Nellie Waters (aprox. age 20)
Nellie sitting on the steps
Nellie Waters Wheeler (Aunt Nellie) (born:1914, died: 1972) Age: 58
Nellie was born on February 24, 1914 and passed away in January 1972.
Nellie was a resident of Commerce, Georgia.
We always loved going to visit Aunt Nellie as she would share stories of growing up on Cotton Street. Sad to say I don't remember many of the stories today but I remember the fellowship and her being very friendly to Susan and I when we would go each week for a visit.
She worked for many years for Bluebell in Commerce, and she worked there until she was unable to continue working because of Rheumatoid arthritis. She told us of how when she was working they would make her take the stairs instead of using the elevator to come downstairs, thinking this would make her quit working because of the stairs. They didn't know how determined that she was to stay working. She said that she would stay upstairs and eat lunch, instead of going down to eat and only come down in the evenings at the end of the day. They then told her that she couldn't eat upstairs, so she would take her some snacks in her purse and work thru her lunch. I believe that she knew as long as she worked that she was fighting the arthritis and winning.
Married To: Clifford Wheeler (born: 1913, died: May 10, 1999) Age: 85
Clifford Allen Wheeler, Commerce, GA
Clifford Allen Wheeler, 85, of 422 Wheeler Road died Monday, May 10, 1999.
A native of Jackson County, Mr. Wheeler was a son of the late Charlie A. and Bertha Purcell Wheeler. He was retired from Lockheed Manufacturing Co. as an aircraft technician and was of the Christian faith.
He was preceded in death by his first wife, Nellie Waters Wheeler.
Services will be at 2:30 p.m. today at Ivie Funeral Home with Robert Flippo and Tom Young officiating. Burial will be in Jackson Memorial Park.
Survivors include his wife, Ada Wheeler; a daughter, Louise Woodhall, Johnson City, Tenn.; a son, Jimmy Wheeler, Lawrenceville; five sisters, Hazel Clark, Culpepper, Va., Golden Hile, Ashley, Ind., Jetteree Hull, Spencerville, Ind., Gwen Smitherman, Athens, and Vera Wheeler, Commerce; a brother, Garland Wheeler, Butler, Ind.; six grandchildren; and nine great-grandchildren.
Memorials may made to St. Marys Hospice.
The family will receive friends from noon-2 p.m. today at the funeral home.
Daughter:
Louise Wheeler Woodall
She married Clifford Wheeler and they lived with Granny Waters on Cotton Street. They had two children, a son Jimmy and a daughter Louise. I don't remember Jimmy much growing up, but I remember Louise, she was about the same age as my sister, Lucy. What I enjoyed most was listening to Louise, Lucy and Juanita singing. I don't believe that there was a prettier sound.
