-in-law, Sue and Sandra Nelson.

Visitation will begin on Tuesday, November 19, 2013 at Combest Family Funeral Homes in Idalou with the family receiving friends 6:00-8:00 p.m.  Services are scheduled for 1:00 p.m. Wednesday, November 20, 2013 at First Baptist Church in Idalou with interment to follow at the Idalou Cemetery. 

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