Rebecca WHITSON

1928 - 2010  (81 years)

• Name	Rebecca WHITSON
  Born	25 Dec 1928
  Gender	Female
  _UID	B3CECC28CBD64A87A7AAE79823F999CC3880
  Died	14 Aug 2010	Dresden, Weakley Co., Tennessee
  Buried	East Side Cem., Martin, Weakley Co., Tennessee
  Person ID	I115715	Branch 004 William Stafford 1660 MD
  Last Modified	18 May 2022

  
  

  Father	Henderson WHITSON,   b. 11 Jan 1890, Kentucky ,   d. 20 Jun 1953, Shelby Co., Tennessee  (Age 63 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth Rebecca STAFFORD,   b. 31 Jul 1891, Martin, Weakley Co., Tennessee ,   d. 26 Mar 1985, Martin, Weakley Co., Tennessee  (Age 93 years)
  Married	1927
  Notes	Married: Children Rebecca Whitson Nielsen 1928–2020
  Family ID	F1781	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Ronald Paul NEILSEN,   b. 24 Jun 1926, Cook Co., Illinois ,   d. 4 Nov 2003, Weakley Co., Tennessee  (Age 77 years)
  Married	1948
  Notes	Married: Children Patrick Noel Nielsen 1949–1949
  Children	1. Patrick Noel NEILSEN,   b. 1949,   d. 1949  (Age 0 years)
  Last Modified	30 May 2023
  Family ID	F37498	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Mrs. Rebecca Whitson Nielsen, age 91, died Friday, August 14, 2020, at Weakley County Nursing and Rehab Center in Dresden. Graveside service will be Sunday, August 16, 2020, 4:00 P.M. in East Side Cemetery with Dr. Roger S. Oldham officiating. Family and friends may assemble in the cemetery at 3:45. Mrs. Nielsen was preceded in death by her husband, Ronald Paul Nielsen; parents, Henderson Whitson and Elizabeth Stafford Whitson; brother, Phil Hurt; sister, Eleanor Oliver Claybaugh. Mrs. Nielsen was an educator retiring from the Weakley County School System. She was a member of First Baptist Church in Martin. She is survived by her children, Paul (Marie) Nielson and Mary Ellen (Mike) Stooksbury all of Martin; seven grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren. cc Murphy Funeral Home