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Submitted: 3/10/20 • Approved: 3/10/20 • Last Updated: 3/13/20 • R253324-G0-S3
December 22, 1927 - April 28, 2001
Husband of Myrtle Sumrall Nielsen
FRANKLINTON — Joe Nielson Jr., 73, a resident of Franklinton, died yesterday at Lakeview Regional Medical Center in Covington.
He was a retired dairyman and a member of Stateline United Pentecostal Church.
He is survived by his wife, Myrtle Sumrall Nielson of Franklinton; three sons and daughters-in-law, Lerue and Annette Nielson, Ronnie and Joan Nielson, and Gary and Carel Nielson, all of Franklinton; his mother, Susie Hill Nielson of Franklinton; one brother, Willie J. Nielson of Franklinton; five sisters, Louise N. Magee, Elouise N. Robertson, Beatrice N. Brumfield, Carolyn Nielson and Anita Faye Dykes, all of Franklinton; nine grandchildren, Danny and Suzzette Nielson, Vickie and Jeff Magee, Kim Nielson, Rhonda and Joe Jacobs, Christopher and Pamela Nielson, Grant and Lynnette Nielson, and Matthew and Bridgette Nielson; 11 great-grandchildren, Dustin and Dantelle Nielson, Kayla and Landon Magee, Darrell and Katie Burris, Brianna Adams, Brandyn and Hunter Jones, and Alexis and McKinley Nielson; and two step-grandchildren, Sara and Chance Broadway.
He was preceded in death by his father, Joe Nielson Sr.; and a daughter and son-in-law, JoAnn and Mike Magee.
Visitation will be at Crain Funeral Home today from 9 a.m. until the chapel funeral service at 2 p.m. The Revs. W.L. Tullos, Leon Hickman, Stanley Statham and Elder Don Jacobs will officiate. Burial will be in the Magee Cemetery at Lawrence Creek.
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