Gladys Nelson

Gladys was born April 22, 1913 in Brewer MS. She later moved to DeSoto in Clarke county Mississippi. She attended Clarke County Agricultural High School and graduated in 1931. Fulfilling her desire to become a nurse, Gladys moved to New Orleans and attended Touro Infirmary School of Nursing. She graduated as a registered nurse (RN) in 1936. She remained in New Orleans for her entire nursing career--working as a ward nurse at Touro Infirmary and later as a research nurse with Tulane University School of Medicine. She retired in 1972. After her husband, Harold Nelson, died in 1982, she moved to the Mobile area to be close to her sisters.

Gladys Nelson moved to Cleveland in 1989 and first resided on Hamilton Circle before becoming a resident of a local nursing home. While able, she attended Wesley Memorial United Methodist Church.

Deceased Relatives Husband: Harold Dane Nelson Infant Son: Harold Todd Nelson Father: Francis Archabald Todd Mother: Sadie Brewer Todd Brother: Joseph A. Todd Sisters: Hazel Coker and Helen McLain

Survived by one son, Carl Dane Nelson (Jennifer), two grandsons, Kit McNeal Nelson and Beau Jack Gilley; three granddaughters, Tina Marie Watson, Linda Jill Nelson, and Laura Anne Wiles; and eleven great-grandchildren.

The funeral service will be held Friday, April 23, 2010, at 7:00 p.m. at Grissom Funeral Home. Interment will be held at a later date in New Orleans, Louisiana.

The family will receive friends Friday one hour prior to the service at the funeral home.

Online condolences may be sent to www.grissomfh.net